Is the coin mint in Bulawayo a white elephant?

August 26, 2004

The mother of an eight-year-old girl at a private school in Bulawayo will never forget the day when she ran…

Zimbabweans think they are the poorest people in Africa

August 20, 2004

Zimbabweans are a funny lot. Despite the wealth displayed everyday on the country's roads in the form of luxury cars…

Vote rigging starts long before election day

August 20, 2004

ZANU-PF, which has now pledged to implement electoral reforms to comply with Southern African Development Community (SADC) principles and guidelines…

Former ZANU-PF councillors fuelling divisions in Bulawayo City Council

August 19, 2004

Former ZANU-PF Bulawayo City councillors who switched sides after being frustrated in the party and jumped onto the Movement for…

Matabeleland Development Foundation in ambitious plan to turnaround region

August 12, 2004

Botswana was one of the poorest countries in Africa when it attained independence in 1966. Its per capita income was…

A tale of two cities

August 5, 2004

It's a tale of two cities. Not Charles Dickens', but Bulawayo and Harare. They are so alike, yet they are…

Daggers drawn in Makokoba

July 29, 2004

Though it is still not clear whether the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will participate in next year's general elections…

Private and international media has let the MDC down

July 23, 2004

A Zimbabwean working in Botswana had this to say about Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. "Tsvangirai akafanana…

Sibanda says the biggest problem in ZANU-PF is that people are flouting the constitution

July 23, 2004

Party leaders consider him a renegade, but he commands a lot of support from the grassroots. He clinched the powerful…

Chombo’s meddling cripples local authorities

July 22, 2004

When Harare Governor and Resident Minister Witness Mangwende accompanied Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo to Bulawayo last month, he had…