Columnist / David barber
Chamisa's MDC is clearly unsuitable for government
I watch with increasing dismay as MDC, the party on which huge numbers of Zimbabweans are pinning their hopes for a better future, shows more and more its unfitness to govern the nation.Let me...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by David Barber
The real cause of Zimbabwe's economic collapse
Zimbabwe's problems are not exclusive to Zimbabwe, they are actually the same as in all Africa's other 53 nations. 9 out of 10 of all Africans live on less than US$5 a day, nearly half on under $1.90....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
IMF's discredited economic template will cripple Zimbabwe
NEW Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the government, in general, have swallowed the myths of foreign aid, investment and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as solutions to Zimbabwe's economic prob...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by David Barber and Tendai R Mbofana
Foreign investment and the IMF will cripple Zimbabweans
Our government and the new Finance Minister have swallowed the myths of foreign aid, investment and the IMF as solutions to Zimbabwe's economic problems. And, unless these are exposed, Zimbabwean citi...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 12:48hrs | | by David Barber and Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Don't blame Zanu-PF and Mnangagwa for Zimbabwe's problems!
It is about time we stopped blaming our government, Mugabe and now ED for the appalling woes we suffer in Zimbabwe. Because while we keep doing that, we will never address the real cause of our dreadf...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
African academic economists are a dangerous threat to Africa's future
It is sad, indeed dispiriting to read Professor Ayittey's article "Africa's Reform Conundrum and Zimbabwe's Tragedy", published in "The Zimbabwean" of 21st September 2018.You may think that to...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe is about to become a colony again
'The Zimbabwean's' Own Correspondent is absolutely right to warn Zimbabwe (as well as all Africa) of the dangers of China’s colonising activities: see ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by David Barber and Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC torpedoes its own 'open-and-shut' case, WHY?
I wanted MDC Alliance to win. I wanted MDC to win the ConCourt hearing. I want the court to show that it could be impartial and was prepared to stand up against an oppressive regime.Of course,...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by David Barber and Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trump is right to put America first
We don't agree with Trump very much. But where we do agree with him is on his aim to put America first. Extreme poverty is the normal condition throughout Africa only because African nations, and inde...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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