HARARE – Fans have got a vital role to play in tomorrow’s crucial 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Zimbabwe and Malawi at the National Sports Stadium. The Warriors are in pole position in Group L with only two games to go before the campaign comes to an end. Zimbabwe have destiny in their…
HARARE – If the recent picture of missing activist Itai Dzamara is anything to go by, Zimbabweans have every reason to “drown” in fear. While the State operatives have denied responsibility for the abduction of the missing activist, the country has been known of having individuals in the past that have disappeared without a trace….
BULAWAYO – At the beginning of this week, when I performed my routine task of checking that everything was in order at the old people’s place in Bulawayo where I have been a resident for more than a year, I made a startling discovery at the reception hall. Normally, my check would conclude with an…
HARARE – Crisis-weary Zimbabweans are in for a rude awakening if the country’s bankers are allowed to go through with their proposal to introduce a $500 weekly cash withdrawal limit. Bankers Association of Zimbabwe immediate past president George Guvamatanga yesterday said because of the worsening cash crisis, there was need for the new $500 weekly…
HARARE – For some time now, Zimbabweans have been hobnobbing with political elites without telling them the truth about the trajectory they prescribed for the country. Nobody dares say a word about the direction Zanu PF has been dragging the country towards since 1980. If anything, this has been an epic journey towards nowhere. At…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is slowly degenerating into both political and economic chaos due to ill-advised and populist policies being implemented by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF-led government. The chaotic and often violent land reform exercise in the early 2000s completely destroyed the agriculture sector, while Operation Murambatsvina in 2005 not only destroyed houses but also…
HARARE – While Zanu PF’s recent one million-man march has come and gone, social and political commentator contend it has not changed anything at all as corruption, hunger, joblessness and money shortages continue unabated. Human rights activist Dewa Mavhinga said this was a circus right out of George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal farm. [GoogleAd] “The…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s move to pardon more than 2 000 inmates across the country is a welcome move as it will decongest overcrowded national prisons where inmates have often complained of poor living conditions which lead outbreaks of deadly diseases at the institutions. Mugabe freed the convicts from 46 prisons under a special…
HARARE – The rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly are vital to every democratic society. These rights are not only enshrined in international human rights standards ratified by Zimbabwe but are also enshrined in the amended Zimbabwe Constitution. Despite this, the Zimbabwean government has failed to ensure the enjoyment of these rights by…
HARARE – While we support freedom of association, assembly and the right to demonstrate, we are still to fully comprehend how the Zanu PF one million-man march will solve the myriad of problems Zimbabweans face today. Just in case we are accused by some overexcited loonies paid to propagate pro-Zanu PF propaganda of being an…
