Disaster at TZI

Trans Zambezi Industries which was started in 1993 and had a wonderful first four years rescuing ailing companies like Art Corporation and Chloride which were about to sink and bailing…

Focus of British aid to Zimbabwe

Britain's aid to Zimbabwe seems to have three basic aims according to that country's aid programme for Zimbabwe. The first is economic reform and good government. Under this aim Britain…

Who the hell is Tsvangirai?

Until December 11, 1997, the two lifts at the 10-storey Chester House, at the corner of Third Street and Speke Avenue in Harare, opened into the reception of the Zimbabwe…

Leo is everywhere!

Several people have complained that one of Zimbabwe's major problems is that it does not have good public relations officers. This could be true. While Zimbabwe's political leaders hate being…

Mugabe in a tight spot

President Robert Mugabe must be a very lonely man today. All his peers are gone or are on their way out. Botswana President Ketumile Masire, one of Southern Africa's longest…