Community Peace Builders Diary
Community Peace Clubs Tsholotsho ward 5 Bambanani peace club carried a conflict mapping exercise in the month of July and noted that the need for water was fueling conflicts in the area. The...
View ArticleSince all leaders are divinely appointed, why didn’t Mugabe just pray for Ian...
Ian Smith What I do not understand from this line of reasoning, though, is: if being divinely appointed means a leader can not be placed under public scrutiny and criticism, then why did ZANU spill all...
View ArticleBoris must put a stop to Peter Mandelson’s Harare meddling
Peter Mandelson Over three million Zimbabweans have fled. The rich country’s economic ruin was symbolized by the issue of banknotes with a paper value of 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars (14 zeroes). They...
View ArticlePolice STOP the Brutality!!!
The victim was rescued by Patson Dzamara, a human rights activist who was part of the protestors As the protestors gathered to demonstrate in Harare CBD, riot police descended on the protestors firing...
View ArticleWar veterans miss golden opportunities to demonstrate remorse
Justice Benjamin Paradza I take issue with a number of the things said in that interview but his responses to the following questions are what struck me most and continue to worry me. RC: Would you...
View ArticleNo Renamo governors without cessation of hostilities
ot a Maputo press conference, former security minister Jacinto Veloso, head of the government delegation on the Joint Commission between the government and Renamo, denied reports in some of the media...
View ArticleZimbabwe women march to demand free education
The protest dubbed #BoycottSchoolFees was organized by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). The group presented a petition to the resident minister ahead of the new school term early next month.The protest,...
View ArticlePastor poses threat to Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian rule in Zimbabwe
Evan Mawarire In just four months since his Facebook protest video went viral, Evan Mawarire, the 39-year-old Christian leader of the tiny His Generation church in Harare, has emerged as the focus of...
View ArticleClipboard: what’s on in Harare
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View ArticleAmplats `morally compelled’ to stick with Zimbabwe BEE
Chris Griffith, CEO of Amplats There are signs, however, that the demands are becoming more palatable, although nobody is getting ahead of themselves given the number of times the black economic...
View ArticleBiased distribution of food aid
Local councillors Edward Chitate of ward six, Caleb Mpupuni of ward 22, Pfeveni of ward seven and Crispen Hamba of ward eight have been accused by villagers of derailing government’s efforts to provide...
View ArticleIs it easier to be President of Zimbabwe than being a grade 6 teacher?
I remember being surprised to see him return home, only an hour after he had left for work, looking very dejected. He had loved teaching – he ate, slept, and talked teaching everyday – and he was very...
View ArticleProphet Magaya alleged rape case
Walter Magaya July 2016 was a bad month in my life; I received a ‘death ultimatum’ after publishing a newspaper article attacking Prophets Makandiwa and Magaya. In that article, I posed a question on...
View ArticleFinal looting spree?
The bond notes are expected to hit the streets in October when we will see the truth of the old adage ‘bad money drives out good’, leading once again to massive inflation and economic chaos. It will be...
View ArticleWho are they fooling?
Mangudya Remember they still threaten us with bond notes in October. A lot of things that have been said about this scheme need challenging. First: “this is just like bond coins”. That is a lie. Bond...
View ArticleA strong coalition will send Zanu PF packing in election 2018
In more ways than one, Zanu PF as a conventional political party no longer exists. What we have is the State apparatus that has effectively taken over the space that used to be traditionally occupied...
View ArticleCommand Agriculture – the latest “plan” to resolve Zimbabwe’s hunger problem
In 2002, for example, just two years into the land invasions, Zimbabwe recorded a 70 percent shortfall in production to meet annual food requirements. Consequently, the country required 486,000 tonnes...
View ArticleCommand Agriculture: its impact on rural communities in Matabeleland
The Solidarity Peace Trust is a non-governmental organisation, registered in South Africa. The Trustees of the Solidarity Peace Trust are church leaders of Southern Africa, who are all committed to...
View ArticleGeorge Rutanhire’s unnecessary attack on Joice Mujuru
ZPF leader Joice Mujuru I prefer to write about principle and about truth as I know it. I lived with George and Susan Rutanhire during the liberation war. I was his “special assistant” — a nicer way...
View ArticleMuchinguri vindicates Platform for youth development
Minister Muchinguri The conflict which has existed for close to ten years has been escalating leading to loss of human life in addition to the destruction of crops and death of livestock belonging to...
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