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Zanu-PF youths acquitted on charges of threatening to beat up Biti

KWEKWE - Provincial magistrate Letwin Rwodzi has acquitted two Zanu PF youths who were being charged with disorderly behaviour and threatening to attack MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti during a campaign rally in Mbizo two months ago.In her ruling, Rwodzi said the State had failed to prove that t...

Biti takes a dig at civic society

MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti has taken a dig at civic society organisations like the National Constitutional Assembly for demanding to write the national constitution without a mandate from the people. NCA chairperson or Lovemore Madhuku and some civic organisations campaigned for a "No" vot...

'Biti lied to the nation about police collecting $2 million from roadblocks' - ZRP

The Zimbabwe Republic Police intends to put on record correct facts resultant of a statement attributed to the minister of Finance, Mr Tendai Biti in which he is quoted as having said."At roadblocks, the police are collecting about $2 million a month; the money is not coming to us. It is a breach o...

'Zimbabwe is losing millions to official theft,' says Biti

Zimbabwe is losing a large chunk of its revenues to thieves in government, Finance minister Tendai Biti has claimed. Government departments are not remitting cash to Treasury and other forms of theft of minerals are on the rise in Zimbabwe. Biti says the corruption that pervades the nation often see...

'Our current Income Tax Act is very much in favour of the mining industry,' says Biti

GOVERNMENT wants to rationalise the tax regime so that it is not discriminatory against the poor and treat everyone fairly, a Cabinet minister has said.Finance Minister Tendai Biti said the current tax structure tended to protect big businesses while punishing the poor through high tax bands.He s...

MDC-T will revisit indigenisation deals if it wins elections, says Biti

Finance minister Tendai Biti has threatened to undo empowerment deals signed by Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere, if his MDC-T party wins the forthcoming elections. Biti said Kasukuwere's controversial policy would be replaced with a broad based empowerment model. He told a rally over the...

MDC-T denies that its popularity ratings have plunged

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party has denied that its popularity ratings have plunged, disputing an opinion poll which revealed that it suffered a slide.The MDC is facing a rough ride in the GNU, and its leader Tsvangirai seem to have been outwitted by his foe, President Robert Mugabe, a ...

Biti speaks on Zanu-PF fears and other issues - video

Excerpts from a speech by Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti at Chatham House on 24 April 2013 on the country's economic needs and possibilities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocw9J-fMr4 ...

'Zimbabwe could tax mining companies to fund elections,' says Biti

Zimbabwe could introduce new taxes on its mining sector to help fund July elections instead of borrowing on the debt markets, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, withdrew a request for U.N. election funding last week, saying the United Nation...

Tsvangirai, Biti in Bulawayo to attend to mounting complaints

MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai and party secretary-general Tendai Biti are expected in Bulawayo today to attend to mounting complaints that the party has bungled its candidate selection procedures.A number of MDC-T MPs in the city are reportedly facing a stiff challenge from aspiring candidates ...

Biti released disbursements totalling over $51,5 million in 3 months

Tendai Biti, the Minister of Finance, has made capital disbursements totalling over US$51, 5 million to various critical sectors over the past three months.In his Treasury State of the Economy Report for March 2013, released on Monday, Minister Biti who is also the MDC Secretary General said disbu...

Chombo attacks Biti

Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo has been accused Finance Minister Tendai of deliberately starving the agricultural sector in a bid to abet the MDC-T cause.Dr Chombo was speaking at the installation of Abel Bhasera as Chief Chundu in Hurungwe at the weekend.He...

Biti exposes his biggest fear

Zimbabwe is on track for another flawed election this year unless it can refresh outdated voter lists, approve "an army" of outsider observers and find foreign donors willing to pay for the vote, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Monday."I don't think we are in a position today, right now, of h...

Biti wrongfully credited with the dollarisation of the Zim economy

Zimbabwe's economic growth since 2009 has been credited to Tendai Biti, the Minister of Finance's adoption of the US dollar and the South African rand as the official currencies, an international think tank has said.The US think tank credits Tendai Biti with ther introduction of multi-currency whi...

Zanu-PF wants Tsvangirai, Biti's arrested

ZANU-PF hardliners have reportedly launched a fresh onslaught against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Finance minister Tendai Biti and wants them arrested for corruption following a failed bid by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to nab three Zanu-PF ministers over similar allega...

