HARARE – On Wednesday, a section of former liberation war fighters descended on the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare to demonstrate against War Veterans minister, Tshinga Dube, for airing views which they believe are inconsistent with Zanu PF’s constitution. Dube stirred a hornet’s nest recently by openly validating the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association’s…
EDITOR — I am responding to an article titled Female MPs demand more Parly seats in one of the Daily News editions last week where women parliamentarians were demanding that the proposed amendments to the Electoral Act include clauses that create constituencies that are exclusively for women so that it becomes compulsory that at least…
HARARE – Today, Zimbabwe stands on the brink of chaos if Zanu PF fails to deal decisively with its succession. Without a shadow of doubt, President Robert Mugabe’s unresolved succession issue continues to affect the country and in so many ways. Prospective investors are standing on the sidelines waiting to see positive signs that could…
EDITOR — War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube must be commended for speaking freely and frankly about succession in Zanu PF and in the country’s highest office. There is no shortage for potential successors, like in other countries. For the State presidency, he is one, as are the two vice presidents, the former VP and former…
HARARE – The Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has once again shaken the birdcage, as she unveiled yet more reports exposing the rot in President Robert Mugabe’s government and State-run institutions. According to the 2016 reports, financial indiscipline — gross misappropriation and abuse of funds — has actually escalated unabated to unprecedented levels. Year-in, year-out, Chiri…
HARARE – Calls by senators last week on government to reinstate financial aid to assist students in the payment of educational expenses must be supported by all right-thinking Zimbabweans. This comes after a damning report by the thematic committee on HIV and Aids which highlighted poverty as the major cause of prostitution at the country’s…
HARARE – Economic assertions by the government and opposition alike have left observers wondering if Zimbabweans have become so gullible to incontestably believe promises by their preferred political parties. Zanu PF intends to create 300 000 jobs from the dualisation of a 900-kilometre road! The mainstream Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) plans to create a…
HARARE – The World Bank this week made sad and disheartening projections of Zimbabwe’s moribund economy. The international financier — which forecast Zimbabwe’s economic growth to decline from this year’s 2,7 percent to 0,9 percent next year and plummet further to 0,2 percent in 2019 — painted a gloomy picture of the country’s economic outlook….
HARARE – If there is one thing that football “mad” Zimbabweans cannot talk about with authority and confidence, it is the consistency by their beloved Warriors. There are many times that they have been taken to the “Seventh Heaven” and also, in equal measure, condemned to hell, as the performances of the Zimbabwe senior men’s…
EDITOR — The Election Resource Centre (ERC), notes with concern the reintroduction of the proof of residence as a prerequisite for one to register to vote without any other alternative. This happening ahead of the imminent voter registration exercise potentially threatens the principle of inclusivity which is desirable for credible elections to be attained. The…
