Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
(Image stolen from NZPA Images) Have been crunching some numbers on the new Key Ministry. I’m going to profile the entire Ministry of 28, the Cabinet of 20, and the Front Bench of nine. Gender The Ministry has eight female Minister, and 20 male Ministers, so just one female Minister less than the last Government. That’s 29% female. [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Key taking Tourism was pre-announced, and smart as it is key to economic growth and also a feel-good portfolio. English is the logical choice for Infrastructure, as the money for the capital works goes with Finance. It was either him or Key to do it. Brownlee is as expected. Power picks up a heavy workload with SOEs [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
There’s so many positive stories I don’t know where to start. Alphabetically maybe with Audrey Young yesterday: Popular Westie Paula Bennett is the big winner as Minister of Social Development and Employment - one of the biggest jobs overseeing the biggest ministry with the biggest budget. It has gone to someone with just three years as an [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
SMEs' Minister, told Finance Committee yesterday while Urban Development Minister announced projects for his Ministry in the second budget defence.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... get on with the task of rescuing Zimbabwe's ruined economy. But a stalemate over the allocation of key ministries in the new government has stalled a final agreement. Critics accuse Mugabe, in power since independence from Britain in 1980, of ruining the country but the 84-year-old leader says the economy has been sabotaged by forces opposed to his nationalist stance. Inflation is rampant,...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... power-sharing deal in September but they have not reached consensuses on the allocation of key ministries since then. HARARE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has advised former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and rights activist Graca Machel to postpone their intended visit to Zimbabwe, The Chronicle reported on Thursday. The three announced...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... issues relating to the definition of the prime minister's powers and the allocation of government ministries had been resolved. Tsvangirai, who wrested the title of prime minister from Mugabe's ruling party after the opposition won the first parliamentary majority in nearly 30 years, was in Germany to campaign for more support for his country. Tsvangirai's opposition Movement for Democratic...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Berlin - Zimbabwean prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai said Thursday he was confident of an end to the political impasse holding up the formation of a government of national unity. Speaking after talks with German officials, he said this would come after issues relating to the definition of the prime minister's powers and the allocation of government ministries had been resolved. "We...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Berlin - Zimbabwean prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai said Thursday he was confident of an end to the political impasse holding up the formation of a government of national unity. Speaking after talks with German officials, he said this would come after issues relating to the definition of the prime minister's powers and the allocation of government ministries had been resolved. "We...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... Mugabe's ZANU PF and Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC have deadlocked on the allocation of key ministries, following a government of national unity deal brokered by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Mugabe has made it very clear that he has no intention of sharing power and one of the most contentious portfolio's is Home Affairs, which controls the police force and also the Registrar General's...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... in an attempt to persuade Mugabe to let the opposition Movement for Democratic Change run key ministries.Though Annan said the delegation would not involve itself in the political process, it will "urge Zimbabwe’s political leaders to move swiftly to fully implement" the power-sharing agreement signed by the two parties on Sept.15.Moreover, delays in forming a national unity government are...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Friday said it would not participate in a government of national unity with President Robert Mugabe unless he met the party's conditions for sharing power. Addressing journalists in Harare after a key party meeting, MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe said the MDC would not govern together with Mugabe unless the constitution was...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... situation. The country's political rivals are still locked in a stalemate over the distribution of key ministries in the power-sharing government.Annan said the delegation will not be involved in the current political negotiations, emphasising it was a humanitarian mission. "However, we urge Zimbabwe's political leaders to move swiftly to fully implement the 15th September agreement, particularly...
