‘Zim still patriarchal to allow woman president’- women’s rights activist

UK Red Cross launches missing people competition

THE British Red Cross has launched a creative writing competition to commemorate people across the world who are missing due to situations of violence and armed conflict.

Each year, International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) presents a stark reminder that thousands of families across the world are still unaware of the fate of missing family members.

MDC welcomes Tracy Mutinhiri

THE MDC warmly welcomes Mai Tracy Mutinhiri, a former senior Zanu PF official, Marondera East MP and Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare into the People’s Party of Excellence.
 
As a party, the MDC cordially accepts Mai Mutinhiri’s application to join the MDC as a card carrying member.
 
By joining the big happy MDC family, Mai Mutinhiri will find peace and joy as we move towards bringing real change to the people of Zimbabwe.
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EU statement on re-engagement talks with Harare

The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
"The meeting between HR/VP Ashton and the Zimbabwe ministerial re-engagement team today was a constructive step in the process in which the EU is committed to re-engagement.

It was an opportunity to deepen the dialogue with Zimbabwe, enhance our common understanding and help build trust and confidence on both sides.

INDIGENISATION=MORE CORRUPTION?

ONE critic of the government’s indigenisation and empowerment drive says if it is represented by the ownership of the commuter omnibus sector: “Count me out.”

This entirely indigenous sector is shamelessly chaotic and riddled with corruption which, some critics say, has sucked in the police – at every level.

If that is the fate of the programme, says another critic: “Heaven help us!”

Some time last year, there was a flurry of debate in he media on the future of the commuter bus sector: was it worth the bother at all? A proposal that it be abolished altogether seemed to gather momentum.