Zimbabwe: Investment for growth

Zimbabwe is currently facing a financial quagmire. Stocks are falling, taxes have been raised, unemployment is rising and investment is not forthcoming. What then should the country do? Reserve Bank…

Murerwa given political clout

Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa seems to have been given the political clout he requires to steer the country out of its economic woes. He has been elevated to deputy secretary…

Church and politics

The next general elections may be some time away but the Catholic Church seems to have made an early start to conscientise people on the need to vote. But at…

Presidential blunders

President Robert Mugabe seems to have a knack for making blunders whenever the country seems to be steering towards greater democracy and accountability. After his government had just announced measures…

Mr ESAP’s short-lived death

Rumours about the death of Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero sparked more debate about his successor than whether they were true or not. The name that was on most people’s lips…

Chihuri’s chance

The old proverb, once beaten twice shy, seems to be doing wonders within the police force. After surviving a scandal that nearly cost him the most coveted post in the…

Urimbo a fast-track hero

Mayor Urimbo may have been completely forgotten by his colleagues in the ruling party after being removed from his powerful post of national political commissar but he certainly made history…