Panganai Kahuni

MDC formations are on record claiming to be parties of excellence; parties that are not riddled with corruption and any form of undemocratic practices. These are parties that claim to be clean, transparent and accountable. Western governments and the legion of civil society organisations continue to give praise to these so-called movements for democratic change that in fact are proving to be movements for undemocratic and evil change.

The just ended 54th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair was another success story for the organisers, exhibitors and visitors to Africa’s premier trade showcase.

Ramtane Lamamra

The African Union celebrates 50 years of existence next month. To mark the continental body’s golden jubilee, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra takes a look at the history of the organisation and the prevailing challenges.

Teachers like the rest of the civil servants have over the years been pressing Government, their employer, to review their salaries which they say are way below the Poverty Datum Line which is pegged at about $600 a month. Most teachers are earning below $500 a month. 

Kudakwashe Mwanza

Economic pressures bedevilling our nation are apparently dealing another injurious blow on the fortunes of the education sector as evidenced by the increasing number of drop-out cases being recorded across the country yearly.

Zimbabwe last month successfully held its referendum on the draft constitution in which the majority of voters endorsed the draft. The referendum which got thumbs up from the international community because of the peace that prevailed before, during and after the referendum, demonstrated that the country has the capacity to run its internal affairs without outside assistance. More than three million voters endorsed the draft constitution which after completion of the various processes will become the country’s supreme law.

Dosman Mangisi

April 18 1980 marked the birth of a great Zimbabwe.

The outpouring of patriotism shown by hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans on Independence Day as the country marked its 33rd birthday anniversary was such a beautiful sight, it really felt good to be Zimbabwean. Zimbabweans buried their political differences and other persuasions to give a befitting commemoration of the day our country freed itself from the shackles of colonial bondage. 

President Mugabe has aptly asserted that the forthcoming harmonised presidential, parliamentary and council elections are crucial in determining the sovereignty of the country and ownership of its natural resources. Indeed the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces was spot on because his assertion stems from a comparison of the policies of the two main political parties, Zanu-PF and MDC-T, which will battle it out in the elections.

Gibson Mhaka

TODAY millions of Zimbabweans across the length and breadth of the country celebrate 33 years of a hard-won independence and freedom from the shackles of British colonialist subjugation. 

For sometime now western countries such as Britain, the United States and their allies have been intimating that they want to normalise relations with Zimbabwe. This followed a decade of frosty relations between the West and Harare after the former imposed illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2002. The West imposed the sanctions after being stung by President Mugabe’s victory in the 2002 presidential elections in which he soundly beat his main rival Mr Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC.