The Insider

THE arrest of trade union leader, Chakufwa Chahana, on his return to his homeland, Malawi, this month has sparked off debate on the need for change in Malawi which remains…

While there is a lot of talk about Tiny Rowland’s Lonrho empire crumbling, the man who made his fortunes from a car franchise, farming and mining operations in the then…

The new Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government has broken election promises to uphold freedom of the press through its numerous attempts to muzzle the local media.  After barely four…

Fears that disgruntled members of the ZANU-PF old guard who were to be sacrificed in the cabinet trimming would form another party, or parties, are reported to be the major…

In the last issue we carried a story about alleged corruption in the Agricultural Development Authority (ADA). This was based on a document circulated to a number of politicians as…

National University of Science and Technology lecturer and defeated independent candidate in the 1990 general elections, Temba Dlodlo, has called for the creation of a strong opposition party to successfully…

Last month's statement by Public Service Minster Eddison Zvobgo that many ministers were tuning to the BBC and CNN to find out what was happening in the country "as a…

Former Ethiopian head of state, Col. Mengistu may be lamenting in Harare that he is broke and may be drinking a lot to while up time since he does not…

Drought like death, when they occur, always leads to or results in a lot of talk, some of it not very palatable. While it is a known fact that once…

Every year journalists in Zimbabwe, including locals, have to go through the tedious task of obtaining press cards. Without, one, the authorities say, one cannot practise in Zimbabwe. Some Zimbabweans…