WHEN people start to oppose just because they can, countries suffer, dark forces set in and development withers. As Tony Blair has observed in his memoir, “politics is a conspiracy against rational decision-making”. It’s a statement whose value lies not … Read more
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Thumbs up to gold-backed Zim dollar
RESERVE Bank Governor Gideon Gono’s proposal this week for the introduction of a gold-backed Zimbabwe dollar is an idea whose time has come. If implemented properly, the gold-backed local currency will resolve the liquidity crisis currently ravaging the sanctions-hit economy. … Read more
KP playing politics over Zimbabwe
THE opposition to Zimbabwe’s right to sell its diamonds is deeply troubling and must be exposed for what it really is without pussyfooting or beating about the bush. It is instructive to note that the opposition to approving Zimbabwe’s sale … Read more
Diamonds and human rights are forever
LAST week’s failure of the Kimberly Process (KP) to reach agreement on whether to give the Zimbabwe government the green light to export alluvial diamonds from the Chiadzwa diamond fields threatens to open up new divisions over the international response … Read more
Man and pig: what’s the difference?
IT’S very easy to forget about the politics at home, especially if you don’t read the Chronicle, Herald or watch ZTV for that matter. I could not afford the local rag which I thought was overpriced for the four pages of propaganda and classifieds it contained.
We all know the story behind ZTV. People have found it to be less stressful not to follow the ups and downs of the GPA. They are keen to put that aspect of their lives behind to concern themselves with issues of survival. Read more
The sadist, Nathaniel Manheru
THE brutality described in Herald columnist Nathaniel Manheru’s article on Operation Hakudzokwi made some chilling reading. All I could say after reading it was ‘Help us God’. Being in the human rights abuse radar, I thought Zimbabwe or her … Read more
