Mujuru can still spring a surprise

It looks like it’s all in the bag for President Robert Mugabe. He will be nominated the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front candidate for next year’s harmonised elections which will combine presidential, parliamentary and local government elections at the party’s extraordinary congress in Harare from December 11-15. Full story

ZANU-PF Bulawayo finally elects executive but….

ZANU-PF Bulawayo province has finally elected a substantive executive but sources say squabbles within the party are far from being over. Full story

Masunda says case with Nkomo should go to trial

Safari operator Langton Masunda, who is currently locked in a land ownership dispute with ZANU-PF national chairman and Speaker of Parliament John Nkomo, says the case should go to trial so that imperfections in the land reform allocation system can be exposed and ironed out once and for all. Full story

Not let up on black market

The cash crisis that has rocked Bulawayo for the past week has failed to dampen rates on the black market in the city popularly known as the World Bank. Full story

ZAPU should rethink unity accord

A former member of the ZANU-PF central committee has called on ZAPU members in the party leadership to revisit the unity accord because they do not seem to be making any meaningful input into the running of this country. Full story

Faction threatens chaos at party congress

A faction of ZANU-PF in Bulawayo led by mostly war veterans has threatened that there will be chaos at party’s the special congress in Bindura next month if the issue of elections in the province is not resolved before then. Full story

Mugabe to repeal POSA and AIPPA

The government is likely to announce some amendments to the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) by the beginning of next month so that President Robert Mugabe can take a “trophy” to the European Union- African Caribbean and Pacific countries summit in Lisbon that his government is transforming. Full story

ZANU-PF still playing hide-and-seek in Bulawayo

ZANU-PF’s Bulawayo province is still playing hide-and-seek barely a month before the party’s special congress at which it is supposed to elect its presidential candidate for next year’s elections. Full story

Councillor to build duplex flats

A Bulawayo city councillor has been granted permission to build duplex flats in Hume Park, along Ansdell Close, but said he did not know yet how much the complex would cost. Full story

Ideas run the world says Bulawayo Agenda boss

Ideas run the world. They are the source of transformation and development. This is one of the cardinal principles of Bulawayo Agenda, an organisation formed five years ago to provide a platform for people to share their views. Full story

MDC says take-over of water supplies in Bulawayo is a travesty

The Movement for Democratic Change’s Mutambara faction, which controls the Bulawayo City Council, has described the government take-over of the city’s water and sewerage reticulation as a travesty. Full story

Bulawayo may allow residents to dig graves

The Bulawayo City Council is to consider allowing residents to dig graves for their relatives if they want to avoid the current delays caused by the shortage of graves. Full story

Dollar tumbles

Zimbabwe’s failure to stock up shelves that were emptied of basic commodities when the government ordered controversial price slashes in June as well as its failure to procure fuel has resulted in the Zimbabwe dollar tumbling to unprecedented levels on the black market. Full story

Bulawayo looks up to the skies

Bulawayo is looking up to the skies for salvation as its supply dams have dried up leaving the city of more than one million people with only one supply dam. Full dtory

Major building boom in August

There was a major building boom in Bulawayo in August after a two-month lull with the city council approving plans valued at $6.4 billion. Full story

MDC gets its politics right

It’s a question still vexing a lot of people’s minds. Did the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) sell-out when it voted with the ruling party on Constitutional Amendment Number 18 which will usher harmonised presidential, parliamentary and local government elections? More

Thousands support Mugabe

Thousands of war veterans and ordinary Zimbabweans today converged in the capital Harare to show their solidarity with President Robert Mugabe who is expected to be the party presidential candidate at next year’s elections. There are still fears, however, that some of his lieutenants who see no hope of economic recovery under his administration might still spring a surprise at the party congress on December 15. -30 November 2007

Economy to grow by 4%!

Finance Minister Samuel Mumbengegwi today announced a $7 000 trillion budget for 2008 in which he predicted that the economy would grow by 4 percent and inflation would decline to below 2 000 percent. - 29 November 2007

Mugabe ready to talk

President Robert Mugabe today said he was ready to talk to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has threatened to boycott the EU-Africa summit in Portugal next week if Mugabe attends. "We have never ever objected to any dialogue with the British, because if we don't talk, how do they want us to resolve this situation if there is no dialogue?" Mugabe said after meeting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade. - 28 November 2007

Mugabe to attend summit

President Robert Mugabe today said he will attend the EU-AU summit to be held in Lisbon next week, prompting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to reiterate his boycott. Southern African leaders have also said they would make sure Zimbabwe does not come up for discussion at the summit. - 27 November 2007

Zambia Airways out

Zambia Airways today announced that it will stop its Harare-Lusaka flights at the end of this week because the route was no longer profitable. "This is a commercial decision that we have taken after reviewing the performance of the Lusaka-Harare route for some months. Regrettably, we see no prospect of improvement in the immediate future, and we have been forced to act this way," the airline said. -26 November 2007

ZANU-PF finally elects executive

ZANU-PF Bulawayo province finally elected an executive today which saw most of those in the interim committee retained but observers said squabbles within the party were far from over. The party has two distinct factions in Bulawayo, one called Petition loyal to local politburo members and the other called Godhi loyal to war veterans. - 25 November 2007

Juve interested in Benjani

Italian club Juventus was today reported to be interested in Zimbabwe international striker Benjani Mwaruwari, but the Zimbabwe captain said he would stay put because Portsmouth was about to offer him a better deal. The Juve offer was believed to be around £7 million. - 24 November 2007

Another three zeros to go

There was wide speculation today that the government might introduce new currency and remove another three zeros but the news was greeted with a lot of scepticism by the market. The country has been short of cash for nearly two weeks. Most banks are limiting clients to withdrawals of $5 million a day in small denominations. - 23 November 2007

Mbeki in Harare

South African President Thabo Mbeki was in the country today to hold talks with the government and the opposition aimed at paving way for a political and economic solution to the country’s problems. Mbeki was appointed the chief mediator by the South African Development Community. -22 November 2007

Another grab

There was pandemonium today after reports that the government would seize 25 percent of the stake in all companies involved in strategic fuels and minerals without paying for it. The government has already announced under its empowerment measures that 51 percent of all companies must be owned by locals. -21 November 2007

Hijack

Three police officers from Gauteng were today reported to have been arrested after they allegedly hijacked a truck at Malelane in Mpumalanga. The truck was loaded with tobacco and was on its way to Maputo from Zimbabwe. -21 November 2007

Smith dies

Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, the man who forced blacks to go to war to win back their country, died in Cape Town today aged 88. Smith was Prime Minister of Rhodesia for 15 years before handing over to Abel Muzorewa who ruled for less than a year before genuine independence elections. - 20 November 2007

EU to give "tough message" to Mugabe

European Union governments today agreed to give a "clear and tough" message to President Robert Mugabe on human rights at the Lisbon summit on Dec 8-9. The EU and the African Union had to come to a compromise to allow Mugabe to attend despite threats of a boycott by Britain. - 19 November 2007

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