MDC-T muddled up by mixed loyalties IN his famous speech in 1774, British politician and statesman Edmund Burke said to the voters of Bristol that a politician has four loyalties: "To his conscience; to the wishes of his electorate; to the nation; to his party". >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 3 opinions posted

Tribalists know nothing about heroes IF there is one telling development which has exposed the incurable poverty of leadership in the two MDC formations and further underlined the irretrievable irrelevance of both parties to Zimbabwe's political history and future, it is their astonishing inability to understand the meaning and context of national heroism and their shocking readiness to unashamedly wave ethnic flags to justify their opportunistic tribal nonsense under the treacherous cover of the so-called inclusive politics of the moment. >>Read More ... Jonathan Moyo, MP - 2 opinions posted

United States of Africa to define 21st Century OVER a hundred years from now, well after the ink has dried on historian's quills, future generations of students will be learning that the defining moment of the 21st Century was the formation of a United States of Africa. They will learn how that moment made the 21st Century an African Century. >>Read More ... Garikai Chengu - 1 opinion posted

Lawsuit against ministers ridiculous DEAR EDITOR -- Regarding a lawsuit that was brought against the four Cabinet ministers - Patrick Chinamasa (Justice), Kembo Mohadi (Home Affairs), Giles Mutsekwa (ex-Home Affairs), and Didymus Mutasa (ex-State Security), the figure of US$22 million is ridiculous.  >>Read More ... Omugabe - 1 opinion posted

MDCs have run out of ideas IT must really be painful to be an MDC or MDC-T supporter at this stage in the history of Zimbabwe. >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi - 1 opinion posted

Education: the biggest sanctions buster SOMETIMES we spend too much of our time dwelling on negatives, weaknesses and setbacks to such an extent that we fail to notice, let alone take time to celebrate, our achievements.  >>Read More ... Nancy Nyamhunga - 5 opinions posted

AAG, ZDTC making strides in diamond value addition DIAMONDS are not new to the world, but are certainly new in Zimbabwe. Hence all the excitement that comes with them.  >>Read More ... Dr Davison Gomo

Sanctions: a blessing in disguise WHILE on a recent trip to Zimbabwe, I discovered that there are many developments going on in the country and many people are wasting their time engaging in many useless debates in cyberspace. >>Read More ... By Sihle Dube - 7 opinions posted

Communique of 30th Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Govt The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community was held in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia from August 16-17, 2010. >>Read More ... Sadc - 1 opinion posted

Wake up call for MDC-T leadership THERE is no doubt that the leadership of the MDC-T party has gone through a political education programme that has helped them experience the gagantuan task of running a country. >>Read More ... By Nancy Lovedale - 4 opinions posted

Retain death penalty in new Constitution THE inclusive Government of Zimbabwe is currently carrying out rigorous outreach programmes in Zimbabwe and abroad over the contents of the new proposed Constitution. The proposed draft constitution will be presented as referendum to the people who will choose to either accept it or reject it. >>Read More ... By Lloyd Msipa - 4 opinions posted

Lt-Gen Walls gave Zim a torrid time IF THERE was any man, apart from rebel Rhodesian leader Ian Douglas Smith himself who gave black Zimbabwean freedom fighters operating from Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia a torrid time, it was Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, then commander of the Rhodesian security forces. >>Read More ... By Alfred Mulenga

Tony Blair must be prosecuted In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger writes about the "paramount war crime" defined by the Nuremberg judges in 1946 and its relevance to the case of Tony Blair, whose shared responsibility for the Iraq invasion resulted in the deaths of more than a million people. New developments in international and domestic political attitudes towards war crimes mean that Blair is now 'Britain's Kissinger'.  >>Read More ... John Pilger - 2 opinions posted

Obama's meeting with young Africans insincere I RECENTLY watched with a mixture of amazement and disgust US President Obama's meeting with so-called Young African Leaders in Washington DC. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 4 opinions posted

Tsvangirai dividing the people of Matabeleland MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has mastered the art of mass deception and his weapons of mass distraction have been sharpened indeed. >>Read More ... Sihle Dube - 4 opinions posted

