IN its role as the arbiter of the financial sector, regulator and lender of last resort, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has a direct and central role to play […]

Dumisani Ndlela IN a short satirical film, a cow urges a little pig to abandon its ambition of becoming a shepherd dog, informing the pig that its reason for existe […]

By TD WaMzezethure IT was good to see and hear Colonel Samuel Muvuti on the national broadcaster as he spoke proudly about how the Grain Marketing Board he heads li […]

By Denford Magora WHY should the people of Zimbabwe believe anything government tells us, especially during the Senate election campaign?

By Bill Saidi LAST May, the government launched Operation Murambatsvina that everybody in the country came to know as The Tsunami. (more…)

World View with Gwynne Dyer IT would be funny if it were not so serious. As migratory birds carry the avian influenza virus west across Europe, Britain is following in […]

By Chido Makunike IN recent years we have become accustomed to the amazing belligerence expressed in the statements of public officials in Zimbabwe.

Ray Matikinye THE low-level conflict that emerged from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)’s national executive council meeting last Wednesday over whether or not to participate in the forthcoming election […]

By Bornwell Chakaodza “FIX it or go” (Zimbabwe Independent, Editor’s memo, October 7). “Stop the destruction, Gono must go”, said Tendai Biti, MDC’s secretary for economic affairs; and “Gono’s trillions […]

By John Robertson GOVERNMENT’S proposals to replace the former freehold title to agricultural land with a 99-year leasehold system appear to offer political advantages that make the concept attractive to […]