All eyes on Tsvangirai

The surprising No victory seems to have catapulted only one person, Morgan Tsvangirai. The eyes of the world are now on him and the party he leads the Movement for…

Let’s think of the nation first

The date for the general elections has been set confirming what we predicted in our last issue that President Robert Mugabe is likely to defy conventional wisdom. Early elections may…

ZANU-PF is like a condom

One irate reader, worried about how the ruling ZANU-PF has run down the country, has likened it to a condom. Writing in the Financial Gazette, Stivo Musekiwa, said: "The ruling…

Nation taken for a ride

Soon after the appointment of the constitutional commission, President Mugabe was quoted by The Herald as saying, that they had included a few loudspeakers in the commission just to add…

What’s the fuss about?

Nathan Shamuyarira, the ZANU-PF secretary for information, was a renowned journalist in the 1960s. He was the editor-in-chief of the Daily News. The paper was the voice of the black…

Rhodies bailing out Mugabe?

Some of President Mugabe's old enemies who propped former Rhodesian rebel leader Ian Smith by busting sanctions at the height of the liberation struggle are now reported to be helping…

Excerpts from the MDC manifesto

*The MDC stands for the supremacy of the people and the nation over partisan or individual interests. *The MDC stands for social democratic, human centred, equitable development policies, pursued in…