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.…

"It is of no consequence what you or anybody else thinks, or says, ZANU-PF has won. Period. SADC has confirmed their victory. We must now move forward." I agree entirely.There is no perfect marriage, and SADC has done its best. It has set up a Joint Implementation Monitoring…

It did not come easy. It took a lot of sacrifice on both sides. You all know that I had to make a huge climb down from my trademark never-ever rhetoric to make this a reality. And the same applies to the other side as well. Everyone is…

As we reflect on events of the recent past, particularly the implications of decision by Morgan Tsvangirai to be part of the inclusive government, we need to take a hard look at the practical realities on the ground.The euphoria and air of celebration that greeted the announcement that…

A number of people have struggled to register charitable organisations with the State because of various reasons top of which is that some have had those organisations established by constitutions and not trusts.   Registration of a charitable organisation is done through the Ministry of Social Welfare in terms…

Mavis MakuniOwn CorrespondentA CONTROVERSY in South Africa sparked  by media reports focusing on interim President, Kgalema Motlanthe’s personal life, brings to the fore once gain the question of how much the public is entitled to know about public figures such as presidents.As has been seen with respect to…

When schools finally “re-opened” on Tuesday, more than two weeks late, one felt sorry for   the children, knowing that they were going back to schools  whose main feature is the absence of teachers. Prior to the delayed start of the new term, the press carried numerous reports about…

These inputs – ranging from seed, fertilizer, chemicals as well as farm implements – were procured by the government last year at a huge cost to the taxpayer in the hope that the beneficiaries would boost agricultural production on their farms, feed the starving nation and generate foreign…