Opinion

The resurgence of the opposition in 1999 in Zimbabwe was an express confrontation to a Zanu PF genuine but incompatible wish of creating a ‘single party state’. I say incompatible because they were wishing on a Tsarist star when sleeping in…
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Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, is well-known as a pan-African icon. However Waza blogger, Philani Nyoni, believes that this reputation is undeserved.
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John Stewart of Comedy Central, cable TV’s political satirist whose humour touches raw nerves when he juxtaposes what politicians do and say with “the reality on the ground”, could not have scripted better political satire than what…
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I hope this letter finds you well. I miss you so much and i would be happy to see you back home. I know you will be coming soon, maybe this month or the next or maybe later this year or the years to come, I just thought I should tell you…
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Every day for the last fortnight a young hawk has been hanging around the neighbourhood. Sometimes it comes alone and other times with its parent: learning the ropes, fine tuning the techniques of being a predator.
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The decision by Stephen Sibanda to contest in the forthcoming by-election for Glen View South constituency must be lauded as it keeps alive the hope of finally supplanting the abhorrent Zanu PF regime.
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The government of Zimbabwe through its Minister of Local Government, Public Works, Rural and Urban Development on Monday the 1st of June 2015 gave a seven day ultimatum to all vendors to refrain from street vending in all the towns and…
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Corruption is the scourge of Africa and the achilles’ heel hindering our progress. We have to combat corruption first in order to strengthen our institutions and build a new Zimbabwe. Corruption is a serious impediment to the economic…
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In case my meaning is lost on people fond of misinterpreting things, let me explain: a man who once ruled Nigeria as a military dictator 30 years ago, is back in power as a civilian ruler.
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A couple of weeks back I sought to buy a couple of bananas from a young man pushing a wheel-cart. I had the rather ubiquitous South African two rand coin and handed it over to him. He looked at it and calmly handed it back asking, ‘Don’t…
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