While Zimbabwean political players have typically issued conflicting statements on the outcome of the summit, there is a palpable sense that SADC views elections as the final solution to the bickering that has punctuated political developments in Harare since the formation of the government of national unity (GNU).While…

The strike has resulted in the suspension of flights to several routes serviced by the airline, with desperate efforts to hire foreign airlines to alleviate the crisis having dismally failed to salvage the situation. Hundreds of passengers have been inconvenienced in the process.While the cost of the flight…

Easy, because like R Kelly, I wish everyone had their own piece of Gotham City. I believe that no matter how painful the end result might be, everyone deserves to experience a heavy bout of love even if it is just for one day.This week I will give…

Those that would make the best use of certain things and therefore want them, need them or deserve them the most, can hardly get their hands on those things. Such is the paradox of life. Below are six of the most common paradoxes we find in our lives.1.…

Time and again people go into written agreements of sale in which somewhere in the intricate verbiage this word will be planted, but take very little care or absolutely no care at all about the effect the word brings on their rights under the agreement. And yet the…

“Workers are firing warning shots and government should take heed,” Welli-ngton Chibebe, ZCTU secretary-general, was quoted as saying.Chibebe expressed regret that the inclusive government, for what its worth, had done little to address the concerns of workers in general. “It is unfortunate that even the inclusive government is…

 Bosses also           feel uncomfortable expressing their differences with subordinates. Subordinates feel the pressure to keep silent with their bosses. It is very difficult for managers, for example, to give negative performance feedback to subordinates especially in organisations that place a high value on being polite and avoiding confrontation.Not…

It is often committed out of despair, or attributed to some underlying mental disorder which includes depression, bipolar disorder, alcoholism and drug abuse. Financial difficulties, inter-personal relationships and other undesirable situations may also play a significant role.The World Health Organisation estimates that in approximately 1,1million people died from…

 The trend seems to be true, too, in the developed world. Just reading through the headlines involving some form of industrial action by employees in one industry or another, one gets the impression that ‘the world has gone mad’. As for myself, these headlines on strikes have made…

 Reverend Terry Jones, posted some signposts on his church ground to the effect that the Koran is an evil book. September 11 was set aside for burning it.Jones wants a quid pro quo. No Muslim mosque on Ground Zero. Nobody ever proposed such a building. He and his…