Consolidated Appeal for Zimbabwe 2010 ZIMBABWE is experiencing a gradual shift from humanitarian crisis to recovery following political changes that positively affected socio-economic conditions. Following the economic downturn and political polarization that culminated in the protracted elections of 2008, an Inclusive Government was formed in February 2009.  >>Read More ... United Nations

General Walls will not be missed BELOW is my response to General Peter Walls orbituary published in the Telegraph on the 27th of July, 2010. He died on July 20 this year.  >>Read More ... By Nancy Nyamhunga - 3 opinions posted

Defending Woodford's Zimbabwean investment IT is lazy journalism to describe the Zimbabwean economy of 2010 as being one that is in scandalous decline. >>Read More ... Will Peters - The Economy News

Indigenous beneficiation key to becoming 'World Diamond Capital' ZIMBABWE is by far the richest country on earth with respect to untapped natural resources per person. Teaming with gold, platinum and diamonds, to name but a few, and only 13 million people, the nation has the capacity to become an international economic powerhouse.  >>Read More ... Garikai Chengu - 4 opinions posted

Let Zanu-PF 'jingles' play on THE MDC-T party is on record fighting against the playing of revolutionary songs on ZBC. This reminds me of AfriForum fighting for ANC Youth Leader, Cde Julius Malema to stop singing the 'Dubula Ibhunu' revolutionary song. >>Read More ... Sihle Dube - 9 opinions posted

West has permanent interests, not permanent friends TIME and again, we have heard that countries have permanent interests and not permanent friends. If a 'friendly' country threatens the national and foreign policy interests of another it ceases to be a friend. >>Read More ... By Tendai Midzi - 3 opinions posted

MDC-T ministers, the brady bunch of Cabinet SO much has been happening in the inclusive Government, so many debates and power positioning by the various actors. A close look at some of the MDC-T ministers in Cabinet reveals some very interesting aspects.  >>Read More ... By Nancy Lovedale - 10 opinions posted

Biti violated Public Finance Management Act THE Public Finance Management Bill was assented to by President Mugabe on March 25, 2010.  >>Read More ... By John Makamure

It's not about Biti, but his ideas AS we are aware that sanctions have destroyed Zimbabwe, they need a special and vigorous mention and emphasis in a fiscal policy review presented by Finance Minister Tendai Biti.  >>Read More ... By Super T - 2 opinions posted

Biti's budget review is an exercise in futility FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti’s Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement bore all the hallmarks of MDC-T manipulation of Zimbabwe’s economy and has western businesses’ grubby finger prints all over it. It is a flawed construct, a contradictory review and a missed opportunity to start putting things right. Instead, Minister Biti used the budget once again to promote the MDC-T agenda for the next election. >>Read More ... By Itayi Garande - 9 opinions posted

'Biti can fool some, but not all of us' FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti, who is staring at staggering political irrelevance as the embattled secretary-general of Morgan Tsvangirai’s now irretrievably divided MDC faction, squandered yet another budget statement opportunity to justify his ministerial portfolio when he presented a lacklustre 2010 mid-term fiscal policy review in Parliament last Wednesday which was laden with telling contradictions underpinned by his mischievous political intent.  >>Read More ... Prof Jonathan N. Moyo, MP - 3 opinions posted

Zimbabwe better than Kenya at promoting the arts WHENEVER people hear or read about Zimbabwe, they only see gloom, desperation and bank notes with endless zeroes.  >>Read More ... By Anthony Njagi

President's Speech at Opening of Parliament BELOW is the full text of the Address by His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, on the occasion of the official opening of the 3rd Session of the 7th Parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare presented on Tuesday 14 July 2010. >>Read More ... President Robert Mugabe

Africa's future leaders should defend own wealth, values THE nurturing of Africa's next generation of leaders is a mammoth task -- a task greater than the one faced by our forefathers. >>Read More ... Comment

Zimbabwe will be saved by her wits THE following is an extract of a speech made by PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to the 81st Ordinary Session of Zanu-PF's Central Committee at the party's headquarters in Harare yesterday. Media reports on Friday spun the president's speech saying that he said Zimbabwe does not need Western aid. Zanu-PF dismissed this assertion saying that conditional aid is what the president dismissed, not aid per se. >>Read More ... His Excellency President Mugabe - 7 opinions posted

