BULAWAYO – There is no doubt that all local and international attention on Zimbabwe is fixed on the processes and outcomes of the forthcoming Zanu PF congress set for December 2-7 2014. The reason for this massive interest is the possible creation of a new leadership to assist President Robert Mugabe run the final lap…
KENT – Six years ago, in the run-up to the March 2008 elections I dared to suggest something that was almost taboo at the time, about Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC. Tsvangirai was a brave man, I said. He was a courageous man who had served the democratic movement well. But, I added, it was…
LONDON – Zimbabwe’s opposition parties will remain useless as long as they pursue personality and personality politics. The emergence of the MDC about 15 years ago was the most significant development in Zimbabwean politics in the past 34 years because it ended what had virtually become a one-party state. Smaller parties that emerged before then,…
EDITOR — I think it is high time authorities take doctors’ grievances seriously. At times people do not take some things seriously because they may not directly or indirectly have been affected. If a relative of yours visits a hospital and fails to get assistance, that is when you begin to feel the urgency of…
HARARE – For weeks now, rumours have flown about regarding an imminent purge of provincial chairpersons by First Lady Grace Mugabe and her supporters who are aligned to Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF faction. And true to the conspiracy, all the gory predictions are coming to pass. The tone was set last month when…
HARARE – Going by Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Chris Mutsvangwa’s recent narrative that “there is no chairman who will walk into a board meeting without knowing its outcome”, one gets a sense that President Robert Mugabe is clearly in the know about the outcome of Zanu PF’s December elective congress. And that the analogy has…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe could rule for life and in the process succeed in establishing a one party state in Zimbabwe, a leading civil society group says in a paper which shows uncertainty in the rumbling Zanu PF succession issue. In a report titled Protracted Road to Transition: Dissecting Zimbabwe’s Succession Conundrum, Crisis in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s political parties have a golden opportunity to weave their way to the electorate ahead of the 2018 elections. In these exciting times which are highlighted by the bitter and dangerous squabbling in Zanu PF, Zimbabweans expect strong and people-driven opposition to up the ante. So far, there has been little to suggest…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba — the resort town’s premier league representatives — are at the cusp of making history by becoming the first team outside Harare and Bulawayo to win the title in modern day Zimbabwe football. Of course they would have taken a giant step towards fulfilling that if they beat defending champions —…
HARARE – When the MDC witnessed the first split in 2005 over whether or not to participate in senatorial elections, there was a lot of talk about the absence of democracy in that institution. The reason being, why would Tsvangirai want to force Welshman Ncube and company to agree with his position. Lately, when Tendai…
