HARARE – One of the core functions of any national police force is to maintain law and order. In discharging that important responsibility, there must be a presumption of innocence when a crime is perceived to have been committed until the suspect is proven guilty by a competent court. Somehow, our police are getting this…
HARARE – When Morgan Tsvangirai passed away on Valentine’s Day, the young nation came together to mourn its former Prime Minister. Tsvangirai received many eulogies from as far afield as Washington to Pretoria. In fact, after news of his death spread, there were dozens of mourning ceremonies. Even though government turned down requests for national…
HARARE – Let us start at the beginning to drive this important point home: No sane Zimbabwean wants ousted former president Robert Mugabe back, or to see him influencing the country’s national politics in any way. This is why hundreds of thousands of people — of all political persuasions, colour and creed — willingly and…
HARARE – Zimbabweans are in for an exciting 2018 harmonised election as Zanu PF and the MDC go into this crucial contest without their two main political characters: Robert Mugabe and the late Morgan Tsvangirai. The two had since 2002 elections fiercely contested each other in successive polls that have produced contested outcomes. Mugabe, who…
HARARE – The late Morgan Tsvangirai’s family will not have anything to do with MDC politics as their role in the party naturally ended when he was buried on Wednesday, social and political analysts have said. While Tsvangirai’s family has been at the centre of the MDC succession row, giving conflicting statements on who was…
EDITOR — New dispensation, my foot! Apparently we are being told this is a new era with improved service delivery and improved standard of living when Zesa Holdings cannot attend a minor fault in Chadcombe covering less than 20 houses? I am a resident in the area and we have been in darkness for the…
HARARE – The death of MDC leader and former prime minister in the inclusive government — Morgan Tsvangirai — who will be interred at Humanikwa Village in Buhera today has united many Zimbabweans across the political divide. The unity that has been shown since his death last week — after succumbing to cancer of the…
EDITOR — The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) joins the entire Zimbabwean populace in celebrating the life of the mainstream MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai. We are saddened as a union to lose such selfless and iconic political figure who fought for justice, rule of law and a prosperous Zimbabwe. Broadly, Tsvangirai must be…
HARARE – John Henry Newman in The Idea of a University, way back in 1852, wrote: “A university is a place for the communication and circulation of thought, by means of personal intercourse… It is a place where inquiry is pushed forward,… discoveries verified and perfected, and… error exposed, by the collision of mind with…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) issued a statement last week advising the public of the suspension of seven officials from the examination body in order to pave way for an audit into leakages of question papers. Two of the officials were suspended pending retirement, while another executive was sent on three months’…