Tsvangirai faces the ultimate test as tenure ends MDC-T leader is in a state of panic as his tenure at the helm of that party comes to a close, as we all expect. As someone who has always boasted about his democratic credentials, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai faces the ultimate test, the Democray Test. >>Read More ... By Sihle Dube - 1 opinion posted

US cannot lecture Zimbabwe on democracy UNITED States Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Secretary of State, as they would like to call her), Hillary Clinton recently made some ridiculous statement about Zimbabwe not being able to protect its own citizens. >>Read More ... Nancy Pasipanodya

Kimberley Process - the new colonial project THE debate over Zimbabwe diamonds has discredited civil society groups within the Kimberley Process and the media in Zimbabwe. >>Read More ... By Tendai Midzi - 3 opinions posted

Howard snub: global power relations reconfigured THE failure by former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, in his bid to become International Cricket Council vice president and subsequently president in 2012 is a sign of the waning influence of the western world on the international scene. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 2 opinions posted

MDC-T stuck with its handlers DEAR EDITOR -- A little over two years ago, another pen embarked on an epistolary spree that this writer humbly hopes added to the sane voices that changed the game in uncertain times amidst untenable conditions. The appeals to the erstwhile opposition and relevant stakeholders to map a distinctly African and indigenous solution to the problems bore fruit by delivering relative stability for the citizenry, through a shaky coalition nevertheless. >>Read More ... Jackson Matsikachando*

New Dawn, CAG playing casino with Zimbabwe's assets THE Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe wishes to express its grave concern at the purported acquisition, on 16th June 2010, by New Dawn Mining Corporation (New Dawn) of an 89% controlling share of Central African Gold (CAG) through a share swap involving three of CAG's major shareholders and New Dawn's wholly owned subsidiary called NDM (UK) Ltd. >>Read More ... Minister of State Didymus Mutasa - 3 opinions posted

Howard's visit to an 'unsafe country' THE separation of politics and sport is an issue held in sanctity by the majority of sports federations the world over. >>Read More ... Mukanya Makwira

World Cup in S.Africa but not African THE one thing that African visitors to the South African 2010 Fifa World Cup expected to see upon arrival was evidence all around that this was truly Africa’s World Cup as the hosts had vowed after winning the rights to stage the world’s most globally watched event through a bid premised on that very promise. >>Read More ... Goodwill Zunidza - 2 opinions posted

No political rights without economic rights GENERALLY, democracy is defined as the rule of the majority, by the majority, for the majority. This is what the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1980 was all about. As we all know, this struggle was against the colonisation of Zimbabwe by the British ruling class (those who owned the British economy, and still do, and created a political system that protected and promoted their economy in Britain and everywhere else in the world). >>Read More ... Governor NCG Mathema - 1 opinion posted

New writers or lost souls, not Marechera definitely! DID anyone read an interesting story about a Zimbabwean author, Tendai Frank Tagarira, who was offered a "safe haven" in Denmark to write against the Government of Zimbabwe, or as they say it, to deal "with the effects of the Robert Mugabe dictatorship in Zimbabwe”? >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi - 1 opinion posted

Africans unite against hypocritical ICC THE Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania calls on African people to unite against the hypocritical and biased imperialist International Criminal Court. >>Read More ... Sello Tladi - Pan African Youth Congress

MDC and the fictitious BIPPA ON Wednesday last week, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office attempted but failed to cause a political storm through an ill-informed statement issued by Minister Gorden Moyo charging that Cde George Charamba, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity should be disciplined by GPA principals for allegedly undermining the Prime Minister’s authority over a non-existent Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement between Zimbabwe and South Korea. >>Read More ... By Prof Jonathan Moyo, MP - 2 opinions posted

African countries should not join the ICC LAST week in Kampala, Uganda, State members of the International Criminal Court began their first ever review conference of the court since its establishment in 2002. >>Read More ... By David Hoile

British arrogance on Zimbabwe is shocking A RECENT House of Lords debate on Zimbabwe left a sour taste in my mouth. The Zimbabwean story is being told by a bunch of disgruntled and bitter former absentee landlords whose ancestors and generations of their fellow countrymen were responsible for the problems we endured in the country. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 5 opinions posted

