ZIMBABWE should consider scrapping provisions compelling foreign mines to sell majority stakes to locals and instead allow miners to set their own empowerment targets, an industry official said.

Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter

LIKE the mythical phoenix, Siyaso — the hub of the informal sector in Zimbabwe — is rising from the ashes.
Siyaso, a colloquial Shona word which means leave it like that, was razed to the ground in 2005 during Operation Murambatsvina/ Restore Order.

Crisford Chogugudza

MASS media reform is a crucial aspect of democratic transition in a post-dictatorship era and accomplishing this task is a Herculean effort.

Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWE’S three-month-old inclusive government is under pressure to deliver from all fronts.
One area the inclusive government would be required to address as a matter of urgency is the damage being inflicted on the environment.

Tendai Dumbutshena

THE 18 MDC-T and civil society activists accused of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government should have all their charges dropped. Efforts by all concerned to address their plight should go far beyond just seeking bail for them. They should be free men and women without trumped-up…

IT has been a hectic three weeks for former legislator for St Mary's, Job Sikhala (JS). The politician is on a crusade attacking the top echelons of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-M), in particular, the parceling out among themselves of ministerial posts. The outspoken Sikhala – currently on…

Clemence Manyukwe, Senior Political Reporter

A NEWLY elected Harare City councillor stares blankly at the agenda of an audit committee meeting. He has one serious problem – almost everything on the agenda is Greek to him or rather is beyond his comprehension.

ELLIS Robins Boys High School in Harare resembles the remnants of a long, forgotten ghost community in an old township. Burst sewer pipes have gone for weeks without being fixed; the school’s fish pond and swimming pool among other infrastructure at the school, all ceased functioning years ago.

THE inclusive government, a coalition of three political parties under a so-called transitional arrangement, is likely to give momentum to the long-stalled privatisation of the country’s loss-making parastatals as it battles to raise desperately needed cash to boost its depleted treasury.

FOR the last six months, I have been closely following the matter of Jestina Mukoko and 17 other activists who spent months in prison before being released in early March 2009.