By Thomas Zvirekwi
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle income economy by
2030. To support such an economy, the country needs 11,000MW of power, which
translates to a requirement of an additional 1,000MW every year...
By Mike
Murenzvi
“If it
weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done” ~ Rita Mae Brown
On 22 February 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of...
By Perry Munzwembiri
For much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of...
By Mike Murenzvi
On 5 December 2017, Zimbabwe’s two major
Internet Access Providers (IAPs), Liquid Telecom and TelOne, suffered breaks in
the fibre optic cables that blacked out 90% of the country from the internet
for at...
Boris Johnson, mocker of African “piccaninny” children and their “watermelon smiles”, became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an African land far, far away, fought each other...
By Archie Mathibela
Fewer professions have been reviled and celebrated in equal measure as the practice of Public Relations. Those who know its value celebrate it for the goodwill it creates for their brands,...
By Ranga Mberi
Around 2011, Germany’s Allensbach Institute asked Germans; “what do you fear the most?” The findings told a story that every Zimbabwean policy maker must hear.
By Tapiwa Mashakada and Miriam Mushayi
Wheels have finally come off as the Zimbabwe government has been cornered and forced to involuntarily de-dollarise without a plan.
When government introduced...
By Engineer Jacob Mutisi
According to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university
students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare,
Zimbabwe’s capital city, has six universities but only one polytechnic.
War hero Dumiso Dabengwa, who died at 79 on May 23, played a central role in the building the intelligence unit of ZAPU. He was also central in determining how ZPRA, the pioneering military wing of ZAPU,...
