HARARE – The brutal purging of ex-Vice President Joice Mujuru and those perceived to be supporting her is clear Machiavellian politics being played by President Robert Mugabe, his controversial wife Grace and those who think they will succeed the nonagenarian. Italian philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli’s ideas on how to grab power or maintain it, seem to…
HARARE – The just-ended Nigerian presidential elections where Mohammadu Buhari emerged victorious, with outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan gracefully conceding defeat, provides a classic example of how democracy must work. It is our humble opinion that Zimbabwe must learn a thing or two from Nigeria. The election result revealed that something has changed in the psyche…
LONDON – President Robert Mugabe reminds me of former England national team manager Steve McClaren. During one match on a rainy day, McClaren reached out for an umbrella while his players were soaking wet on the field. McClaren became the object of ridicule ever since, earning himself the nickname Wally with Brolly. McClaren’s faux paus…
HARARE – Apart from the fact that the matter is still before the courts, and therefore sub judice, I also don’t know enough about the case in which Steward Bank successfully applied to the courts last week to be granted authority to search and seize documents from online business news agency, The Source, to offer…
HARARE – MDC’s decision not to participate in the by-elections for the seats made vacant after its successful recall of 21 MPs from Parliament has exposed the party’s poor strategy when dealing with Zanu PF’s predatory politics. The MDC has refused to participate in these by-elections because of what it cites as an unlevel electoral…
HARARE – Sports minister Andrew Langa assured the nation this past week that he was now taking a leading role in ensuring Zifa’s debt with former Zimbabwe national football team coach Valinhos is paid. Zimbabwe made all the wrong headlines a fortnight ago when world football governing body Fifa suspended the Warriors from the 2018…
HARARE – The recent abduction of Itai Dzamara brings to memory some vivid horrendous experiences of 2007-2008 when Zanu PF, in a brutal show of force allegedly abducted innocent citizens for exercising their God-given democratic rights and civil liberties. Whether deliberately schemed or fortuitous, Dzamara’s abduction has taken place around the same time that the…
HARARE – When a nation perceives participation in active politics as the sole gateway to success in all forms of human endeavour then that nation is doomed to collapse. Without developing a trans-generational paradigm shift in the manner in which nation-building is conceptualised; failure will, inevitably, become the only option. Africa has stagnated in matters…
HARARE – It would to be a cold day in hell if fate handed me the great misfortune of having one of my offspring leap into the deadly arena of politics. I appreciate to others, this would be manna from Heaven, likely to boost both parents’ egos and fortunes. But an example of a would-be…
HARARE – More than a dozen European Union envoys and business delegations that visited Zimbabwe in the last few months have insisted that the Zanu PF-led government must respect the rule of law if the country is to fully normalise relations with the international community. As such, it is critical for President Robert Mugabe and…
