Opinion & Analysis

HARARE – An ominous hint that government’s parlous state of  financial desperation threatened to impinge on the economic well-being of its already impoverished citizens magnified itself when ruling elite mandarins cobbled up the ideas to consign them to the garret by introducing presumptive taxes. Little did the overburdened mainstream taxpayer suspect that more caustic, nefarious…

LONDON – In Britain, the election came and went, with the Conservatives defeating their opponents with surprising ease. Surprising because during the preceding weeks, opinion polls by at least six pollsters had shown the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck. It was only until the release of exit polls a few hours before vote-counting began…

HARARE – The recent remarks by President Robert Mugabe on Kalangas, their level of education and alleged “thieving” tendencies show us what type of a leader we have — an extremist who uses  “unpresidential” language. If Mugabe could say such things at a press conference, you wonder what sort of bigotry he spews behind closed…

HARARE – Recent revelations that nude pictures of recently-crowned Miss Zimbabwe Emily Kachote have been leaked via social media make disturbing reading. What has made the alleged leak of the pornographic images more disturbing for most people is the fact that it has become a recurrent problem at the national pageant. Last year, Thabiso Phiri…

HARARE – Last week’s handling of the Telecel saga by government leaves a lot to be desired as it has consequences of scaring away potential investors at a time the economy is in the doldrums and in dire need of fresh capital to jump-start it. President Robert Mugabe’s administration showed all and sundry — for…

HARARE – Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in celebrating the international Press Freedom Day yesterday at a time there are growing concerns over rising violations against the local media. While the country has marginally improved for the second year running on the international press freedom index, where it moved from 135 to 131…

HARARE – It is my pleasure to stand before you again at the 2nd Dubai Diamond Conference hosted and presented by the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE). The DDE has undoubtedly continued to remain a strategic and influential institution within the global diamond industry. Our inaugural meeting was held at this same venue back in 2013…

HARARE – Your excellencies, we welcome you to Zimbabwe, hoping that you will enjoy your short stay among the hospitable people of this great country. I am aware that you are fully updated on the deteriorating political and economic situation in the country. And of course, by virtue of your status, there won’t be any…

HARARE – Under pressure from Zanu PF hardliners to demonstrate that he is not a Gamatox at heart, and having survived the party’s brutal purges thus far by the skin of his teeth, Simon Khaya Moyo is seemingly hell-bent on impressing those who wield power in his divided party that he can be a useful…

HARARE – Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s ability to say unfiltered, whatever thought pops into his head, is his major undoing. He is like some crazy uncle. Everyone has one of those, right? From seeking to exonerate the current regime of any culpability relating to Gukurahundi, chiding his own party for fielding “lodgers and vendors” as…