PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s latest cabinet reshuffle has only served to whittle down Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s influence in government and will do little to reinvigorate the economy or inspire investor confidence.
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Zim requires urgent change
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Zimbabwe’s 2017 growth forecast upwards, saying the new projections are anchored on the agricultural and mining sectors. The farming sector registered an uptick […]
Chinamasa ‘demotion’ not a laughing matter
THERE was a lot of excitement — and one would imagine even apprehension — in some quarters when President Robert Mugabe announced plans to reshuffle his cabinet, which he eventually […]
Cabinet reshuffle driven by fear
CABINET reshuffles in democracies are normally done to replace minsters who have either resigned, retired or died.
Ex-directors of failed banks must be brought to account
News that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating allegations of fraud and externalisation is not only welcome, but long overdue. It is said the banks under probe are Interfin, […]
Food security, poverty alleviation achievable
Any country which fails to feed its citizens and minimise poverty through social security nets is a failure.
Zanu PF and rural vote
According to the last census conducted in 2012, 67% of Zimbabwe’s population resides in the rural areas, which leaves 33% in the urban areas. If these figures are taken to […]
International poll observers: Too early to write them off
Kenya’s landmark Supreme Court ruling of September 1 that set aside the result of the presidential election held on August 8 triggered numerous commentaries, with a significant number of these […]
Connection between leadership, maturity
THE most tragic fact of human existence is that while physical maturity for normal people develops naturally and automatically with the passage of time and normal consumption of food, mental […]
Dear Vice-President Mnangagwa
MY name is Dumisani Muleya. I am currently the chief content officer of Alpha Media Holdings, which publishes the NewsDay, The Standard and the Zimbabwe Independent newspapers. I’m also the […]
