HARARE – News that the cash-strapped government will review the indigenisation and empowerment policy with a view to lure investors, shows the seriousness of the economic situation facing the country. Government announced at the weekend that there would be a review of the indigenous and empowerment policy to facilitate “sector-specific implementation.” The review will allow…
HARARE – Life is practical. President Robert Mugabe has now confirmed what we have been saying all along — that he must immediately amend the indigenisation policy to make it friendly to investors not the thuggish way it was being implemented. While a few critics may continue to proclaim otherwise, I firmly believe that Zimbabwean…
HARARE – A istaken belief is gathering currency, particularly within government circles, that Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis — which has recently seen the economy plunge into deflation — is more a correction of prices than a sign of a shrinking economy. According to this school of thought, the country is not experiencing deflation — even…
HARARE – Last week, I started a storm when I posed the question, are marriages fake institutions or are they simply outdated? This innocent question created so much debate that I feel compelled to continue with the subject until there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. This column is not…
HARARE – The Harare International Carnival, which will reach a climax tomorrow with a colourful street party in the Zimbabwean capital city, needs serious investment and planning for it to become a genuine destination-marketing tool. While organisers of the carnival have to be lauded for putting together the event on a shoestring budget, the truth…
HARARE – Back at the end of the 1990s, I was approached in my office at the old Daily News in Trustee House in Harare by a newly-elected Member of Parliament. He was flanked on either side by bodyguards or henchmen or bouncers or enforcers — take your pick. They had “MENACE” written all over…
EDITOR — After a lot has been said and written about President Robert Mugabe’s ill health, my mind is left with a big question, who on this earth does not get ill? Every human being gets sick at one point or the other in his/her life. What differs is the manner in which a person…
EDITOR — Thumbs up to deputy minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Supa Mandiwanzira for knocking sense into ZBC TV reporters. We are tired of watching news which is more like political briefings. ZBC is no longer the same. We need more on human interest stories, too much politics become so boring. We are…
HARARE – The unacceptable high incidence of gender-based violence in Zimbabwe, including the utterly despicable rape of girl children, is a huge indictment on our society and men in particular. Yesterday, the Daily News carried a heart-rending front page story in which Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development minister Oppah Muchinguri revealed shocking figures about…
LONDON – The polarisation of the media remains a nagging national question as evidenced by Information minister Jonathan Moyo’s call last week for the media to speak with “one voice.” His plea reminded me of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s book, Manufacturing Consent, whose central thesis is that political and media elites construct propaganda narratives…
