HARARE – It surely should not escape President Robert Mugabe in his withering criticism of his senior Zanu PF colleagues over the past week that this is akin to the pot calling the kettle black. Staggeringly, our nonagenarian leader would want his followers to believe that the myriad of problems bedevilling his party and its…
EDITOR — The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit which starts tomorrow at Victoria Falls with the nonagenarian President Robert Mugabe taking over the rotational reins of the regional bloc invokes serious questions and is dispiriting to any sober minded person, to say the least. The biggest question for me is, how is the 90-year-old…
HARARE – This week, the back pages have been dominated by the ongoing strike by players at Zimbabwe’s Premier League champions, Dynamos. Since Monday, the players have been reporting for training at their Zimphos Grounds but did not take to the field. The players are demanding that the club pay them their outstanding signing-on fees…
EDITOR — It is disheartening and disturbing to note that police officers who are supposed to maintain law and order in the country are the ones who are involved in corrupt activities. There have been reports in the media of different cases where Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have been mounting fake roadblocks soliciting for…
HARARE – Until I was well into my 70s, I had kept a well-tended moustache. A few women found it intriguing: what was I trying to hide under that bush? Most men thought I desired to achieve a military-style demeanour. For me, it just meant that people did not take me for granted. Others speculated…
HARARE – Early this week, we reported on the confusion and frustration being caused by government’s insistence that all donations to Tokwe-Mukorsi and Tsholotsho flood victims be channelled through State structures. While we appreciate the need for the State to monitor all the charity initiatives being undertaken to benefit the flood victims, we urge them…
HARARE – Growing up in Harare’s Glen Norah high density suburb in Harare was fun. Part of the fun emanated from being surrounded by football and music stars who resided there. The late Chimbetu brothers, Simon and Naison had their home in Glen Norah A as well as Friday Phiri, Charles Sibanda, Shacky Tauro and…
HARARE – As the Zanu PF women’s congress roars into life today in the capital amidst a fierce and vicious struggle between warring factions with accusations and counter accusations of kidnapping, vote buying and intimidation, the economy continues to suffer unabated. What is sad is that it is not the losing candidates at this chaos-filled…
EDITOR — Zanu PF has a tendency of holding everyone to ransom and it is high time people of Zimbabwe wake up to this. After the controversial election win in 2013, judging from the current socio-economic decay one wonders where these people want to take our beautiful country. Zimbabweans urgently need food on their table, peace,…
HARARE – There was nothing at all coincidental about the sudden flurry of activity by local municipal workers undertaking road repairs five days before Heroes’ Day. Most roads approaching the town centre haven’t had any repairs since the last election. In some residential areas, it’s been over eight years since people have seen a grader,…
