EDITOR — The MDC has learnt with sadness the passing on of renowned author Chenjerai Hove who is reported to have succumbed to liver failure while in exile in Norway. The country and literary community has lost a talented, fearless and principled writer who contributed immensely towards the education sector and the struggle for a…
HARARE – While the words economic empowerment and development have been thrown around over the past decade-plus, it seems the focus has been on somewhat exciting and novel initiatives as opposed to reviewing the inefficiencies and bottlenecks in the current system. Most of these models are incompatible with the 21st Century and thus continue to…
HARARE – The exclusion of pertinent issues involving Ziyambi Ziyambi and Energy Mutodi from the politburo agenda on Wednesday reveals that Zanu PF could be headed for a turnaround. Early this week, the Mashonaland West provincial executive passed a vote of no confidence in Ziyambi who was interim chairperson over accusations of leaking party information…
HARARE – Journalist-turned-democracy activist Itai Dzamara was abducted four months ago, but no one in authority wants to offer any clue to his whereabouts or fate. Since March 9, when the Occupy Africa Unity Square leader went missing, his wife Sheffra has spent most of her time campaigning and working to ensure his safe return….
LONDON – The relationship between President Robert Mugabe and one of his ministers, Jonathan Moyo, is one of the most puzzling in contemporary politics. Given the personal attacks on one another and public humiliations, it never ceases to boggle the mind that the two men sit in the same Cabinet. Moyo’s attacks on Mugabe before…
HARARE – It is sad that an outstanding poet, freedom fighter, musician, gender activist and farmer, Tichaona Freedom Nyamubaya passed on. May her soul rest in peace. While Nyamubaya was a rare breed, a candid and outspoken critic of the abuses that female freedom fighters endured at the hands of their male counterparts, it is…
HARARE – Revolutions are explosions of frustration and rage that build over time, sometimes over decades. Although their political roots are deep, it is often a single spark that ignites them — an assassination, perhaps, or one selfless act of defiance — warned the United States’ Washington Post newspaper in the aftermath of a revolt…
HARARE – Political analysts have dismissed the recent mini-Cabinet reshuffle by President Robert Mugabe saying the move is just like re-arranging of chairs on the deck of a sinking Titanic. Former minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo was shunted to position of minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development…
HARARE – Most countries pride themselves on having a free press. A free press has to be free to make any difference to the running of a country. In the United States, there is no pretence — as there is in many African countries — of a government-run newspaper or radio station posing as something…
HARARE – The UN has called on Zimbabwe to accelerate efforts to end child marriages. There are already efforts aimed at ending child marriages but targeted community campaigns should be intensified, especially in rural areas where the practice is common. As rightly stated by Zimbabwe’s UN resident coordinator Bishow Parajuli, the notion that girls, some…
