Chitepo blues

The local press seems to have a deliberate tendency to make everything regarding senior government officials sound so noble. Information Minister Victoria Chitepo retired nobly becoming the first minister in…

Silent censorship

While news of the ban of the planned peaceful demonstration by workers organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, and the expulsion of students at the University of Zimbabwe…

Open up car industry

News that Peugeot and TA Holdings are planning to assemble vehicles here is good news indeed because despite the limitations, cars assembled in Zimbabwe -on a dollar-for-dollar basis- are much…

Which is which?

Conflicting signals about investment in Zimbabwe have been flashed by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), which represents the manufacturing sector of the country, and the International Finance corporation (IFC),…

Cashing in on gold

Illegal gold panners may be causing untold damage to the country's rivers but illegal buyers are cashing in on these desperate villagers who are now selling the precious metal at…

Zimbabwe: democracy in tatters

The immediate image associated with democracy in Africa is of men dressed in tatters, pleading to remain alive. The state of power and powerlessness on the African continent tends to…

Consumer power works

Industry and Commerce Minister Kumbirai Kangai's rallying call to consumers to show their mettle and force prices down, has recently shown that it can work provided his ministry creates the…

Computer fraud

Computer fraud has shown obvious appeal. Experts say only one out of 22 000 computer criminals is sent to prison. They estimate that only one percent of all computer crime…