Political parties failing citizens
AS the year draws to an end, it has become obvious to millions of Zimbabweans that the prospect of a broad-based, credible dialogue process are fading, further…
Editorial
Term limits safeguard democracy
ZIMBABWEANS woke up on Monday to shocking, but not surprising news reports, that Zanu PF might be contemplating amending the country’s constitution to remove…
What happens when the centre can no longer hold?
WHEN Somalia was a lawless gangland with no central government, many Africans often wondered how it must have felt to live in a failed state controlled by…
US$12bn target: Consult widely
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube in his 2020 budget statement a fortnight ago said as government moves towards achieving its goal to have a US$12 billion mining…
Brutality fuelling instability
Beating up of MDC supporters, people in bank queues and passers-by on Wednesday morning by riot police at and around the opposition party headquarters — the…
A tribute to great colleagues
YESTERDAY was my final day as editor of the Zimbabwe Independent. So effectively from today, my deputy for many years, Faith Zaba, is now in charge.
Why Mnangagwa won’t reform
THERE is a vast amount of literature out there showing that political regimes which come into power through coups are by definition a threat to democracy and…
Responding to call for electoral sabbatical
THE Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) congratulates the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHoCD) for its timely intervention in the deepening…
Shattering the glass ceiling
THIS week I made history when I was appointed editor of the leading business and investigative weekly, Zimbabwe Independent, by Alpha Media Group chairperson…
Zim’s economic outlook gloomy
JUST like many other research and expert organisations focussed on the current Zimbabwean situation, the United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit…