Biti 'glory politics' irkes Zimbabwe's Tourism minister

Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Walter Mzembi has alleged that Finance minister Tendai Biti is refusing to fund the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly because of "glory politics".Zimbabwe and its neighbouring southern African country Zambia will co-host the...

'Yes vote' turnout impressive, says Biti

Tendai Biti, the MDC-T secretary general has said the party is impressed by the on-going voting process in the referendum for a new Constitution currently underway across the country.However, Biti was quick to raise concern on the whereabouts of Samson Magumura, the MDC-T district secretary for He...

Biti appeals for diamond money

Finance minister says he will ask President Robert Mugabe to order diamond mining companies to pay millions of dollars into the nation's treasury.Finance Minister Tendai Biti told reporters Monday he is "losing patience" with the companies' indifference in helping fund a constitutional referendum M...

Biti claims Tsvangirai victory is certain

MDC-T secretary general and Finance minister Tendai Biti has urged Zimbabwean immigrants staying in South Africa to return home and vote in the Saturday referendum on a proposed new constitution. Biti said the new constitution will guarantee a free and fair election in Zimbabwe later this year, whi...

Zimbabwe will struggle to afford the two votes, says Biti

Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the country will struggle to afford the two votes - a referendum and an election - which are due to be held this year in the space of a few months.Biti, who is also secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said the referendum would cost $85 mil...

Mutasa blasts Biti over the death of Christpower Maisiri

The state controlled media , ZBC reports that the Zanu-PF National Secretary for Administration, Didymus Mutasa has expressed concern over utterances by MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti who was quoted in some sections of the local media alleging that he [Mutasa] was involved in the death of a He...

'Didymus Mutasa killed headlands boy (12),' says Biti

MDC-T Secretary General, Tendai Biti, has publicly accused Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration, Didymus Mutasa, of being responsible for the death of Christpower Maisiri's as his boss, Morgan Tsvangirai, doubted President Robert Mugabe's repeated calls for peace.Mutasa is the Member of Parliament ...

Biti short-listed for the prestigious Chatham Award

MDC-T secretary-general and Finance minister Tendai Biti has been short-listed for the 2013 Chatham House Prize in recognition of his contribution towards political and economic stability and the re-engagement of Zimbabwe with the international community.According to a letter seen by the Zimbabwe In...

Tsvangirai: Zanu-PF has nothing to fear in political defeat?

While Zanu-PF fears retribution for past atrocities, it is continuing to inflict more atrocities in order to stay in power and avert retribution - thus creating an unending vicious cycle of violence everytime that its power is challenged in elections.This realisation prompted Prime Minister Morgan ...

Kasukuwere blasts Gono, Biti

Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere has attacked central bank governor Gideon Gono and Finance minister Tendai Biti over their utterances against his empowerment programme, labelling them "noisy characters."Kasukuwere yesterday told Parliament's committee on Women, Youth and Gender that the t...

Biti to brief Harare East residents on referendum

Tendai Biti, the MDC-T Secretary General and Finance Minister, will on Saturday hold a meeting with the residents of his Harare East constituency to brief them about the referendum on the new Constitution.The meeting takes place at Kamfinsa Shopping Centre from 0800hrs to 1300hrs. The referendum is ...

'Zimbabwe must move away from predatory politics,' says Biti

Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe should move away from predatory politics in the next elections for it to shrug off its "pariah state" at international and continental meetings. Officially opening the Committee of Sadc stock Exchanges yesterday, Biti said Zimbabweans were not benefiting by...

Biti threatens Zimbabwe banks over interest rates

Government will codify into law the Memorandum of Understanding between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and banks if the agreement is not fully implemented, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.The framework agreement on interest rates, bank charges and interest on prescribed amounts held in call acc...

Biti optimistic on Zimbabwe's growth prospects

FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti yesterday said Zimbabwe had potential to be part of the African economic renaissance if it addressed its growth bottlenecks. This project was being led by economic analysts to occur over the next four decades. Minister Biti said the African continent was poised for rapi...

'Zimbabwe has more than $217,' says Biti

FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti was furiously backpedalling on Wednesday, a day after telling reporters that Zimbabwe was a virtual pauper with US$217 in the bank.The MDC-T secretary general accused journalists of being "mischievous and malicious" and quoting him out of context after he took the unpre...

'Stupid politicking,' Kasukuwere hits back at Biti

FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti this week claimed that there is no legal basis for the community share ownership schemes which form part of foreign firms' compliance with the country's indigenisation laws. Below, Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere's advisor Psychology Maziwisa responds.JUST becaus...

