The world is slowly abandoning the British type of education, despite its excellent results but because it is too difficult and spreads the benefits to a smaller proportion of the population. Now we can ask the great question; what is it that has caused the explosion of US…

After I challenged a court ruling ordering me to call for by-elections in some constituencies where vacancies arose after members of our confused opposition dismissed themselves from their party, my detractors went to town, claiming that I was confused. They read my argument that there was no money…

These reports indicate that due to a patent lack of transparency and accountability, the country is now faced with a new  crisis with some banks as well as a potential fuel procurement scam that if unattended to, will affect petrol and diesel supplies into the country. It would…

The regulations apply to any business with assets worth US$1 or more. Sectors covered by the new regulations cut across financial services; tourism; education and sport; arts, entertainment and culture; engineering and construction; energy; services; telecommunications; transport and motor industries. But if there was anybody who still had…

By winning what has been deemed the biggest fight in his political career, US President Barack Obama has proved, once again that he has nine lives. The political backgroundThere are two political parties in the US; the Democrats by and large will give the little people a chance…

Whereas Biti made a government policy announcement that there will likely be a wage/salary freeze for state employees, PM Tsvangirai on the other hand alludes to the fact that Biti has no sole right to making and/or announcing any such policy. Their supposed battle front is at government…

I know many will think the decision was misguided, but it was not a decision made easily or in a hurry. It was a result of great circumspection, hard thinking and wide consultation within the rank and file of the party. We tried very hard to reform this organ…

 If some people had doubts about this observation and conclusion, the political misbehaviour of the Zimbabwe delegation to the rece-nt Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Luanda, Angola, must have dispelled any such lingering doubts.We were supposed to go to Lu-anda as a government of national unity…

Not only is the fiscal review coming in the face of bank closures, as evidenced by the collapse of Genesis Investment Bank and the placing under curatorship of Interfin Bank last month, but there is a tale of missed targets haunting the country's gatekeepers.From a healthy growth target…

Out of interest, the guest speaker Environ-ment and Natural Resources Management Minister, Francis Nhema, asked five of the village headmen who attended the ceremony to briefly tell people what they think when they see trees.Most of them looked at trees as being valuable for shade, as homes for…