EFF Rejects President Jacob Zuma’s Settlement Proposal

EFF Rejects  President Jacob Zuma’s Settlement Proposal

The EFF has rejected President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla proposal and accuses him of trying to influence the Constitutional Court judges. Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is not prepared to accept President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla settlement proposal unless he agrees to the party’s terms. “We not going to agree to any settlement until he reaffirms the powers of public protector, and two [reaffirms that] the remedial actions of public protector are binding and three that…

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‘Value Added Tax (VAT) Introduced On Nearly 40 Imported Basic Commodities ‘- Looming Food Price Hikes

‘Value Added Tax (VAT) Introduced On Nearly 40 Imported Basic Commodities ‘- Looming Food Price Hikes

Government has introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on nearly 40 imported basic food commodities that constitute the bulk of the consumer bread basket. These commodities have previously been excluded from the 15 percent tax. This tax, which is likely to increase the cost of food, was effective from February 1. A notice in the Government gazette on January 22, showed amendments to the VAT Act by minister Chinamasa, which repealed clauses that until now had…

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Mujuru Holds Talks With Disgruntled Zanu-PF And MDC Matebeleland South Members

FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru held talks with disgruntled Zanu-PF and MDC members in Harare at the weekend as she steps up efforts to form her own political party following her ouster from Zanu-PF last year.Mujuru is reportedly leading efforts to form the People First (PF) political party ahead of the next general elections which are scheduled for 2018.Leaked photos from the Harare meeting suggest that Mujuru could be secretly setting up structures across the…

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‘Zanu PF War Vet Minister Chris Mutsvanga Stole & Sold Lady Underwear Off War Camp Washing Lines’

‘Zanu PF War Vet Minister Chris Mutsvanga Stole & Sold Lady Underwear Off War Camp Washing Lines’

There are growing fears within Zanu-PF that the ruling party’s escalating factional and succession wars could soon witness body bags, with the tone of the infighting getting nastier and uglier by the day. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said they were “very worried” about the extent to which the two main factions battling for supremacy within the former liberation movement now appeared “to hate each other”. “I think anyone who says…

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Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Statement On Unpaid Bonuses

The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) notes the announcement coming from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa, that civil servants bonuses which were due in November 2015 will be paid starting in February 2016 stretching to May 2016. This is welcome progress but we still wait for actual dates to be pronounced and the use of proper channels in communicating this government position.While this position that Minister Chinamasa is announcing comes…

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‘Financing Mugabe’s Zanu PF Is Similar To Funding Terrorism’- People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

‘Financing Mugabe’s Zanu PF Is Similar To Funding Terrorism’- People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) notes the debate raised by the United States Senate Committee Chair on Foreign Relations, Senator Bob Corker’s letter, to the Obama administration imploring them to veto any attempt to advance funding to Zimbabwe by the various international financial institutions which they sit on.This comes on the wake of reports that Zimbabwe was very close to securing new lines of credit if it clears its US$1.8 billion arrears to the IMF,…

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Remaining Warren Hills 7,2 Hectares, Now Closed To Public & Reserved For Zanu PF Burials Only

Remaining  Warren Hills 7,2 Hectares, Now Closed To Public &  Reserved For Zanu PF Burials Only

Warren Hills has been closed for public burials with the remaining 7.2 hectares reserved for Zanu-PF provincial heroes.Harare’s education, health, housing and community services committee confirmed the latest developments which were approved during a special council meeting yesterday. It said Warren Hills will now only be reserved for the provincial heroes, a situation likely to create a crisis of burial space in the city. Council also resolved to have a precast wall erected along Bulawayo…

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Ex MDC, Gwanda Residents Association Chair Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo To Drum Up Mujuru Support

Prominent Gwanda Residents Association Chairman Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo previously with the Welshman Ncube led MDC is reported to be among officials who were summoned to Harare to drum up support for former vice president Joice Mujuru in Matabeleland South ahead of polls to be held in two years’ time. Fuzwayo appears in a group picture taken at the Harare meeting.Although Fuzwayo has not confirmed joining-PF, sources indicate he was among officials summoned to Harare to…

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‘The 140 Room Beitbridge Express Hotel Closes Down Following Heavy Losses’

‘The 140 Room Beitbridge Express Hotel Closes Down Following  Heavy Losses’

The US$32 million Beitbridge Express Hotel with 140-rooms has shut down. The hotel closed shop on January 31 after suffering heavy losses amounting to US$507 944 in the past two years. Below is the full statement issued on Wednesday (today) : The Board of Directors of Africa Sun Limited wish to announce that, the group agreed with Dawn Properties Limited (the Hotel owner) to mutually terminate the lease agreement for the Beitbridge Express Hotel and…

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‘Police Commissioner-General Condemns Social Media Abuse’- Chihuri Please, Get Real!

‘Police Commissioner-General  Condemns Social Media Abuse’- Chihuri Please, Get Real!

Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has deplored the use of social media by Zimbabweans to insult each other, saying this had the potential to cause instability in the country.- Comm-Gen Chihuri was addressing 31 officers leaving Zimbabwe on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to South Sudan. Though Comm-Gen Chihuri did not mention names, his comments coincide with frenzied tweeting by Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo who has not only…

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