President allocates ministries
Herald Reporters
PRESIDENT Mugabe has gazetted ministries allocated to Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC in terms of the power-sharing agreement signed by the three parties.
Section (L) of the Functions and Powers of the President outlined in the power-sharing agreement states that the Head of State shall after consultation with the Vice Presidents, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers, allocate ministerial portfolios in accordance with the agreement.
After the assignment of ministries to the parties, President Mugabe is expected to sign the necessary papers for the appointment of the Vice Presidents, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers.
After their appointments, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC counterpart Arthur Mutambara would have three months to find seats in Parliament.
The President would then receive nominations of ministerial appointees from the two MDC formations for appointment into Cabinet.
Highly placed sources last night said Zanu-PF has already agreed on its line-up of ministers.
In the 31-member Cabinet, Zanu-PF — which won the popular vote on March 29 — has 15 ministries, MDC-T 13 while MDC has three.
The principals would assign their members in the portfolios.
No appointments would, however, be made until the facilitator, former South African president Cde Thabo Mbeki, has come to assist on the outstanding ministry — Finance, which Cde Mugabe provisionally assigned to Zanu-PF, according to the Government Gazette.
The assignment of ministries was done in terms of Paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of Section 31 D of the Constitution.
The ministries are as follows.
1. Defence
2. Home Affairs
3 . Foreign Affairs
4. Transport
5 . Local Government and Urban Development
6 . Mines and Mining Development
7. Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement
8. Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism
9. Higher and Tertiary Education
10. Small and Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development
11. Justice and Legal Affairs
12 . Media, Information and Publicity
13. Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development
14. Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment
MDC-T
1. Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs
2. Economic Planning and Investment Promotion
3. Energy and Power Development
4. Health and Child Welfare
5. Labour and Social Welfare
6. Water Resources Development and Management
7 . Public Service
8. Sport, Arts and Culture
9. State Enterprise and Parastatals
10 . Science and Technology Development
11. Information Communication Technology
12. Public Works
13 . National Housing and Social Amenities
MDC-M
1. Regional Integration and International Co-operation
2. Education
3 . Industry and Commerce
NB: Finance is still in dispute.
Robert Mugabe 
Zanu-PF, which until recently had complete control over all Zimbabwean cabinet posts, has reassigned control of these in a process separate from the power sharing negotiations which are taking place. This move seems aimed at giving Zanu-PF, the party lead by Robert Mugabe, control of the most important government ministries.   The move will not be official, however, until approved in the power sharing negotiations.

The move was announced yesterday in The Herald, a newspaper run by Zanu-PF, and was criticized heavily from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which is led by Morgan Tsvangirai. 

"The MDC dismisses the Zanu PF's unilaterally gazetted wish list of ministries, which is a betrayal of the wishes, expectations and aspirations of the majority of Zimbabweans," said the MDC in a press release. "The Herald-published list of ministries is a product of unilateral, contemptuous and outrageous machinations by Zanu PF. In fact, it is a giant act of madness which puts the whole deal into jeopardy. Zanu PF cannot nocturnally allocate ministries barely hours after the three principals agreed to disagree by referring the matter to the mediator after a logjam over all key ministries."

"Zanu PF's ploy is to preempt the visit of the mediator and any attempt by SADC to try and help Zimbabweans locate exit points to the current impasse," added the press release.

===Zanu-PF allocation of ministries===





 Ministry

 Controlling Party



 Defence

Zanu-PF



 Home Affairs

Zanu-PF



 Foreign Affairs

Zanu-PF



 Transport

Zanu-PF



 Local Government and Urban Development

Zanu-PF



 Mines and Mining Development

Zanu-PF



 Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement

Zanu-PF



 Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism

Zanu-PF



 Higher and Tertiary Education

Zanu-PF



 Small and Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development

Zanu-PF



 Justice and Legal Affairs

Zanu-PF



 Media, Information and Publicity

Zanu-PF



 Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development

Zanu-PF



 Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment

Zanu-PF



 Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs

MDC



 Economic Planning and Investment Promotion

MDC



 Energy and Power Development

MDC



 Health and Child Welfare

MDC



 Labour and Social Welfare

MDC



 Water Resources Development and Management

MDC



  Public Service

MDC



  Sport, Arts and Culture

MDC



 State Enterprise and Parastatals

MDC



 Science and Technology Development

MDC



 Information Communication Technology

MDC



 Public Works

MDC



 National Housing and Social Amenities

MDC



 Regional Integration and International Co-operation

MDC



 Education

MDC



 Industry and Commerce

MDC



 Finance

Not allocated