Lindiwe Zulu: Too little, too late

ON Sunday July 21, the South African presidency issued a statement on its website (www.thepresidency.gov.za ) titled “South Africa regrets unauthorised statements on Zimbabwe”. Our Monday edition had a lead story on the statement, which

Zimbabwe poised for phenomenal growth

Rabelani Dagada
AS Zimbabwe approaches the polls, a simple reading of the evolving Zimbabwe situation may incline one to quickly conclude on a Hobbesian reality: a corrosive state of nature, a violent destiny, perdition, and wanton anguish. However, an

Time another political party took over Harare

Albert Nhamoyebonde
AS the harmonised elections draw near, the most important item is the battle for the capital city of Harare.
All over the world, the capital city plays a crucial role in mobilising investment whether from the local financial institutions

Quest for local political legitimacy

Rather than being the over-glorified vehicle of popular will, the result of Western-oriented electoral exercises often betrays indigenous values, and many times these values are manipulated — leading to violent political competition between local

Campaign literature and elections

Knowledge Mushohwe
During days like these when election campaigns are in overdrive, the streets and various media are littered with political messages of all sorts.
Predictably and unfortunately for political parties, the general public is presented with

Editorial Comment: Harare Agric Show must be rescheduled

With the harmonised elections soon to be conducted and done away with, the nation’s focus will immediately shift to the United Nations World Trade Organisation General Assembly, which we are co-hosting with Zambia from August 24 to 29 in

Poisoned food kills 23 kids, principal arrested

NEW DELHI. — Indian police yesterday arrested the headmistress of a school where 23 children died after eating a meal laced with pesticide in one of India’s deadliest food poisoning outbreaks in years. The woman — who had been missing for over a

S Sudan cabinet sacked

JUBA. – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has sacked his entire cabinet, including his chief political rival, vice-president Riek Machar, in what analysts say is the climax of a ruthless power struggle inside the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement that

DPRK halts work on long-range rocket site

WASHINGTON. – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has halted construction at a long-range rocket launch facility in the north-eastern part of the country, a US think tank says. According to a new analysis of recent satellite imagery, the DPRK stopped

US suspends delivery of F16s to Egypt: Pentagon

Pentagon WASHINGTON. – The United States has decided not to go ahead with plans to supply Egypt with additional four F-16 fighter jets due to unrest gripping the country, the Pentagon said yesterday. “Given the current situation in Egypt we do not believe it is appropriate

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