HARARE – What has our country been reduced to by this merciless Zanu PF regime? This is the question many people, young and old have been asking. When the angry and long-suffering people of Zimbabwe meet journalists they also ask us what we are doing to expose the rot that has seen them reduced to…
HARARE – With South Africa taking over the leadership of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and Zimbabwe heading for yet another landmark election likely to be highly-contested and equally disputed, it is only logical to remind both Sadc and South Africa on the unfinished business that is Zimbabwe. Unfinished business given the investment made…
HARARE – Election Resource Centre (ERC) welcomes Statutory Instrument 85 (S.I. 85) of 2017 that was gazetted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) last month. The statutory instrument outlines new voter registration regulations ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections, and provides nine fundamental provisions for voter registration namely; proof of identity and citizenship, proof of…
HARARE – The Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe managing director — very qualified to comment on economic and monetary matters — warned that Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya’s plans to inject more bond notes into circulation will not help reduce the crippling cash crisis, which has caused horror for the transacting public. “I think…
HARARE – The wrangle between Zimbabwean and South African aviation authorities, which left thousands of travellers between the two countries stranded over the weekend, could have been handled differently. Thousands of travellers, including international tourists, were caught up in a tiff between the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) and the South African Civil Aviation…
HARARE – The 2018 elections are taking place in a threatening environment hostile to free speech and genuine political participation, again raising the spectre of elections that will neither be free nor fair. There is a massive wall of fear built for the rural people — who constitute 75 percent of the Zimbabwean voter bloc…
HARARE – Something is certainly amiss with the way Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo is thumbing his nose at journalists who will be going about their duties. Like a teaser bull seeking to frighten a more potent opponent, he belligerently kicks dust in all places at the sight of inconvenient questions from members of the…
HARARE – With the silly season of elections now upon us, it is no longer uncommon to hear the political elite referring to their fellow citizens as “our people”. While this might sound like a genuine slip of the tongue, in the majority of cases it is actually a true reflection of what those in…
HARARE – The solo war Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has started at the City of Harare is one he may not win easily. The Harare mayor is reportedly planning to slash wages for council employees, ostensibly because they are too exorbitant and gobble a significant chunk of revenue meant for service delivery. Previously, Manyenyeni has…
EDITOR — The past few weeks have shown the difference between Zimbabwean political rivals, President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. A few weeks ago, some MDC hooligans who were said to have been hired from Harare travelled to Bulawayo where they assaulted party officials, including deputy president Thokozani Khupe. Tsvangirai immediately suspended the persons involved…
