COPAC Swindled

The Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (Copac) has been barred from paying MPs allowances and refunds for the use of their cars amid fears of financial irregularities, it emerged yesterday.

The Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (Copac) has been barred from paying MPs allowances and refunds for the use of their cars amid fears of financial irregularities, it emerged yesterday.

, January 25, 2010 – The ongoing terrorism trial of MDC treasurer general Roy Bennett took a dramatic twist Monday when High Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu ruled that key state witness Peter Michael Hitschmann was a hostile witness.

A senior airforce of Zimbabwe officer has been named as one of several military officers leading a campaign to force villagers in Manicaland to attend ZANU PF political meetings in the province.

Gun-totting soldiers are reported to be roaming villages in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces, threatening people with reprisal if they do not support the Kariba draft during the forthcoming constitution outreach programme.

Nigeria’s Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan can perform the executive duties of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, who is in hospital overseas, without a formal transfer of power, a federal court ruled on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe’s Mighty Warriors received their heaviest beating since Zimbabwe was admitted to international sport in 1980 with a 7-0 massacre against Nigeria’s Falconets at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday.

President Umaru Yar’Adua is brain damaged and can no longer perform the functions of his office, the Nigerian newspaper, NEXT, reported on Sunday.

Togo will be disqualified from the African Nations Cup finals if they do not show up for Monday’s Group B match against Ghana in Cabinda, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Monday.

THE MDC-T has set up a 13-member team to probe at least three ministers and
several legislators and councillors on corruption charges.

The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, with assistance from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), aims to provide a range of food and livelihood supports to some 220,000 people who are particularly vulnerable, an IFRC statement said on 11 December.