By David Coltart The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the face of it the Supreme Court has ordered Chamisa to submit himself to another […]
By Welshman Ncube At the last meeting of the MDC Alliance Standing Committee on 10 March 2020, I put to (Morgan) Komichi and (Douglas) Mwonzora the entire ZANU-PF strategy on the (Thokozani) Khupe case and their respective roles in that strategy. Their denials of both the ZANUPF strategy and their […]
By Philip Stephens The state is back. Long live globalisation. Coronavirus is remaking democratic politics. The paths out of the crisis will present liberal democracies with a choice between authoritarian nationalism and an open global order founded on co-operation between states. Watching nations seal their borders and governments assume draconian powers […]
By Avani Singh and Michael Power The state has published a raft of regulations, directions and other guidance in an effort to address the spread of Covid-19, including the use of digital technologies. The directions published by the minister of communications and digital technologies have significant implications for the exercise of information […]
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged stricter testing and tracing of people for COVID-19 in African countries. Writing on his Facebook wall, Masiyiwa called on African countries to prioritise strict testing and tracing of their citizens as a more effective and efficient way of combating the disease, given that in most […]
An obituary by Ibbo Mandaza Thandika Mkandawire, who passed away in Stockholm, Sweden, on 27 March 2020, after a protracted battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a Pan-Africanist of note. He leaves us having contributed to the development of a formidable community of African […]
The Supreme Court has ruled that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, which was led by founding president Morgan Tsvangirai, who died of colon cancer in 2018. Professor Lovemore Madhuku, an attorney representing Thokozani Khupe who claims to be the legitimate leader of […]
The government has gazetted tough new laws that could see people spending up to 20 years in prison for spreading fake news on the novel coronavirus. According to Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020, people who peddle information deemed false by the government face up to 20 years in prison, a […]
By Thandekile Moyo Because the government is guilty of neglecting their mandate to provide public goods, they are going out of their way to hide information about the extent of infections in Zimbabwe. In their 40 years of power, Zimbabwe has … let the health systems completely crumble and if […]
By Deprose Muchena In homes, streets, public places, radio stations, newspapers and international television news channels, everybody is talking about Covid-19. Governments around the world have responded to the Covid-19 menace by imposing a raft of measures aimed at containing the spread of the disease, including restricting freedom of movement […]
Zimbabwe’s government, which banned use of the dollar nine months ago, has restored the peg its currency had to the greenback due to a scarcity of foreign exchange. The southern African nation faces shortages of fuel, power and food because it can’t afford to pay for the imports. The worst […]
An obituary by Ibbo Mandaza Thandika Mkandawire, who passed away in Stockholm, Sweden, on 27 March 2020, after a protracted battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a Pan-Africanist of note. He leaves us having contributed to the development of a formidable community of African […]
The man aiming to wrest the Nigerian presidency from Muhammadu Buhari has built a career circling the summits of public life. Atiku Abubakar has been a top civil servant, a vice-president, and a prominent businessman and philanthropist, making his fortune in the oil sector and giving some of it away […]
Coltart: Ruling shows Mnangagwa desperate to neutralise Chamisa threat
By David Coltart The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the face of it the Supreme Court has ordered Chamisa to submit himself to another […]