If he wins this one, he will have put in 50 years of struggle against the imperialists and made himself a significant benchmark in the history books. He must absolutely win this one.The issue is that ZANU-PF will be strengthened if it can get away with privatising the…

She was 98. In the last few days of her illness, the family would gather around her bed trying to listen to her last words. Blessings and curses are known to be said in those few days or hours, so there can be a stampede for the most…

One such study, the Zimbabwe Brain Drain Study Report (2003) which was directed by Professor Christopher Chetsanga, estimates that the country lost over 400 000 professionals between 1990 and 2002. A recent study estimates that 25 per cent Zimbabweans are living outside the country. According to Wikipedia, ‘brain…

Other sources of financing government spending include profit from parastatals (but rarely do they make profit), external aid and debt among others. Taxation remains the largest and most certain source for government revenue. Taxes are therefore important as they provide revenue for the government to redistribute income and…

These bickerings have been around for as long as my relatively young mind can remember. What worries me, and I am sure the same applies to other soccer lovers out there, is that the misunderstandings are degenerating by the day thereby dashing the hopes of those who want…

What do we hope to achieve by the so called outreach programme except to fill the pockets of members of the House of Assembly, the Senate, rapporteurs, members of thematic committees, select and management committees and many other hangers on of the whole constitutional agenda.Ordinarily, an agreed constitutional…

While a good number of Zimbabweans view this development as both welcome and refreshing, others feel that ZAPU, just like ZANU-PF, is past its sell-by-date. Those who welcome ZAPU's rebirth argue that the party brings the missing ingredients in the democratisation of our motherland. They highlight these ingredients…

 CEO Neil Pretorius is quoted saying DRDGold's entry would be on a "small and carefully considered scale," with the main objective being to cement ties with the authorities in Harare, find a partner to meet the country's empowerment requirements and seek out viable near-surface prospects that could be…

He does not mince his words when talking about what he views as the failure of the partners in the Global Political Agree-ment (GPA) to protect the beleaguered white folk in the farming sector.In fact, Theron and his fellow troubled white folk seem to have lost faith in…

Loosely translated, the expression means that when two people have a conflict, both are at fault.But could this be the message which ZANU-PF is sending to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) in the wake of the renewed bickering that has dampened prospects of a political solution to…