'2013 elections will be tough,' says Biti

MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti yesterday said the forthcoming elections would be tough and probably the "most important after 1980 polls".He said the coming polls would be critical in that they will need to ensure Zimbabwe does not go back to the forgettable 2008 political and economic crises....

Biti opposes Community Share Ownership Scheme, labels it illegal

Zanu-PF's Community Share Ownership Scheme is a dubiously crafted piece of regulation in the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act which was clandestinely and hurriedly slotted by Kasukuwere in a desperate attempt to sanitise a flawed act.The Scheme is in fact an afterthought which is not backed by th...

Biti speaks on what JUICE is all about

The following is an extract of an interview where the Movement of Democratic Change Secretary General Tendai Biti spoke on what JUICE is all about and what the people of Zimbabwe should expect once it is translated into reality. In this particular extract Biti focuses on the need to expand the natio...

Biti, Mnangagwa VS Mujuru, Khupe; The succesion Battle!

This is a subject which is being scrutinised by every Zimbabwean and interested international leaders who are heavly involved in the Zimbabwean political battle.Zanu PF and MDC-T members are now building strong ties with each other as the succesion saga now deepens in both parties.President GB Mugab...

Tendai Biti blasted over his remarks

THE Zimbabwe Vigil Coalition - a civil society coalition based in the United Kingdom (UK) - has blasted Finance minister Tendai Biti over his remarks at the Zimbabwe Investment Conference in London recently where he sought to woo investors to invest in Zimbabwe.Biti reportedly said Zimbabwe had beco...

Zimbabwe the investment place to be - Biti

London - Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Tendai Biti has told investors in London, United Kingdom that Zimbabwe is putting it's house in order and is now a safe and lucrative place place to come and invest arguing it is "unambiguously the place to be by 2015" for anyone serious about good returns.Min...

Tsvangirai orders Biti to release $30 million poll cash

Prime Minister vMorgan Tsvangirai has ordered Finance minister Tendai Biti to immediately release about $30 million for the roll-out of the delayed mobile voter registration exercise.  A fuming Tsvangirai yesterday convened a tense 45-miute meeting attended by acting Finance minister Theresa Ma...

Biti admits that regime change agenda has failed

MDC-T secretary-general and Finance Minister Tendai Biti has publicly admitted that the regime change agenda was no longer sustainable in Zimbabwe and implored the West to stop their policy of trying to isolate President Mugabe.He told Canada and other Western countries on Tuesday to lift the illega...

Tendai Biti's sanctions lectures: Is he discrediting himself?

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti's recent claim in Canada and in other previous university lectures that 'sanctions' are 'not serving anyone' has fortunately been diplomatically shot down by his hosts in Ottawa who told him they will stay.No disrespect for Tendai Biti who has been struggling...

'Zimbabwe sanctions not serving anyone,' says Biti

Canada must re-engage with "the difficult places" in the world, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.Biti made the comments after a presentation at Carleton University in Ottawa Tuesday night.Biti, secretary-general of MDC-T, became Finance minister in 2009 after the MDC formations formed a unity ...

Welshman Ncube, Biti to grace the ZimInvest London 2013 fair

THE Minister of Industry and Commerce Welshman Ncube and his Finance counterpart Tendai Biti will on Friday address business executives in London where they will pitch Zimbabwe as a safe investment destination.The two are among several banking and industry bureaucrats invited to speak at the ZimInve...

Prophet Angel lambasts Tendai Biti

SPIRIT Embassy founder Uebert Angel Mudzanire on Sunday lambasted Finance minister Tendai Biti for challenging him to "produce" $10 billion required to retire government debt, saying "miracle money" was not meant for those who dipped their fingers in national coffers.Angel also said the money was no...

Finance minister challenges prophets Makandiwa and Angel to 'produce' $10 billion

FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has challenged Spirit Embassy founder Prophet Uebert Angel and United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa to "produce" over $10 billion required to liquidate Government's debt and fund national programmes.This follows claims that Prophet Angel ...

Govt fails to pay over US$1,6 million owed to MPs

GOVERNMENT has failed to pay over US$1,6 million owed to Members of Parliament in unpaid sitting and subsistence allowances for 2012. This comes amid indications that Treasury has not instructedParliament on how the once-off US$15 000 payments given to each legislator in December 2011 should be acco...