HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF are on the brink. For 51 years, Zanu PF has navigated choppy and stormy waters with Mugabe ensuring that it has remained intact. This week, the party holds its congress amid shellacking and purging of senior party officials who are spuriously accused of plotting to assassinate Mugabe….
HARARE – The Dynamos executive led by Kenny Mubaiwa has been hypocritical in the manner they have treated coach Calisto Pasuwa. Since taking over the club in August 2011, Pasuwa has been a revelation by winning the Castle Premiership an unprecedented four times in a row. Despite his success, the 43-year-old has not been appreciated…
HARARE – With President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF in turmoil, we join the rest of the country in pleading for peace and tranquillity at the party’s congress which takes place in Harare this week. We pray that the Zanu PF 6th national people’s congress will explore ways of ending the succession crisis and chart a…
LONDON – At its most recent meeting, the Zanu PF politburo passed a number of constitutional amendments whose constitutionality I write about in this piece. My reading of Section 253 on amendments to the Zanu PF constitution is that it is a long process which requires certain critical steps to be taken and that if…
HARARE – Mugabe stole election: SA, was a front page story of a local daily of November 17. It was not the lead story. That was something to do with the continuing saga of Vice President Joice Mujuru and her tribulations with her party, Zanu PF. As a reader, I would have been a little…
HARARE – High unemployment levels and tight job opportunities for school-leaving university and other tertiary institution graduates have connived to drive a majority of Zimbabweans to the street pavements in an effort to eke out a living. It is least surprising that established formal retailers are now feeling the heat from competition by people spurred…
HARARE – They say comedy is often used to explain chaos, but the one we are seeing in Zanu PF can hardly be described as rib tickling! And as President Robert Mugabe’s party enters what was initially billed as one of its most decisive weeks in its 51-year history, all indications are that the virulent…
LONDON – In the midst of the dogfight for power in Zanu PF, Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has, to an extent, managed to keep his eyes on the ball. Presently, every other minister has his or her eye cast on the future, seeking to align with the next potential patron. With Grace Mugabe emerging as…
HARARE – Heads have begun to roll at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) after the suspension of acting chief executive officer Allan Chiweshe and general manager news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza yesterday. As reported elsewhere in this edition, the suspensions are part of disciplinary proceedings being instituted against suspended chief executive officer Happison Muchechetere and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe and the Republic of Korea established diplomatic ties in 1994. At that time, Zimbabwe was still described as the breadbasket of Africa, thanks to the well-organised agricultural system that bolstered the economy. Moreover, the level of Zimbabwe’s economic development was comparable to that of South Africa. The ties between Zimbabwe and the…