You want to ban the vuvuzela of Africa ... think twice A RECENT media report stated: "World Cup organisers are considering banning the infamous vuvuzela amid a spate of complaints from players, fans and broadcasters. The plastic horns have left most games - and at times the television commentary - drowned out by a sound described by many as like a swarm of mosquitos or bees." >>Read More ... By Donette Read Kruger - 4 opinions posted

2010 World Cup and the battle of the sexes THE World Cup 2010 hyper, frenzy, excitement and celebration has reincarnated the views sang by the Late legend, James Brown that 'This is a man’s world', but has brought people of different persuasions together. >>Read More ... Tandi Jenje

More newspapers, less news ANYONE who reads the news on Zimbabwe and how the media freedom mantra has been peddled by journalists working outside the country would have been shocked by how the news of new papers' registration came and passed. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale

Group of Elders should re-read history FORMER U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his so-called "Group of Elders" are making a fool of themselves by making uninformed comments about Zimbabwe without the right kind of briefing from politicians in the country. >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi - 1 opinion posted

Rylander: Just another Western diplomat ON a fine day, he would be imbued in the ambience and aesthetics of Zimba-bwean culture and speak glowingly about how "Zimbabwean works of art in their various forms dominate capitals throughout the world." >>Read More ... Tichaona Zindoga - 1 opinion posted

Joke of The Year: Tsvangirai receives the Averell Harriman Award THE National Democratic Institute for international Affairs (NDI) of America conferred Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with Averell Harriman Award in the United States on 10 May 2010 at its 25th Anniversary celebration. >>Read More ... Sixpence Manyengavana - 2 opinions posted

Memories of sobbing shadows at Nyadzonia LAST week, I wrote in The Sunday Mail a story about my bizarre experience with a VOLVO at Nyadzonia a day after the grisly 1976 massacre. A young woman phoned and requested me to write a story about the massacre.  >>Read More ... By Alexander Kanengoni - 3 opinions posted

ZITDERA: The empire’s fresh patch on its tattered sheep’s clothes BY effectively countering the Western war of ideas against Zimbabwe, the people have punched holes in the sheep’s clothes worn by the Anglo-Saxon hyena calling itself the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera). >>Read More ... AFRICAN FOCUS By Tafataona P Mahoso

The stolen souls of Africa IN an article titled, African journalists leading the miseducation of our people, my colleague Nancy Lovedale bemoaned the involuntary compassion expressed by African journalists when interviewing white people on their programmes. >>Read More ... Nancy Nyamhunga - 8 opinions posted

Tsvangirai, sanctions and foreign trips PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's visit to Washington to receive yet another "human rights award" is interesting. It comes at a time when that country is crafting yet another version, a more notorious version of the Zimbabwe Democracy Recovery Act (ZDERA). >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi

Corporate sector attitude to new constitution unhelpful THE constitution-making process has suffered a heavy dent due to political bickering and lack of resources. >>Read More ... Qubani Moyo - 1 opinion posted

Dinosaur fossils boost Zim tourism IN Zimbabwe’s entire southern part lies two great Transfrontier Conservation Parks (Greater Limpopo and the Greater Mapungubwe Trans Frontier Conservation Areas), which the country shares with Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique. >>Read More ... Thupeyo Muleya in Beitbridge

One walk across one continent NEVER mind the obstacles and confusion arising in Johannesburg over strikes and transport surrounding the World Cup, and when they say “For God’s sakes, don’t mention the war!” are they referring to the war in Afghanistan which seems to have been put on the back boiler for now? Never mind the oil leak off Louisiana.  >>Read More ... Donette Read Kruger - 2 opinions posted

MDC-T always ready to please the West MDC-T politicians always fail to disappoint their masters in the west and they are always handsomely rewarded for many of their pathetic statements each time they get an opportunity. >>Read More ... Sihle Dube - 3 opinions posted

Democracy and UK election Democracy is not always decisive, and even when it is it doesn’t invariably produce results that optimise the public good.  >>Read More ... By Tom Plate

