ZIMBABWEANS are not ready for elections. I am talking of ordinary Zimbabweans, not those who make political capital out of people’s misery. I don’t know when they will be ready. When I first made that statement earlier this year after … Read more
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September 13, 2010 16:26
Tsvangirai can do much more
BY MOST reckonings, the unity government has become nothing more than a cosy club. While the needs of the country remain substantially unaddressed, the members of the club are busy getting rich. All sorts of noises were made about democratic … Read more
August 6, 2010 17:49
Diaspora inclusion policy: the jangling discords
HUMAN resource capacity is a key asset of any nation, for what is a nation without the human factor? When a small developing nation like Zimbabwe loses so much of its human capital, one would assume that it’s a national … Read more
November 30, 2009 21:53
With a heavy heart, I quit the bottle
I AM sure that when I informed the editor that I had stopped drinking, he must have fallen off his chair. There are many who can’t imagine me teetotal. My history on the bottle is a colourful, yet disastrous one … Read more
October 19, 2009 13:02
“Mo” Ibrahim: a life of service to the rich
MOHAMED “Mo” Ibrahim is a celebrated Sudanese African whose standing as a role model parallels Mandela and Obama in my books. The only difference is, he is a serial entrepreneur, a billionaire who made his fortune through his Celtel mobile … Read more
May 22, 2009 11:23
Is Tsvangirai villain of the piece?
I WRITE not in defence of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. I write not to excuse the man’s alleged failings for, indeed, no man is infallible. I write, however, to put events of the last quarter into perspective. Tsvangirai has … Read more
April 2, 2009 14:21
Begging from Beggars: Zimbabwe and the global crisis
Begging from Beggars I HAVE very vivid, if sad memories of the 1982-83 agricultural season in Zimbabwe. That year, someone decided to lock the gates and ran away with the keys. Crops failed. Many cattle, matungundu, as … Read more
January 8, 2009 20:33
Reflections on a Year of Pain
THE commencement of the year traditionally carries an abundance of dreams, promises and resolutions. The apparent newness of the calendar year coming so soon after the merriment of the Festive Season always conjures beautiful visions. That is as it should … Read more
November 14, 2008 06:26
After SADC, what’s to be done?
THE reaction of most Zimbabweans in the aftermath of the SADC Summit held in Sandton, South Africa last Sunday, is that of great disappointment. The reaction carries an apoplectic tone, targeted at the SADC Heads of State, whom they consider … Read more
