Stories

The recent promotions of army and air force commanders seems to be aimed more at tribally balancing the army than anything else. The appointment of Perence Shiri as commander of…

Reports that four of former Ethiopian President, Mengistu Haile Mariam's five body guards have deserted him should be a cause of great concern to the country's leadership. Scaling a 3-metre…

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…

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…

ZANU (Ndonga) leader Ndabaningi, who on his return from self-exile in the United States promised to give every Zimbabwean $600 a month and a 15-acre piece of land, is now…

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…

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…

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…

While adjustment is necessary for any system, as to deny to adjust is to refuse to allow a system or set of systems to function as they were intended to…

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…