adminEditorial Comment: DCC polls: Ensure grassroots get the leaders they want
We laud the Zanu-PF Politburo for finally stepping up to the plate to try to resolve challenges afflicting party structures in various provinces, for a stitch in time saves nine. As we have reported before, elections to choose District Co-ordinating Committees were mired in controversy, especially in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces, prompting some party supporters to
Private media living in Utopia
Bowden Mbanje and Darlington MahukuThese past weeks the donor funded, donor controlled and donor owned ‘independent’ or private media has been very busy giving us various versions and dosages on factionalism in Zanu-PF.
The divergent versions on factionalism were quite a mixed bag with some being outright mischievous, others were devoid of critical and thorough analysis of the real situation on the ground, and the others would actually win these journalists and their editors some of the best prizes in the science fiction category.
The reporting seemed as if factionalism is only in Zanu-PF and other political parties are immune to it. Those who read
Taylor: A lesson for acolytes
Farirai Chubvu
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor stood trial at the Western kangaroo court called the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands, was convicted and could be jailed for 80 years, a virtual death sentence given that Taylor is 64-years-old, and has to live to
Govt intervenes in cotton war
Herald ReporterGOVERNMENT has intervened in the cotton pricing dispute between farmers and merchants, with Cabinet on Tuesday tasking Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made to meet stakeholders to find an amicable
Potato declared strategic food security crop
Senior Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT has declared potatoes a strategic food security crop that will now be included in various inputs support schemes.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made yesterday said Government had decided to include
Tobacco price furore
Agriculture ReporterTOBACCO growers have expressed concern over prices that have remained static at all auction floors. Since the opening of the selling season, the highest price for tobacco has been pegged at US$4,99 per kilogramme. Farmers expected it to improve
Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely
THE HAGUE. — The war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has been suspended indefinitely because the prosecution failed to disclose thousands of important documents, judge Alphons Orie said yesterday. The announcement came
Mexican brothers to hang
KUALA LUMPUR. — Three Mexican brothers were sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia yesterday for their part in a methamphetamine production operation. The Gonzalez Villarreals brothers — Luis Alfonso (44), Simon (37) and Jose Regino (33) — were convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to hang by the Kuala Lumpur High Court along with a Malaysian and aSA: Failure to povide textbooks a rights violation
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s failure to provide textbooks to all of its public school students is a violation of their constitutional right to education, a High Court ruled yesterday. The case was brought on behalf of two schools in Limpopo province, where the national government has taken over education and other basic services that had been run into the ground.Good looks a plus: Former BBA housemate
Ex-Big Brother Africa housemate Miss P (Peo Sebotho) believes that good looks could work to the advantage of Botswana’s representatives, in this year’s Big Brother reality show adventure. The popular 24-hour show started a week ago. Botswana