Thursday, 27th October 2011
Howzit
And the fun and games in and around Zimbabwe continue...
Mugabe has managed to leave Zimbabwe, supposedly for Singapore, without his huge entourage of followers, worshippers and those that fawn at every word he utters.
Confusion has gripped partners in the coalition circles following President Robert Mugabe’s decision to sneak out of the country without advising his cabinet colleagues on his intended destination and reasons for the trip.
Mugabe sneaked out of the country on Monday morning amid indications that he had for the eighth time this year, flown to Singapore, where some of his doctors are based, raising speculation around the 87-year-old’s health.
What has worsened the situation is that Mugabe travelled without his official delegation, while the state media which usually accompanies him, has not reported anything on the President’s trip.
In government, there had been deathly silence on Mugabe’s whereabouts with coalition partners expressing surprise that he could have flown to Singapore.
Has Mugabe broken the code for legislators in the country by not informing cabinet of his intentions to leave Zimbabwe?
The country is broke and can hardly pay their civil servants, let alone take on an extra US$140 million debt run up by the national carrier. And let's remember that Air Zimbabwe have a very bad habit of dumping paid-up passengers wherever so that the aircraft can be commandeered by Mugabe to transport him all over the place.
I wonder if he commandeered an entire aircraft to travel to Singapore, even though he didn't travel with his normal few dozen followers...
The Zimbabwean government is expected to take over Air Zimbabwe's $140m debt, although with plans to liquidate it over time, the country's Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
Government would work on cutting the airline's staff and would seek a strategic partner to buy into the national airline.
According to Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Minister Nicholas Goche, Cabinet had agreed to partially dispose of the National Handling Services.
"At its last meeting on Thursday October 20, Cabinet discussed challenges faced by our national airline, Air Zimbabwe Holdings and resolved that, Air Zimbabwe as a strategic government asset and brand, needed to be preserved and supported as a going business concern.
"To this end, government must assume Air Zimbabwe's current debt and ring fence the same."
I do note a resounding silence from the Finance Minister's office.
Chombo, accused variously of feathering his own nest with residential and commercial stands, has been a itch that the MDC cannot scratch. He may have fired the councillors, and their reinstatements may have been ordered, but we wait to see if the reinstatements will happen, and no doubt, the activities that Chombo has been up to in their absence.
Zimbabwean local government officials on Wednesday hailed a decision this week by the Harare High Court ordering the reinstatement of four Harare city councillors fired last year by Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo for alleged corruption.
High Court Justice Bharat Patel ruled that Chombo unfairly dismissed Paul Gorekore, Silas Machetu, Maxwell Katsande and Johnson Zaranyika, saying that the investigation set afoot by Chombo was based on a “grossly irrational” judgment.
A Harare magistrate last week acquitted two other Harare councilors, both members of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Warship Dumba and Casper Takura were arrested this month on Chombo’s instructions for alleged fraud.
The MDC has accused Chombo of meddling in the business of municipal councils and of engaging in corrupt activities, calling for his removal from office. The minister is a member of the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe.
Don't you just love it when we see the dogs descending on an estate of a loved one in their attempt to enrich themselves through their passing? Obviously the Mujuru family is no exception to this questionable practise.
A fight has reportedly erupted in the family of the late Retired General Solomon “Rex Nhongo” Mujuru over how to deal with the distribution of the former army commander’s vast wealth due to the large number of people who claim to be his children, it has emerged.
Mujuru’s charred remains were found at his farm in Beatrice after his house was gutted by fire in August.
Nobody knows if Mujuru died before the fire or after the inferno.
He was interred at the National Heroes Acre at a ceremony attended by thousands of people from all political affiliations.
Family sources said there was now a crisis facing the family regarding the distribution of the estate.
Mujuru’s vast wealth includes shares in diamond companies, farms, mines and other investments worth tens of millions of dollars.
I fully expect the same sort of activity when Mugabe finally falls off his perch, but within ZANU PF rather than the President's immediate family.
“There is a crisis in the family,” said a family source.
I am quite surprised that Tsvangirai even thought about taking his political battle with Mugabe into an armed struggle. The very name "Movement for Democratic Change" would suggest that any shift in power would be democratic. An armed strugglle is not worth it...
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says he thought of taking up arms to force himself into power after failing to outrightly win the 2008 presidential election.
Mr Tsvangirai said this in his recently published book: "Morgan Tsvangirai: At The Deep End" that he was surprised to learn there was going to be a presidential election run-off.
"For a moment I did not know what to do," he said. "I had no arms of war. I lacked the necessary wherewithal to force myself into power to fulfil the people's wish."
Mr Tsvangirai got 47,9 percent of the vote in the first round when the Electoral Act required one to garner more than 50 percent to be declared a winner.
