After a week of infantile and kindergarten squabbling about who delayed the commencement of the talks, everyone expected seriousness and resolve among the negotiators to move the process forward, but this was not to be.Instead, media reports indicate that outstanding issues have now increased from the original eight…

A few days ago, Woods drove his Cadillac Escalade out of their driveway in Isleworth, a posh exclusive neighborhood in Florida. With all his self mastery, Tiger broke a water hydrant and kept on driving into a neighbour’s tree. The police found him unconscious.After hospitalisation, the police asked…

Legal service providers now find themselves struggling to remain afloat amid a plethora of problems, which have been worsened by a loss of confidence in the legal system by potential litigants because of various factors top of which is the government’s repeated disregard for the rule of law.Among…

South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique are proud and successful countries precisely because they do not talk about sovereignty ad infinitum. Unlike us who talk about sovereignty as a way of taking refuge in a consoling fiction.Consoling fiction be-cause countries which are forging ahead in terms of development are…

There was consensus in the nation that a new policy and a new voice must be found. But, they forgot that, it is not the rulers who make foreign policy, the interests of the country dictate what that policy should be. But, we must digress. My beloved friend,…

I mean I know that many party members have been jostling for various posts so that they can serve their dear party better but this should not leave the party divided. A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks…a lot of things were said…some of…

It takes an incredible leap of faith to believe he can pull it off Sunsleey ChamunorwaARTHUR MUTAMBARA, the Deputy Prime Minister in the transitional government, remains a typical enigma. Many are still searching for the mot juste to describe the baritone-voiced professor known for his oratorical speeches.To his most…

FINANCIAL GAZETTEONE of the key roles of Parliament, according to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, is that of making laws for the peace, order and good of the country.But increasingly, the Parliament of Zimbabwe has been under a barrage of criticism since 2000 for passing laws seen as encouraging…

The second group has larger beaks, feet and talons and can kill living prey. Vultures live in the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world and as such more live in Africa than in any other part of the world. Above all, they are ugly to the…

FINANCIAL GAZETTEZIMBABWE is once again dominating international headlines for the wrong reasons — an investment-wreaking decision had been taken to push through a contentious plan to expropriate 51 percent of all foreign-owned companies.This emerged against the backdrop of dismal inflows of investment capital into the country due to…