HARARE – Dictators and press freedom predators are impervious to the truth. They have no respect for the freedoms of citizens and see shadows where journalists and purveyors of the truth are involved. This is the situation that our colleagues in repressive Swaziland find themselves. King Mswati III has subjected the media particularly those that…
HARARE – For 33 times in as many years, Zimbabweans were led to various centres around the country to “celebrate” Independence Day. In just about every country in the world Independence Day is a revered day that allows people to pause from regular daily imperatives to thank and remember patriots past who laid down their…
HARARE – For many people around the world, a day like today — variously known as Independence Day, Freedom Day or National Day in different countries — is a very special and joyous occasion indeed. Be it in South Africa, the United States of America, or China for that matter, the day is not just…
HARARE – We welcome President Robert Mugabe’s no-nonsense position on violence at yesterday’s Independence Day commemorations. His voice and body actions showed a man who meant what he said and this is what Zimbabweans expect from their leaders as the country trudges towards a watershed election due this year. Mugabe told Zimbabweans, who are now…
HARARE – Despite the bravado exuded by the Zanu PF leadership and the hollow constant call for elections, President Robert Mugabe’s party is far from being ready for elections. Our fear is that this sabre-rattling could force that party, riddled with factionalism, to resort to medieval ways of trying to win elections. Zimbabweans will remember…
HARARE – Sovereignty as a concept has its roots in the Treaty or Peace of Westphalia, so named because it was signed in a Germany city of that name on October 24, 1648. Without going into its history, the Westphalian Treaty reposed total control of territory with fixed populations on states, without external interference. In…
HARARE – Free and fair elections in Zimbabwe can only start with the early announcement of poll dates as this can give participating candidates enough time to prepare. As it stands, free and fair elections in Zimbabwe will not be possible as President Robert Mugabe continues to play hide and seek with election dates. Mugabe…
HARARE – So, last week, Robert Mugabe, “Africa’s oldest leader and the world’s second oldest after Shimon Peres of Israel”, attended the inauguration of “Kenya’s youngest president ever”. I was honestly embarrassed for Mugabe. What was an out of touch 89-year-old, who has been in power for more than three decades, doing at the swearing-in…
HARARE – It is not in me to praise dictators, wrong and evil-doers, for I am not a saint or a pilgrim, but an informed writer who sees people’s tenacity and turmoil everyday. Zanu PF’s mediocrity system of governance for the past three decades sowed seeds of democracy that germinated with the coming of the…
HARARE – This comment is probably the hardest we have had to write since the Daily News was given the green light to re-launch two years ago, following nearly eight years of forced closure by President Robert Mugabe’s government for the crime of “telling it like it is, without fear or favour”. Very hard because…
