HARARE – The announcement by government that Zimbabwe will now — going forward — consider white farmers for 99-year leases instead of the current five, signals a complete departure from former agrarian policies of former president Robert Mugabe. The new dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa — for long Mugabe’s lieutenant who came to power…
HARARE – Former President Robert Mugabe has to eat humble pie and lead the process of healing people in Midlands and Matabeleland who were victims of the infamous Gukurahundi. While Mugabe was forced to retire from politics, it is to his advantage to tackle the Gukurahundi issue and apologise because this dark episode will haunt…
EDITOR — The new era government should make sure that convicted public officials who are convicted of corruption or any offense should be relieved of their duties. The Anti-Corruption Act demands that a person, who is convicted of an offence under the Act shall be disqualified from holding a public office. In essence, all public…
HARARE – The rains which fell in most parts of the country on Monday must have come as a relief to farmers across Zimbabwe as they injected some bit of hope in an increasingly hopeless population. Things were looking bad, really bad in previous weeks. Crops in most parts of the country were experiencing severe…
HARARE – While President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has been making corrections on most disastrous policies former president Robert Mugabe was pursuing, his next call should be to bring order on the farms where most resettled farmers have been unable to fully utilise the land for economic prosperity. Zimbabwe is predominantly an agro-based economy and as…
EDITOR — Motorists and commuters who use Seke Road in and out of Harare city centre had a nightmare yesterday morning after a haulage truck failed to heed the 4-metre clearance requirement at the Flyover Bridge. As a result, the container — which the truck was carrying — got hooked by the bridge above it…
HARARE – The crop situation in most parts of the country is not looking good because the heavens have not been generous with the rains. Farming experts warned this week that some of the crops could be written off if the heavens do not open up this week. Zimbabwe is an agro-based economy, whose fortunes…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (Wef) and the run up to his visit had been characterised by a significant amount of State-controlled media fanfare, private media encouragement and a decent amount of optimism by the business sector. One or two opposing parliamentarians joined the praise-singing bandwagon…
EDITOR — President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried hard to impress at the just-ended 48th World Economic Forum, but a few mistakes that he made could work against him. The biggest error he made was to answer a question on whether the Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora were going to vote. He gave the impression that there were…
HARARE – Two schools of thought have emerged in the MDC on how the party should resolve the debate around Morgan Tsvangirai’s succession. One school of thought is campaigning for an extraordinary general meeting where all those aspiring for the top job can present themselves before the MDC membership which can then decide on who…
