Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend

The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central.  Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...

Bona Mugabe divorce, yet another Damascene moment for the republic

The world is not for honest people. I am convinced. Those who toil, break a sweat in various endeavours to make an honest living a...

Bona Mugabe is Harare's true rich aunt

"One man one farm" was a Mugabe mantra for the longest time after the fast-track land reform programme that took land from around 4000 white former farmers into the hands of thousands of landless blac...

Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....

When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!

Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...

David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir

David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...

Mnangagwa's leave, a pitstop to nowhere

Now that we have seen the edited versions of people's lives across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during Christmas and New Year festivities,  its back to the basics, the da...

When God uncovers mortal men

The true length of a frog is known on the day it dies. Such has been wisdom since time immemorial. Juxtaposing that with the recent deaths of Genius 'Ginimbi' Kadunungure and Lazarus '...

ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show

The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great  anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....

Mugabe, a year on

Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...