“The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interrèd with their bones,” said Mark Anthony in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar

“The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interrèd with their bones,” said Mark Anthony in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar

“The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interrèd with their bones,” said Mark Anthony in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. The evil that President Mugabe has done has come back to haunt him in his old age! Last week the President of Botswana, Ian Khama, told President Mugabe in no uncertain terms that he must go. “Without doubt,” he said. “He should have done it years ago.” “It is obvious that…

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ZIMBABWE, & HIV and AIDS hit countries, face anti-retroviral drugs crisis as ARV’s will be back on patent and cos tover US$10 000 per year per patient when India stops making generic ARV’s soon

ZIMBABWE, & HIV and AIDS hit countries, face anti-retroviral drugs crisis as ARV’s will be back on patent  and cos tover US$10 000 per year per patient when India stops making generic ARV’s soon

  ZIMBABWE, among other HIV and AIDS hit countries, is staring at a potential dilemma in accessing anti-retroviral drugs as indications are that the drug will be back on patent where it will cost more than $10 000 per year per patient as India will soon stop making generic ARV’s that are cheaper. Zimbabwe was accessing most of its ARVs, for example the Aids triple therapy, at an average of $200 per patient per year but…

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Tsvangirai warns “If security forces kill protesters or Zanu PF regime introduces bond notes, MDC-T would resort to violence”.

Tsvangirai warns “If security forces kill protesters  or Zanu PF regime  introduces bond notes, MDC-T would resort to violence”.

  MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has threatened a “violent endgame” to force President Mugabe from office unless the Head of State and Government voluntarily relinquishes power. Addressing party members during the party’s 17th anniversary celebrations in Bulawayo yesterday, Mr Tsvangirai said “if security forces killed demonstrators and the Government introduced bond notes, his party would resort to violence”. The opposition leader mapped out three scenarios that would lead to a violent “endgame” — which…

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Devolution- yes, but secession-no! One people one Zimbabwe for all tribes, colours, races and religions,..No Mugabe, No Zanu pf !

Devolution- yes, but  secession-no! One people one Zimbabwe for all tribes, colours, races and religions,..No Mugabe, No Zanu pf !

It is always to right to temper our defiance to oppressive authority, with a clarification of who we are, where we come from and how exactly we got to be where we are today as a nation. In the interest of progress, we will not go as far back as when family were still swinging happily from trees in the mountains,..good old days I suppose, sbut science say, evolution brought down from the mountains and…

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Government plans to start open prison for female inmates in a bid to rehabilitate and integrate them back into society

Government plans to start open prison for female inmates in a bid to rehabilitate and integrate them back into society

  Plans are afoot to have an open prison for female inmates as part of a strategy to rehabilitate and integrate them back into society. Connemara Open Prison caters for male inmates only. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services said rigorous screening is done before one can be placed in an open prison. In a speech delivered during Africa Prisons and Correctional Service Day commemorations on Thursday in Lupane, the Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs,…

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Why former Southern Rhodesia’s ,now Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has Scottish Place Names

Why former Southern Rhodesia’s ,now Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has Scottish Place Names

Why former Southern Rhodesia’s ,now Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has Scottish Place Names is mainly because this is a legacy of the days when Zimbabwe was known as Southern Rhodesia, with the bulk of whose European population being British. It is well known from history that, a  sizeable proportion of these settlers would have been Scots. Of the names of the 156 suburbs that have been identified to date in the Greater Bulawayo area, 38 (24.4%)…

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MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai warns Bulawayo council that investigations into corruption allegations will be conducted

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai warns Bulawayo council that investigations into corruption allegations will be conducted

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday told Bulawayo councillors that the party would be instituting investigations on the allegations of corruption that has led to five of them being suspended by the Government recently. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, recently suspended deputy mayor Gift Banda together with Clrs Charles Moyo (Ward nine), Mzama Dube (Ward 25), Reuben Matengu (Ward 21) and James Sithole (Ward seven) over a…

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CHIEF ZANU PF APOLOGIST,/ Higher education and tertiary minister, Jonathan Moyo, angered by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students protests

CHIEF ZANU PF APOLOGIST,/ Higher education and tertiary minister, Jonathan Moyo, angered by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students protests

CHIEF ZANU PF APOLOGIST,/ Higher education and tertiary minister, Jonathan Moyo, angered by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students protests including refusal by at least three Master’s graduates to be capped by the 93 year old despot Zimbabwe President and Chancellor of the University, has warned that be will withdraw degrees from students who participated in the defiant protests which humiliated his boss Mugabe,..DISCUSS! By Sibusiso Ngwenya.

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‘One ‘lazy’ judge only handed one judgement while another handed 100 judgments in a year’-Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku

‘One ‘lazy’ judge only handed one judgement while another handed 100 judgments in a year’-Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku

  Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has once again slammed some High Court judges for being “lazy” and creating a backlog, with one judge only handing down two judgments last year while other judges had written more than 300. Justice Chidyausiku hit out at Justices Samuel Kudya, Alphas Chitakunye and Priscilla Chigumba for failing to conclude cases during their interviews to be considered for elevation to the Supreme Court on Thursday. It merged that Justice Kudya had…

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Mugabe tells Women’s League Assembly, ignore what they public say out there about me and my deputies-we are united!

Mugabe tells Women’s League Assembly, ignore what they public say out there about me  and my deputies-we are united!

  President Mugabe yesterday said Zanu-PF was solidly united and would not allow rumours to divide and destroy top leadership including his two deputies with whom he has worked since the days of the liberation struggle. He said factions did not exist in Zanu-PF as it only had some distinctive organs. Addressing the Zanu-PF Women’s League National Assembly meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe called for unity among party members. The…

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