HARARE – The government has expressed a desire to restart a stalled Redcliff-based steel factory, New Zimbabwe Steel, formerly Ziscosteel. The steel factory seems to be on track to regain its lost glory, if pronouncements by government are anything to go by. Once considered southern Africa’s most integrated steelworks, the factory downed its shutters because…
EDITOR — It takes guts to admit that one was wrong. Kudos to Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC for admitting taking eyes off the election ball during the inclusive government. May I suggest that MDC borrows from conflict resolution studies before it is relegated to political dustbins. Conflict resolution means a process of resolving dispute or disagreement….
EDITOR — It’s not everyday that I agree with politicians, but for once I share the same sentiments with Emmerson Mnangagwa, minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, who said he was ready to resign from his Cabinet post in the event that he was forced to sign execution certificates for death row inmates. He…
EDITOR — It was with great relief that I watched council workers remove garbage from open spaces in Glen Norah recently. It’s a good move especially considering that the rains are here. The garbage was a recipe for disaster. A disease outbreak was waiting to happen. However, the council must get to the bottom of…
HARARE – The creation of a stand-alone Sport, Arts and Culture ministry was hailed by all and sundry but a month after the announcement of the new cabinet, stakeholders must be worried. And this is because the minister responsible for this portfolio, Andrew Langa is yet to make his presence felt. Local sport is in…
HARARE – African nations yesterday resolved that sitting heads of State should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, where Kenya’s leaders are standing trial for crimes against humanity. The two-day summit for the African Union to review the continent’s relations with the ICC, rejected the “double…
HARARE – Watching President Mugabe deliver his speeches at Heroes’ Acre at the burials of Enos Nkala and Kumbirai Kangai, I wondered, rather idly if he ever thought of someone else delivering that kind of speech after he had passed on. It is by no means mischievous or irreverent to have such thoughts. The man…
HARARE – Modern thinking dictates that the question of urban service delivery is no longer a Zanu PF or MDC issue, but rather for the individual leadership assigned to lead urban councils. That the contestation between Zanu PF and the MDC has been sustained at the detriment of urban service provision is no longer disputable….
EDITOR — Is this what people are supposed to have voted overwhelmingly to maintain? Although Augustine Chihuri has to be commended for helping the poor lady, Oliver Chibage is still a free man despite the glaring evidence against him. And no prizes for guessing he will never be touched because he was only emulating what…
EDITOR — African leaders and their supporters commit some of the most heinous crimes against their own people. That is why they want to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) so they can continue to butcher innocent citizens without imputiny. The judiciaries in most African countries are a laughing stock, so the leaders want to…
