adminTsvangirai: Prisoner of his own rhetoric
Itayi GarandeAnyone who has read Harry Porter novels will understand the narrative misdirection that MDC-T sympathisers are feeding the Zimbabwean people. JK Rowling has employed it in each of her books to create the impression in the reader’s mind that they have
Editorial Comment: Every registered citizen has a right to vote
The special vote saga appears to be coming to an end, with reason, fairness and justice prevailing. But some of those commenting from the sidelines have been creating an impression that they do not want some people to vote if they think they might notTo debate or not to?
Tazorora MusarurwaYears ago when I was still in South African university debating circles we used to repeat a quotation by Joseph Joubert that went like this “it is better to debate a question without settling it, than to settle it without debate.” Having become a lawyer thereafter, the
The occasional African
Norman Muvavarirwa“I HAVE the blood of Africa within me,” declared Barack Obama soon after he became America’s first black President, as he stopped over in Ghana some four years ago.
This is the kind of eloquent hyperbole Obama has engaged in for years. He
Congolese helicopters blast rebel positions
GOMA. — Three Congolese army helicopters fired on M23 rebel positions near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) provincial capital of Goma yesterday.“Our helicopters have just bombarded enemy positions,” a Congolese officer told
Quake-proof construction urged after China earthquake
MINXIAN. — An official from a provincial seismological bureau has called for accelerating the construction of quake-proof housing in north-west China’s Gansu Province, where a recent earthquake has killed at least 94 people. Most of the collapsed houses
Mash East snubs Tsvangirai
Tendai Mugabe in MutokoMDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face to face with the reality of poor support for his party ahead of the harmonised elections when people snubbed a cocktail of star rallies he held in Mashonaland East yesterday. Mr Tsvangirai addressed
Zanu-PF, MDC-T supporters clash in Tafara
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter A Zanu-PF supporter was seriously injured over the weekend following clashes between Zanu-PF and MDC-T supporters at an open ground at a new settlement on the outskirts of Tafara, a high-density suburb in eastern Harare. Riot police had to be called
He abandoned law school in pursuit of independence
Herald Reporter“Can one be thirsty yet they have water fronts on their door steps?” Definitely no and this situation that prevails in Norton must be a thing of the past, said Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa who intends to bring wholesome
Lindiwe Zulu set to jet in
SOUTH AFRICAN President Jacob Zuma’s disgraced International Relations advisor Ms Lindiwe Zulu is coming to Zimbabwe this week to observe the July 31 harmonised elections.Ms Zulu is part of Cde Zuma’s backroom facilitation team whose team leader Mr