HARARE – Most Zimbabweans could be forgiven for being extremely anxious, unsure and nervous about the direction this country is taking since they were charmed into believing social and economic problems would dissipate once conclusive elections were held. Almost two years now, the electorate cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel, so…
EDITOR — It seems people are now very worried about President Robert Mugabe’s extensive travels around the globe as if he does it out of sheer pleasure of flying. I feel it is unfair to blame him for “just doing his job” because he still has election promises to deliver as well as regional obligations…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s human rights record does not look like velvet and does not show a country that is prepared to respect the liberties of its own citizens. This has been the story in the last 15 years in which the country has travelled a very chaotic journey punctuated by deteriorating political and economic environments….
LONDON – Once in a while, I use the Internet to search for people I have lost contact with through relocation. I discovered that one person I was looking for had turned into a pastor, more precisely, a prophet in his new western domicile. One of his celebrated prophecies was that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai…
EDITOR — I think it is high time that relevant authorities do something about the state of football in the country. Zifa has failed every soccer loving fan in the country. Jonathan Mashingaidze’s blunders are proving costly, on top of that there seems to be no blueprint to repair the damage. While we all know…
HARARE – While the decision by Thomas Meikles Stores to lay off about 150 workers countrywide was naturally met with resistance, their decision to pay packages upfront is highly commendable given that most companies which are retrenching have failed to pay off their workers. Zimbabwe is faced with an unprecedented wave of company closures and…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s penchant for globe-trotting has reflected very badly on how the Zanu PF government sets its priorities. The president, who only returned to the country on January 21 from a prolonged annual leave in the Far East, has to date embarked on at least seven foreign trips this year. Mugabe flew…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe quietly flew into the country yesterday morning after a two-week visit to Japan where he held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and also attended the third United Nations Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. However, during his absence, chaos reigned supreme as prisoners rioted while industrial action paralysed the…
HARARE – There was an assassination at the Kremlin in Moscow the other day. The victim was a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, the former KGB boss, now running the Russian federation. Nobody came out to announce publicly who had committed the dastardly deed. Incidentally, the Kremlin murder occurred around the same time that a…
EDITOR — The deadly mutiny which rocked Harare’s maximum security prison is a reflection of the cry of prisoners to have their living conditions improved. Various stakeholders including the Church, human rights organisations and civil society have expressed their concerns on the huge influx of inmates as well as the poor diet which allegedly was…
