HARARE – Whoever said Zimbabwe is a country-and-a-half is the most genius contemporary philosopher of our time. Recent news that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) had placed under punishment three of its officers for a period of two weeks baffles the mind. The three officers’ punishment is as a result of an “offence” that they…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai shouted Chinja to the bemusement of Zanu PF ministers who attended the signing ceremony of the new Constitution. When the President raised his clenched fist, he asked the PM why he had not joined him, to which the PM said the slogan of the MDC was “Chinja”, which slogan…
HARARE – The overall objective of any form of economic development is to improve the material and social well-being of society. What most people fail to understand is the fact that society consists of people with divergent views on how things should be organised. Those who at independence felt strongly that an egalitarian society can…
HARARE – The MDC announced at the weekend that it will pay reparations for victims of Gukurahundi, Murambatsvina and other episodes of violence if it assumes power. It is a noble proposition to compensate victims of widespread and systematic crimes. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, which fall into these categories, are held as…
HARARE – Imagine President Robert Mugabe appearing live on national television’s news hour programme announcing that he has had enough as president and is now resigning permanently from active politics. News that Sir Alex Ferguson, European football coach laureate and Manchester United’s manager had announced his retirement came as a surprise not only to Europe…
HARARE – Nothing lasts forever and we are all aware that the life of the four-year transitional coalition government is coming to an end. There are many positives to be drawn from this political animal as well as so many negatives which justify the regrets by all the political parties in this arrangement. For us…
HARARE – The raging debate on a proposal to award Bulawayo’s Freedom of the City honours to Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai by the current council has brought Bulawayo alive. A shortcoming of the debate is that it is being politicised from both ends of the pole. The argument being advanced on all platforms that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new constitution which allocates 60 “affirmative action” seats to women for the first two terms is a systematic opportunity of preparing women for leadership. The 60 female MPs would add to the 210 parliamentary seats and the 88 Senate seats that the country currently has. While women have been demanding that there…
HARARE – “Our majority rule could easily turn into inhuman rule if we oppressed, persecuted or harassed those who do not think like the rest of us,” once said President Robert Mugabe on his inaugural independence address in 1980. True to Mugabe’s remarks, his prophecy appear to have come true, a little bit late of…
HARARE – Sanctions, as penalties aimed at a State, entity or individuals to change their behaviour, have been central to Zanu PF’s political campaign for a long time. Yet the party’s claims on effects of sanctions have barely been cogently challenged. The United States (US) and European Union (EU), among others, imposed sanctions during Zanu…
