HARARE – Allies of First Lady Grace Mugabe, in organising a solidarity march in Harare yesterday to show their support after she assaulted a South African model, Gabriella Engels, in Johannesburg two weeks ago, should be ashamed of themselves. If we may ask; what were they marching in solidarity of because Grace’s South African episodes…
HARARE – The atmosphere in the ruling Zanu PF party, and in the country at large, has become poisoned with suspicions following Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s alleged poisoning, while in Gwanda, about four weeks ago. Government alleges that he ate “stale food” but this is being disputed by Mnangagwa’s family and close allies, who are…
HARARE – Our beloved police continue to hog the limelight. Sadly, due to wrong reasons, mostly. This time, it had to take President Robert Mugabe to call the law enforcers to order. And it is not the first time the 93-year-old leader has had to intervene in reigning in errant police behaviour. Speaking at the…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) recently moved to slash salaries of its senior managers in a move which it said was in line with its policy of channelling most of its revenue towards service delivery rather than on consumption and salaries. Whether this would be implemented remains to be seen. Five years ago, Cabinet…
EDITOR — The legacy that Joice Mujuru enjoys today was earned while riding on President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s back. She literally swung on the liberation icon’s coat- tails. Without this legacy Mujuru is nothing. All her political prominence was gained under the guardianship of her mentor, Mugabe. Her political leadership prowess is not tested outside…
HARARE – A serving High Court judge gave me something interesting to think about. He claims Team Lacoste has captured State institutions — from the judiciary, the military, the State media — and G40 has captured the presidency. The judge, who cannot be named for professional reasons, insists Team Lacoste interests are significantly influencing State…
HARARE – On Saturday, President Robert Mugabe had many surprises for thousands of mourners who converged at the National Heroes Acre for the joint burials of the late Moudy Muzenda and George Rutanhire. But no one had expected him to savage the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for the conduct of its traffic officers at numerous…
EDITOR — The MDC strongly condemns the decision made by the South African Department of International Relations and Cooporation to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity following her savage attack on Gabriella Engels while on a private visit to South Africa recently. We view this partisan application of the law as grossly unfair and unjust and…
HARARE – The Zanu PF government, very clear in its conscience that it is doing things wrongly, continues to try and treat symptoms of major deficiencies within its operational system. The President Robert Mugabe-led administration superintends over shareholding in several corporations, most of which are doing badly. The obtaining cash shortages in the country —…
HARARE – Zimbabweans who had pinned their hopes on the possibility of a grand coalition of opposition political parties to challenge President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF in the 2018 elections should be disappointed with the slow pace of negotiations. With just over six months before a possible vote next year, people expected that by…
