President Mugabe seals Saviour Kasukuwere’s fate after nasty fallout with First Lady Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is this week expected to seal Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere’s political fate following his nasty fallout with First Lady Grace Mugabe amid growing calls for the Local Government minister’s ouster from the party’s revered post. Kasukuwere’s issue is expected to feature prominently at both the politburo and central committee meetings […]
Urban Tolls A Necassary Evil, Says Zimbabwe’s Minister Saviour Kasukuwere
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere says government will forge ahead with plans to introduce urban toll gates, adding this was a “necessary evil” which will help restore Harare’s battered road infrastructure. Kasukuwere told Senators this past week that Harare has lost nearly 80 percent of its road network through excessive use by vehicular traffic from […]
After downpour caused by Tropical Storm Dineo, Zimbabwe witnessing overflowing dams and rivers
The dam at Umzingwane, southeast of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, is registering 100 percent full. This is in part due to the remains of a tropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Dineo may have lost its character after it made landfall in Mozambique on February 15, but it carried its rain well inland. It headed northwest towards the […]
Torture of arrested persons forbidden says VP Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the torture of arrested persons is forbidden as the country is party to the international treaty against the practice. The VP was responding to a question in the National Assembly by MDC-T MP Emma Muzondiwa who wanted him to explain if law enforcement agents were allowed to torture people under […]
Most of His Ministers Are Not Corrupt, Says Mugabe And Demands Evidence
President Robert Mugabe dismissed reports that most of his ministers are corrupt saying they were mere allegations. In a wide ranging interview with the State media aired on ZBC-TV on his birthday Tuesday, President Mugabe challenged those alleging such corruption to present evidence. Asked why his government’s anti-corruption efforts were only catching “small fish”, Mugabe […]
First Lady Grace Mugabe Says Zanu-PF’s Power-Hungry Bigwigs Should Retire With Mugabe
Zanu-PF Women’s Affairs secretary Dr Grace Mugabe has castigated power-hungry bigwigs fomenting divisions in the party, saying they should retire together with President Mugabe if they want him to leave office. Dr Mugabe said she had no power to tell the President to retire as was being called for by elements in the ruling party. […]
Zimbabwe Govt On High Alert Over Cyclone Dineo
Government is ready to render assistance and respond to emergencies that may arise as a result of tropical depression Dineo, which is likely to hit the country tonight as it has already made landfall in southern Mozambique, Local Government Public Works and National Housing Minister Cde Saviour Kasukuwere has said.Minister Kasukuwere said the southern parts […]
First Lady Grace Mugabe ditches Moyo and Kasukuwere
First Lady Grace Mugabe is quietly withdrawing her support for a Zanu PF faction known as G40 as the battle to succeed her 92-year-old husband takes a new twist. According to Zanu PF insiders, Grace —who early this year launched a vicious attack on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of plotting against her husband — […]
Zimbabwe War Vets Confront Saviour Kasukuwere
Zanu-PF’s national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, last week came face to face with irate war veterans in Marondera, the provincial capital of Mashonaland East, where he had gone to stop raging factional fights on Friday. Kasukuwere had called for a crisis meeting of the Mashonaland East Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) to avert a disaster, triggered […]
Kasukuwere and Zanu-PF Legislator Wadyajena Exchange Harsh Words Over Community Share Trusts
There was drama in Parliament Thursday when local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere clashed with portfolio committee on indigenisation chairman and Zanu PF legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Kasukuwere was appearing before the committee to clarify how he organised the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust. The two clashed over the $10 million pledges by diamond mining companies […]
