I am of course referring to the demand by the MPs for their daily allowances to be increased from US$25 to US$75 failure of which the constitution outreach programme would be suspended until further notice, according to the secretary for the parliamentary welfare committee Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, a ZANU-PF…

At the time of going to press, the Kimberly Process consortium was still debating whether Zimbabwe’s Chiadzwa and Marange diamonds should be admitted to the world market. The issue here is not that the Chiadzwa diamonds are blood diamonds (procured through slavery), but that its proceeds will be…

Now it seems like those people take us seriously every time we threaten to do something…after we walked away from the Commonwealth, and after taking our land back, they have since realised that ours is no longer cheap brinkmanship or mere idle threats…we mean what we say.They realised…

Tourism and Hospitality Minister, Walter Mzembi, says because of our proximity to South Africa we can expect up to a “100 000 tourism arrivals and a revenue generation of US$200 million” from the World Cup spin-offs.African Sun chief executive officer, Shingi Munyeza, says it’s not going to be…

He, at one point, articulated that he was in charge of the territory on the other side of Chancellor Road and President Mugabe had authority on the other. At the time of his student activism, we all anticipated and impatiently waited for his tip-over into the cauldron of…

It is the biggest sporting and most widely watched event. With the games starting tomorrow until July 11, 2010, it gives the continent a chance to show the world that Africa’s time to shine has come and shock it as well, both on and off the pitch. Despite…

The level of customer satisfaction in your organisation is directly related to the calibre of customer services personnel you employ. There are some organisations that are disgracefully known for their poor customer service.Most organisations in our country are involved in the provision of service and an increasing number…

Often, families are forced to spend days and weeks on end on overnight vigils in cases where a loved one passes on in foreign lands.While it is common in other countries such as South Africa and Nigeria to have long mourning periods, given a choice Zimbabweans would want…

 In Schumpete’s vision of capitalism, innovative entry by entrepreneurs was the force that sustained long-term economic growth, even as it destroyed the value of established companies that enjoyed some degree of monopoly.  Schumpeter made a contribution to entrepreneurship (1883-1950); he saw it as innovation versus invention.Entrepreneurship is creative…

Furthermore, employees felt that their bosses did not convey their concerns to higher levels of the organisation. They felt that their bosses did not support their concerns when it came to salary increments or improvements in working conditions.Bosses, therefore, are said to have failed in representing them. Employees…