Ratepayers Accuse Power Utility of Corruption

Residents in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, claim employers and officials from the country’s power utility are targeting bill defaulters, seeking backhand payments to bypass disconnections. In a new report the Harare Residents Trust says it has received numerous complaints from residents saying ZESA employees were threatening and abusing them and asking for bribes to by-pass disconnections for …

CFU Classified 27 June 2012

   COMMERCIAL FARMERS’ UNION CLASSIFIEDS   WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE 2012   For those wishing to receive the CFU Classifieds by Email ‘free of charge’ please send details of Name, Company, Physical address, Contact phone numbers and Email address to where the Classifieds are to be sent to advert@cfuzim.org for our database records   If you …

An analysis of the working Draft Constitution

An analysis of the working Draft Constitution http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk ZESN held a public meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the 26th of June 2012 with the topic: An Analysis of the Working Draft Constitution/COPAC process. They were four speakers representing the academia, civil society and women namely Dr. Charity Manyeruke, Dr. Alex Magaisa, Ms. Emilia Muchawa and Professor Lovemore …

Clear arrears: IMF tells Zim

Clear arrears: IMF tells Zim http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ The International Monetary Fund will not give Zimbabwe any more money until it repays outstanding arrears amounting to more than $200million, business sources have confirmed. The country owes $550 million in all.27.06.1211:26am by Ngoni Chanakira Harare A high level IMF delegation was in Zimbabwe for the annual Article IV Consultations. They held …

Finance Minister, Disgruntled Cotton Farmers Meet Over Prices

Finance Minister, Disgruntled Cotton Farmers Meet Over Prices http://www.voanews.com 25 June 2012 Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister at the weekend visited the country’s cotton nerve centre, Gokwe, and held meetings with disgruntled farmers who for weeks now have been holding onto this year’s produce complaining about low buying prices. Tendai Biti met with the farmers at …

Biodiesel Project on Verge of Collapse

Biodiesel Project on Verge of Collapse http://www.voanews.com 25 June 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Zimbabwe’s search for sustainable energy has hit a brick wall as a state-funded project launched in 2005 to address critical fuel shortages through the extraction of biodiesel from jatropha seeds, is now on the verge of collapse. Government representatives, lawmakers and energy experts told …

Zimbabwe Rolls Out Anti-Smoking Campaign

Zimbabwe Rolls Out Anti-Smoking Campaign http://www.voanews.com 25 June 2012 Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington DC The Zimbabwean government embarks on an anti-smoking campaign this week hoping to convince hundreds of thousands of tobacco smokers to quit the practice that kills about 6 million people around the world every year. The health ministry will officially launch the campaign in …

Sata’s US $50 Million Campaign Maize for Mugabe Rejected

Sata’s US $50 Million Campaign Maize for Mugabe Rejected http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Zambia Report 11 hours 7 minutes ago Zambian President Michael Sata’s more US $50 million maize ‘donation’ to Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe for election campaigns has been rejected as gross interference in that country’s internal affairs. Writing for Bulawayo24, Wright Musoma has asked Sata to stay away …