For someone who is over 40-years old, my participation in this event was not on accord of being a ‘youth' but on the basis of my on-going professional and academic interest in youth development programmes. In my working life, I have had the opportunity to work with university…

Geoffrey White, director and chief executive officer of LonZim, said: "LonZim has developed an indigenisation plan in line with government mandates and has submitted this to government for approval. The company is also seeking to dual list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as an integral part of this…

 The saints, in the Roman Catholic Church as well in Protestant denominations have been challenged to review the direction of the church. The urgency can be gleaned from membership records. The United Methodist Church in South Carolina has lost one million members in the last 20 years. That…

 Yes they won the first round, and we learnt from our mistakes and we are now raring to go. I have no doubt in my mind that Cde Emmerson and the other high-powered emissaries that we sent around the region managed to correct the distortions that Morgan and…

Whereas basic economics would dictate that the quickest way out of the current liquidity crisis is to mobilise, cap in hand, fresh investment inflows, our approach, if one can call it that, has been to scare away the same. Government has been making a lot of noise through…

Politically in the last year, Africa has seen the blazing revolutions in North Africa, the ravaging war in Libya, the electoral feud in Cote d'Ivoire, the coalition government tension in Zimbabwe, the political inferno of Madagascar, the controversy of elections in various countries and the general insinuation of…

On Tuesday evening the Book Café in Harare hosted an exciting discussion on its "The Debate" forum on the topic "Should Journalists Sacrifice Objectivity for Patriotism?". The speakers for the discussion were Goodson Nguni of ZANU-PF, and myself and was chaired by Ish Mafundikwa, the convener of "The…

At the end of it all I still had to check my inbox. Some sisters had written to tell me they saw no good reason why they should not share with their friends that they were having extra-marital relations or cheating on their long term lovers.You still do…

Conflict and disputes can arise between individuals in work, school environments, and social gatherings as well as in business relationships. All of these disputes can lead to legal battles in courts which can be time-consuming, financially draining, emotionally painful, stressful, and fraught with antagonism. They ultimately result in…

Let me hasten to add that there are too many emotions in this debate with a paucity of facts and truths presented to buttress their arguments. The issue of sanctions is emotional and one that most people have not objectively and empirically analysed and evaluated. Our Lord and…