Wanted: Stability and freedom

Prosperity lies in engagement and competition - not isolation and protection. It is vital that government accepts that the observance of macro-economic fundamentals and market freedom...

Indigenisation – the how and not the what

Most countries have some protection of their strategic economic assets or sectors; our problem is the...

A little while

Bethlehem is just 10 kilometres from Jerusalem. You’d walk it in a couple of hours. It...

Carrying our own burdens

Do you remember when we used to laugh at the “nose brigades”? They had read or...

You want Mugabe? You can have him

‘To err is human.’ To that world famous truism one can add, ‘to fall ill is...

Whose history?

You may have heard about the funeral at Stodart Hall last week. If you know who...

Indigenisation: where to now?

Last Sunday, I woke up to a screaming headline in a local weekly publication announcing a...

Saving the grasslands the Savory way

This week I am reproducing an interview that appeared on Danielle Nierenberg’s Food Tank blog (well...

Regulation of churches now necessary

We have heard about miracle money, miracle babies, miracle abortion, miracle weight loss, miracle phone charging...

Church must embrace duty to shepherd the flock

The media has been awash with reports that Churches are mediating in the MDC-T squabbles. What...

One week to fix one eye?

George Charamba told us recently that President Robert Mugabe had to go on a private visit...

Family matters

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Jesus says these words to us, but sometimes they...

Military answers to civilian problems

Why is it that at election times I notice how many teams of “trainee security guards”...

Zimbabwe renewal: Back to basics

Last week we looked at the need to deal with the demons of our past and...

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