EDITOR ? Since the passing on of Nelson Mandela, I read a snippet somewhere that Morgan Tsvangirai would be attending his Qunu funeral and someone said that Morgan Tsvangirai was desperate for relevance. Tsvangirai is not perfect and he has made mistakes along with each and everyone of us; “Let you who is without sin…
HARARE – In our Shona culture we believe in life after death. Traditionalists believe that the dead can intercede to (Mwari) God on their behalf; Christians also believe that Jesus Christ can also intercede on behalf of the whole human race. The question of who is right or who is wrong is not the focus…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe closed his Zanu PF conference amid plenty of official fanfare and plenty of State TV-news coverage, but there was not much in the way of important results. If anything, last week’s annual conference in Chinhoyi will remind us how genuinely marginal Zimbabwe has become in global affairs, and Mugabe’s obsession…
HARARE – As a law, the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act states that foreign businesses operating in the country have to cede 51 percent of the shareholding to indigenous Zimbabweans. However, in light of the criticism since its enactment in 2010, attempts have been made to portray it as flexible. Is it? As things stand, Zanu…
HARARE – It is not the first time I have spoken, rather written, about Zimbabwe being too dear to be left to Robert Mugabe alone. It isn’t Mugabe per se but anybody who behaves just like him. It definitely won’t be the last time I am writing about this. I will keep speaking my mind…
EDITOR — I am concerned with the chaos characterising the streets of Harare which has been especially made worse by our overzealous law enforcement agents. Everyday, we see vendors clashing with municipal police, commuter omnibus operators in dangerous fights with police — a situation which has seen an increase in deaths caused by such encounters…
EDITOR — Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) in its ongoing effort to avert government’s intended house demolitions yesterday successfully created a platform at Unit O in Seke, Chitungwiza in partnership with Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) to educate and sensitise Chitungwiza and Seke rural residents on their rights, particularly the right to shelter. Jeremiah Bamu,…
EDITOR — I have noticed with great distress the crocodile tears many were shedding at the burial of the late Nelson Mandela. While it is customary to be sombre at such occasions, others are busy coming up with smart ways of cashing in on the late icon’s legacy. I have heard of Mandela walks that…
HARARE – Yesterday South Africa and the world bade farewell to an icon, Nelson Mandela — who was buried in his ancestral Qunu village at the family shrine. His burial closed a chapter on the life of a giant who preached peace and reconciliation despite the tortuous journey he travelled in his checkered political being….
HARARE – Wananchi, would have been amused by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s rumblings this week following his attendance of that great Nelson Mandela memorial in Soweto last Tuesday. To many, the announcement that he was now retiring in 2014 may have appeared to be of Damascene proportions, the ultimate realisation that he was a man of…
