Ghetto Blast Rosenthal Mutakati
Is love all about flowers, gifts and publicly sharing hearty meals in up-market hotels or restaurants? Is it all about consuming acres of space in newspapers publishing photos of your loved ones for the world to

AS the nation counts down to harmonised elections due on or before June 29, when the life of the Seventh Parliament, ends; one office that has been in the news is the Registrar General’s Office that oversees voter

John Pilger
The other day, I stood outside the strangely silent building where I began life as a journalist. It is no longer the human warren that was Consolidated Press in Sydney, though ghosts still drink at the King’s Head pub

Baffour Ankomah
On May 19 2013, the African Union (AU) will lead the continent in a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which morphed into the AU in June 2002. Because of its historical

Albert Nhamoyebonde
On my way from the bank at Avondale Shopping Centre, I gave way to a truck being driven by a middle-aged man with a sticker pasted at the back with the words, “No Farmers, No Future.” I wish these stickers

Gender Forum Ruth Butaumocho
SCORES of people from civic society dealing with gender, representatives from different ministries, local and international non-governmental organisations met in Harare on Wednesday, to validate the revised

We hail the House of Assembly for passing the draft Constitution yesterday after initially setting the country on edge by unnecessarily delaying on the first day. Next stop, the Senate, there we do not expect delays

Dr Muguti Ngindi

Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa were among the last countries to attain independence and as soon as the political leadership in those countries began asserting themselves, the former colonisers worked hard to turn the population against the progressive leadership.

Wenceslaus Murape

A number of people have expressed concern that they may not reach retirement age and may therefore fail to benefit from the contributions they are making to the national pension fund administered by the National Social Security Authority.

Stephen Gowans

According to the White House, Israel has the right to defend itself. I would argue that it doesn’t. Based on the theft of another people’s land and denial of their right to return to the homes from which they fled or were driven, Israel no more than any other thief has the right to defend itself.

The World Economic Forum on Africa annual gathering opened in Cape Town yesterday, bringing together government leaders business leaders, the media, civil society and the academia to deliberate the way forward for the continent in the face of various factors threatening its future sustainability.