The elephant is a creature of majestic beauty and elegance, adored and respected by most people and, in many ways, a reminder of a remote world, about which we can only imagine. Endowed with great intelligence and a huge faculty…
If you graduated from the University of Zimbabwe after 1996, chances are that your academic transcript bears the signature of Ngaatendwe Takawira. She has been the Deputy Registrar (Academic) of the university since 1996. On 7th October 2015, she was suspended…
There is an image from the recently concluded India-Africa Summit, held in New Delhi, which tells multiple narratives, one of which is the subject of this article. It’s a group photo of the leaders who attended the Summit. In the picture,…
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…
On Wednesday 21st October 2015, during a parliamentary debate, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa disclosed that the agricultural equipment distributed by the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, at two recent Zanu PF rallies, in Chimanimani and Rushinga, was part of a US$98…
President Robert Mugabe likes to be seen as a great champion of the rights of African people and in return, many Africans across the continent have embraced him as such. More often than not, he is warmly received in his…
Dear Subscriber, This is an unusual post, not so much a piece of legal and political analysis as a reflection on the state of society and nation. I wrote this as a Facebook post yesterday, as a moment of reflection.…
When Emmerson Mnangagwa was asked, in a recent interview, about his chances of succeeding President Robert Mugabe, he was rather nonchalant and dismissive in response. “You can throw a stone into the yard of the State House when you are on…
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…
In the last two articles, we observed how Mugabe manoeuvred his way to become the embodiment of Zanu PF, a feat that he also tried on the national stage, with a great measure of success, as he assumed total control…