Opinion

Enos Nkala was misled

Former Defence minister and Zanu PF founder Enos Nkala last Friday pulled a major surprise when he met President Robert Mugabe for 45 minutes.

Opinion

Africa 2012 – When minds meet – choice

Free people make voluntary decisions in their self interest. The decolonisation of Africa was meant to usher in a new era in which sovereignty was to be restored to the individual citizens and not to the State and its actors.

Opinion

Peace or annihilation Cde President?

Those that listened to President Robert Mugabes recent Independence Day speech must have wondered if it was the same man speaking in Gwanda last Friday.

Opinion

Zesa perfects the ‘art’ of inefficiency

It was quite interesting to see a colourful, four-page advertorial placed in a local weekly by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) highlighting the company’s load-shedding schedule for this year’s winter season which is just beginning.

Opinion

Global warming myth or fact?

Environment crusaders last week gathered senior journalists to discuss effects of the changing climate in Zimbabwe.

Opinion

Let us serve with clear conscience

After retirement, an elderly Christian couple decided to relocate to their rural home and started attending the local parish of their church they had known for the past 70 years.

Opinion

The China Syndrome

The highlight of the drama of Manchester Citys winning of the English premiership was the manner in which they scored their last two goals but earlier on, another dramatic moment had threatened to make it an easy win for them.

Opinion

Generation 50 owes generation 20 employment opportunities

Last year the world witnessed youth rampage in Europe and Middle East in what is now known as the Arab spring.

Opinion

‘People not keys in one’s pocket’

This week, France had a seamless transfer of power — from the rightist Nicolas Sarkozy to the leftist François Hollande.

Opinion

On this rock I will build my church

We are driving to church as we do most Sundays. As it is every week, there is a congregation of members of the Apostolic Faith sect, resplendent in their white robes, and dutifully already assembled in an orderly fashion in a clearing on the side of the road.