Democracy and UK election Democracy is not always decisive, and even when it is it doesn’t invariably produce results that optimise the public good.  >>Read More ... By Tom Plate

British electoral system outdated, outmoded PARLIAMENTARY elections in the United Kingdom on May 6 turned into a chaotic situation that some television and online commentators likened to elections in Africa, but the scene was thoroughly British. >>Read More ... Mupata Sango

The Future of Zimbabwe THE session brings together the three leaders of the Government of National Unity at a critical moment in Zimbabwe’s history. With progress being made in reconciling historic differences, Zimbabwe's economy has shown signs of recovery largely driven by the introduction of dollarization in January 2009, which helped to stabilize inflation and increase investment.  >>Read More ... Prepared by Mike Moon - World Economic Forum - 1 opinion posted

British, MDC-T hypocrisy exposed WHAT the hell is going on in the disintegrating MDC-T whose hypocrisy against Zanu-PF on issues of corruption and leadership wrangles is now being exposed on a daily basis and what on earth are the MDC-T’s neo-colonial founders and funders in Britain up to following last Thursday’s inconclusive British general election whose conduct and outcome has all the derided trappings of Zimbabwe’s March 2008 elections to the embarrassment of the British political establishment that has been behind the MDC-T in a hopelessly single-minded way?  >>Read More ... Prof Jonathan Moyo - 1 opinion posted

US Congress on ZDERA sanctions U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced bipartisan legislation today to help advance a genuine transition to democracy and stability in Zimbabwe. >>Read More ... Press Release - 2 opinions posted

Zimbabweans should map their destiny ZIMBABWEANS are the masters of their destiny. The Southern African development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (AU), despite pressure from the West to intervene militarily or otherwise, have over the past decade affirmed this with their repeated assertion that only Zimbabweans can find a solution to their problems. >>Read More ... Danai Mapuranga

Zimbabwe needs informed political debate DEAR EDITOR - I have noticed a tendency amongst Zimbabweans to undermine each other whenever a political opinion they do not agree with is expressed. This has become a disease in our society.  >>Read More ... Sihle Dube - 1 opinion posted

African journalists leading the miseducation of our people AFRICAN journalists have a very long way to go, especially the breed that is employed in western-run media houses. Ironically, they are the biggest chunk of reporters on Africa, but not in Africa. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 7 opinions posted

Factionalism cripples the MDC-T party THE house that Tony Blair built is cracking at the seams and slowly sinking into the weak foundation it was built upon. They say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Well, that has become the case within the MDC-T camp. >>Read More ... Danai Mapuranga - 1 opinion posted

Tsvangirai needs a new PR machine DEAR EDITOR -- Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urgently needs a new "PR Machine".  >>Read More ... Nyarai Chidemo - 1 opinion posted

Mandela: The African hero stolen by the West? OVER 20 years ago, on February 11 1990, South Africa’s retired president and Nobel Peace co-laureate, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, left the colonial-apartheid prison of “Victor Verster” outside Cape Town.  >>Read More ... Udo W. Froese - 1 opinion posted

Zimbabwe diaspora should fight against sanctions THE Zimbabwe Diaspora Community has been calling for three things as Zimbabwe moves towards a new Constitution. The community wants the new constitution to give them voting rights, dual citizenship and non-resident Members of Parliament.  >>Read More ... Dambudzo Mapuranga - 1 opinion posted

Its hard being leader of the MDC-T HAVE you ever wondered how difficult it is to be Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, the prime minister of Zimbabwe? >>Read More ... 4 opinions posted

Malema’s position and Mandela’s legacy IT WAS inevitable that Julius Malema’s visit to Zimbabwe two weeks ago would generate much interest. >>Read More ... Alexander Kanengoni

Laws cannot be repealed by word of mouth: Kasukuwere BELOW is the full text of the statement delivered by Honourable Saviour Kasukuwere, Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, updating the media on implementation of the National Economic Empowerment Programme on Tuesday. >>Read More ... Saviour Kasukuwere

Sisters challenge 'party of excellence' I READ two interesting articles written by Nancy Lovedale and Nancy Nyamhunga on this publication recently. The two sisters are ahead of the pack in their analyses and are slowly making the online political discussion on Zimbabwe interesting again. >>Read More ... Peter Chimutsa - 2 opinions posted

