Tom Daschle, who Obama had earmarked for the post of health secretary, was forced to withdraw when questions were raised about his failure to pay a $120 000 tax bill. In admitting publicly in interviews on television  networks CNN and ABC, that he had made a mistake by…

There is a very strong view from various quarters that if President Robert Mugabe, especially, and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai do not rein in the ideological hardliners within their ranks this historic deal could quaver and eventually collapse.Unless and until these hardliners are whipped into line, it would…

Dear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES I know most of you are quite unhappy with the way I have handled the inclusive government…I mean the final list of members of our party who made it to Cabinet, but what you should understand is that there was a lot of juggling…

They noticed an apparently innocent statement by the US ambassador to Zimbabwe. The statement said that a government of national unity was expected within days. By itself the statement was innocent enough. What my brilliant researchers noticed was that the statement was made three days before the MDC…

The inauspicious manner in which the new congenitally abnormal baby with curios names (inclusive government”, Govern-ment of National Unity {GNU} or whatever one chooses to call it) was born means it will have to spend time in the incubator before it can be subjected to the elements.Indeed, the…

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…