HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s encouraging statement on respecting investor rights should not be allowed to stop with the full stop on the paper on which his Heroes Day speech was written on! It’s significant that Mugabe, who is seen as a stumbling block to attracting investment into Zimbabwe, chose a day that he usually…
LONDON – For all its authoritarian tendencies, the Zanu PF regime has allowed political pluralism. Since abandoning the idea of a one-party State, as long as one meets the basic requirements, they can form a political party. From the pitifully unsophisticated Egypt Dzinemunhenzva to the savvier Simba Makoni, a disaffected former senior Zanu PF official….
HARARE – The last time I heard a woman playing a saxophone was in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at a function sponsored by the Commonwealth Press Union, before Zimbabwe was booted out of that organisation in 2004. What was exciting was she was playing one of jazz’s classic titles, Paul Desmond’s Take Five. I have it…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government, for long accused of corruption and out of depth in arresting the current economic slide, lacks the will to restore confidence among Zimbabweans and foreign investors. Mugabe, especially, has failed to act on numerous cases of corruption involving senior government officials, including ministers, cementing the widely-held belief that he…
HARARE – Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has a lot of work to do to bring back his name to good standing. Kasukuwere’s conduct towards the parliamentary committee chaired by Mayor Justice Wadyajena smacks of disdain and contempt judging by the way he has tried to reduce it to a…
HARARE – Microfinance is an emerging phenomenon that opens access to capital for individuals previously shut out from financial services. In its direct engagement with the community, microfinance represents a new way for financial capital to potentially stimulate economic growth in developing countries. Popularly known on the streets as chimbadzo, microfinance is poorly understood, and…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans, we have a propensity for claiming glory when we have contributed very little to that success. Take for example the way we have treated boxer Charles Manyuchi in his professional boxing career that spans 23 fights. Last weekend, Manyuchi successfully defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title by stopping Italian…
HARARE – Honourable Julius Malema, a few weeks ago you were placed on record making very preposterous claims regarding the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, his government, his policies, and the general welfare of Zimbabweans. In very implicit terms, you expressed very disturbing opinions to the effect that Zimbabwe’s problems are not the making of…
HARARE – Expelled Zanu PF senior member and former Masvingo resident minister, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, as reported yesterday in our sister publication — the Daily News On Sunday — foiled an abduction attempt on him after he dramatically turned the tables on alleged intelligence details who had been trailing him for more than a week. Bhasikiti,…
EDITOR — I take my hat off to the Auditor General Mildred Chiri for her commendable work that truly defines her as a genuine patriotic Zimbabwean. She has been at the forefront of exposing huge cases of corruption, financial mismanagement and other underhand dealings involving top government officials at a time when even men themselves…
