The real trouble starts when it comes to implementing the agreed plans. The problem lies with the senior management. They come up with plans and expect their subordinates to implement them. Unfortunately, people have a tendency to ignore such plans if they have not been consulted when the…

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…

 Custodianship over all this, he gave to man.Genesis 1vs 28 to30; Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living…

Significantly, this column correctly predicted that it was not going to be economically feasible for the government to give its +260 000 workforce a pay rise in excess of 10 percent. Not that this required rocket science to decipher, but was predicated on neo-classical economics discourse that wages cannot…

On the economic front there were no significant changes or improvements notwithstanding the general macro-economic stability that prevailed throughout the year. Notwithstanding, capacity utilisation remained generally subdued in most key sectors of the economy as it continued to be adversely affected especially by the liquidity crunch.This meant that…

 He is the only man of colour who has received such an honour in the history of this great nation. While all men of colour owe him and his predecessors, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Booker T Washington a debt, he was probably the best orator among…

After weeks of serious consideration, Cde Johannes last week — as per our Mutare Annual People’s Conference resolution — finally put together a panel made up of some of the most patriotic legal panjandrums in this country to look at the 3 000 American diplomatic cables and advise…

Chilling Out with Grace Mutandwa I SHARED a coffee with a childhood friend whom I had not seen in 10 years. She was sad and dispirited.She had just returned home from a decade in East Africa. She brought back her four children minus the husband. We were good…

That knight in shining armour is not going to come riding by. This is the real world. Not some fairy tale. So stop wishing and start fishing. Fish around for a realistic solution to your situation.Reading my predecessor’s article of last week about a former job looking glossy…

A discussion on the subject of legal costs may assist those who still labour under the false impression that justice in civil related matters comes absolutely for free.As a starting point, I must distinguish the various categories of costs that one may be made to pay when going…