April 25, 2024
While a good number of Zimbabweans view this development as both welcome and refreshing, others feel that ZAPU, just like ZANU-PF, is past its sell-by-date. Those who welcome ZAPU's rebirth argue that the party brings the missing ingredients in the democratisation of our motherland. They highlight these ingredients…
CEO Neil Pretorius is quoted saying DRDGold's entry would be on a "small and carefully considered scale," with the main objective being to cement ties with the authorities in Harare, find a partner to meet the country's empowerment requirements and seek out viable near-surface prospects that could be…
He does not mince his words when talking about what he views as the failure of the partners in the Global Political Agree-ment (GPA) to protect the beleaguered white folk in the farming sector.In fact, Theron and his fellow troubled white folk seem to have lost faith in…
Loosely translated, the expression means that when two people have a conflict, both are at fault.But could this be the message which ZANU-PF is sending to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) in the wake of the renewed bickering that has dampened prospects of a political solution to…
She was 98. In the last few days of her illness, the family would gather around her bed trying to listen to her last words. Blessings and curses are known to be said in those few days or hours, so there can be a stampede for the most…
One such study, the Zimbabwe Brain Drain Study Report (2003) which was directed by Professor Christopher Chetsanga, estimates that the country lost over 400 000 professionals between 1990 and 2002. A recent study estimates that 25 per cent Zimbabweans are living outside the country. According to Wikipedia, ‘brain…
Other sources of financing government spending include profit from parastatals (but rarely do they make profit), external aid and debt among others. Taxation remains the largest and most certain source for government revenue. Taxes are therefore important as they provide revenue for the government to redistribute income and…
These bickerings have been around for as long as my relatively young mind can remember. What worries me, and I am sure the same applies to other soccer lovers out there, is that the misunderstandings are degenerating by the day thereby dashing the hopes of those who want…
I could therefore not spare time to adequately address you since I had to make sure I was ready to condignly answer any questions that could be asked at this gathering.I hope you are all aware that after realising that the other parties to the GPA were wasting…
That is where he makes the agenda for the whole world. This year, it was not his speech that caught the headlines. It was the comment by a pundit, Chris Mathew, a white chap and an admirer of Obama who is making the headlines.He said on his own…