HARARE – The fall of several well-known Members of Parliament (MPs) in the MDC primary elections to little known contestants should serve as an eye opener for those in public office that they are not invincible. Most of the losing MPs only visited their constituencies during the last campaigning period that brought them into power….
HARARE – Unlike some people out there who have their tongues hanging out of their mouths in great anticipation of the muted “grand coalition”, I am standing right in one spot and will not budge an inch because I know the deplorable calibre of our politicians. To all of them, unity means “you join…
HARARE – In the aftermath of the progressive and positive Sadc summit in Maputo on Saturday, it is time for President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube to put their heads together and find a solution to the Zimbabwe crisis. Mugabe, representing government has through the Justice and Legal Affairs ministry been…
HARARE – The Zanu PF contingent to Maputo, led by President Mugabe, trooped back with tails between their legs. By all accounts, except Zanu PF’s, Mugabe was humiliated after Sadc charged against his decree for elections to be held by July 31. Of course Sadc did not interfere with the local legal process; it cannot….
HARARE – The crescendo over the forthcoming elections is getting louder and louder after President Robert Mugabe, once again, went undemocratic with ill-advised pronouncements of the election date. Suddenly, other political parties have all come to life and “agreed” to join forces to oppose the election date. There has been a lot read into the…
HARARE – We welcome the decision by Sadc leaders meeting in Maputo yesterday, directing President Robert Mugabe and his sidekicks to go back to the Constitutional Court to seek a variation of the July 31 poll. We agree with Sadc and all progressive forces who fought for the people of Zimbabwe to have a credible…
HARARE – Yesterday, we woke up to disturbing news that President Robert Mugabe used the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act to proclaim dates for elections insisting that polls will be held on July 31, well before all necessary reforms are implemented. Mugabe is simply committing political suicide because what is clear is that by July…
HARARE – It remains mind gobbling to witness the breakdown of the rule of law being perpetrated ostensibly for the purposes of complying with a Constitutional Court ruling, which might lead Zimbabwe to a deeper political turmoil. The following illustrations explain how political processes in Zimbabwe are being manipulated on the guise of upholding the…
HARARE – Facts do not lie. It is all in the numbers contained in the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) report released this week. The ZTA has a lot of zest in trying to make Zimbabwe a good destination for tourists, again. And their statistics, while not painting a grim picture considering the figures of the…
HARARE – While the main political parties and an epidemic of previously unheard-of chancers argue about all aspects of 2013 elections, Zimbabwe’s food security is unravelling before our very eyes. As was in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008, food production and security has sunk to the very bottom of the national priority list as…
