Gideon Gono Must go: Sadc »

From The Zimbabwe Standard – By Sandra Mandizvidza, 14th November 2009
“He is not going to be put anywhere near finance, actually he must not even be seen in a tuckshop,”
A SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) ministerial team that assessed the implementation of Zimbabwe’s troubled power-sharing arrangement recommended that Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono should be [...]

SADC chief says troika still consulting on date to discuss Zim »

From SW Radio Africa – By Lance Guma, 2nd October 2009
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomão has told Newsreel that the group’s troika, which is meant to deal with outstanding issues in Zimbabwe’s unity government, is still consulting on a suitable date to meet. The leaders of Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia form [...]

Mugabe demands Tsvangirai sack Biti »

From Nehanda Radio – By Denford Magora, 14th September 2009

Robert “The Solution” Mugabe is so livid with Tendai Biti that he has now taken the position that the Zimbabwe Finance Minister be fired immediately by his principal, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
It emerges that on Friday, Mugabe met with a select group of his Politburo who [...]

Zuma expected to unlock deadlock »

From The Zimbabwe Times – By Raymond Maingire, 27th August 2009
HARARE – South African President Jacob Zuma flew into Zimbabwe Thursday evening amid high expectations he would use his influence as current SADC chair to unlock a political deadlock that continues to haunt Zimbabwe’s six month old unity government.
Zuma touched down at the Harare International [...]

Amnesty is way to national healing: Gono »

From The Zimbabwean – 7th August 2009
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono has called for a blanket amnesty for people who committed political crimes over the past decade in order to promote national healing and reconciliation. (Pictured: MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa moments after he was brutally assaulted by unknown people at Harare [...]

Gono is a thief – Chamisa »

From Zim Daily News – By Nozipho Maseko, 07 July 2009

ZIMBABWE – GUTU – MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa says the MDC wants Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono fired for stealing.
This is the very struggle that has resulted in the biggest mass emigration of Zimbabweans into the diaspora in search of greener pastures and [...]