HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday displayed his lack of confidence in the economy, which he presided over its demise, when he told the media that Zimbabwe will never equal the growth and scope of the South African economy. “South Africa is more developed than Zimbabwe and is far larger than Zimbabwe. The balance…
HARARE – Money makes the world go round. But it is the politicians who control the world. They can lie. Yet some can amaze you with a tenacious grasp of the truth. People who claim to know them inside-out claim to know what makes them tick is a talent. But others may possess the same,…
HARARE – It is high time Twine Phiri the CAPS United president and his advisors admit that there is a serious problem at the club. Elsewhere in today’s edition, we carry a story which details the Labour Court judgment in the matter involving CAPS and seven players; Kelvin Bulaji, Dominic Chungwa, Stephen Makatuka, Tendai Samanja,…
HARARE – One of the founding values and principles listed in section 3 of the new Constitution of Zimbabwe is observance of the principle of separation of powers. Separation of powers between and among three distinct arms of government, that is, the executive (President and cabinet), the legislature (Parliament), and the judiciary (Courts), is a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe must wisely use his three-day State visit to South Africa to drum up foreign investment to revive the country’s moribund economy. Since his last State visit in 1994, South Africa has had four different presidents and the country’s economy has grown in leaps and bounds. Until recently, South Africa was…
EDITOR — The government, and the ministry of Health and Child Care in particular, should try and make sure that medication needed by patients is readily available at hospitals. Recently, one of my relatives was admitted at a provincial hospital and I was surprised that all the medication that was needed had to be sourced…
LONDON – It is about a month now since Itai Dzamara was abducted by suspected State agents. His abductors accused him of having stolen cattle. First, let us get the small matter of “evidence” out of the way. In their ever mindless exoneration of Zanu PF egregiousness, State media have pointed to lack of evidence…
HARARE – A country’s education system is one of its strongest assets as it helps develop the nation’s human resource as well as skills base. Zimbabwe’ ailing economic and political fortunes have led to thousands of citizens crossing the country’s borders to sell their labour elsewhere with South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia some of…
HARARE – The peaceful relinquishing of power by out-going Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan last week to election winner, Muhammadu Buhari, has many lessons for the ruling Zanu PF and President Robert Mugabe, analysts say. Jonathan had earlier cleared the air on alleged plans to prolong his tenure, saying if the result of the March 28…
HARARE – “When seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.” The above statement was a Delphic message to the British media in April 2005 by former Manchester United iconic skipper — Eric Cantona — after he escaped a prison sentence following his kung-fu kick on an…
