HARARE – On Friday, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa announced in his Mid-Term Fiscal Review Statement that government was planning to retrench, cut civil servants’ salaries and bonuses for 2016 and 2017 as part of measures aimed at cutting the State’s expenditure. While Chinamasa’s plans may sound prudent, they may not — as happened last year…
HARARE – It is sad that President Robert Mugabe is yet again proving beyond doubt that he would like to take Zimbabwe down the drain. The 92-year-old strongman, the only leader that Zimbabwe has known since the attainment of independence from Britain in 1980, apart from making reckless statements attacking the judiciary, has also managed…
HARARE – Last month, in a small, inconspicuous café in Johannesburg, I listened as Pastor Evan Mawarire broke down and wept as he told me how Zimbabwean authorities harassed and persecuted him for daring to speak out against repression and rights abuses in his country. Mawarire’s courageous #ThisFlag campaign has galvanised ordinary Zimbabweans from all…
EDITOR — The statements made by Patrick Chinamasa, the Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs on the need for electoral reforms before the 2018 elections are pie in the sky. It is on record that the 2013 elections were rigged by Zanu PF and the party— aware that the people of Zimbabwe have rejected them…
HARARE – As a patriotic citizen, I accept that the president of a country is the first citizen but that does not make him the only and last citizen. Yes, the president is the citizen of citizens but all other citizens also have their rights equal under the law being recognised and further protected by…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s threat on judges — delivered during his address to Zanu PF youths in Harare on Saturday — must have had a chilling effect on the learned men and women tasked with interpreting the laws of the country. When Mugabe as head of the Executive — which is only one of…
HARARE – While it is a fact that President Robert Mugabe has exceeded his sell-by-date, and should surely retire, there is need to improve the discourse on what needs to be done post his era. This is what opposition political parties need to be talking about to the people of Zimbabwe, who have been anxiously…
HARARE – It is like a breath of fresh air and indeed something that gives us reason to believe that some commissions that were set up by government have the nation at heart and are not there to massage the egos of those in power. It is funny that government is hopping mad after the…
BULAWAYO – It cannot be the equivalent of selling a 37-year-old jalopy, but it comes pretty close. In 2018, Robert Mugabe and his political party will be gunning for power for the umpteenth time since this former British colony achieved independence in 1980. Many thousands of lives were lost during the combat between the white…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF-led government must heed growing calls by the citizens to step down and allow fresh blood to govern the country and revive its waning economic conditions. Events of the past few weeks and more demonstrations planned in the weeks ahead are a clear indication of the frustrations that are…
