Open Forum with Gibson Mandishona THIS clarion call to the city fathers is a follow-up to my article in The Herald of June 17 1998 entitled Power from Garbage. I need to applaud Nelson Chenga for his recent matter-of-fact article A Tale of Poor Waste Management (Financial Gazette, January…

It can be successfully argued that within the Southern African Development Community, and indeed across the entire Sub-Saharan Africa, Zimbabwe has achieved some form of comparative advantage in the delivery of world-class education to its citizens. It is therefore little wonder that the United Nations has affirmed this…

 Granted, there has been a noted improvement in the performance of the key sectors of the economy and overall the economy grew by 5,7 percent in 2009 and 8,1 percent last year. All things being equal the economy is projected to expand by 9,3 percent this year.The projected…

I am writing this letter because a beloved stalwart brother wrote me about my contribution on King. He says that: “Ken, you appear to support King’s attack on the hypocrisy of America’s internal and foreign policies. This is totally inconsistent with your general perspective that America is the…

 I hope to be through in time for me to address you next week. I know my detractors were disappointed to see me climbing down the plane staircase with the agility of a teenager. After —according to them — I had undergone some massive surgical operations in Malaysia,…

From the signs and indications that are percolating from the party’s functional constituency, plans seem to be at an advanced stage to hold some attention-capturing crusades against these sanctions. It was at the party’s congress of December 2009 that the first real spike against sanctions was tossed. At…

The demand for oil, both petrol and diesel, but particularly diesel for industrial processes, is likely to increase with the increasing use of stand-by generators to mitigate the effects of electricity blackouts that have been the major impediment to economic revival in this country.But more than anything else,…

Why does beating up their women give them a sense of satisfaction?Every five years a Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey report is produced. Part of the report looks at gender-based violence. The latest report is the 2005-06 report, which makes for sickening reading. Some of you boys are…

This document is to a company director more or less what a national identity document is to a citizen of a country. It serves the main purpose of confirming to the company, as well as to members of the public who have dealings with the company, who the…

In his autobiography, A Good Life, Bradlee lists a couple of journalistic best practices. Among them are:l Beware of stories that you want to be true, for whatever reason. And beware the culture that allows unknown sources to be used too easily.l On a really big sto-ry, listen…