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Grace Mugabe is not the problem, Zimbabweans are
She has started her nationwide rallies … Grace Mugabe Grace Mugabe yesterday shocked many when she said that even if a dead Robert Mugabe’s corpse is put on the ballot paper, people will still vote for...
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End Mugabe’s parties – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/32951235386/sizes/m/ The petition reads: The countdown to next year’s elections in Zimbabwe has begun but no electoral reforms have been made and we fear the...
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The future of medium-scale commercial farms in Africa: lessons from Zimbabwe
These people are investing in this new farmland, and sometimes (but far from always) making it more productive, and commercially-oriented. In Ghana and Zambia, for example, such medium-scale farms now...
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Patients feel the pinch as Zimbabwe doctors strike
Doctors working in public hospitals in Zimbabwe went on strike on February 18, 2017 to ask for a raise and better working conditions (AFP/File) Hundreds of patients endured long hours waiting in...
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Mwenezi East Constituency profile
Mwenezi East constituency became vacant after the death of Hon. Joshua Moyo (MP) in December 2016. The constituency was previously led by Hon. Kudakwashe Bhasikiti who lost the position after being...
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Dineo aftermath: Stranded Zimbabwe families ‘airlifted to safety’
Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo, who is MP for the area, said on Twitter that tents had been set up to house the rescued, who come from Sipepa district. The area was cut out when the Gwayi...
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Don’t be jealous of Chinese – Chinamasa
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa He told a recent meeting organized by the Confederation of the Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Manicaland Chapter: “I often have local business people in my office...
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Powerless and resentful
Donald Trump It is disturbing but it is real. Trump is only the latest in a list of leaders duly elected, mostly in the recent past, who are in tune with the emotions of the majority of their voters –...
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Zim police arrest MDC-T party youth leader over 2016 anti-govt protest
A policeman wearing a teargas belt during the demo in Harare yesterday. Chidziva, aged 36 years, was charged with committing public violence in contravention of Section 36 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law...
View ArticleOpen Parliamentary Committee Meetings: 21st to 23rd February
The details given in this bulletin are based on the latest information from Parliament. But, as there are sometimes last-minute changes to the meetings schedule, persons wishing to attend should avoid...
View Article‘Struggling’ firms wish Mugabe, 93, many more years to come
Despite clear signs Mugabe was clueless in finding solutions to Zimbabwe’s political and economic crisis, embattled state entities took up expensive advertising slots in all newspapers, including the...
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Grace Mugabe Zimbabwe’s Next President?
Grace Mugabe Suddenly he interrupted himself with mock alarm: “Careful, there she comes!” The frail 91-year-old, who increasingly resembles a hanger for his well-tailored suits, remained seated. I rose...
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VAT on Basic Commodities Revoked
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, by SI 26A/2017 [available here]— repealed the much-criticised SI 20/2017 [which was in effect as law from 1st to 15th February and which applied 15%...
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Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe hotspot areas- weekly alert
Between the 1st and the 17th of February 2017, Heal Zimbabwe recorded a total of 31 violations. All the violations fell in three categories, threats of violence (intimidation), forced...
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Social audit report on service delivery in Mutare launched
UMRRT partnered with MISA-Zimbabwe in the project which involved interviews with residents and information requests to determine the level of information sharing, openness, transparency, responsiveness...
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Activists Freedom of expression and hate speech
Tsenengamu was responding to remarks by the First lady last week at a rally in Buhera that President Mugabe would continue to rule the country from the grave. She also accused senior party officials...
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Statement on Zimbabwe’s new School Curriculum
There is world-wide interest to review curricula, possibly even more regularly than Zimbabwe has done so far. In recent years, many countries have done so due to the following influences: Advances in...
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A casualty of power
The quote comes from A Casualty of Power by Mukuka Chipanta, a Zambian author[1]. It is a fast moving story of an ordinary student from a struggling home making it to college and then being swept up...
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Cry Zimbabwe cry
Quote by Denis Diderot In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they...
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Kariba’s power puzzle
Zimbabwe and neighbouring Zambia heavily rely on hydro-electric power from Kariba Dam, but residents within walking distance from the dam are singing the blues While some Zimbabweans are expressing...
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