Pedestrian Opinion with Mike Murenzvi
The four-way stop is staple road control feature in South Africa. It brings a level of sanity to uncontrolled intersections by requiring every vehicle approaching to completely stop...
Bill Clinton reportedly once advised: “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” His warning was to the powerful and ordinary citizens that newspapers and editors wielded so much power they could either...
A decade ago, I happened to be on the same flight as the former Reserve Bank governor, Gideon Gono. He was seated next to someone who did not even know who Gono was. I could see the...
There used to be a time when we swore by the BBC. If a rumour was circulating about some event in Africa or beyond, we checked whether the Beeb had said anything about it. I remember in...
By Tendai Murisa
The Government of Zimbabwe announced a major shift on land tenure in farms acquired under the fast-track land reform programme. According to the announcement, the government intends to issue a bankable...
In 1982, at St Dominic’s High School in Mutare, we were joined in our class by a strange group of students. They were much older. They were mature. At break time they would retreat to the area...
We live in a time of creating false narratives. It is a time of rewriting history and trying, in a very crude manner, to create myths about Zimbabwe’s past and its connection to the present political leadership....
By Mike Murenzvi
“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.” ~ Marcus Tillius Cicero
On Wednesday, 18 September 2024, the Criminal Laws Amendment (Protection of Children and...
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“Budgets don't balance themselves, it takes fiscal discipline, and both the union and the government will have to show taxpayers that discipline.” ~ Pierre Poilievre
In...
Once upon a time, I was in a small Canadian town called Winnipeg for a media conference. It was a great coincidence that a good friend of mine lived in Winnipeg. Of the many stories we shared,...
