HARARE – Three years ago in August 2012, the world watched in horror as 44 mainly underground mine workers were massacred by South African police in the Marikana area of Rustenburg as President Zuma attended a Sadc summit in Maputo to discuss Zimbabwe’s endless toxic politics. Marikana was arguably the single most lethal use of…
HARARE – The MDC has drawn a line in the sand, with the party’s National Council restating the congress resolution that their party will only participate in elections predicated on far-reaching reforms in order to ensure a truly free, fair and credible poll. History has shown us the futility of contesting in polls under the…
HARARE – Tomorrow, some Zanu PF supporters will throng various platforms across the country to celebrate independence day but for the majority of Zimbabweans, who have had to endure hardships and suffering in the past 35 years, it will be just another day. What is there to celebrate when more than three million brothers and…
HARARE – Colonialism had little to commend it. It was ugliness personified. For those of us born when it was at full blast, the memories are difficult to erase. That is why I have declared that I personally have forgiven the fat white lady who, in 1956 in the city of Salisbury, asked about me:…
HARARE – No other evidence that government is going through dire financial troubles is starker than its decision to suspend annual bonuses for civil servants for the next three years. It is a landmark reality that exposes government’s failure to rein in on official profligacy and its incomprehensible disconnect between good financial husbandry and failure…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is entering what the wily former manager of Manchester United Football Club, Alex Ferguson, used to refer to as “squeaky-bum time” when the going got really tough on the pitch — all thanks to President Robert Mugabe’s and Zanu PF’s continuing misrule. That Zimbabwe once again finds itself on the brink politically…
HARARE – When the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for workers’ demonstrations across the country at the weekend, I was skeptical with the timing considering that the country literally no longer has workers. With 400 companies having closed shop in the past year alone, not putting into account those that collapsed in the…
HARARE – Thirty five years ago this week, Zimbabwe became independent, in ceremonies witnessed by a host of international dignitaries. Hopes were high. At Lancaster House we managed to negotiate an agreement that ended a vicious war, established a ceasefire and enabled the first free elections to be held in the presence of international observers….
LONDON – When a government habitually suppresses organised expressions of discontent, it seeks to portray that life is all good. Demonstrations tend to not only embarrass governments but also arouse the fear that such events may galvanise broader consciousness on the subjects of the protests. Almost always thus, when a protest is organised, the police,…
HARARE – On March 7, 2015, a 35-year-old Zimbabwean gave a solidarity speech at an MDC T rally at Zimbabwe grounds, where he supported calls for action against the failure of the government of Zimbabwe to deliver social and economic justice. This 35-year-old, was not an MDC official, but an activist, who for some time…
