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...

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...

HARARE - Recent media reports that as of May 4 this year 3 000 cases of typhoid have been reported in the country’s capital since January is a catastrophic development likely to plunge the country down the precipice. It still baffles...

HARARE - The future has arrived. Tomorrow is now here. This is a call for action. The time for hate-mongering and mud-slinging is over. A New Zimbabwe is beckoning and this is our generational challenge to rise and shine. The politics...

HARARE - The notion of a charismatic authoritarian is, at first blush, perplexing because it is somewhat oxymoronic — a charismatic ruler ought to induce endearment than fear.   But reading Laura Mixon’s treatise on Hugo Chavez, the late Venezuelan ruler,...

HARARE - Conflicting signals of disagreements on policy and intention emanating from the ruling elite or those coming out of political units have now reached tipping point and left the electorate’s confidence rankled. These ambiguous signals have apparently put public goodwill...

HARARE - The hive of activity in Leopold Takawira Street in Harare this week could be mistaken for the festive season. Parents and guardians were making last minute shopping to make sure their children are smartly-dressed when schools re-opened. Children need...

HARARE - With the elections looming so large in our collective consciousness, many policies and slogans are being proffered to the general public, lofty words and heavenly promises are being peddled day in day out. It saddens us to note...

BULAWAYO The internal struggle and political conflict in Zimbabwe since 1995 has been to increase democratic election space and banish forever the one-party state syndrome and state security defector-rule from our beloved country. The one-party state and die-in-office syndrome was...

HARARE - For once Zimbabweans should be told the truth about the election dates because President Robert Mugabe is not being sincere when he declares that elections would be held next month. And the clock is ticking; next month is not...

HARARE - Jericho’s fortress wall was famous, for it was imposing and impenetrable. After spending 40 difficult years wandering in the desert of Sinai, the Israelites were now on the eastern banks of the Jordan. Their immediate challenge was to...

HARARE - City councilors never cease to amaze. If they are not demanding hefty sitting allowances, they are embroiled in some form of controversy. This is the tragedy of electing fly-by-night people who have no idea of what their relevant office...

HARARE - We join the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day. Indeed, Zimbabwean journalists have every reason to celebrate but a celebration which could have been sweeter had our government been consistent in implementing reforms that...

HARARE - World Press Freedom Day gives us a chance to pay tribute to media professionals within Zimbabwe and beyond who risk their lives and that of their families in their line of duty. It is an opportune time to...

HARARE - Holding periodic free and fair elections is one of the characteristics of both liberal and electoral democracies in the world. The question that most of the so-called learned people in Africa and Zimbabwe have consistently evaded and with...

HARARE - The US Cato Institute recently described Zimbabwe as a country with “one of the world’s worst business environments,” saying our economy is like an athlete on steroids, propped up by artificial injections of loans and aid from China and...

HARARE - It is lamentable that our politicians and other senior State bureaucrats have now resorted to blaming sanctions for almost anything that goes wrong without examining the real cause of societal challenges. That form of scurrilous pitch, while it sounds...

HARARE - Political leadership requires certain qualities. Among the attributes of good political leaders are consistency and firmness. Consistency shows unwavering conviction to principles. Firm leaders withstand challenge of adversaries without wilting. Leaders do, occasionally, fall short on these or...

HARARE - We commend government’s efforts in scaling up the HIV/Aids fight. The fact that 600 000 people living with HIV are now accessing ARVs is a reason for much celebration. Aids is responsible for killing at least six million Zimbabweans...

HARARE - It is becoming common knowledge that any desperate politician in Zimbabwe’s political discourse seeking cheap mileage can only do so by attacking the MDC precisely its leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. This explains why Tsvangirai matters, perhaps at this...

HARARE - Zanu PF officials are once again clearly misdirecting members of the public by falsely claiming and insisting that elections must be held before the midnight of June 29, 2013 as there are no conditions warranting an extension as required...

HARARE - As reported elsewhere in this paper, too many people are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex with figures from Bindura showing a disappointing number of new cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). This is indeed worrying and stands...

HARARE - The MDC became part of an inclusive government in 2009 after trouncing Zanu PF in the election of 2008 and since then, the party has exhibited a huge qualitative difference from Zanu PF. Only recently, the print and the...

HARARE - As reported in our lead story of this issue, pending amendments to the Indigenisation Act of 2007 are most welcome. What is particularly interesting is that this comes in the aftermath of the Nieebgate Scandal which was exposed by...