Rewind back to the presidential election run-off of 2008 where President Robert Mugabe stood alone in the plebiscite after Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai's withdrawal. The result of that election was of course a win for President Mugabe which attracted widespread local and international condemnation.…

 Lipsey, in his monumental book, Positive Economics (1966) popularised the idea of using mathematical measurements and predictive instruments in how economies rise and fall.This new science of econometrics was applied to Third World development studies with the fanaticism of a jihad.  If countries like Ghana and Jamaica borrowed…

I am happy that this time around we are meeting at this new venue, which the party has just completed constructing in a record time. I am so happy with this investment. It goes to show our detractors that we have a lot of faith in the future…

 And yet we make one of the most critical decisions of our lives - choosing a lifetime partner.  At this juncture in our lives, for crying out loud, many of us won't even be truly knowing ourselves let alone knowing the next person.  Yet this is the time…

This was probably driven by the increasing recognition that if this economy is to be lifted from the doldrums it currently finds itself in, SMEs will have to play a vital role. Though factored in as point 15 in the Minister's 15-point plan, much of what was discussed…

Regardless of the amount of money poured into these organisations they still fail to perform. Some of them have blamed both the political and economic environment for their failures. The honest truth about these organisations is that they just do not have the right talent to take the…

The eradication of poverty and hunger was rightly identified as the number one task for a government, among other priorities. And yet, in the context of Africa, as Greg Mills laments in his book, Why Africa is Poor, bad policy choices by a "blatantly predatory" leadership that allow…

While it is commendable that the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board and the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment will host the Economic Empowerment conference under the theme "Consolidating economic empowerment as a tool for sustainable economic development -  employees, communities and the Zimbabwean nation at…

Dear Bishop, it is with regret that I learnt of your loss after the five year legal wrangle that pitted you against the Church of the Province of Central Africa led by Bishop Chad Gandiya. It is unimaginable that the two of you once belonged under the emblem…

The Supreme Court ruling effectively brought to an end nearly five years of bickering between the two clergymen and their followers dating back to 2007.The dispute had to be settled in the courts because the rival factions could not find each other through dialogue. Attempts to bring in…