HARARE – Fellow Zimbabweans, on this day we have a historic opportunity to define and decide our destiny; to be the authors of our future. At least once in a generation, a nation goes through a single defining moment. The 1980 generation faced an election they were called upon to make a choice between minority…
HARARE – The countdown has ended for the hour has arrived for the 6.4 million registered voters to give their verdict as to who the next President of the Republic of Zimbabwe will be. It will take up to five days for the people of Zimbabwe and, indeed, the world to know the identity of…
HARARE – Today is a defining moment for every Zimbabwean of whatever colour, creed, size, shape or age. As voters stand in long and tortuous queues, Zimbabwe’s destiny lies in how they mark the ballot paper that makes a final verdict about the type of government to expect. Your choice today determines how every Zimbabwean…
HARARE – The practice of observing elections is aimed at ensuring the transparency of an election. Impartial observation of the electoral process can also help ensure the credibility of elections. Election observation is concerned with electoral outcomes only to the degree that they are reported honestly and accurately. In addition to providing credible information on…
HARARE – It is every right-thinking Zimbabwean’s hope that long-suffering voters will turn out in huge numbers across the country tomorrow and vote out President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party. Not only has the 89-year-old and his Zanu PF party destroyed the country’s body politic over the past 33 years of their misrule,…
HARARE – Even president Robert Mugabe would agree that the gap between the few rich and the poor in contemporary Zimbabwe provides a better measure of how far the country is towards the destination that independence promised. Some believe that a good job, a decent living, affordable education and health, security in old age, can…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s greatest blunder in its campaign is its continued obsession of believing the people’s choice in 2008 was a terrible mistake that can only be rectified if they are re-elected back in power. It is through this political blunder and contempt of the electorate that if the party does not repent at…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has understandably taken serious umbrage with African Union (AU) chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s declaration that all is well in Zimbabwe ahead of Wednesday’s national polls. Dlamini-Zuma said on Friday, after meeting the country’s warring political leaders, that the AU is satisfied with preparations ahead of the elections — angering Tsvangirai…
HARARE – Under President Robert Mugabe’s watch, Bulawayo and many other cities have lost manufacturing jobs yet it is significant that on Saturday, July 27 he said that Bulawayo would rise again to reclaim its place as the industrial hub of the country. Addressing a star rally of a crowd estimated by state-controlled media to…
HARARE – Being a citizen of our beloved country (Zimbabwe) and duly committed to the stability and prosperity of the country and its people, l wish to raise a few issues that are of great importance to us as citizens of our beloved country. As we approach a critical moment on July 31, 2013, when…
