WE are who we are due to the genetic information contained in genes we inherited from our parents. Unfortunately some genes contain faults (mutations) and this can lead to illness, disabilities and premature death. There is a family I know … Read more
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Africa’s battles with capital flight and unjust debt
THE global financial turmoil has dominated the international agenda for a couple of years now and there is hardly a clear way out of the crisis. The fact that most developed economies especially in Europe are experiencing these financial meltdowns … Read more
Christmas, crime and immigration
AS the year draws to a close it is a time for festivity and enjoyment. The old saying “Eat Drink and be Merry” rings true. This post gives a few tips and advice on how to cope with some of … Read more
Mugabe must appoint successor
GIVEN some of President Mugabe’s failings over the years, not the least of which was the 2008 financial crisis which led to a whole host of calamities including widespread unemployment, acute food shortages and a record hyper-inflation, it is tempting … Read more
New immigration ruling on family law
WHEN does someone who does not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules, but has a claim to family life, succeed in that claim, in circumstances where there are no children and the other party on whom they depend does … Read more
Tsvangirai, responsibility is start of leadership
MORGAN Tsvangirai needs to decide between a scandalous personal life and serving the nation. And if he cannot make the choice, then Zimbabweans will do it for him. Everyone knows that the present situation is indefensible, he cannot do both. … Read more
Head injury: a ticking time bomb
IT WAS sad to read about the death of a fellow Zimbabwean, Mbongeni Ndlovu, 28, who died in Oldham, UK. He died from severe head injuries following an alleged assault. He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Oldham Hospital … Read more
Tsvangirai has lost his moral compass
THERE is something incongruous about how Zimbabwean journalists are reporting the debacle surrounding Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s marriage-that-allegedly-never-was. Whilst the state-controlled Herald has, predictably, gleefully reported on the ‘union’ and its attendant soap operatic saga, the independent media has bizarrely … Read more
The futility of bankers’ prosecution
NICHOLAS Vingirayi, an alleged ‘rogue’ banker with an international arrest warrant, was extradited to Zimbabwe and arraigned before the courts on fraud charges dating back to the 2003 banking sector crisis regarding the collapse of Intermarket Holdings Limited. Another pointless … Read more
It’s official: UK Home Office can lose your documents
I CAME across a recent UK High Court decision which is extremely useful as it confirms that, in appropriate cases, judges are prepared to accept that the Home Office can lose applicants’ documents. The case is called Kisuule, R (on … Read more
Tsvangirai a poor substitute for tried and tested Mugabe
COMPELLING direct and circumstantial evidence indicates that Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has had only one objective since taking to the political stage: to drag Zimbabwe back to its 1979 status. Their 12 years of largely discreditable existence have produced no action … Read more
Gay rights: Tsvangirai’s Nobel master stroke
IT was Professor Stephen Chan who not so very long ago wrote something to the effect that even though Morgan Tsvangirai is prone to gaffes, he is still capable of some strokes of ‘genius’. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than … Read more
Homosexuality: Sexual whirlwind of Darwin’s theory
YOU have probably heard of Java Man, Peking Man and Nebraska Man. All of them are reconstructed pre-human humans seen in museums, encyclopaedias and textbooks. When Java Man came to museums, the unsuspecting public was given the impression that the … Read more
Conrad Murray: When a doctor goes rogue
DR CONRAD Murray is well known throughout the world, but for the wrong reasons. Michael Jackson, his patient, died under his care. But how did it all become lugubrious? Dr Murray has been convicted of homicide and is awaiting sentencing. … Read more
The case for a Zimbabwe Diaspora bond
ZIMBABWE’S Finance Ministry should be commended for launching a consultation programme intended to seek stakeholder participation in the drafting of a broad-based 2012 budget. Faced with a projected year end fiscal deficit of $700 million and a debt overhang of … Read more
