War veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa, who was fired from the politburo and from the cabinet last week following, cannot continue as chairman of the veterans association because he was suspended from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front for three years, his former deputy Tshinga Dube, who was elevated to Minister, told The Chronicle. Dube also
The delay in reaching a settlement between the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change could have been caused by the fact that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was listening to his outside advisors too much. Shortly after the 29 March 2008 elections which the MDC-T won beating ZANU-PF by one seat,
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, ZimbabweZimbabwe BureauHARARE, (CAJ News) - THE divisive issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights has returned to haunt Zimbabwe, a country with documented hostility towards same-sex liaisons. Some foreign higher learning institutions offering prospective learners from Zimbabwe scholarships if they are LGBTQ has triggered a fallout with
The finance ministry wants to use the country s gold to shore up its local dollars, Treasury officials say they are working on measures to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar, including by linking its exchange rate to hard assets such as gold and creating a currency board. The question is whether such measures, promised by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on 12 February, will halt the slide of the world s worst-performing currency.