HARARE – The aggressive door-to-door voter registration exercise Zanu PF is conducting in several Harare suburbs bodes ill for the crucial general elections set for next year. Ominous signs on the ground, particularly the violence and intimidation accompanying the ruling party’s voter registration process, point to a potential escalation of political violence in the coming…
KENT – Although Chief Justice (CJ) Luke Malaba will only have four years in office, he could still leave a remarkable legacy as head of the judicial arm of the State. He has nothing to lose. In fact, with only four years, he has a great incentive to do more and better as he won’t…
HARARE – With a mere three months of the new year gone, 2017 is already turning out to be yet another annus horribilis (horrible year) for former vice president and now leader of the floundering National People’s Party, Joice Mujuru. Indeed, it’s not just continuing to rain for Mujuru, it’s pouring on all fronts —…
HARARE – Following the appointment of seasoned jurist Luke Malaba as the country’s chief justice – to replace the outgoing Godfrey Chidyausiku – we applaud President Robert Mugabe’s decision to appoint this experienced lawman at a time when the process risked degenerating into a complete farce due to the political gamesmanship around the key issue….
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill or Bond Notes Bill has now been passed and gazetted as an Act of 2017. The central bank has warned that those fuelling the three-tier pricing that has emerged as market forces are overpowering the forced parity of the surrogate currency face imprisonment of up to…
AUCKLAND – I am not going to analyse Joice Mujuru’s performance in recent interviews on the BBC’s HARDtalk and on Deutsche Welle’s Conflict Zone point by point. Suffice to say she failed to sell herself and her party while on those platforms. Not only did she humiliate herself but she was an embarrassment to women,…
HARARE – Plans by the Local Government ministry to set up urban tollgates will surely face stiff resistance from Zimbabweans who are reeling from the effects of myriad challenges. Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere recently announced that the construction of plazas for use in the project will go ahead. Transport minister Jorum Gumbo had earlier…
HARARE – Proposition that persons should be allowed to vote anywhere in the country upon production of their national identity documentation cards (IDs) for the 2018 general election is a recipe for electoral chaos, analysts have said. There have been calls by some political actors for the abandonment of the voters’ roll to allow for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s arts community has every reason to be overjoyed by the recent confirmation by the management of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) that Zimbabwe’s biggest arts event will indeed bounce back in May after an 18-month hiatus. Since its inception in 1999 right up to the 2015 edition, Hifa consistently…
HARARE – This week, the Harare City Council provided the nation with an update on the progress of the new grass turf which is being laid at Rufaro Stadium. According to the local authorities, the venue will be ready for re-opening in the second week of April. Already, there was panic among the Harare-based football…
