The state daily, The Herald had a good example of this in its issue on Monday when it published a story headed: “No free cellphones, stands for councillors”. In the report, Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo is quoted breathing fire against the awarding of…

I have been amazed by the outpouring of sympathy and support shown towards Cameron and his wife not just by ordinary Britons but by his colleagues from the world of politics and government.When I read that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had sent the opposition leader a message…

Mavis MakuniOwn correspondentInternational television channels have shown extraordinary scenes in Sudan since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the country’s president, Hassan Omar al-Bashir.The head of state, who  is accused of  war crimes and crimes against humanity arising from the conflict in…

It is unfortunate that after providing the shoulder on which the Prime Minister leaned on for the past 31 years, of which the last 10 years were the most difficult for the couple, Susan could not live to see the fruits of their struggle to enhance democratic space…

While friends, relatives and colleagues have offered condolences and encouragement as a way of consoling the bereaved, it is difficult to imagine the pain, both physical and mental, that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is going through right now following the loss in a tragic accident, of his wife,…

It died, a villain, having battled for a number of years and through various medicinal prescriptions like slashing of zeros, having evaded its demise.  It had tried to soldier on under the heavy weight of a multiplicity of negative factors with authorities trying to save it, but the…

“Let’s face it; if nothing is done to even the playing field then blacks will continue to play a subservient role in a country they are governing.”He then posed four questions that I think are critical in better appreciating the challenges and prospects for leveling the post-colonial economic…

His indictment was announced by the ICC  in The Hague, Netherlands. “He is suspected of being criminally responsible for intentionally directing attacks against an important part of the civilian population of Darfur, Sudan, murdering, exterminating, raping, torturing and forcibly transferring large numbers of civilians  and pillaging their property”,…

Stating what is universally known, Wikipedia says the learned professor is considered    the “core architect of AIPPA  and POSA”, the draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Public Order and Security Act, for whose repeal a loud clamour is still being heard.  Moyo is…

ZESA, the power utility, TelOne and the blundering Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) – now in the final stages of handing back the distribution of water to more competent municipalities – were among government-run institutions that were quick to expose their insatiable appetite for hard currency when they…