. In Shona we say, kunofa vakanaka (it’s the good ones who die). If you would ask me to describe Makumbe in one word, it would be, “bold”. His life was defined by relentless efforts to express his thoughts, perceptions and views of political issues and events in…

 They are married to one man and yet sleeping with another. This used to be a preserve of men, by and large, but I guess evidence or stories on the ground are showing that "the gender gap in unfaithfulness is closing". The moral bankruptcy in our society is…

Having witnessed mixed fortunes in 2012 with the industrial index having gained by only 4,48 percent whilst the mining index sank by 35,33 percent, equity market investors have found themselves murmuring a word that they last spoke about during the Zimbabwe era - Bull-Run. The challenges     for 2012…

 By now, it is abundantly clear to most if not all that the primary cause of this situation is the extremely negative balance of payments position. We import two thirds of what we consume, and are not exporting in any meaningful way.Attempts at encouraging people to "Buy Zimbabwe"…

 Employees must move away from putting all the blame on their employer for everything that goes wrong in their own lives. Employees must realise that they work for their families and not any employer. Yes, they are employed by an employer in order to work for their families.…

 When United States President Barack Obama was sworn in four years ago, the sun stopped in its track, and the moon showed its bright light beyond its allotted time. The election of Abraham's child as ruler in Pharaoh's house was a cosmic event, and some say that the…

 Although death is a certainty, it is not something that we can ever get ourselves used to. I really was shaken once more. I think I said most of the things that I wanted to say when we laid him to rest this week at the National Heroes'…

As you know Senator, there is a lot of work to be done and I have no doubt you are ready to hit the ground running.Senator, your appointment comes at a critical moment for my motherland, Africa. United States-Africa relations are not at their best right now and…

That is what it was, Roy Bennett's egregious error of judgment in his posthumous attack directed at the late Vice President John Nkomo who passed on last week on Thursday after battling cancer for some time.At a time when all and sundry in ZANU-PF and the Movement for…

There are just a few times that I have seen them hold a “Press conference of concurrence”. This was when they announced that they had agreed to pursue negotiations in 2008 when they announced that they had reached an agreement on the GPA in 2008; and when they…