A young man is dragged out of his room, his pair of trousers half done, without shoes. He tries desperately to pull up his trousers, but they won’t allow him. He pleads for mercy. But they don’t listen and they…
On 8th December 1980, Edgar Tekere walked out a free man from the High Court of Zimbabwe. His supporters in the gallery and outside court jumped and screamed for joy, raising their fists to symbolise a momentous victory against the…
I had a chuckle this morning when I read a headline in The Herald, the State daily. “President still tops – Surveyâ€, screamed the headline. At first sight, I was intrigued because I assumed there was a new survey that had…
It may be regarded as the optimistic view of a relative but I reckon my nephew Givhi is the gifted comedian that Zimbabwe never discovered. Were it not for his limited circumstances of  growing up in a rural community that offered…
Editorial Note: This is an article submitted by a guest contributor, Malvern Mkudu, an independent researcher. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management from Rhodes University. Mkudu is passionate about issues of social…
An old colleague in the political trenches used to share an anecdote from the time he used to work for the state media in the late eighties and early nineties. As part of his mandate, he would, from time to time, be…