HARARE – At nearly 90, President Robert Mugabe is not getting any younger and needs honest advisors who have the interests of the country at heart especially when it comes to investment deals. In the past few years, ministers and top government officials have scrambled to introduce so-called investors to Mugabe, who unknowingly and trusting…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s life has been a roller coaster since the death of his wife Susan. He became Prime Minister, remarried after some liaisons and lost an election. The latest episode relating to separation with his new wife, Elizabeth is only a sequel of the MDC leader’s turbulent private life. That he aspires to…
HARARE – What looks to be the worst drought in southern African has given rise to an old-fashioned commodity rally on markets, with key grain prices jumping to unprecedented levels thus causing food crises in vulnerable parts of the subregion. Seeking to protect their populations from hunger this time, many countries relying heavily on imports…
HARARE – I hope you enjoyed your Christmas in the East were you usually spend your money Mr President, commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces and head of State. I hope this time you learnt one or two things from the eastern patriots especially the Chinese, who have since realised that contemporary challenges facing the world…
EDITOR — Teachers’ threats to go on strike nationwide as soon as schools open, in demand of $1 000 as a basic salary, is a move that should be condemned. It is shameful that when teachers really know the importance of education and the role it plays to the lives of both young and adults,…
EDITOR — I have lived in this country all my life but have never heard a single song from the Progressive Teachers of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe. I was actually surprised that he has already produced more than 30 albums, including Which Way Africa?, The Daily News (Singing it like it is), Dr Hasting “Kamuzu”…
EDITOR — I read with interest your article entitled, TB Joshua Strikes again, but the so-called prophesy or prediction left me with more questions that answers. I believe that if someone gives a prophesy it should not leave people guessing and debating but give straight forward information that points at a particular direction. TB Joshua’s…
HARARE – Elizabeth Macheka once described her husband, Morgan Tsvangirai as a good man with a big heart. What could go wrong for the couple? While last week’s announcement that they were on separation had the surprise quotient of a snowfall in the Lowveld, many Zimbabweans were intrigued by its timing. The Tsvangirais have scowled…
EDITOR — The move by Ambassadors, Hebson Makuvise and Jacqueline Zwambila, who for the past four years represented Zimbabwe in Germany and Australia respectively, to seek asylum status in the respective countries in which they represented Zimbabwe, should be condemned in the strongest of terms by their party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led…
HARARE – A controversial proposal by the Zimbabwe government to kick out foreign shop-owners, mainly Chinese and Nigerian nationals, in order to create opportunities to locals had sent shudders through diplomats, corporate executives, investors and small-time foreign businesspersons. Most of the attention had focused on how xenophobic the move was and what the change might…
