BETWEEN August 9 and 17 this year, the Home Office undertook a fact finding mission to Zimbabwe to gather information on the situation in Zimbabwe since the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) back in February 2009. Its … Read more
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Why diesel mystic is a national treasure
SECTIONS of the police and state prosecution service must be suffering a dangerous infestation of opposition sympathisers keen to thoroughly embarrass Zanu PF ahead of general elections now expected next year. For how else does one explain the whacky decision … Read more
Beauty pageants: as old as the debate about them
THE 59th edition of the Miss Universe pageant ended recently with Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete Rosete sauntering away with the coveted crown. Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillips and 19-year-old Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell came second and third respectively at the pageant … Read more
Crash and burn Sir Richard
ZIMBABWE’S many problems over the last decade, and the attempts at rebuilding over the last two years, have exposed a dangerous kind of Zimbabwean: the type that prefers Barack Obama’s voice on Zimbabwe than that of Morgan Tsvangirai. They pride … Read more
Mutasa reveals Zanu PF’s true intentions
HOW does any right thinking person, let alone a senior government official, publicly proclaim that even if Morgan Tsvangirai were to defeat President Robert Mugabe at the next poll, he would never rule Zimbabwe? What kind of a country are … Read more
Fake Pope has police hot under the collar
POPE Benedict XVI’s UK visit this week has attracted hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets – and many complain his specially designed vehicle known as the Popemobile has moved rather too briskly through crowds. So spare a thought … Read more
Post-Mugabe turmoil, what turmoil?
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe recently felt sufficiently miffed by the increasing speculation over his health that he took the unusual step of granting an extensive interview to specifically address and hopefully dowse the rumours. Images of a frail looking Mugabe walking … Read more
Curious case of Mujuru and the Chinese yuan
AS FAR as economic ideas go, Vice President Joice Mujuru’s contemplative bright spark regarding adopting the Chinese Yuan as Zimbabwe’s currency is the most unorthodox. With due respect to Mujuru, as economists we can only assume the statement was perhaps … Read more
Macheso a musician not a saint
WHATEVER the merits or de-merits of Alick Macheso’s intention to have Tafadzwa Mapako as his second wife, it would appear as if there is a malevolent and good-for-nothing weakling out there that doesn’t like him very much. Doubtless, the sensation … Read more
