Together As One tackles problems faced by migrant domestic workers
BY BYRON MUTINGWENDE Together As One (TAO) has embarked on projects meant to address problems that domestic migrant workers face when they flee to other countries in search of greener pastures. This was brought to the fore by Washington Masenda,…
“We have an exit plan for Mugabe” : UANC
Sineke Sibanda The United African National Council has disclosed that it has an exit plan for Mugabe following his failure to uphold revolutionary ideals and grant adequate service delivery to the public as per his manifesto during the 1980 elections….
Zim’s Crouching Ethnicity, Hidden Tribalism in Succession/Coalition Politics^
By Takura Zhangazha* There is a new but old currency to our national politics in Zimbabwe. Its infamously referred to as ‘tribalism’ and where one is politically correct, ethnocentrism or simply ‘ethnicity’. In the academic world these are highly contested…
Women air their expectations in the 2016 Budget
BY BYRON MUTINGWENDE The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) convened a meeting comprising leaders from all the provinces at Harare Gardens last week where the women talked about what they want to see in the 2016 budget. “This is our…
#Feesmustfall: SA Coming to Grips with Neo-liberalism, Inequality& Corruption
By Pride Mkono As the South African parliament sat to hear the fiscal policy update from Hon. Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene, thousands of irate students besieged the streets outside parliament. Students sang, danced and sloganeered, all for one seemingly…
RDZ to hold inaugural congress
Mlondolozi Ndlovu The newly formed Renewal for Democrats (RDZ) party will on 23 and 24 October host its inaugural congress at the Harare Exhibition Park where Elton Mangoma is expected to be elected President uncontested. The RDZ is a breakaway…
Greed ‘killed’Extra Kwazvose
Problem Masau When they deserted Alick Macheso to form their own music outfit Extra Kwazvose, Noel Nyazanda, Obert Gomba and Jonas Kasamba took in Francis Slomo Dhaka from Suluman Chimbetu in a bid to challenge the country’s music hierarchy. They…
Lack of cooperation, funding stalling NCP
Mlondolozi Ndlovu The setting up of the National Convergence Platform (NCP), which was supposed to be launched October this year, has been postponed to an indefinite date, Bishop Bakare has confirmed. NCP is a platform, which is meant to unite…
Zanu Pf’s New Succession Dynamics, No Stalins Waiting in the Wings
By Takura Zhangazha* There is no doubt that the ruling Zanu Pf party is now in definite leadership transition. Its will of-course deny this with abstract consistency but it is all too apparent. And the media is correct to speculate…
ANC heading towards the ‘wrong direction’
Mlondolozi Ndlovu The African National congress (ANC), a party which for long has been a beacon of hope for most of African young democracies, had its National General Council (NGC) in Mildrand which came to an end on Sunday 11…