EDITOR — Reports that President Robert Mugabe said he is going to reward us rural voters, by fulfilling his election promises is great news. Not that I am for the punishment of Harare and Bulawayo voters, far from it. My point is, the rural electorate has always supported Zanu PF or has been voting for…
HARARE – The media has been awash with reports that President Robert Mugabe might be considering taking on board MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and some in his team. Both parties have denounced claims of ongoing talks towards some form of inclusive government as false and baseless. The purpose of this write up is not to…
EDITOR — South Africa is alarmed at the latest escalation of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and condemns the use of chemical weapons. South Africans extend their heartfelt condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives in the chemical weapons attack. The use of these weapons in Syria is of…
EDITOR — May I thank the outgoing mayor of Harare, Muchadeyi Masunda, for a job well done under very difficult circumstances. And may I also congratulate the MDC for choosing Obert Gutu, a very promising talent as his successor? Congratulations are due to the incoming mayor for the trust his party has in him. It…
EDITOR — New Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa has done well to salvage the battered image of our national team by leading them to qualification for next year’s Chan in South Africa. Zimbabwe has equally talented players compared to African power houses like Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. Even though Klaus-Dieter Pagels did…
EDITOR — According to anti-democrats elections alone cannot be used to remove a dictator. What was witnessed in the just-ended Zimbabwe elections is true of the above. Elections in most African countries like Mali, Senegal, Liberia, and Zimbabwe not spared, have shown that a desperate regime can use all available resources to remain, and cling…
EDITOR — On August 25, 2013 there was a congratulatory message in a local weekly newspaper from the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ), for the President’s inauguration. In the advert the presiding bishop congratulated the president and went on to include other bishops, reverends and the entire Methodist community. I am a member of the…
EDITOR — The Combined Harare Residents Association would like to condemn the statement issued by President Robert Mugabe during the burial of former liberation fighter Mike Karakadzai. The president threatened Harare and Bulawayo residents with unspecified action for investing their vote in Morgan Tsvangirai, who leads the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe. In Harare, the…
EDITOR — I write this letter regarding the late national hero Mike Karakadzai’s story published in a different publication. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that your readers will be able to relate to it since the death of Karakadzai, who was the general manager of the National Railways of Zimbabwe, was a national issue and was…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s utterances at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday regarding the Bulawayo and Harare metropolitan electorate shows strong and bad-tempered desire for revenge never witnessed before. On the one hand, the vindictive threats he made portray an eloquent demonstration of how, after all these years in politics, he lacks requisite understanding…
