HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s ascendency to the helm of the African Union as its chairman was no doubt a done deal despite attempts by some quarters to block it. Mugabe, who turns 91 this month, will now hold one of the most powerful posts on the continent for a year, but no sooner had…
HARARE – Aviation in developing Africa, compared to the rest of the sophisticated world, has been commonly, a frustrating, loss-making proposition; nay, a deadly undertaking by clueless, State-owned carriers. Many sane citizens never understand why their obstinate government would keep jettisoning good money via a perennially loss-making state owned enterprise (SOE). Government-sponsored aviation on the…
HARARE – Welcome all; to this fresh, independent and informative weekly column that will closely pursue, and truthfully decipher the latest happenings of the endlessly-exciting, cut-throat aviation industry; helping to simplify complex aviation jargon into bite-size chunks. Our most-privileged insider-knowledge, at home and abroad, is unbeatable; and comparable to witnessing an action-packed Mayweather/Pacquiao slugout from…
HARARE – You may find this hard to believe. But there are radical young people around us who are now so anxious for REAL political change they are willing to try anything revolutionary. I gathered from a very reliable source near the initiators of the project that some of the causes for their fury included…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s lickspittle State media fully embody the proverbial principle of “seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil”. Turning a blind eye to, and abetting the legendary misrule of Zanu PF bigwigs is their indisputable stock-in-trade. Indeed, they never ever dare to question their master’s voice. Contemptibly and also ominously given…
HARARE – The curious, awaiting press corps fretted with impatience until Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a then unknown Israeli finally came out after what appeared to have been a long meeting with President Robert Mugabe. The journalists had waited for over two hours, wondering what had held the president, who had called for an…
HARARE – Zimbabwe faces a herculean task of managing the country’s first complex succession politics from more than three decades of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s iron rule to a new leader in the not so distant future. Even though the Constitution is crystal clear in terms of the transitional provisions in the event of death,…
EDITOR — President Robert Mugabe should give us a break, we need action that improves our lives not just talk. Coming back from a lengthy and costly holiday, Mugabe has made it the norm to use the Harare International Airport platform to hold his party rallies and engage in tirades against his enemies. It’s just…
LONDON – A person’s social standing can breed certain behaviours and attitudes. Snobbery is a sense of superiority often expressed with condescending comments or acts. Looking at Zimbabwe, it is interesting to note how snobbery has played out. Those who participated in the liberation struggle have had a tendency to look down upon those who…
HARARE – Who will step into the shoes of the leader? This question must have occupied the minds of the late vice presidents Joshua Nkomo, Simon Muzenda, Joseph Msika, and John Nkomo. They all died hoping to assume the top position. When former vice president Joice Mujuru was elected as second secretary of Zanu PF,…
