HARARE – In most of Africa, property in terms of land was almost always held under communal tenure. The reasons were cultural but based economically on the need for open access. When the smaller settler populations were eventually overthrown by diplomacy or force of arms, land rights were in nearly all cases simply abolished in…
HARARE – Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa directed those who externalised money and assets to make arrangements to return their loot within three months. The three-month window is expiring on February 28 and chances that the moratorium would be extended look slim. Mnangagwa has promised to arrest those who do not take advantage of his…
HARARE – Steep prices are a source of discomfort to any serving head of State because they can easily lead to civil disturbances as has been witnessed in many African and Latin American countries. Tunisia, which sparked a revolution across the Arabic countries in what was became known as the Arab Spring, when its restive…
Dear first lady, It is with tremendous obligation that I have been moved to publish this open letter to you since your husband duly assumed office when he took the oath of office as President at midday on a sunny Friday on November 24 in Harare. As a well known aphorism goes, “behind every successful…
HARARE – The Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda recently called on government to increase budget allocations for the ministry of Health and Child Care and Parliament to avoid crippling their operations. In the case of the ministry of Health, it was allocated $400 million — representing 7,7 percent of the $5,1 billion National…
HARARE – Zimbabwe enters into 2018 without its first executive president Robert Gabriel Mugabe and for the first time in 37 years, the voice of Mugabe will be missing outstandingly during the 2018 general election. This is an extremely interesting development for a number of reasons but more prominently because of the fact that the…
HARARE – For many years, we have seen the tendency by our government to give directives to schools to allow learners to attend classes despite lagging behind with their fees. Despite prohibiting the chasing away of students over non-payment of fees, schools have largely ignored the directive. Other schools are even known for withholding school…
HARARE – The MDC’s youth and women’s assemblies should not behave like leagues of the “old” Zanu PF who, against all logic, wanted former President Robert Mugabe to remain party candidate for this year’s election despite his advanced age and ill health. I was surprised at the MDC’s wings’ recent reactions to Morgan Tsvangirai’s intimation…
HARARE – Without any doubt, retailers have hiked prices of basic commodities to alarming and shocking levels. Prices of most basics — rice, meat and other products — have more than doubled in the past weeks. And something certainly has to be done to curb this deepening crisis. But the crisis can only be curtailed…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai has given the first clearest hint that he is on his way out after leading his MDC party since its formation in 1999. In his New Year message released on Monday, the former trade unionist said he cannot continue to hold onto the party’s reins and is about to pave way…
