HARARE – Zanu PF secretary for youth league in the politburo —Kudzanai Chipanga — has a right to lavish praise on President Robert Mugabe because it is his democratic right. Being a leader of the next generation of politicians — the youths — it is also expected that Chipanga should inspire confidence not only in…
HARARE – With the 2018 elections on the horizon, Zanu PF seems to have captured key institutions like Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), ZBC, police and army among others that can aid it to win the elections. But how can this state capture be addressed before the poll as Zanu PF is also in the habit…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has a busy election calendar going into general elections mid next year. Thousands of Zimbabweans will seek elective office next year, running for municipal, legislative, and presidential posts. Few opposition parties have access to the financial resources needed to campaign, produce and air commercials. Even long-standing incumbents in legislative and municipal posts…
HARARE – Last week, President Robert Mugabe’s government announced plans to introduce a fuel levy – news that was received with shock and sadness by the long-suffering masses. While the motive – to bankroll a Road Accident Fund (Raf) – is noble, in light of the road carnage that has been witnessed in past months,…
HARARE – This week, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) dithered on a good chance to send a stern message to hooligans when they reserved judgment on the hearing into the abandoned Highlanders and Dynamos match. Bosso were summoned by the PSL Disciplinary Committee last Tuesday following the chaos at Barbourfields Stadium on May 14 when…
HARARE – Although the lantern of Florence Nightingale has long dimmed, many of the obscure illusions it dissipated are still flickering in the minds of senior health officials. The obsolete reading of nursing as a flaccid, vocational duty has been cruelly exposed with the ongoing national strike that has revealed a culture of complacency about…
EDITOR — President Robert Mugabe has failed to create jobs for youths in Zimbabwe, but for his son in-law Simbarashe Chikore and his daughter, Bona, he has successfully managed to do that. Out of 2,2 million jobs promised it seems only two have been created and with only a year left, Mugabe has to create…
HARARE – Today was supposed to be a significant day for Zimbabwe and indeed for Africa as a whole in celebrating the continent’s uniqueness and dreams of its founding fathers, but that has not been the case. Most African governments have nothing to celebrate or be proud of on Africa Day as the continent’s political…
HARARE – For Harare residents, the burden of the ongoing water crisis can be measured in the weight of buckets. Few outside of Harare can tell you how much a 25-litre bucket of water weighs. But in Harare, they can recite it from memory. For years now, many Harare residents have been making the daily…
HARARE – The violent behaviour displayed by the ruling party’s youth league at Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial headquarters — Davies Hall — on Sunday is both stunning and disappointing. Provincial youth league chairperson Anna Mokgohloa was mercilessly clobbered, allegedly by war veterans, while Bulawayo Central district chairperson Magura Charumbira was reportedly stabbed in the head…
