Archive for February, 2010

UZ battling to recover $5 million from Gono

UZ battling to recover $5 million from Gono

By Fortune Tazvida The University of Zimbabwe is battling to recover nearly US$5 million in research funds looted from its foreign currency account by Central Bank governor Gideon Gono. Gono the blue-eyed boy of the Mugabe regime raided private foreign accounts at the height of the economic crisis in Zimbabwe and used the money to [...]

MDC-Zanu PF coalition a forced marriage

MDC-Zanu PF coalition a forced marriage

By Senator Obert Gutu Coalition governments are by their very nature,tenuous. The situation becomes even more delicate when unwilling political players are circumstancially compelled to enter into the same government. This is somehow akin to a forced marriage.You will have to take leave of your senses first before you can believe that a forced marriage [...]

NCA & MDC have agreed to disagree

NCA & MDC have agreed to disagree

By Dr Lovemore Madhuku IT IS now 12 years since the formation of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). More significantly, it is ten years since the people of Zimbabwe rejected the Chidyausiku Commission’s Draft Constitution in February 2000. This ‘no’ vote was significant particularly because it was the first time that we, as Zimbabwean citizens, [...]

Man attacked by Zuma convoy to sue cops

Man attacked by Zuma convoy to sue cops

THE Cape Town man who was arrested for gesturing at President Jacob Zuma’s blue-light convoy is pressing ahead with a damages claim against the police, his lawyer said. “This claim will be instituted in the high court and counsel has been briefed accordingly,” said Port Elizabeth attorney Neil O’Brien. He also said the student, Chumani [...]

Sanctions not a factor in access to loans

Sanctions not a factor in access to loans

 A diplomat at the American Embassy in Harare says U.S. sanctions are not a factor in Zimbabwe’s relations with multi-lateral lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. “There never has been any connection between U.S. sanctions and Zimbabwe’s  relationship with the IMF,” James Garry, Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy, [...]

Concern over national healing process

Concern over national healing process

ROHR News Alert 26 February 2010- Civil Society and Church express concerns on National Healing process. The Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration in conjunction with NANGO yesterday convened a consultative meeting at the Harare International Conference Centre in a bid to capture the suggestions and inputs from the Harare metropolitan province towards the [...]

The future of Africa is today: Mlilo

The future of Africa is today: Mlilo

By Nqobizitha Mlilo Over the past few years, young people, Pan African at heart and in their intellectual disposition have sounded the melodious drums and horns of a brighter, peaceful, democratic and prosperous Africa. They have made known their inclinations and intentions, born of a conviction that Africa’s people deserve better, that the Africa of [...]

SA court ruling deals blow to Mugabe

SA court ruling deals blow to Mugabe

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s High Court on Thursday upheld a ruling by the SADC Tribunal outlawing neighbouring Zimbabwe’s land reforms, paving way for white farmers who lost property under President Robert Mugabe’s controversial reforms to file for compensation in South African courts. Zimbabwe’s High Court in a ruling last month refused to enforce the Southern [...]