EDITOR — “Zimbabwe’s problems are unique” is a common refuge and refrain in habitual excuse makers. Are they really unique? Zimbabwe’s diversity of language, habits, religions, ethos and culture can be a reason for the chronic underdevelopment that it has been battling for the last 34 years. This diversity in fact, should be enjoyed and…
HARARE – President Mugabe was treated to yet another birthday “celebration” by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the body that purports to represent government workers. This coming after the $1million shindig at Rhudhaka Stadium not so long ago. It is, however, improbable that this second round of sycophancy would have had the blessing of the…
HARARE – Is Zimbabwe in shifting sands? This is a question that needs to be asked as the country rapidly enters an economic cul de sac which we thought had been reversed during the days of the inclusive government. Instead of ramping up pressure on ministers to fulfill their electoral pledges and promises made after…
HARARE – Seven years ago today, the world of cricket was rocked to its foundation when Ireland recorded their first major win in international cricket when they beat Pakistan in the 2007 addition of the ICC World Cup in the West Indies. Seven years to the day, the Irish were at it again as they…
HARARE – Savior Kasukuwere made international news headlines during the inclusive government when he campaigned vigorously for the Indigenisation of foreign-owned firms in the country. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to conclude that the otherwise noble indigenisation programme was left in a mess by the man they call Tyson. The nation…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has hailed his new signings after the newcomers produced a flawless display at the weekend when DeMbare retained the Bob Super Cup with a 2-0 win over rivals Highlanders. The Glamour Boys, who have won the league title for the past three straight years, also extended their seven-year unbeaten…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s sevens rugby team can hold their heads high despite losing 21-15 in the final of the Harare International Sevens to a very well-drilled South Africa Sevens Academy. Liam Middleton’s charges are certainly in the right path as the new young guns incorporated in the form of newboys Lenience Tambwera, Boyd Rous, Ben…
HARARE – Ghanaian boxer Patrick Allotey says he will protest to the World Boxing Council against his defeat to Zimbabwean Charles Manyuchi in Saturday’s WBC welterweight title fight in Lusaka, Zambia. Allotey’s camp is not pleased with the decision by South African referee Sylvia Makaida to stop the fight in the eighth round, giving the…
BULAWAYO – Direct government to government co-operation between France and Zimbabwe will resume before the end of the year, French Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Laurent Delahousse has said. Delahousse told a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) post-election review conference in Bulawayo the donor community was keen to lend support to the Zimbabwe government desperate for funding…
HARARE – Hundreds of Zimbabwean passengers were at the weekend stranded again in Zambia after an Emirates plane developed a mechanical fault, the latest such glitch in as many weeks. Emirates, a global connector of people and places that flies daily from Harare, has come under fire for using faulty planes on its local route,…
