By Nyasha Chingono – Minister of State Enterprises and Development, Gorden Moyo has blamed poor performance of parastatals on policy inconsistency by line ministries, describing the state owned companies as dead. “Parastatals are dead. I am not proud of it, though I have done my best to design policies, but arrogance by some line ministers is killing our companies, “Moyo said. An upbeat Moyo was speaking during a National Indaba on minority languages in Bulawayo on Wednesday and said government does not have money to revive the parastatals that are at the brink of collapse. “We don’t have money, but... Continue Reading
By Nyasha Chingono – Woes continue to stalk the revived Dumiso Dabengwa led Zapu after a handful of villagers attended the part’s rally in Tsholotsho South over the weekend. As the party is trying to rejuvenate itself ahead of the watershed elections next year, uncertainty seems to be what is taking place in the camp of the former Joshua Nkomo led party. Over the weekend the party had to lay the blame on Zanu PF after a poor attendance of a paltry less than hundred people for the rally that was addressed by the party president Dabengwa. “The food aid... Continue Reading
By Mark Chingono – Zanu PF “draft” constitution which contains 266 amendments will be illegitimate at the 2nd Stakeholders conference to be held late next month, Copac co chairperson Douglas Mwonzora has said. Zanu PF created own draft saying that there are glaring omissions in the draft constitution made by Copac. The former ruling party argues that the issue of running mates was not in the questionnaire that Copac crafted hence should be amended. But Copac says that the only document that will be valid at the 2nd All Stakeholders Conference is the Copac draft that the representative of the... Continue Reading
By Barnabas Masimba – The mainstream MDC has accused its partner in the shaky coalition government Zanu PF of using Zimbabwe’s rich minerals deposits to run a parallel government at the expense of national development. Briefing journalists after a closed door meeting at MDC-T offices on Friday with the Minister of Water Resources and Management Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and the Bulawayo City Council Deputy Mayor Amen Mpofu on the challenges faced by the residents, Provincial Chairman Gorden Moyo took a shot at the former ruling party. Moyo also Minister of Parastatals and State Enterprises said Zanu PF’s unreserved and clandestine... Continue Reading
By Barnabas Masimba – Leader of the revived Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (Zapu) Dumiso Dabengwa has admitted that his party is going through turbulent times, financially. So ugly is the situation that the party has turned to its supporters to pay monthly member subscriptions to save it from a possible collapse. This follows a last month’s Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou ruling ordering the eviction of the opposition party from the offices it was renting and auctioning of its property to recover the debt. The closure of Zapu national headquarters in Bulawayo followed, as the Messenger of Court descended... Continue Reading
