HARARE – The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) party welcomes the published findings of the Commission of Inquiry set to establish the circumstances surrounding the August 1 unfortunate shooting and killings of civilians. As NCA party we applaud the Commission of Inquiry findings that; •The deaths and injuries were a direct result of the actions of…
HARARE – It is now quite clear that those countries that give close attention to the education of their people are those that do best in the global markets of the world and succeed in raising the standard of living of their people in the process. I ask myself how it was that before independence…
HARARE – In legal circles, it is said that “justice delayed is justice denied.” In essence, the axiom implies that matters brought before the courts must be dealt with within a reasonable time because delaying the granting of justice is tantamount to denying it altogether. It infers that the courts must expediently try issues so…
HARARE – The case at the High Court in which the War Veterans Welfare Group has sued the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) for refusing to flight advertisements inviting former liberation war heroes to participate in a demonstration held in Harare recently, has once again put the national broadcaster in negative spotlight. As a public broadcaster,…
HARARE – This week I break silence on an emotional topic whose time I believe has come for public and open debate. Homosexuality. Gays and Lesbians. Recent events at St John’s College in Harare captured the significant attention of social media, but, as happens with time, it quietened down and life resumed for all, the…
HARARE – The release of the much-awaited Commission of Inquiry report on the August 1 politically-motivated violence that culminated in the death of six innocent civilians when the army was drafted to help the police break protests in central Harare is commendable. However, it is important for President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who presented the report…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, not once but twice, last week, ruled out forming a government of national unity (GNU) with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. On the other hand, Chamisa continues to push for dialogue which he says should not be mistaken as a clamour for another GNU. Mnangagwa won the hotly-disputed plebiscite on July…
HARARE – Over the years, one of Zimbabwe’s greatest handicaps — and one that led to run-away expenditure by any standard for a little geographical entity as ours — has been the conflation of party and government functions. This trend, which started during the dark years of former president Robert Mugabe’s rule, seems to have…
HARARE – Judicial independence, which is critical for the sustenance of democracy, is under assault if developments at the on-going trial of MDC national chairperson Tendai Biti are anything to go by. In our sister paper on Wednesday, an account was given of court proceedings in which Biti’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, claimed chief prosecutor Michael…
HARARE – Elsewhere in this edition, we report that government has paid $150 000 in compensation to prominent rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko over torture she was subjected to by State agents in 2008 over trumped-up terrorism charges. settlement, the first of its kind on such a scale paid by government to a victim of torture,…