President Mugabe got 43,2 percent while Mr Simba Makoni was third with 8,3 percent.
Little-known Langton Towungana was a distant fourth on 0.6 percent.
Take care.
'debvhu
Mugabe sneaked out of the country on Monday morning amid indications that he had for the eighth time this year, flown to Singapore, where some of his doctors are based, raising speculation around the 87-year-old’s health.
What has worsened the situation is that Mugabe travelled without his official delegation, while the state media which usually accompanies him, has not reported anything on the President’s trip.
In government, there had been deathly silence on Mugabe’s whereabouts with coalition partners expressing surprise that he could have flown to Singapore.
Has Mugabe broken the code for legislators in the country by not informing cabinet of his intentions to leave Zimbabwe?
The country is broke and can hardly pay their civil servants, let alone take on an extra US$140 million debt run up by the national carrier. And let's remember that Air Zimbabwe have a very bad habit of dumping paid-up passengers wherever so that the aircraft can be commandeered by Mugabe to transport him all over the place.
I wonder if he commandeered an entire aircraft to travel to Singapore, even though he didn't travel with his normal few dozen followers...
The Zimbabwean government is expected to take over Air Zimbabwe's $140m debt, although with plans to liquidate it over time, the country's Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
Government would work on cutting the airline's staff and would seek a strategic partner to buy into the national airline.
According to Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Minister Nicholas Goche, Cabinet had agreed to partially dispose of the National Handling Services.
"At its last meeting on Thursday October 20, Cabinet discussed challenges faced by our national airline, Air Zimbabwe Holdings and resolved that, Air Zimbabwe as a strategic government asset and brand, needed to be preserved and supported as a going business concern.
"To this end, government must assume Air Zimbabwe's current debt and ring fence the same."
I do note a resounding silence from the Finance Minister's office.
Chombo, accused variously of feathering his own nest with residential and commercial stands, has been a itch that the MDC cannot scratch. He may have fired the councillors, and their reinstatements may have been ordered, but we wait to see if the reinstatements will happen, and no doubt, the activities that Chombo has been up to in their absence.
Zimbabwean local government officials on Wednesday hailed a decision this week by the Harare High Court ordering the reinstatement of four Harare city councillors fired last year by Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo for alleged corruption.
High Court Justice Bharat Patel ruled that Chombo unfairly dismissed Paul Gorekore, Silas Machetu, Maxwell Katsande and Johnson Zaranyika, saying that the investigation set afoot by Chombo was based on a “grossly irrational” judgment.
A Harare magistrate last week acquitted two other Harare councilors, both members of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Warship Dumba and Casper Takura were arrested this month on Chombo’s instructions for alleged fraud.
The MDC has accused Chombo of meddling in the business of municipal councils and of engaging in corrupt activities, calling for his removal from office. The minister is a member of the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe.
Don't you just love it when we see the dogs descending on an estate of a loved one in their attempt to enrich themselves through their passing? Obviously the Mujuru family is no exception to this questionable practise.
A fight has reportedly erupted in the family of the late Retired General Solomon “Rex Nhongo” Mujuru over how to deal with the distribution of the former army commander’s vast wealth due to the large number of people who claim to be his children, it has emerged.
Mujuru’s charred remains were found at his farm in Beatrice after his house was gutted by fire in August.
Nobody knows if Mujuru died before the fire or after the inferno.
He was interred at the National Heroes Acre at a ceremony attended by thousands of people from all political affiliations.
Family sources said there was now a crisis facing the family regarding the distribution of the estate.
Mujuru’s vast wealth includes shares in diamond companies, farms, mines and other investments worth tens of millions of dollars.
I fully expect the same sort of activity when Mugabe finally falls off his perch, but within ZANU PF rather than the President's immediate family.
“There is a crisis in the family,” said a family source.
I am quite surprised that Tsvangirai even thought about taking his political battle with Mugabe into an armed struggle. The very name "Movement for Democratic Change" would suggest that any shift in power would be democratic. An armed strugglle is not worth it...
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says he thought of taking up arms to force himself into power after failing to outrightly win the 2008 presidential election.
Mr Tsvangirai said this in his recently published book: "Morgan Tsvangirai: At The Deep End" that he was surprised to learn there was going to be a presidential election run-off.
"For a moment I did not know what to do," he said. "I had no arms of war. I lacked the necessary wherewithal to force myself into power to fulfil the people's wish."
Mr Tsvangirai got 47,9 percent of the vote in the first round when the Electoral Act required one to garner more than 50 percent to be declared a winner.
President Mugabe got 43,2 percent while Mr Simba Makoni was third with 8,3 percent.
Little-known Langton Towungana was a distant fourth on 0.6 percent.
Take care.
'debvhu
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