PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, sworn in for a seventh-consecutive term in office on Thursday last week, faces the unenviable task of pulling Zimbabwe out of the doldrums.It is certain that how he performs in the next five years will make a lasting impression on his legacy that so far…

AFTER its decade-long involvement in Zimbabwe’s protracted political crisis, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gave the thumbs up to President Robert Mugabe’s victory in the July 31 elections at its Lilongwe, Malawi summit held over the weekend. The development has left the West in a fix over…

CLERK of Parliament Austin Zvoma has expressed doubt over the construction of a new Mount Hampden Parliamentary building during the lifetime of the eighth Parliament, exposing government’s failure to expeditiously conclude a Chinese deal that would have made the project a reality. (more…)

FOLLOWING the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s endorsement of ZANU-PF’s electoral victory at the weekend, the question of whether the party would deliver on its election promises has taken centre stage.President Robert Mugabe, the ZANU-PF leader, will be sworn in today for a new five-year term as attempts…

MUTARE — The rift between MDC-T’s outgoing parliamentarian for Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency, Giles Mutsekwa and incoming legislator, Arnold Tsunga is proving difficult to mend.That there is no love lost between the MDC-T heavyweights became clear after Tsunga failed to attend the funeral for Mutsekwa’s wife, Gladys Bepe, last Friday.…

THE just-ended elections have once again drawn a line between Africa, on the one hand, and western states, on the other.Most African states, with the exception of Botswana, have endorsed the elections held on July 31 while the West insists there is need to look into the concerns…