Opinion & Analysis

© GOVERNMENT’S recent purchase of weaponry as reported in media circles has shown that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is gearing itself for a brutal confrontation with defenceless Zimbabweans. Instead of addressing people’s concerns that range from the daily skyrocketing of prices for basically everything — Mnangagwa’s government is trying to instil fear in a hapless…

© LAST week the country’s biggest beverages company — Delta Beverages — announced that it had reduced prices of its products including lager beers and soft drinks following an improvement on availability of foreign currency on the interbank market. This was a welcome development as Delta’s announcement served to show confidence in the interbank market…

ELEVEN months since the 2018 harmonised elections, Zimbabwe’s performance in addressing reforms has been nothing short of dismal. Efforts towards real reforms given the country’s historical electoral and political challenges could have been bearing fruits by now had sincere efforts been made towards reviewing policies through the legal framework and practices looking at how State…

© A WAR of words that has erupted between the ruling Zanu PF government and the opposition MDC is aggravating an already bad situation. The hyped political talk between the country’s political titans is ruffling feathers and worsening the hostilities between them. If common sense continues to elude our political leaders, the nation might plunge…

© THE recent call by Zanu PF youth league political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu for an all-inclusive dialogue is a breath of fresh air.  Tsenengamu’s refreshingly candid view demonstrates that there are also people in the ruling party who want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold talks with the leader of the largest opposition party in the…

© THE duties of a chief are enshrined in the Traditional Leaders Act chapter 29:17 which was enacted in 1998. As head of his or her chieftains the chief has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters, unable to vote or stand for election, however, the chief does have important ceremonial and formal…

© ZIMBABWEANS are feeling the pinch of the fast-decaying economy which has been precipitated by the bond note and RTSG$ loss of value on the parallel market. Ever since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced that the bond note’s value was no longer at par with the United States dollar, everything has gone haywire. [Adz] Before…