HARARE – The MDC has been pressing for the de-legitimisation of President Robert Mugabe and his regime after the disputed election in July. Last week, the MDC boycotted the opening of Parliament charging Mugabe is an “illegitimate president”. However, efforts to strip him of legitimacy do not seem to have sufficient or any traction. The…
HARARE – Last week, President Robert Mugabe went a notch higher in a desperate attempt to re-brand himself when he used a luncheon after the official opening of Parliament to launch a seemingly spirited campaign against corruption. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa was to be the sacrificial lamb in the latest laughable pretence…
HARARE – The general election is over and done with and it is now time to critically examine factors that have negatively and positively steered politics in the MDC community since the election. It is also important to project the way forward for this political group, since its leader Morgan Tsvangirai lost to Mugabe. Endogenous…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe used to be the bread basket of Africa but all that is now gone. With the coming of the land reform programme, most people lost their jobs. Statistics from the United Nations World Food Programme indicate, 2,2 million people will need food assistance since the country is facing acute grain shortages, owing…
EDITOR — I could not believe it when I read a story suggesting 10-year-olds should legally get contraceptives. As a mother of a 11-year-old child, I can not imagine my daughter going for contraceptives. It is both disheartening and deplorable that authorities now want to avail contraceptives to minors. This is a Western idea by…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s recent Cabinet appointments which saw only three women being appointed out of 26 reveals that talk about gender equality was nothing other than bottled smoke. Gender activists say Mugabe’s male-dominated appointments reveal that the Zanu PF leader was not sincere about proportional representation. His failure to appoint a substantial number…
EDITOR — On several occasions I have heard qualified medical practitioners and religious leaders telling people to just be themselves. “Don’t try to be somebody else” they say. I need to warn people against such misleading suggestions. No one really knows who they are, so when you say to a person “be yourself” you are…
EDITOR — The MDC has been our only hope for real change. Even though Morgan Tsvangirai “lost” the just-ended polls, the worst that could happen is the split of the party, because Zanu PF will then literally run government. I feel that we are focusing our attention on the wrong subject at the present moment….
HARARE – The strike by CAPS United players this week, demanding their outstanding dues, is another chapter in a sad tale for the club and Zimbabwean football in general. Not only does the latest development highlight the plight faced by the perennially overburdened Zimbabwean footballers, it also exposes the sheer arrogance, duplicity and lack of…
EDITOR — I board kombis on a daily basis to and from work and I must say, besides the fact that they are falling apart or the driver is playing music so loud that you can’t hear yourself think, the worst part are the lies. I do not understand why they have to lie to…
