HARARE – Zimbabwe’s presidential, parliamentary and municipal polls will be held on July 30. They will be fought around generational issues and a collapsing economy marked by critical cash and fuel shortages. Sadly, there have been no opinion polls — except the dubious Nekorach poll — so far to give us a sense of who…
HARARE – Over the years, Zimbabwe has witnessed families of rich politicians who when the breadwinners die fight over their estates. When the politicians die they leave behind several children born out of wedlock who only emerge after their deaths, hence creating confusion as they also claim share of the deceased’s wealth. While many of…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a flawed Electoral Amendment Act that is still unaligned to the Constitution unanimously approved by 95 percent of Zimbabweans in a referendum held in March 2013. The flawed Electoral Act was enacted on May 28 in a Government Gazette and came into operation on that very…
HARARE – A coup in November, now elections in July. After years of waiting for post-Mugabe politics in Zimbabwe, the new dispensation is in full campaigning mode, amidst international re-engagement and promises of a bright future ahead — provided those elections are free, fair and credible. But how likely is that, really? So, now we…
HARARE – When we read of criminal syndicates of the western world, we always envision Al Capone and the Italian Mafia as the apex of organised crime. In Zimbabwe, the mafia is our inept selfish government that thrives on exorbitant unjustifiable expenses on what they term the best intentions for the nation. Recently, the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Elections are the hallmark of representative democracy, allowing the people’s regular input in choices about leaders and policy. Yet, they are also competitive processes, unleashing conflict and tensions that could potentially destabilise the fabric of the State and societies. It is essential, therefore, that such tensions and conflict are minimised or outrightly eliminated….
HARARE – The chaos and violence which were witnessed in the MDC’s primary elections, just like what happened in the Zanu PF internal voting, highlight a very worrying culture of failing to disagree in a manner that shows civility. It is quite disconcerting that despite the country’s leadership and indeed MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) should be applauded for re-launching patrol units countrywide as this will help curb crime. Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga was spot-on when he recently bemoaned the absence of police officers on the streets, ordering them to resume patrols. Matanga said it was worrisome that streets were devoid of police patrols…
HARARE – Harare City fathers should spare a thought for motorists and put markings on the city’s roads which have now become death traps, especially at night. The markings on our roads in and around the city are no longer visible and motorists are unknowingly encroaching into other motorists’ lanes. I do not think it…
HARARE – Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has been sucked in a number of controversies ever since he was retired from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in December last year. Unlike his predecessors who retired quietly, Chihuri is being hounded left, right and centre since the dawn of a new era, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa….
