HARARE – The late army general Vitalis Zvinavashe once cautioned former liberation fighters that if they fought the war so they would be compensated, then they were not different from mercenaries. Mercenaries consist of a private armed force hired for the illegal toppling of a legitimate government. In their pursuit, mercenaries broker deals to acquire…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will turn 33 in 2013. She has had many elections since her birth in 1980. Some of them have had fatal outcomes that battered the reputation of our beautiful country. Victims are seething in anger and may be bent on seeking revenge if stakeholders decide not to preach messages of peace. Failure…
HARARE – Once again the nation will in the coming weeks be reminded about heroic contributions by the late Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Stan Mudenge who died last Thursday. It is common practice in Africa to utter praises to the deceased even if the very same person was a renowned witch or wizard inflicting…
HARARE – I don’t know about you, but I am fed up with the whole lot of them…from Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai to Welshman Ncube. Why can’t they just go away? In all political parties, we have the same old tired men and women who have failed us for decades but who somehow are recycled…
HARARE – It is a historical fact the world over, constitutions are crafted by the most powerful elements in the society concerned. Unfortunately, it is in Zimbabwe where the majority of us are embroiled in the myth of a people-driven constitution in its strictest sense. The Copac process was designed by people who were too…
HARARE – Zifa’s announcement this week that seven more players had been cleared of any wrongdoing in the Asiagate match-fixing scandal came as welcome relief to national side coach Rahman Gumbo, but the announcement further highlighted the need to bring the scam to its finality once and for all. Upon the release of the list,…
HARARE – Clad in a red shirt and with a radiant smile, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai walked up to the dais at the giant White City Stadium and the bumper crowd went into a frenzy. It was the MDC president’s first public appearance after naysayers had sought to malign and soil his image so as…
HARARE – In the inaugural instalment of this column, I promised that the Bull Eland would sneak into every nook and cranny and expose the beast for what it is. I promised that I would invariably be inside the beast, exposing the rot and the shenanigans; especially in this Zanu PF’s last hour where a…
HARARE – We are appalled by the repetition of violent intimidation against our journalists in the line of duty and specifically at the New Government Complex in Harare on Tuesday. This deplorable act of thuggery and intimidation — unleashed by pseudo war veterans demanding a gratuity increase worries us, especially when people are trying to…
HARARE – Celebrations to mark 13 years of MDC existence demystified the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) myth that Zimbabweans are incapable of enjoying freedom of association and assembly without police keeping a watchful eye on them. All too often, activities by the MDC and other civic gatherings have been stopped by the police…
