HARARE – Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who is also secretary-general of the mainstream MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has insisted that his party would oppose changes made by Zanu PF to the final draft constitution. In this continuation of an interview with Voice of America’s Violet Gonda (VG), Biti (TB) talks about the…
HARARE – Angola has just held its elections in a very peaceful atmosphere, with its guerilla leader Eduardo Dos Santos being overwhelmingly re-elected into office together with his MPLA party. The election, coming as Africa continues to battle the effects of badly-run elections in countries such as Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory…
HARARE – He received a lashing over the social network for his statements — from some of the strongest and most respected women in the country — and even though he was clearly out of line, he still maintains his idiotic sentiment. What scares me about this is not just this idiot’s attitude, but that…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti, who is also secretary-general of the MDC formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has insisted that his party would oppose changes made by Zanu PF to the final draft constitution. In this interview with Voice of America’s Violet Gonda (VD), Tendai Biti (TB) talks about the Southern African…
HARARE – The death of Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi more than a week ago was the third loss of an African leader in the last few months. The strongman’s demise came less than a month after that of Ghanaian president, John Atta Mills. Mills in turn died barely four months after Malawi’s head of…
HARARE – Yesterday’s skirmishes between police and combative kombi crews in Chitungwiza are a sign of a dangerous mood by citizens who are tired of run-ins with law enforcement agents. Kombis were grounded in Chitungwiza as drivers protested against alleged police corruption and extortion. Production hours were lost in what turned out to be a…
HARARE – The constitution-making process has been a shambles from beginning to end, if ever it will end with an acceptable document. From the beginning, the process was chaotic, manipulated and at times, characterised by incidents of violence. The outcome of the imbroglio would, therefore, be questionable. My view is that as long as Zanu…
HARARE – At A time Zimbabwe is confronted by a number of socio-economic issues, one would have thought the country’s political leaders would readily avail themselves to explain these numerous conundrums through the press. But alas, the reaction and signal from both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai — ever since the Government…
HARARE – This is the second and last of Solo Musaigwa’s article on Freedom House For example, the issue of devolution may be controversial but it was clearly demanded by the people in the outreach and everyone agreed until the Zanu PF Politburo decided they did not want it. People made demands for a Presidency…
HARARE – On January 30, 2009, the MDC National Council, by a narrow margin, made the bold decision of being part of the inclusive government pursuant to the execution by the political leadership of the three parties to the GPA on September 15, 2008. That the decision to participate in the GNU was marginal cannot…
