HARARE – It was Mark Twain who said it is always better to keep one’s mouth shut and let people think that you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. Similarly, Jesus cautioned in the Book of Matthew that, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”. And so…
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe spent much of his first press conference since being ousted reflecting on the illegality of last November’s “coup d’etat,” and on the personal sense of betrayal that clearly still preoccupies the 94-year-old. But while some Zimbabweans, and historians, may find much to ponder in Mugabe’s enduring sense of victimhood, and…
HARARE – It was Mark Twain who said it is always better to keep one’s mouth shut and let people think that you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. Similarly, Jesus cautioned in the Book of Matthew that, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”. And so…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 2018 harmonised elections are likely to be disputed if no effort is made to strengthen democratic institutions and laws that govern elections. Already there are special voting blocs that are raising the red flag, among them those living in the Diaspora, prisoners, the physically-challenged who feel government and, in particular the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – As the 2018 Castle Premiership season opens tomorrow, there is a lot that the authorities will be grappling with as this year’s lap progresses. It is a fact that the majority of Premiership clubs are struggling financially, something not far removed from the state of the national economy. For most clubs, fulfilling fixtures…
HARARE – Political leaders appear to be saints for as long as they are in power but tumble off that pedestal of cleanliness once they are out of the power equation. This, however, is not limited to Zimbabwe alone as other countries within and outside Africa have also found themselves in similar situations. Politics is…
HARARE – The appointment of Patrick Mavhura as ZBC chief executive officer (CEO) ahead of those who had fared better in interviews is a scandal. As exclusively reported by the Daily News yesterday out of the 15 people interviewed for the top ZBC post, Mavhura was seventh, and was not even part of the final…
HARARE – The acting general manager (GM) at the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) revealed on Monday that the parastatal was pressured to dish out money to the ruling party, in what constitutes fresh evidence of the conflation between Zanu PF and the State. Giving oral evidence on the report by Auditor-General (AG) Mildred…
HARARE – It is disconcerting that despite well documented problems in public hospitals, government has not responded in a manner which shows an eagerness to either mitigate or end them. The problems at public health institutions — including hospitals and laboratories — have been there for some time and some of them do not need…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said there are 107 political parties running for the 2018 elections comprising largely an assortment of small parties. That might seem harmless, but in the strange, convoluted netherworld of Zimbabwean politics, a lot of the minor parties are useless and mysterious. They crowd the ballot, convolute the debate…
