HARARE – The MDC was born out of the repression and economic mismanagement by Zanu PF. At its launch in 1999, the opposition party grouped interests of students, labour and civil society, among others. It carved out a distinct political and ideological identity, casting itself as the representative of these affected social groups and the…
EDITOR — Your story ‘Biti praises Zanu PF’ did not measure up to the ‘objectivity and accuracy test’. It had an unwarranted huge headline. Readers were like, Wow, what earth-shattering news! After reading the story one would realise the truth is that Biti was giving a very factual account of what Zanu PF did to…
EDITOR — I do not have the words to describe my sorrow at the death of those 22 Zimbabweans in that mine shaft in Roodepoort, South Africa. And I do not have the words to describe some of our callous hardened, selfish, greedy, power hungry politicians and also other politicians in South Africa. If there…
EDITOR — I am amazed with Zimbabweans. People must not expect anything called action from this government. You must point out one prominent person who was jailed because of corruption in Zimbabwe. – All those fingered in the Willowvale Scandal are walking free, others are ambassadors in China, others are Speakers of Parliament and others…
HARARE – Indigenisation and Empowerment law is in the spotlight again. But Zanu PF’s fulminating and ruminating against indigenisation critics will surely count for nothing in the wake of revelations by diamond firms mining in Marange that they did not pledge nor commit $50 million to the Marange Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSO). The…
EDITOR — It is amazing that an international media house like the Associated Press (AP) gives space to the former US Congressman who was recently deported from Zimbabwe over pornography charges and violation of Zimbabwe immigration laws. It appears anything about Zimbabwe is newsworthy to these international media. It betrays logic for AP to believe…
HARARE – What I consider the seminal picture of my four years at the Daily News shows me and Davison Maruziva, the deputy editor, staring in shock at the mangled heap of metal that had been our small second-hand printing press. In 2001, in the Harare industrial sites, where it was located since 1998, the…
HARARE – As we long predicted, the brouhaha within the MDC over the ill-advised push by the party’s deputy treasurer-general, Elton Mangoma, to oust Morgan Tsvangirai from the leadership of the movement was always going to end badly. Mangoma has now been suspended, amid indications that Tsvangirai’s supporters are baying for the expulsion of the…
EDITOR — I was shocked yesterday when I read the your paper and learnt that junior doctors are earning $283 per month which is way below the poverty datum line. I really think something should be done to ensure that doctorsget better wages. The government claims there is no money but funny enough, recently, two…
HARARE – In 1919, an American journalist Upton Sinclair, who had over two decades experience in journalism, published the celebrated book The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism. It showed the dark side of the profession, something that most readers of newspapers will never get to know. Fundamental questions that the book asked included…
