EDITOR — From the frying pan into the fire — this is the adage one can use to describe the clumsy manner in which the Patrick Chinamasa-led committee on State enterprises handled salary rationalisation. As a result, some parastatal and local authorities’ technical bosses are contemplating quitting and if that happens, this could spell disaster…
HARARE – There are ominous signs that the indigenisation programme is beginning to unravel owing to lack of commitment, honesty and accountability on the part of those supposed to drive the programme. For all intents and purposes, the noble programme has fallen victim to a dangerous misconception that distributive nationalism can bring about a national…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has become a very interesting case. I recall vividly — though I was young then — that liberation fighters, then widely known as comrades, would stress that the country was endowed with “milk and honey”. Rewind to 1980, the whole country was full of hope as it dawned on people that the…
EDITOR — The statement by Ncube-led MDC spokesperson Nhlanhla Dube disowning Edward Mkhosi and Siyabonga Malandu Ncube was immature and was written without due consideration. Firstly, it was not necessary to respond to the statement, secondly it was misguided for MDC to disown Mkhosi who was their point man during the constitution-making process. Edward Mkhosi…
MARONDERA – Events at ZBC have become a better soap opera than most of the programmes the station currently airs. In the latest instalment both the Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo and the employees have been making strong statements but neither position is generating much sympathy. Speaking in Bulawayo recently, Moyo told ZBC workers things…
EDITOR — I was surprised when the beleaguered MDC said that the return of Job Sikhala to their party would strengthen them. Indeed, Jonathan Moyo’s equation is spot on — weak plus weak translates to double weak. There is no value addition that can be expected to the MDC from a rusty political has-been like…
HARARE – France’s willingness to resume direct government-to-government co-operation with Zimbabwe before the end of the year must have come as a great relief for the cash-strapped administration of President Robert Mugabe. France as part of the European Union (EU) has been funnelling humanitarian aid through the EU Fund. France now says should Harare be…
HARARE – Is Zimbabwe in shifting sands? This is a question that needs to be asked as the country rapidly enters an economic cul de sac which we thought had been reversed during the days of the inclusive government. Instead of ramping up pressure on ministers to fulfill their electoral pledges and promises made after…
EDITOR — “Zimbabwe’s problems are unique” is a common refuge and refrain in habitual excuse makers. Are they really unique? Zimbabwe’s diversity of language, habits, religions, ethos and culture can be a reason for the chronic underdevelopment that it has been battling for the last 34 years. This diversity in fact, should be enjoyed and…
HARARE – President Mugabe was treated to yet another birthday “celebration” by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the body that purports to represent government workers. This coming after the $1million shindig at Rhudhaka Stadium not so long ago. It is, however, improbable that this second round of sycophancy would have had the blessing of the…
