THE negotiators of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) have completed their task and have written to the Sadc-appointed mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis, South African President Jacob Zuma, asking him to tackle the principals on the implementation of the outstanding issues of the pact and the election roadmap.
THE US$40 million Distressed and Marginalised Areas Fund (DIMAF) allocated to resuscitate ailing Bulawayo firms is a drop in the ocean compared to the financial requirements of the closed companies, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said this week.
CONCERNS over Zimbabwe’s indigenisation programme are stalling the country’s efforts to lure independent power producers (IPPs), who are desperately needed to lift Zimbabwe’s electrical power output, which is critical to the revival of the country’s industry and economy.
THE inquest into former army commander General Solomon Mujuru’s death ended this week at the Magistrate’s Court, with sharper contradictions and inconsistencies, deepening suspicions of foul play. Harare magistrate Walter Chikwanha ruled that it was not his responsibility to order Mujuru’s exhumation after a request by Mujuru’s family to have the remains of one of Zimbabwe’s most decorated soldiers re-examined.
THE power-sharing government between Zanu PF and the MDC parties has failed to pursue any meaningful democratic reforms since it was formed three years ago. This coalition has performed dismally on media reforms as it failed to introduce far-reaching changes on the media landscape, break up Zanu PF’s monopoly of the airwaves or bring the repression of journalists to an end.
RWANDAN President Paul Kagame has described China’s donation of a new African Union (AU) headquarters as a reflection of Africa’s bigger problems. Kagame said that while the Chinese donation was welcome, African countries should focus on working towards economic independence that allowed them to be in charge of their own affairs.
OVER the last seven years, very many Zimbabweans in general, and those in the business community in particular, have developed such an intense hatred for the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) that they cannot conceive of that central bank ever doing anything right and constructive.
THIS week we continue to discuss the systemic issues that haunt the strategic planning that organisations’ executives put on paper but which still fail to save the firms from collapse.
ONLY one business school from Africa has its (Master of Business Administration) MBA degree programme in the Financial Times’ (FT) top 100 Global MBA rankings for 2012. It is the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) and is ranked 54th.
FOUR decades ago Norman Borlaug, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on raising crop yields worldwide (the “green revolution”), said: “I have only bought you a 40-year breathing space to stabilise your population.”
