ZCTU to become more militant

After realising that quiet diplomacy had not taken it anywhere and that it was not being taken seriously, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade unions has decided to become more militant…

Dying city

Despite pleas for almost the greater part of 1991 and 1992, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city and the country's major industrial base, is slowly dying while the government continues to…

Angola sets bad example

The return of peace to Angola, when the two warring parties, the ruling MPLA and the opposition UNITA, signed a ceasefire agreeing to internationally supervised general elections, was hailed as…

Malawi: the odd one out?

WHILE most one-party administrations in Africa are crumbling, President Hastings Kamuzu Banda of Malawi still insists that the multi-party system is unsuitable for his country and will cause corruption and…

Mandela ill? 

AFRICAN National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela is reported to be ill and is likely to get treatment during one of his trips abroad.  ANC officials are, however, denying this but…

Anthrax epidemic was induced?

The anthrax epidemic among black Zimbabweans in 1979 -80 which affected more than 10 000 people could have been part of Ian Smith's biological warfare to fight the increasing insurgence…

Whose budget is it?

Zimbabwe's parliament has often been regarded as nothing but a rubber-stamping body. The refusal by members to approve the vote for the Ministry of National Affairs, Employment Creation and Cooperatives…

Spilling the beans

The decision by the editor of the Financial Gazette Trevor Ncube to disclose the names of two Members of Parliament who are reported to have given his reporter Basildon Peta…

Are students really violent?

Despite the seemingly militant and violent attitude of Zimbabwean students as demonstrated by a series of strikes and boycotts at the University of Zimbabwe and the massive destruction of property…