New boxing control board appointed
Newsday 14 January 2017 Sport and Recreation minister Makhosini Hlongwane yesterday announced a new National Boxing Control Board, with Richard Hondo bouncing back as the chairman, four years after he was shown the exit. The appointment is likely to cause a furore in the local boxing fraternity, as Hondo is accused of presiding over the
The Struggle Continues by David Coltart — becoming Zimbabwe – a Financial Times Review
The Financial Times History Section By Michael Holman 13th January 2017 An insider’s account of Robert Mugabe’s regime is also a brave act of defiance What is it about southern Africa that creates so many moral heavyweights? It seems that adversity and repression in that part of the world stimulate rather than inhibit, and bring
Zimbabwe backs down on tariff hikes
Techcentral.co.za 13 January 2017 Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator has backed down over new floor prices for telecoms services, resulting in the country’s largest operator, Econet, reversing large price increases announced earlier in the week. Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator has backed down over new floor prices for telecoms services, resulting in the country’s largest operator, Econet Wireless, reversing
Zimbabwe accused of stifling social media
Techcentral.co.za 11 January 2017 Robert Mugabe’s government has been accused of using new regulated floor prices for telecommunications services as a way of making it unaffordable for Zimbabweans to use social media. The country’s telecommunications regulator, Potraz, this week began enforcing the new floor prices for both voice and data, arguing the regulations are necessary
Dokora curriculum review disastrous: Coltart
Newsday 9 January 2017 By Silas Nkala FORMER Education minister, David Coltart has rapped his successor, Lazarus Dokora, for causing chaos in the education sector by haphazardly introducing far-reaching policy changes without consulting key stakeholders. Coltart said the newly-launched education curriculum, which comes into effect tomorrow, was likely to throw the sector into disarray, as
Sikhala relates on oppression of whites by Zimbabwean government
Bulawayo 24 News By Stephen Jakes 7 January 2017 MDC-T senior official Job Wiwa Sikhala has related on how the Zimbabwean government resorted to harassing and oppression white Zimbabweans leading most of them to leave the country resulting to the economic crisis currently rocking the nation. “The incident that made me feel pity for white
The last days of Robert Mugabe
The New Statesman By Martin Fletcher 1 January 2017 Zimbabwe is engulfed, and not only by a political crisis. While its leaders fight, its economy is in meltdown. With considerable trepidation, I took the lift to the sixth floor of the ministry of justice in central Harare to interview the minister. It wasn’t just that
David Coltart’s New Year message for 2017
Senator David Coltart 31st December 2016 I would like to wish all genuine Zimbabwean patriots and those who support the Zimbabwean struggle for democracy throughout the world a peaceful, productive and prosperous New Year. 2016 has been a difficult year for Zimbabweans with the economy in free fall and the country rudderless. It seems almost
Mnangagwa denies Gukurahundi role
Newsday 19 December 2016 By Blessed Mhlanga VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied accusations he played an active role in the Gukurahundi massacres, which reportedly claimed over 20 000 lives in Matabeleland and Midlands regions in the 1980s. Speaking in a recent interview with United Kingdom-based magazine New States Man, Mnangagwa said reports linking him to
Mugabe’s State of the Nation Address, National Budget Keeps Nation Hanging
Financial Gazette By Andrew Kunambura 15 December 2016 LISTENING to both President Robert Mugabe’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s 2017 National Budget presentation last week, many were left wondering what to make of the two. The SONA, presented two days ahead of the budget, was perhaps