A HIGH powered South African delegation is expected in Harare on Sunday to speed up talks among partners in the shaky inclusive government, as it emerged yesterday that the negotiators of the global political agreement (GPA) have agreed on a

THE endorsement last weekend of the newly-nominated Zanu PF presidium by Midlands province and Masvingo, which dramatically changed its initial decision after a failed bid to topple vice-president Joice Mujuru, completed the trouncing of the Emmerson Mnangagwa faction within the

Vice-President Joice Mujuru on Tuesday lambasted Finance minister Tendai Biti over the contentious handling of the over US$500 million facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in what officials this week said was the most dramatic high-profile clash within the

IN recognition of his accomplishments in the media industry, the African Media Initiative (AMI) has announced the appointment of Zimind Publishers executive chairman and executive deputy chairman of the South Africa-based Mail & Guardian Trevor Ncube, as co-chair of its

Two weeks ago we ran an oped under the headline Moyo raising the sceptre of racism. We carry Prof Moyo's reply below. DOES criticising Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's controversial choice of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture amount to

FACTIONALISM in Zanu PF has spilled into the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, as different factions in the party fight to control the powerful and feared body. The fierce succession battle, played out behind the scenes, has now moved

FINANCIAL conglomerate Old Mutual (OM) has come under fire from London Stock Exchange-listed mining company, African Consolidated Resources (ACR), over its involvement in Marange Diamonds. ACR, which recently won a High Court case to mine diamonds in Marange, has threatened

THE Securities Commission of Zimbabwe (SEC) has revoked a three-week suspension from trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange of ISB Securities and its managing director Geoff Mhlanga after its was sued in the High Court. Alban Chirume, SEC chief executive,

THE business community in Zimbabwe has asked government to reduce the number of its embassies, consulates and missions abroad as a first step towards containing expenditure in the 2010 National Budget. In a position paper on the budget to be

PROVIDED that there is no last minute rescheduling, Finance minister Tendai Biti will be presenting his proposed 2010 national budget to parliament next Thursday, and Zimbabwe awaits that budget with great anxiety. The ongoing recovery of the economy, so very

ZIMBABWE could have lost millions of dollars in a diamond sale after Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) authorised Sabi Gold Mine to auction gems for a song, businessdigest can reveal. Documents in our possession show that Sabi sold gemstones

THE deadline given by the regional community in Maputo passed on Friday last week without a single decision regarding the issues that are still outstanding being met. The political agreements were signed by the three parties to the Zimbabwe crisis

BORELDINE," the tag given to Big Brother evictee Geraldine -- a blending of the word boring and her name -- seems to have some credence since the Nigerian amassed the least amount of votes from the reality show's viewers resulting

IS DEFENCE minister Emmerson Mnangagwa the crown prince of Zimbabwean politics destined to be Zanu PF's first secretary and subsequently the country's president or just an ambitious politician with no hope of ever rising to the helm of the party

Small scale tobacco farmers are struggling to get inputs, a situation threatening to reduce by a fifth the projected output of 65 000 kg next season. Focus for inputs have largely been on maize farmers to the neglect of the

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has commended Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for not resorting to war and agreeing to a power-sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai met Gaddafi this week in Tripoli.

THIS is a response to Eddie Cross's opinion we carried also under the opinion category THIS is an outrageously false comment about the MDC which bears no relation to the facts.

HAPPYMORE Mapara, the group chief executive officer of cotton company Aico Africa Ltd has left the firm with a golden handshake of over US$250 000. But he could walk away with over US$1 million in the bag as well, according

SOUTH African legal consultants have said if the government of South Africa proceeds to conclude the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) with the government of Zimbabwe thereby immunising Zimbabwe from its international law liabilities it would be

I THOUGHT the wound which is still fresh upon Zimbabwe's government would remind them not to repeat the same mistakes. Barely a decade since the so called land acquisition and redistribution programme in Zimbabwe, I gather the government now wants