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African leaders in Libya were on Friday hotly debating a draft resolution by the African Union (AU) which will, if adopted, deal a major blow to the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute war criminals in Africa.
THE Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo and his staff are locked in a cold war with MPs in the parliamentary select committee over the constitutional reform process, further jeopardising the exercise.
The co-chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on constitutional reform, Douglas Mwonzora, on Friday said comments made by Robert Mugabe that the new constitution must be anchored on the Kariba Draft, were just a reflection of Mugabe's personal view point.
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday met United States Under-Secretary of State for African Affairs Mr Johnnie Carson and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on the sidelines of the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union General Assembly here.
THE Minister of Economic Planning and Development Elton Mangoma said the local currency was not coming back on the market as the economic environment was not conducive for it to be re-introduced.
CIVIL society is split on the constitution-making process with key members of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions planning to boycott a two-day "peoples constitutional convention" that begins in the capital today.
PETER Michael Hitschmann, the former police reservist who was jailed after the discovery of an arms cache on his property, was released on Thursday and vowed not to be a state witness in the trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate.
THE case of six MDC-T activists and a freelance journalist accused of terrorism was on Wednesday referred to the Supreme Court amid revelations of how they were allegedly abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents in violation of their constitutional rights.
THE anti-reform proponents in the inclusive government are now coming out of the woodwork and seem not to be embarrassed at all to flaunt their reactionary credentials.
Cde Isaac Mukusa (Sarudzai Chinamaropa) A veteran freedom fighter and hero of the Second Chimurenga War, Cde Isaac Mukusa, popularly known as Sarudzai Chinamaropa, died on November 10 and was buried at the National Heroes Acre on November 17, 1994.
DIVERSIFIED investment group TA holdings is next week expected to seal a deal to acquire an "influential stake" in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange - listed PG Industries, in a move that is likely to consolidate the group's position as one of the country's highly capitalised concerns.
PARENTS of pupils who fail to pay school fees and levies could lose household property and other valuables after schools in the capital set debt collectors on them to compel payments.
THE legitimacy and credibility of the controversial constitutional process further waned this week after clashes between parliament administrators and the select parliamentary committee spearheading the task.
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed African Sun Limited will seek a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) by the end of the year, CEO Shingi Munyeza said.
ALMOST every economy that has achieved major growth has, as an element of that growth, had a concentrated drive to establish small and micro enterprises (SMEs), inclusive of many coming into being as informal sector operations, but progressively facilitated and motivated to formalise their operations.
THE club vs country question is likely to disrupt Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson's plans for the inaugural Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Trophy in Gaborone, Botswana, in a fortnight.
THE furore over President Robert Mugabe's "unilateral" decision to move a cabinet meeting forward from Tuesday to Monday this week would have, in itself, been a storm in a teacup were it not for the deeper issues that have enveloped the inclusive government and continue to paralyse it.
SIXTEEN villagers from Nyanga District, Manicaland, have approached the courts seeking to recover their property allegedly looted by Zanu PF supporters in the countdown to last year's bloody presidential election run-off campaign.
AT least he tried. This is probably the best that can be said about Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's trip to the West.
POPULAR South African singer Penelope Jane Dunlop, also known as PJ Powers or Thandeka, makes a welcome return to Harare this week for a show series at Reps Theatre, performing a range of songs that have helped make her a household name in entertainment throughout Southern Africa during the past 25 years.
FORMER Zimbabwe cricket captain and pace bowler Heath Streak says Zimbabwe would enjoy an advantage if they went for an all-out pace attack against Bangladesh next month.
CARA Black and Kevin Ullyett -- the two Zimbabweans playing at Wimbledon -- had mixed fortunes yesterday in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles.
GOVERNMENT has withdrawn the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill which demanded foreign owned mines to cede 51% of their shareholding to locals as it seeks to lure external investors.
GOVERNMENT will from this month start paying civil servants salaries instead of allowances after it emerged that its coffers had improved.
RECENTLY, we have heard and read interesting things about national healing. A substantial amount of information, mostly from political figures, has been disseminated about this special process in the media.
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