Opinion & Analysis

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s appointment of vice presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko has sent shivers down the spines of most people in Zimbabwe especially those from the Midlands and Matabeleland regions who witnessed their loved ones being brutally slaughtered by the ruthless 5th Brigade under the guise of hunting down so-called dissidents. According…

KENT – I have read that Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, National Assembly independent MP for Bikita West has been re-admitted into Zanu PF. This raises an important constitutional issue, which this brief note addresses. In terms of the Constitution, when an MP who was elected as an independent candidate becomes a member of a political party,…

HARARE – Civil air regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz), has flighted a concerning statement, advising faithful passengers of the perennially struggling State-owned carrier, Air Zimbabwe, that all such travellers flying the airline’s local and its single scheduled international destinations, were now required to pay their departure fee directly to the Caaz office…

HARARE – The late South African iconic president and unifier — Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela — was loved for forgiving and practicing peace. It was no wonder when he died that for a moment, the world stopped to pay tribute to a man who lost personal glory for the love of a united South Africa, and…

HARARE – Vice president Phelekezela Mphoko must explain to the nation his insinuations that President Robert Mugabe’s government was not responsible for the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s. The majority of Zimbabweans believe that Gukurahundi was perpetrated by the North Korean-trained Five Brigade at the instigation of then prime minister Mugabe to decimate Zipra cadres….

HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s move to engage the World Bank on plans to audit the civil service is indeed a welcome development and should be implemented with the seriousness it deserves. The Treasury boss now needs to take the bull by the horns and ensure that government be honest with itself if a…

GOVERNMENT’s intention to stop bailing out loss-making companies as it grapples to whittle down unavailing expenditure constitutes an appropriate tack that was long overdue. If followed to the letter, the decision poses a stern challenge to those companies that have survived by virtue of being doled with State largesse without demonstrating reciprocal preparedness to wean…

HARARE – At the 2012 Zanu PF  conference in Gweru, President Robert Mugabe told delegates and supporters of his pang of pain for having been forced to share power with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai. And two weeks ago, addressing war veterans and security chiefs, Mugabe, expressed  disappointment, again, for having been forced to share power…