West bullying Africa over gay rights THE West is bullying Africans into homosexuality. Many Africans subscribe to the notion that homosexuality did not exist in Africa, but is only surfacing openly in the continent because of western encouragement. >>Read More ... Sixpence Manyengavana - 1 opinion posted

MDC-T fortunes waning THE Movement for Democratic Change party's fortunes are waning daily as changes in Zimbabwe take place under its nose. Change is inevitable! >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 5 opinions posted

Is MDC a revolutionary party? IT is often said ignorance is no defence. We have all fallen victims to fraud in way or the other at some point in our lives, and the risk will always be there as long as we have trust in other people. But then again, how can we relate to each other if there is no trust? I guess it’s a Catch-22 situation.  >>Read More ... Nancy Nyamhunga - 17 opinions posted

Maridadi: MDC-T's daring political jester THE drama that took place on Wednesday regarding the Prime Minister's spokesman, James Maridadi cannot go unchallenged. The spokesman played the role of the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet and made an announcement that a law that was passed by Parliament in 2007 (the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act) and its accompanying regulations was "null and void". >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 4 opinions posted

Africa needs own institutions AFRICANS need to establish big media organisations and other institutions that are controlled by Africans if the true story of the continent is to be told. Many of the media organisations on the continent are still very much controlled from the west, although they are fronted by black faces. >>Read More ... Frank Banda - 4 opinions posted

Whose Africa is it anyway? RACE relations have sharply deteriorated in Southern Africa in recent years and the main reason for this is clear to any thinking person: racially skewed ownership of the means of economic production. >>Read More ... TSM - 1 opinion posted

Terre'Blanche death exposes media hypocrisy ANYONE who lives in Britain would have been shocked by the way the murder of Eugene Terre'Blanche -- the white supremacist and racist leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) -- was portrayed in that country's media.  >>Read More ... Comment by Philip Murombedzi

Praise be to Malema A BLACK person who criticizes Malema is incapable of appreciating the workings of this world.  >>Read More ... Dr Chiparanyanga Gwangwawa

U.S. regional status, interests at stake in Obama-Netanyahu confrontation THE political showdown between U.S. President Barak Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grabbed the attention of the Arab public opinion, but not necessarily in a fully positive manner. It seems that the majority believes that Israel will, as usual, emerge the winner in the sense that it would get its way.  >>Read More ... Riad Kahwaji, CEO, INEGMA

MDC and its funders making a mockery of themselves THE Movement for Democratic party, a party on the way out, and its accompanying media outlets have been at the forefront of re-writing the history of Zimbabwe and misinforming the world at large about what exactly happened, and is happening, in the country.  >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi

ANC Youth League statement on Zimbabwe visit THE following is a full transcript of a statement issued by the African National Congress' Youth League following a recent visit to Zimbabwe by a delegation led by its president Julius Malema: >>Read More ... ANCYL

Africa is no longer the Dark Continent AFRICA is no longer the Dark Continent anymore; it is flashing with vivid light. It has a lot of learned people, seasoned businessmen, and is springing in a step from what the colonists saw in the 18th Century. It is on the march and marching fast. At the same time, much of Africa is attempting to throw off the political and economic shackles of the West.  >>Read More ... Itayi Garande - 4 opinions posted

Terre'Blanche's killing: a sign of a bigger problem in SA THE killing of Eugene Terre'Blanche should not surprise anyone in South Africa. Many Zimbabweans and other Africans were killed in xenophobic attacks in that country last year and the year before; but there was no public outcry from the Democratic Alliance, AfriForum or any other Right Wing group in that country.  >>Read More ... Nyarai Chidemo - 2 opinions posted

MDC coming apart at the seams THE Movement for Democratic Change is coming apart at the seams.  Their quest to end the sovereignty and independence of Zimbabwe is slowly being exposed and revolutionary, intelligent and learned young Zanu-PF cadres are beginning to come out of the woodwork. For the last ten years that party has been dominating the media and all social spaces, while Zanu-PF youths, at home and abroad, have been educating themselves. >>Read More ... Peter Chimutsa - 1 opinion posted

