I believe I am not alone in making this observation  as a cursory perusal of any local newspaper letter’s column  will confirm  that the public  has regularly  been  complaining  about these exorbitant  parking charges.  I got the shock of my life recently when upon trying to purchase a…

As the countdown continues  to South Africa’s landmark elections in April or  May, prospective voters  are being enticed  from all directions by the main political parties.The ruling African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP),United Democratic Movement (UDM) the Independent Democrats (ID) the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the new…

Prior to the release of the names of the perpetrators many people had been made to believe that the list included government Ministers, top civil servants and political bigwigs who, because of their overbearing influence on society, could have easily taken advantage of the arbitrage opportunities that existed…

I normally do not understand what financial pundits  like Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono talk about in monetary policies and other such topics  but I took seriously one piece of advice he offered in his presentation about a week ago.  This was an exhortation to  Zimbabweans not to…

At this delicate stage of trying to bring together mutually antagonistic political parties still largely suspicious of each other, the media will be a critical player in that process.As the country takes the necessary  steps in forming the all-inclusive government with the swearing-in of the Prime Minister and…

COMRADES, I won’t be able to address you this week. As you are aware, there are lots of documents that need to be perused – lots of them – bills passed by parliament need to be signed into law, documents for people to be sworn into various positions,…

Circumstances of her kidnapping have been widely reported about and it will not serve any purpose to repeat them in this discussion.  My quest to understand Jestina’s predicament  led me,  through a serious effort,  to study  a number of court records at the High Court — records which…

African leaders once again failed to reach a consensus on the matter at the AU summit held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa last weekend despite devoting an entire day to the topic.Instead, the leaders agreed to transform the AU Commission into “an institution with a bigger mandate…

Neither was it the monetary policy statement presented on Monday by central bank governor, Gideon Gono, to complement Acting Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa's budget.It was undoubtedly the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)'s national council meeting of January 27 which topped the billing. The meeting saw the party's policy-making…

After MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced on Friday last week that his party’s national council had endorsed his decision to co-operate with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF in establishing a government of national unity, I received a call from someone living overseas asking for my assessment of  the development.…