HARARE – Today, the electorate in 14 vacant constituencies nationwide goes to the poll confronted with maverick choices between the devil they know and an opportunity to express their dismay over unfulfilled promises. Eligible voters can choose between more of the same or opt to register the pain they have endured while wishing for elusive…
HARARE – As President Robert Mugabe lulls himself to self-delusive deep slumber while the ship of State flounders, the nation is practically on its knees with nothing, absolutely nothing, but official stealing working in Zimbabwe. The economy is waffling through a permanent state of fragility, unemployment is nearing dizzying heights, poverty has become commonplace, official…
HARARE – Much as the Nigerian journalists were deemed disrespectful to President Robert Mugabe with their aggressive questioning, few would disagree that the questions they raised were pertinent. What made the whole affair appear discourteous is that the questions they posed were uncomfortable for an old man who has failed to give credible answers for…
HARARE – Political and social commentators say it is calculative for former Vice President Joice Mujuru not to come out in the open and challenge President Robert Mugabe so soon after her expulsion from Zanu PF and government. They believe politics in Zimbabwe is a calculating game where one does not lay all the cards…
HARARE – Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere and VP Emmerson Mnangagwa have sparked a storm over their recent comments at Zanu PF rallies to drum up support for the June 10 by-elections in Harare and Mutare respectively that there won’t be any electoral reforms as demanded by opposition political parties. First it was…
HARARE – The most unfortunate reality in Zimbabwe today is when Jonathan Moyo coughs, the media in Zimbabwe contracts some virus. Give the devil his due, the professor has a perchance for steering up the hornet’s nest and most times, shows some reckless bravado that is working well to destroy Zanu PF from within as…
HARARE – Webster Shamu’s recent three-year suspension from Zanu PF should serve as a warning to those who have built their political careers through bootlicking. Until the contentious Zanu PF congress last December that brutally purged many perceived loyalists of former Vice President Joice Mujuru, Shamu was the undoubted master bootlicker in the ruling party….
HARARE – When Zanu PF received a fresh mandate to form a new government in 2013, economic analysts predicted that the economy would be the albatross around President Robert Mugabe’s neck. And 22 months down the line, their prophecy has come true if the situation prevailing on the streets and pavements of our cities is…
HARARE – In case my meaning is lost on people fond of misinterpreting things, let me explain: a man who once ruled Nigeria as a military dictator 30 years ago, is back in power as a civilian ruler. My interpretation is simply that a man who was once prime minister of this country could return…
HARARE – The latest move by the Zanu PF-led government to use the military to forcibly remove street vendors from cities and towns is ill-conceived and must be condemned in the strictest of terms. While we do not condone illegal vending on street pavements, as it does not only pose a health and moral hazard…