South Africa on the road to indigenization POLITICAL change in South Africa is gathering momentum. Those who basked in the false sense of security that was accorded by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of 1995 are looking with amazement at the changes that are beginning to take shape in that country. >>Read More ... Nancy Lovedale - 3 opinions posted

Intellectualism overrated in Zimbabwean politics JUST like the media, intellectualism is often overrated as both a source of truth and accurate information — more so in the field of socio-political commentary. >>Read More ... Reason Wafawarova - 5 opinions posted

ZImbabweans thriving in spite of sanctions DEAR EDITOR - When I visited Zimbabwe last month, I learnt a few lessons and would like to share them with your readership. >>Read More ... Patson Tsodzo - 5 opinions posted

Frank Banda Of insulting black people who lost their land MR Ben Freeth has spoken on SW Radio saying that "justice has eventually been made after 10 years" when news of the seizure of Zimbabwe Government properties in South Africa broke. >>Read More ... Frank Banda - 3 opinions posted

Zimbabwe indigenisation documents for download JUDGING by the quality of debate on the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act 14, 2007 and the accompanying regulations, we strongly feel that everybody should have a copy of these two important documents; especially journalists because they inform (or misinform) the public. >>Read More ... EDITOR'S NOTE - 1 opinion posted

Propaganda being passed off as news DEAR EDITOR - First of all, let me commend you for sterling work you are doing at the Zimbabwe Guardian. I do not know what the internet would have been like without your publication. Everyday, we are fed with mindless propaganda passed off as news by half-baked journalists who wait for the Herald to publish then plagiarise everything without giving it credit. >>Read More ... Comrade Tauraya

Zimbabwe setting a precedent for South Africa SOUTH African right wing elements are running scared as Zimbabwe sets a precedent of black empowerment on the continent.  >>Read More ... Peter Chimutsa - 1 opinion posted

Sorry state of Zimbabwean media THE so-called independent media has lost the capacity to become a formidable change agent by taking an offensive approach to reporting. >>Read More ... COMMENT

Zimbabwe has come a long way since colonialism JUST before midnight on April 17, 1980, a frail-looking young white man, sandwiched by two pensive men, stood at attention on the VIP podium of a packed Rufaro Stadium.  >>Read More ... Rogers Venganayi

Who is an indigenous Zimbabwean? IMAGINE its 1968, Ian Smith is in full command of Rhodesia apparatus and all white Rhodies are drowned in the proverbial milk and honey. How many of those Rhodies would have wanted to be identified as indigenous or natives of 'Zimbabwe' then?  >>Read More ... Tafadzwa Musarara - 2 opinions posted

Understandable Fury LEADERS in the West say Robert Mugabe is a demon, that he has destroyed Zimbabwe, and he must be gotten rid of. >>Read More ... Dr Kenneth Kaunda - 1 opinion posted

Britain did not agree to fund land reform in Zimbabwe IN THIS opinion piece, Hugh Bayley Labour MP for City of York, Chair of the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group, writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on land reform in Zimbabwe. >>Read More ...

Corruption by the black man, not white man DEAR EDITOR - I read everyday with shock how black people are labelled as corrupt and incapable of running multi-national businesses. >>Read More ... Basil Mutoti - 4 opinions posted

IMF: Zimbabwe needs more reforms A MISSION of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Vitaliy Kramarenko visited Zimbabwe during March 3-17, 2010 to conduct the 2010 Article IV consultation discussions. >>Read More ... International Monetary Fund - 1 opinion posted

South African farmers should learn from Zimbabwe THE atrocities committed in South Africa by the Apartheid regime were horrendous and all attempts at achieving peace and stability in the country, will have to be preceded by the material well-being of the black person in that country.  >>Read More ... Brilliant Masaraure - 1 opinion posted

Gullible independent media fanning MDC-T corruption THE so-called independent media is encouraging the new crop of leaders, of the MDC-T kind, to be liars and downright cheats. >>Read More ... COMMENT by Frank Banda - 1 opinion posted

Tuku, a symbol of unity THE Mtukudzi family is one Zimbabwean family that should be emulated by all musicians and citizens in the country. >>Read More ... Prince Mukono - 1 opinion posted

