THE day any country is permitted to make catastrophic resolutions about another nation and people fail to subject those resolutions to relentless scrutiny is the day humanity will go to hell in a wheelchair. As George Owell noted, “In time … Read more
AS AN unequalled avalanche of emotion engulfed the national landscape last week following the shocking death of Retired General Solomon Mujuru, there were certain discernible features that still refused to be obfuscated. The nation would do well to take notice … Read more
HAS Trevor Ncube’s floundering Zimbabwe Independent gone to the dogs to the point of unashamedly becoming a pathetic MDC-T pamphlet in a desperate bid to secure a good chunk of the dirty £3 million that the British government started smuggling … Read more
PEOPLE often ask: what is the magic behind the loyalty of Robert Mugabe’s security services? At face value, this question makes sense for it surely must surprise anybody why they have stood foursquare behind Mugabe for this long, and at … Read more
THE events in North Africa where tyrants have either fallen or still risk being pushed out courtesy of a combination of people power and military connivance easily throw light into one of the thorniest questions of our time: The Zimbabwean … Read more
AT A ZANU PF rally in 1983, the biggest banner read: “Forward with the Fifth Brigade. We wish you well”. Swarming around a TV camera, Zanu PF supporters capered and danced in victory loops celebrating the news that Joshua Nkomo … Read more
AS THE Zimbabwean crisis drags through its full tenth year, it has become de rigueur for political commentators, journalists and think-tanks to offer what is now something of a gospel to be questioned at one ‘s own peril: Robert Mugabe, … Read more
A COLLEAGUE reacted to news that President Robert Mugabe would seek re-election if asked by Zanu PF, and that such elections could be held whether or not there was a new constitution, by saying the elderly gent was having a … Read more
THIS weekend, Zimbabwe celebrates her 29th birthday rather sadly, as a mere shell of what it used to be; a shadow of what it could have been but for inept management. But make no mistake about it, the day … Read more
Plight of Jestina and Colleagues THE abduction and disappearance of Jestina Mukoko has become the cause celebre of the current troubles in Zimbabwe. This is hardly surprising. As a newsreader at the only broadcaster in Zimbabwe, the ZBC, in the … Read more
