Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“If
you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” ~Winston
Churchill
A
few readers have asked me to write on statutory instruments. We hear about them
quite...
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube hopes to speed up his stalled privatisation plan this year, but a failure by Air Zimbabwe to secure credible investors is a reminder that old parastatal debts may keep his ambitions grounded.
In 2008, Nelson Mandela said there was a “tragic failure of
leadership” in Zimbabwe. His words have never been truer than they are today.
There is evidence of failure everywhere you look.
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya served up his first monetary policy speech of the year on Monday in typical fashion; over-optimistic bluster topped with a pious sermon explaining away his policies.
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“Law
is made for man, not man for the law.” ~William Godwin
Thank you, readers, for
your feedback on the first instalment in this series, it is greatly...
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse”
Many
people in my circles often comment on the “bad” laws that are made in the
country. But very few of...
By Arthur G.O. Mutambara
I have seen press reports about this year’s Ordinary Level
and Advanced Level Examination results all over the place. I want to
congratulate all the students, schools and teachers who excelled. Makorokoto
makuru...
Two influential US senators want America to “enhance the tools at its disposal” to act on Zimbabwe. It’s a sign that US-Zimbabwe relations are nowhere near mending, nearly two decades after sanctions were imposed.
By Perry Munzwembiri
Air Zimbabwe recently took delivery of a pre-owned Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, and as the goings on at Air Zimbabwe so often do, this event sparked mixed reactions, especially considering the...
By John Legat
The introduction of Zimbabwe’s own currency, the ZWL, in February 2019 has been a disaster as many economists, as well as ourselves, had predicted.
Since it was launched...