America should join the ICC DEAR EDITOR - When President Barack Obama renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe he said the tiny Southern African country posed a great risk to US interests. >>Read More ... Bret Mpofu - 3 opinions posted

America is in a pickle UNITED States President Barack Obama's administration is in trouble. Infact America is in a bit of a pickle. Global rules are changing as China, Israel, Iran are presenting huge foreign policy challenges for that country. >>Read More ... EDITORIAL COMMENT

Empowerment is our sovereign and divine right THE Affirmative Action Group has never, is not and will not contemplate to seize foreign owned companies outside the premises of the law. The Zimbabwe indigenization agenda in this country has been hijacked by alarmists who seek to nicodemously seek the international sympathy without adjudicating on the true facts. >>Read More ... Tafadzwa Musarara - 1 opinion posted

Zimbabwean journalists: an embarrasing lot DEAR EDITOR - Zimbabwe has got some of the most ignorant journalists on planet earth. Infact, some of them are so shallow that they do not deserve to be called journalists at all.  >>Read More ... Barnabas Matangi - 1 opinion posted

Israel, not Zimbabwe, threatens US foreign policy US PRESIDENT Barack Obama recently renewed the so-called Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) saying the country still posed a threat to US foreign policy. >>Read More ... EDITORIAL COMMENT

Swiss sanctions against Zim expose their hypocrisy DEAR EDITOR - Switzerland at the weekend renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe. The statement released by that country's foreign ministry would leave one thinking this country has a clean record when it comes to human rights. >>Read More ... Peter Chimutsa

Zanu-PF is still the ruling party DEAR EDITOR — What do we call a party whose leader is the only man with the mandate to form a Government and make appointments? >>Read More ... Campion wekwaMereki - 1 opinion posted

MDC-T party, an embarassment to the African continent DEAR EDITOR - The MDC-T party led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is an embarassment to all Africans. The party has completely failed to adopt a Zimbabwean, or African agenda in its pursuit of power. >>Read More ... Tendai Midzi - 3 opinions posted

US, stop acting as guardian of human rights ANYONE with an IQ above 70 could see the folly in Washington for keeping up with the annual practice of pointing fingers at the alleged human rights misdeeds in every country and region the world over except itself.  >>Read More ... Huang Xiangyang (chinadaily.com.cn) - 1 opinion posted

Is US rebuke of Israel altruistic? UNITED STATES Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have rebuked and "warned" Israel over the building of 1,600 new settler homes in the West Bank. >>Read More ... Sam Garande - 1 opinion posted

IMF has failed the developing world DEAR EDITOR - THE United States of America and other western countries record human rights violations that are much more egregious that those we see in Africa. >>Read More ... Bret Nyatsanza

Frank Chita Inexperience and lack of direction crippling the MDC AS PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai flip flops on the indigenisation policy and his party makes the headlines for the wrong reasons, week by week, the support of that party is waning.  >>Read More ... Frank Chita - 2 opinions posted

Zimbabwe must strengthen ties with powerful China AS THE global economic balance of power shifts from West to East, it is becoming increasingly evident that we are living through the end of 500 years of Western ascendancy... >>Read More ... Garikai Chengu - 4 opinions posted

Unpacking media-NGO activism THE recent call for media objectivity and promotion of unity by President Mugabe has obviously been embraced positively by many, and ...  >>Read More ... Reason Wafawarova

Tsvangirai must walk the sanctions talk A DECADE ago, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had, in his capacity as leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change >>Read More ... Sixpence Manyengavana

Chamisa: victim of own propaganda DEAR EDITOR - ICT Minister Nelson Chamisa has had some powers chopped from him.  >>Read More ... Peter Chimutsa - 1 opinion posted

African alibi: What we learn from Anglo-Saxon fear of Lumumba, Mugabe DESPITE the nominal co-optation and ascendancy of an African-American, Barrack Obama, to the presidency of the leading Anglo-Saxon power on earth,  >>Read More ... Tafataona Mahoso

Vigilance on economic matters lacking THE Chiadzwa diamonds saga has opened a can of worms and there is every reason to believe that the full story on the goings-on is yet to be told.  >>Read More ...