Elias Mambo/Brian Chitemba

DEFENCE minister Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) has for the first time openly declared his interest in taking over from President Robert Mugabe as the leader of Zanu PF and the country, in remarks showing the succession battle in the party  is intensifying.

Clive Mphambela

FORMER Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono’s advisor  Munyaradzi Kereke has accused the central bank boss of stealing US$100 000 from his Rock Foundation Medical Centre (RMC) account two years ago.

Faith Zaba/Clive Mphambela

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has proposed a raft of measures, which among other things seek to eliminate what RBZ Governor Gideon Gono termed a “concoction of distortions” in Zimbabwe’s money and capital markets that have arisen since the adoption of the multi-currency system.

Paidamoyo Muzulu

MOST Zimbabweans will have to contend with ZBC radio news programmes in the run-up to the next elections as the two new broadcasting entrants will limit their coverage to urban centres, particularly Harare and Bulawayo.

Faith Zaba

THE Zanu PF youth league has said Zimbabwe should abandon the constitution-making process and go for elections under the Lancaster House constitution, adding its voice to calls by President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists that the process should be ditched if the delays persist and the draft constitution does not include “majority views”.

Owen Gagare

SENIOR Zanu PF politburo members in Mashonaland Central have drawn their daggers against provincial governor Martin Dinha whom they believe to be too close to President Robert Mugabe, while they fear he is no longer working in their interest.

Elias Mambo

WHILE President Robert Mugabe’s determination to hold elections this year, with or without a new constitution, may suggest he is likely to avail funds to run the polls outside treasury coffers, he is likely to face hurdles as experts say it is not  legally acceptable for him to produce money outside the exchequer. 

Herbert Moyo

ZIMBABWE has been forced to import maize from Zambia to avert starvation as a result of a massive maize deficit largely attributed to the country’s disastrous agricultural policies.

Wongai Zhangazha

ZANU PF bigwigs in Mashonaland West have been accused of conducting a forced voter registration process as the party prepares for elections which President Robert Mugabe insists should be held this year.

Tendai Marima/Wongai Zhangazha

THREATS by Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu last week to “take off gloves” against the media are in stark contrast to developments in South Africa, which he used to justify his warning, where the governing ANC recently backed down from establishing a statutory Media Appeals Tribunal to police journalists.

Brian Chitemba/Nqobile Bhebhe

THE MDC-T Bulawayo East district has passed a vote of no confidence in its legislator Thabitha Khumalo as factionalism in the province intensifies ahead of elections expected this year or next year.

GREEN Fuel has dismissed claims by government that it has not furnished it with the cost structure into its wholesale price of E10.

Faith Zaba

THERE were fireworks at a decision-making Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare on Thursday, as senior party officials engaged in heated exchanges over the raging Select Committee of parliament on the new constitution (Copac) disputes ahead of elections which President Robert Mugabe wants this year at all costs.

THE viability of President Robert Mugabe as a Zanu PF’s presidential candidate in elections he wants held this year was again put in doubt after reports he almost fell — for the second time within just over a week —during the official opening of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo last Friday.

MEDIA, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu used World Press Freedom Day yesterday to threaten that “gloves may soon be off” against the local private media and journalists if they persist with an “anti-African and anti-Zimbabwe frenzy”.