The reform process in Zimbabwe was progressing although movement was slow and was quite often obscured by events, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Henry Bellingham said this week.
(28 VIEWS)
Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo on 22 July fired Mutare mayor Misheck Kagurabadza for allegedly misusing public funds, but the mayor said he had been fired for showing United Nations special envoy Anna Tibaijuka the living conditions of people in Sakubva after Operation Murambatsvina which had displaced thousands of people.
(68 VIEWS)
Demolitions of structures, including an industrial complex in Harare, continued under Operation Restore Order despite an undertaking by Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo that the operation would be halted for at least 10 days to allow owners to regularise their plans.
(28 VIEWS)
President Robert Mugabe’s obituaries have already been written. The writers are just waiting for the old man to kick the bucket to press the publish button. Mugabe, in power since 1980, is one of the most hated men especially by the West. But he is a darling with a lot of Africans because he has been able to stand up to the superpowers and has on occasions shown them the door.
(32 VIEWS)
Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo is probably one of the longest serving ministers for that portfolio. He has been accused of all sorts with the worst exposure coming from his ex-wife who wanted her share of the wealth Chombo had amassed since joining government. There are 64 cables that mention his name. Here are the first 50.
(73 VIEWS)
Zimbabweans can vote in the United Kingdom even though the country withdrew from the Commonwealth, according to Lord McNally, British Minister of State for Justice.
(334 VIEWS)
Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo announced on 15 July 2005, that the government was halting Operation Restore Order (Murambatsvina) for 10 days to allow low-density suburb residents time to legalise any structures that did not conform to their land’s official plans.
(15 VIEWS)
A British Member of Parliament who moved the debate on Zimbabwe in the United Kingdom Parliament yesterday claimed that up to 500 000 of the 1 million farm workers who were removed from white farms had died as a result of a combination of malnutrition and inadequate health services.
(14 VIEWS)
In what appeared to be an effort to portray itself as a clean administration in the run-up to the 2005 general elections, the government said it was going to take back farms from senior government officials who had taken more than one farm under the fast-track land reform.
(25 VIEWS)
Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo appointed an eight-member commission to run the City of Harare and though they were all from the private sector they all had government ties.
(154 VIEWS)
