ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS: A MANTRA FACED WITH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES
Since the coming in of the second republic in 2017, the mantra Zimbabwe is open for business has become part of the country’s foreign policy. Due to the volatile currency, lack of clear institutional governance frameworks, slow pace in domesticating…
The 1 trillion dollar 2022 National Budget:
By Dr Tapiwa G. Mashakada, PhD There can be no doubt, that the 2022 budget is juxtaposed against so many odds which include but are not limited to price and Exchange rate stability, new COVID-19 variant shocks and possible…
MDC blew an opportunity, they don’t deserve another chance.
Political analyst Wilbert Mukori says the country’s biggest opposition party MDC doesn’t deserve another chance for dialogue as they slept on duty during the government of national unity (GNU). The government of national unity formed by Zanu PF, MDC-T and MDC-N,…
Zambia elections: Six lessons for African electoral democracy
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election on 12 August. Hichilema secured 2,810,757 votes while Lungu had 1,814,201. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) declared Hichilema president-elect on 16 August as Lungu conceded defeat. What…
DIVERGING POLICIES: TRUMP AND BIDEN ON AGOA AND NAFTA
There has been a notable debate over the differing perspicacity between the former President of United States Donald Trump and the current one, Joe Biden. These varying profundities can best be explained during their race for the white house in…
Madhuku Defends POLAD Cars
NCA president, Prof Lovemore Madhuku defended his party’s decision to accept vehicles recently handed over by President Emerson Mnangagwa to all the sixteen members of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), saying the move is a step ahead towards fulfilling the…
Mthuli Ncube’s inflation figures doubtful: Chibhamu
Recently , the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s monetary policy committee (MPC) announced that it was satisfied with the trajectory the economy is taking.
Zimbabwe: Edith Chibhamu (ZEDFP) statement on attacks of Joana Mamombe and other Human Rights Defenders
Zimbabwean authorities recently seized a prominent activist and opposition legislator Joana Mamombe from her hospital bed and detained her at the country’s maximum security prison, against the advice of doctors who had ordered that she see a specialist for an…
HCC rate hikes insensitive: Edith Chibhamu
Harare residents recently received their belated ‘corona gift’ from the Harare City Council.
Chibhamu blasts Mnangagwa’s poor governance, proffers better alternatives…
Outspoken Dubai based human rights activist and aspiring female president of Zimbabwe Democratic and Economic Freedom Party (ZDEFP) Edith Chibhamu has hit out at the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government over a patently blind eye on the continuous deterioration of the…