A total of 268 individuals of various age groups, gender, educational levels, marital status and organizational categories responded to the survey. 31,3 percent of the respondents were below the age of 30 while 64,9 prcent were above 30. 60,1 percent were male while 35,4 percent were female. Of…

Contributions from various sectors of the economy such as mining, manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, tourism, etc, as well as the expenditure patterns of the fiscus, have a large bearing on the growth aspirations of any economy. This article tries to map a way forward for improving productivity in…

The former F1 World Champion was removed by police from his undamaged vehicle which was then loaded onto a truck and taken, presumably, to a pound.Naughty Lewis was doub-tless egged on by hordes of fans leaving the track, but I’m quite sure he wouldn’t have booted the Merc…

Forty-seven years later, Africa remains a continent of contrasting fortunes. There is no denying that some progress has been made in ensuring that the vision of the founding fathers: Nkrumah, Nyerere, Kaunda and others lives on. Much of Africa today is now politically independent but the freedom has…

The events that have led me to this conclusion are as follows: A Ugandan female basketball coach who sent a revealing sexual text on her cellphone — a custom described in the US as sextexual (having sex through the telephone) — was severely punished. Simultaneously, the Uganda parliament…

 While it is quite obvious that in some cases he does this out of pure ignorance, I think this is getting out of hand. I should not be explaining each and every decision I make to him, let alone consult him. After all, who is he to be…

 It was negotiated among the three political parties and signed among them. There was no visible inclusion of the broader civil society in the pre and post-negotiation processes. In the post-negotiation era, the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) was primarily set from representatives of the three parties.…

To the religious, the inclusive government, which also consists of Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara’s other MDC formation, was an answer to their prayers for the healing of a country battered by an unprecedented economic and political crisis that had marred Zimbabwe’s reputation as a stable and most…

 It is not yet clear how long this compromise government will be in place, but the reality on the ground is that Zimbabweans have to go on with their lives and the nation has to metamorphose from transition to social, economic and political transformation. Political transformation is the…

Chapfika told journalists in Harare recently that consultations among government stakeholders (a common phrase abused by State bureaucrats to mean discussions within ZANU-PF) had reached an advanced stage, maintaining: “We want this fund to be the largest fund in the country and various measures are going to be…