AN EMERGING trend within the diaspora community in the UK points towards a gradual increase in the number of people who have, or are considering returning to Zimbabwe or emigrating to other countries as a result of the global economic … Read more
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National Budget: nation watches, uncomprehending
WHY do we dread budget time? Is it because there is little good news, if any, that comes out of such an exercise, particularly when it comes to helping the poor in times of economic hardship? The national budget will … Read more
WikiLeaks: Zanu PF leadership renewal versus MDC treasonous plots
WHILE the media hullabaloo over the so-called Wiki-Leaks saga has been useful in exposing the illiterate foreign-funded ranks of the so-called independent press, this hubbub has been useless in enabling the same audiences to understand current US policy on Zimbabwe … Read more
Zimbabwe: a nation of dealers
FINANCE Minister Tendai Laxton Biti [who coincidentally was my roommate at the University of Zimbabwe] recently presented his mid-term budget review. The gist of that presentation to an expectant nation, besides revealing little on where the diamond ‘moola’ was going, … Read more
Violence: MDC-T’s mask has fallen
IF LEFT unconfronted, the culture of violence brewing within Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T will plunge Zimbabwe into a sewer, the darkest and most disgusting epoch in its entire history. It is no way to run a political party let alone a … Read more
‘Loan sharks’ feast on culture of profligacy
I HAVE followed with some interest recent developments in Zimbabwe’s financial sector, in particular the severe challenges faced by Renaissance Bank. There are two observations to be made. First, the collapse of Renaissance has been presented as a failure of … Read more
Zim dollar cannot wait for elections
THE debate about the proposed gold-backed Zimbabwe dollar has turned out to be a very interesting battle of ideas. My old university motto taught us its always wise to “think in other terms”. After a decade of economic decline, Zimbabwe … Read more
Sanctions: the real deal has begun
AS THE historic Zanu PF-led anti-sanctions petition launched by President Robert Mugabe on March 2 gathered further momentum last weekend, with its localisation at major centres in all the country’s 10 provinces to signal its rolling national character, sanctions denialists … Read more
Civil servants pay: buck stops with Biti
NOT for a second should the citizens of Zimbabwe give in to the erroneous and self-serving propaganda currently being peddled by the MDC in an attempt to shift blame to Zanu PF for what is entirely an MDC failure to … Read more
