Opinion & Analysis

HARARE – Journalists and media practitioners have said it is unfortunate that Information minister Jonathan Moyo likened Nigerian journalists who ambushed President Robert Mugabe during the recent inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari, the newly-installed leader of the West African country to “brothers and sisters of Boko Haram.” They said Moyo’s outburst intimates that it borders on…

HARARE – Zimbabwe finds itself in the current economic stagnation largely due to leadership failure and misplaced priorities. Instead of channelling their energies towards economic revival, President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF administration is constantly chasing shadows and off late is busy concentrating on ejecting “Gamatox” members from the liberation war movement. On his part, Mugabe…

HARARE – The forthcoming by-elections in 14 constituencies countrywide have proved the expedient benevolence of politicians whose conscience seems to jolt and remember the electorate when they need their votes, judging by the empty promises they have been retailing since the campaign started. Some of the largesse showered on the electorate serves to prove one…

HARARE – Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s attempt to exonerate the current ruling regime of the Gukurahundi genocide is a classical act of engaging in hopeless propaganda. It is in fact a tragic effort to absolve the perpetrator, blame the victims, and erase the ethical meaning of this history. Mphoko is attempting to serve the agenda…

LONDON – Speaking to the BBC last week, information minister Jonathan Moyo sought to paint an unproblematic picture after President Robert Mugabe has departed the political scene. Power has a soporific effect that blinds us to the future. Societies that later plunged into conflict had rulers who refused to see or never saw circumstances changing….