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Rugare Gumbo slams Mugabe

ZANU PF’s new secretary for information and publicity, Rugare Gumbo, has reportedly sharply criticised President Robert Mugabe over who the most senior party official in the Midlands province should be as he battles to displace bitter rival Emmerson Mnangagwa as the political titan of the deeply-divided region.


Gumbo’s unexpected criticism of Mugabe, which could trigger a fierce backlash, during last weekend’s provincial development committee meeting in Gweru left senior party officials shocked and wondering whether their long-serving leader’s grip on the fractured movement was faltering.

 
Ownership wrangle breaks out over Telecel stake

AN ownership tussle has split Telecel Zimbabwe after Telecel International announced plans to sell a disputed 11% stake in the country’s second largest mobile phone operator, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.


Sources close to the developments say Telecel International, the largest shareholder in the company, last month indicated that it would sell the 11% stake in its local operation in line with laws restricting foreigners from owning a controlling shareholding in local telecoms companies. 

 
 
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  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:44

    FINANCE minister Tendai Biti yesterday distributed US$100 million –– part of the International Monetary Fund’s US$510 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR) funds received last year for infrastructural development.

  • Political violence victim narrates ordeal to PM
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:30

    THE anguish on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s face said it all as Rutendo Munengami, wife of Glen View North MP Fani Munengami, yesterday narrated her ordeal when 10 armed men beat her up and raped her in her home.

  • State’s case more fiction than fact –– Bennett lawyer
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:28

    THE defence lawyer in the trial of MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett told the High Court this week that placing the deputy Agriculture minister-designate on his defence would be a complete “miscarriage of justice” as the state has failed to provide evidence to support allegations it raised in its summary.

  • Diamond saga: ‘sleaze, corruption and perversion of course of justice’
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:59

    FOLLOWING President Robert Mugabe’s claims last week that De Beers looted diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa fields for 15 years and that African Consolidated Resources plc (ACR) was their agent that replaced them, the Zimbabwe Independent’s Chris Muronzi this week caught up with ACR chief executive officer Andrew Cranswick to hear his side of the story. Below are the excerpts.

  • Empowerment: Govt flip-flopping undoes economy
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:56

    IN 2007 Zimplats invited President Robert Mugabe to tour its Makwiro Platinum Mine at a time when the empowerment crusade was gathering momentum.

  • Wayne Rooney: The best in the world?
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:06

    IT was the thought that counted. The essence of what makes Wayne Rooney the perfect 10 right now was there in the way he executed Manchester United’s second goal.

  • It’s a Weird World
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:34

    WARNING –– DRUNKS IN ROAD:Romanian road safety chiefs have put up traffic signs warning motorists of drunks in the road in a bid to reduce accidents.

  • State’s case more fiction than fact –– Bennett lawyer
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:28

    THE defence lawyer in the trial of MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett told the High Court this week that placing the deputy Agriculture minister-designate on his defence would be a complete “miscarriage of justice” as the state has failed to provide evidence to support allegations it raised in its summary.

  • Food and Travel: A very ‘Green’ Bean!
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:27

    A WELCOME newcomer on the local dining out scene is The Green Bean Coffee House at Richard Rennie Art Gallery and Picture Framing Centre at 7 Downie Avenue, Alexandra Park, Harare.

  • Indigenisation rules killing business
  • Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:32

    THANKS to “Saviour” Kasukuwere and his party Zanu PF we –– in business –– are seeing a serious slump in our businesses because of their misguided indigenisation policies.

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