In African American idiom, they say beware, the people you hang out with may hang you in the end. The misunderstanding of what friendship is by Africans in their relationships with the western world has played havoc with many lives.Gaddafi’s best friend in the West is former British…

If the crowd that greeted me last week is anything to go by Cdes, I can assure you that we have already won the next election . . . I don’t see any reason why we should not have the capital back in our back pocket! I now…

 In the first instance, we read in the book of John Chapter 5:5 of a man who had been an invalid for 38 years and on a daily basis waited at the pool of Bethesda for healing. This man was not in charge of his own future and…

Kanyekanye’s voice has been sweet music to ZANU-PF’s ears. The party, whose top leadership is barred from travelling to Europe and the US and cannot transact in those regions due to an asset freeze, has been desperate to rope in the business community, which has been playing hard…

Dr Ruth Labode, Mavis Moyo, Ropafadzo Mapimhidze, Thembe Sachikonye, Kholiwe Nyoni, Edna Mac-hirori, Maggie Mzumara, Faith Zaba, Reyhana Masters, Zorodzai Machekanyanga, Farai Samhungu, Eunice Mafundikwa, Patricia Made, Rindayi Chipfunde-Vava, Thoko Matshe, Edna Maziofa, Prof Rudo Gaidzanwa, Roslyn Zigomo, Joyce Makwenda, Kudzai Makombe, and Irene Staunton are women who…

Proponents of the campaign are convinced that this is a necessary step to bring renewed pressure on the European Union (EU), Britain and the US to reconsider their embargo on hapless Zimbabwe. Others, however, believe that this is an exercise in futility, arguing that Zanu-PF’s failure or refusal…

Funny isn’t it? But all too true.A co-worker comes to you with a tall tale of a wrangle they are having with another workmate, and offloads it all on you. You listen and reflect as you do so. Then you surprise yourself by how, like a pro, you…

Biti’s call for a proper audit trail of the diamond proceeds, to be conducted by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and the Comptroller and Auditor-General — departments operating under his purview — is meant to unravel the source of the discrepancy between what the Ministry of Mines and Mining…

The court made a highly controversial ruling that illegalised the age-old habit by schools of locking out school children for non-payment of school fees. The ruling’s justification was found in Section 7 of the Children’s Act (Chapter 5:06) that reads as follows: “ .?.?. ill-treatment or neglect of…

Shock must have registered on my face for she quickly went into the story of her life. Look, I was shocked because this is a pretty young woman, well groomed, intelligent and with a very good sense of humour. Everything about her is just in the right place,…