HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze has turned local football into a laughing stock through poor judgment and inconsistent statements in the media. Mashingaidze was this week accused of making an important decision of appointing Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe as the new Zifa technical director without board approval. Jongwe’s cover as the…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has yet again staved off another attempt at deposing him, with everything for and about it replete with similarities to the foiled attempt of 2005. Very consistent features and similarities from both episodes provide for quite intriguing and fascinating analysis, the same as they are illustrative. In both instances,…
HARARE – Today marks the first day of the John Mangudya’s rein at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. As the economist and banker begins his tenure in a completely different environment, totally opposed to the serene and comfortable walls of CBZ Holdings, his first port of call is to audit the bank. While we strongly…
HARARE – The split in MDC over demands for leadership renewal was long coming. But judging by the public’s reaction, there is a strong realisation that the split could leave Zanu PF without any credible challenge and sound a death knell to the country’s struggle for democracy. A divided opposition is likely to give President…
HARARE – The MDC circus has rolled into town once more. After the split of 2005, another group appears to have broken away again. That a party can split so many times — MDC-T, MDC-N, MDC-M, MDC 99 and now MDC Team (or is it MDC-B now?) — is most unedifying. It probably holds the…
HARARE – As we have stated before, it is probably easier at the moment to groom a skunk — that stinky cat-sized mammal that sprays a foul-smelling liquid from its backside when it is threatened by an attacker — than it is to make sense of the MDC’s idiotic infighting and what this is supposed…
HARARE – Efforts by local banks in trying to revive the motoring industry in Zimbabwe by providing loans to car manufacturers and individual buyers must be commended. Although financial institutions have been affected by the harsh economic environment and bad loans, banks continue to be at the forefront of reviving most sectors in the country…
HARARE – Immorality is socially considered unacceptable, but questions have been raised if this translates to a legal wrong. Several people have been brought before the courts for different crimes. While their fate is subject to the court’s determination, the “court of public opinion” always has its own conclusions based on general social principles and…
HARARE – Calls by the MDC to immediately amend the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, a law that compels all foreign-owned companies to sell or cede 51 percent of their assets to black Zimbabweans to reflect the government’s new thrust must be backed by all right thinking citizens of this country. It is not enough…
HARARE – Although I am not a specialist in the vortex that is the mind of the typical politician — having worked in that field for more than 50 years as a journalist — I can claim to know, at the very least, a thing or two on the subject. My theory is that most…
