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Ignore Malema at your peril
THERE are only two ways to deal with ANC Youth League president Julius Malema: either the whites physically eliminate him, or the ANC sacrifices him. Neither option resolves the key question of Malema’s popularity: the quest to give meaning to … Read more
Where is Zimbabwe’s own George Soros?
LET me put the reader at ease. I am neither an economist nor a scholar. I never studied economics and have never done research on anything useful. I cannot recite John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman’s great theories which rule … Read more
Indigenisation and curse of land reform
IN HIS intriguing book, The Problems of Philosophy, British philosopher Bertrand Russell criticises “absolute sceptics” who claim nothing can ever be known with any certainty. While criticism is the hallmark of philosophical inquiry, he brands the sceptics’ approach as “destructive … Read more
Jomic: misplaced expectations
A QUESTION I am frequently asked these days is: What is Jomic? The simple answer is that Jomic is an acronym for Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee. It was constituted under Article XXII of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) … Read more
Zimbabwe MPs: local by birth, foreign by taste
OUR legislators have just exposed themselves for what they are: local by birth and vote; otherwise foreign by funding and taste. Of course I have no reason to judge them too harshly. During their campaign for election last year, … Read more
Why I want to be a white man
IT is people like Cremer who give President Mugabe a cult status if what he allegedly said is true. It is also people like Sekai Holland who undermine the MDC’s credibility. For, as the Frenchman said, with friends like Holland, … Read more
The firing squad and Gono controversy
UNITED States President Barack Obama has so far stuck to his electoral script on foreign policy: a tough military approach in Afghanistan, tough-talking with Israel and a positive conversation with the Muslim world. North Korea’s nuclear antics make a … Read more
Mawere’s ‘points of light’ exercise in escapism
“IF you have a name of an African who inspires you, please help add to our bank of hope by giving us the name of the person and why you believe such a name is a point of light that … Read more
Zuma must reclaim his showercap
IF there is one thing I think as a nation we should cherish from Western democracies, it is what is referred to as “institutional memory” and continuity of professional tenure when governments change. Wikipedia defines institutional memory as … Read more
The politics of ‘outstanding issues’
I LOVE the irrepressible sense of humour of Zimbabweans. My only worry is that often it is hard to differentiate it from clowning, and therein lies the tragedy. In a nation with a claimed unemployment of over 90% and … Read more
