THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will for the first time attend the burial of a ZANU-PF official, in this case of the late retired army general, Vitalis Zvinavashe, at the National Heroes Acre on Saturday.
…MANY people in Zimbabwe expect to see change — a reversal of last year’s anarchic speculation and a complete extermination of the underground economy. But many others expect to see the formal economy booming again and beginning to create wealth and jobs to support a modest standard of living.
…EARLY last week Morgan Tsvangirai's spokesman, James Maridadi said the Prime Minister would attend President Robert Mugabe's 85th birthday bash in Chinhoyi. On Friday it was announced that he would no longer attend much to the relief of many people.
…THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has unveiled an eight-month-long programme to mark its 10th anniversary which has coincided with the formation of the all-inclusive government.
…AT just above five feet Peter Chikumba, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), looks really dwarfed by the enormous challenges facing the national airline operating in a rough economic terrain. But Chikumba's surprisingly overflowing passion to make sure the airline remains afloat is one attribute that has…
I HAD complained to friends that we are seeing our new Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, as some messianic figure, burdening him with our wishes.
…LAST week, The Financial Gazette ran a story in which it reported that former finance minister Simba Makoni had been recalled by Mavambo/ Kusile/Dawn, an interest group of independent candidates in the March 2008 harmonised polls, on allegations of delaying its transformation into a political party and abuse of donor…
EVERY summer, for the past three years, Gomola Mulakanjoka of Harare has tilled his small field, roughly the size of two basketball courts, to feed his family of seven.
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ONE brethren the other day asked me what my take was on the government of national unity. It may just work, I remarked as both sides seem tired. President Mugabe is tired of shouting expletives at Britain and the USA while the country sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss.
YESTERDAY, Zimbabwe turned a new leaf just like it did on November 11, 1965, a day that remains etched in the country's story as the beginning of the end of white minority rule.
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