HARARE – The police must since have abandoned any sense of self-respect if events at the Medium Term Economic Plan review yesterday are anything to go by. The police’s refusal to play the national anthem because President Robert Mugabe was not present seems deliberately crafted to attract barrages of outrage, which they then apparently seek…
HARARE – Confirmation by Zanu PF and MDC, the main political parties that the doors are open for youths to participate in their primary elections will send chills in the parties’ old guard. In the past, bigwigs within the political parties were known to thwart any attempts by young party cadres to fight it out…
HARARE – Replacing gone dictator with another or one tyrannical regime with the other is far detached from embracing basic tenets of democracy that the right-minded paragons of egalitarianism desire. It is against this backdrop that the much media-hyped leadership change within the Communist Party of China (CPC) cannot be used as a benchmark for…
HARARE – I find it insane that the MDC is literally going around the world to ask Zimbabwean economic refugees to go home and vote. Really, how low can we get? How much would such votes cost each individual and is the MDC, let alone any political party in Zimbabwe, really worth it? And just…
HARARE – The late Zimbabwe Veterinary and Livestock Services boss — Stewart Hargreaves — was a man who stood head and shoulders above the rest in his own field. Hargreaves had the passion and commitment to sustain livestock livelihoods in Zimbabwe and indeed the rest of the world. Whenever there was an outbreak of foot…
HARARE – The underlying cause of the Zimbabwean crisis lies in the State’s failure to initiate and sustain a growth process that is robust and inclusive. The ruling party Zanu PF, under the leadership of Robert Mugabe therefore lost support as it failed to develop a credible economic strategy, which then resulted in deteriorating governance…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Under-17 football team’s failure to travel to Congo-Brazzaville to fulfil an important African Youth Championship qualifier has exposed the duplicity of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). Recently, Zifa called a press conference where they boldly announced the dissolution of the senior national football team that dismally failed to qualify for the…
HARARE – The Bull Eland, an ardent follower of local and international politics this week marvelled at the close of the US presidential campaign and election. While the candidates battled their wits, their supporters sat peacefully together in bars and homes arguing about issues they care about and why their candidates were the best man…
HARARE – “Of course I deceive that’s why I am alive and you are dead, the crocodile said to the log” I don’t remember how the rest of the poem went on but this aptly describes the character of Third World politicians and especially Zimbabwean politicians from across the political divide. They are as deceptive…
HARARE – In joining people of the progressive world to congratulate Barack Obama on his re-election in the United States, Zimbabwe can draw a number of lessons from this much-anticipated poll. While one cannot obfuscate the racial undertones and minuscule glitches in this November 6 event, the grace by which Republican candidate Mitt Romney conceded…
