Internal democracy weak in main local parties
PRIMARY elections to choose candidates for the National Assembly, Senate and local government polls conducted by the main political parties in Zimbabwe, MDC…
Analysis
Zim needs both capital and aid
HENDRIK du Toit, founding chief executive of South Africa’s Investec Asset Management, now co-CEO of the wider Investec Group, made interesting remarks this…
Elections’ big contra narratives
EVERY election has its story and narrative. So political parties and candidates need to tell the story and be good at storytelling to grab the attention of…
Chamisa must avoid the Rehoboamian syndrome
THE personal conduct, including manner of speech, wisdom and intellectual capacity, as well as leadership style of political leaders, in particular public…
Of veiled threats and fly-by-night tycoons
ON a tour of a solar plant in Mutoko this past weekend, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was quoted as saying the project was an example of the sort of businesses…
Our system of elections: Part II
Continued from last week Location of polling stations The law requires every polling station to be located at a place that is readily accessible to the public,…
Harare: A tale of two cities
The street vendors have more access to cash than regular businesses so you find cash more easily downtown. My old Samsung phone died recently. I did everything…
Understanding operations management
A management function is an imperative which anyone thrust in a position of responsibility to manage resources and people should understand. In this…
‘MDC economic vision overambitious’
It would require a growth rate of 27% to build the current GDP to the levels envisaged by the former finance minister. ALTHOUGH Zimbabwe desperately needs an…
Creating a developmental state
The MDC Alliance recently launched its manifesto for the forthcoming elections. This is quite a detailed and rather longish document which seeks to articulate…
