Page 63 - Gutu News Today

By Anna Chibamu BUHERA South MP, Joseph Chinotimba says he and some other Zanu PF officials were struggling to find a bank that could allow them to open nostro accounts due to sanctions imposed on them by the United States government. During Wednesday’s question and answer session in parliament, Chinotimba expressed concern over failure to travel to some certain countries abroad to buy some goods such as farming equipment. “Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Finance and Economic De...

Reprieve for PDP legislators  Court Reporter THE man who recalled MDC-Alliance vice president and legislator, Mr Tendai Biti and five others from Parliament, is not a member of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the High Court has ruled. Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda announced the expulsion recently after Mr Benjamin Rukanda, acting as PDP secretary-general wrote to him advising that the six had ceased to represent their party. Other members who were recalled are Will...

Precila Takabvirakare In a move widely viewed as a boost on service delivery, the Gutu Rural District Council (RDC) has procured 35 motorbikes for its councillors to facilitate effective service delivery and engagement. The motorbikes, bought on a loan facility for the councillors, were supplied by Perfoma Plus Company in Harare and was each bought for $109 000 in l0cal currency. Gutu RDC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alexander Mutembwa said they decided to buy the motorbikes because councilors...

Zimbabwe: ‘Recalls a Result of Serious Factional Fights in MDC’ – Zanu-PF’s Gutu 20 hours ago By Robert Tapfumaneyi Former top MDC-T official, now staunch Zanu PF supporter, Obert Gutu says the opposition MDC remains in denial that the party is structured along deep-seated factional lines, and that arrangement is leading to its pending demise. The former deputy justice minister, who recently defected to Zanu PF, said the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, should also desist from blami...

By Robert Tapfumaneyi FORMER top MDC-T official, now staunch Zanu PF supporter, Obert Gutu says the opposition MDC remains in denial that the party is structured along deep-seated factional lines, and that arrangement is leading to its pending demise. The former deputy justice minister, who recently defected to Zanu PF, said the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, should also desist from blaming the governing party for its downfall because it (Zanu PF) was “not a super party”. Gutu was spea...

By Costa Nkomo OUTSPOKEN former MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu has joined Zanu PF, a year after he quit as Thokozani Khupe’s deputy in the ex-deputy prime minister’s now defunct MDC-T formation. Gutu, once a rabid Zanu PF critic, and former MDC Senator James Makore were received by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House this Wednesday. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba wrote on Twitter: “As I tweet, His Excellency Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa accompanied by Vice ...

MARYLAND —  Zimbabwe’s former Deputy Justice Minister and vice president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Obert Gutu, has joined the ruling Zanu PF. In a series of tweets, presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, said Gutu joined Zanu PF today after making his move public at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official residence in Harare. Charamba said, “As I tweet, His Excellency Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa accompanied by Vice President CDGN Chiwenga, ...

By Costa Nkomo  MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to shelve plans of sailing through the Patriotic Bill and save itself from unnecessary criticism. A fortnight ago, Zanu PF’s Mberengwa South MP Alum Mpofu moved a motion in the House of Assembly where he proposed a Patriotic Bill must be passed to safeguard the government from needless criticism by top opposition officials and ordinary citizens. The motion was seconded by Zan...

UNICEF Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report - January - December 2020 Format Highlights A total of 19,807 children (10,835 girls and 8,972 boys) aged 6 to 59 months with SAM and MAM were admitted to community-based treatment programmes Between January and December 2020, a total of 753,362 people (417,388 males, 335,974 females) were reached with safe water By 30 December, 1,830,489 people (1,031,371 females and 799,118 males) had accessed treatment for common illness (diarrhoea, malaria and p...

Shares Kenya’s eKitabu is among five projects to be funded by The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) to support learning in Africa. The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF), has chosen five projects across Africa to receive Ksh. 18.6 million ($170,000) in funding in 2021. The APIF is a grant program co-founded by the UAE-based global philanthropic organization Dubai Cares and implemented by the International Publishers Association (IPA). The APIF Committee, chaired by IPA Preside...