HARARE – Zanu PF’s penchant for clicking the self-destruct button, which is clearly underlined by senseless internal fights and policy contradictions, remain the biggest obstacle in the country’s re-engagement efforts. There appears to be a deliberate ploy to sabotage the efforts of well-meaning Zimbabweans who have demonstrated a desire to help extricate the country from…
HARARE – Nobody has actually called them the perfect couple — at least not in my hearing. They have been married for a while. The vast difference in age makes it a little wild to paste that monicker on them. There have been upheavals, but nothing sensational enough to suggest a break-up. The difference in…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to succeed President Robert Mugabe to an extent that he is rewriting the liberation struggle history casting himself as an integral party of the liberation war narrative and in the process lying about his heroic roles and, at the same time, denigrating the involvement of others like…
HARARE – The morale of doctors working in Zimbabwe’s government hospitals has over the past few months experienced an unprecedented and exponential decline. The reasons are multifaceted and basically are inextricably intertwined to the governance and socio-economic meltdown that has engulfed Zimbabwe. With the current trends it is logical to assume that those who have…
LONDON – In all spheres of life, it is commonly accepted that leaders take responsibility for the performance of organisations or institutions they lead. In business, for instance, the chief executives or general managers bear the responsibility for the viability of the enterprises they head. It should not be different in the political sphere. The…
HARARE – When a close friend who is a legislator called me on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 to tell me that President Robert Mugabe had just finished re-reading his August 25, 2015 State of the Nation Address (Sona) purporting that it was his speech to open the second session of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe,…
HARARE – The most unforgettable for Zimbabweans, with the memory of the elephant, was uttered by Robert Mugabe: “After all, who is Joshua Nkomo?” He uttered this at the start of Gukurahundi, in which 20 000 people were killed. Nkomo was then leader of PF-Zapu, and Mugabe of Zanu. The parties ended up in a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s decision to establish a National Ports Authority at a time when government is struggling to meet its day-to-day activities due to depleting coffers smacks of hypocrisy. A National Ports Authority is a quasi-government public authority formed by a legislative body to administer ports and other transportation infrastructure. Although most port authorities across…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe made a blunder of epic proportions when he read a wrong speech at the opening of the Third session of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He repeated a speech he read during the State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month word for word. Curiously, Zanu PF MPs cheered…
LONDON – When it comes to producing policy blueprints, we rank highly than the poverty index. Manifestos have come to define the objectives of political parties. But I am not convinced that in undemocratic states, manifestos have any broader efficacy. I do not, of course, discount their value. However, in states like Zimbabwe, that do…
