Category Archives: Press reports

Southern Eye 22 April 2015 President Robert Mugabe’s public rebuke of Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) over payment of civil servants bonuses will complicate the minister’s job as he tries to woo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to rescue Zimbabwe’s economy, a former minister said. Mugabe at the weekend dressed Chinamasa […]

Newsday April 21 2015 By Paidamoyo Muzulu PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s announcement to reverse Treasury’s recent decision to suspend civil servants’ bonuses could jeorpadise Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s ongoing re-engagement efforts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to obtain fresh funding to kickstart the free-falling economy. According to IMF statement No. 15/101, Zimbabwe had agreed to […]

Bulawayo 24 By Thobekile Zhou April 15 2015 MDC top official David Coltart has lashed out at Information minister Jonathan Moyo describing him a hypocrite over his xenophobic comments saying he cannot cherry pick what ‘types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not’. On Monday, ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe was quoted saying the […]

SABC News April 15 2015 Former education minister David Coltart on Wednesday said that comments by a top official from President Robert Mugabe’s government slamming xenophobic violence in South Africa were “hypocrisy of the highest order”. “One cannot pick and choose what types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not,” Coltart says in a […]

New Zimbabwe.com April 15 2015 FORMER education minister David Coltart on Wednesday said that comments by a top official from President Robert Mugabe’s government slamming xenophobic violence in South Africa were “hypocrisy of the highest order”. “One cannot pick and choose what types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not,” Coltart said in a […]

RadioVop By Sij Ncube April 14 2015 President Robert Mugabe’s regime wants to introduce examination fees for the country’s seven graders as well as hike charges for national Ordinary Level public examinations in what appears a fragrant violation of the constitution which guarantees the right to education for every child. Primary and Secondary education minister […]

Zimbabwe Independent By Dumisano Nkomo April 2 2015 Opposition political parties in Zimbabwe, especially the various MDC formations, are a disappointing lot that have continued to let the people down and the struggle for a just, democratic Zimbabwe. Instead of focussing on mobilising the people on issues affecting them, they have continued to major on […]

NewsDay By Phillip Chidavaenzi 31 March 2015 POSSESSION of a passport at the height of the country’s lost economic decade between 2000 and 2010 had become more than a gate pass to better career opportunities and a new life far away from home. Hordes of people literally camped at Makombe Building as they sought to […]

New Zimbabwe.Com 17 March 2015 INFORMATION minister Jonathan Moyo has vowed to reclaim Tsholotsho North constituency for the ruling Zanu PF party in forthcoming by-elections. Moyo lost the seat in the 2013 elections to Roseline Nkomo, then of the opposition MDC-T, and failed with subsequent efforts to have the result over-turned in court. But Nkomo […]

Times Live 17 March 2015 Zimbabwe’s speaker of parliament on Tuesday agreed to a request from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to expel 21 legislators who have broken away from the Morgan Tsvangirai-led party, an official said. The 17 MPs and four senators are all part of the MDC-Renewal Team, which is led […]