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Traffic jams and bad citizens

Traffic jams and bad citizens

by | | Commentary

This is one truth that easily becomes unpopular, but Zimbabweans—the majority of them—live one big hypocrisy where governance is concerned. Tawanda Majoni You see, since time immemorial, we have heard them whine and groan about how bad the dudes who are in power are....
Here’s why people are not getting vaccinated

Here’s why people are not getting vaccinated

by | | China Files, Commentary

Not exactly the best thing to do on a Sunday, but let’s do some bit of math to start with. Tawanda Majoni Zimbabwe has received slightly under two million Covid-19 free and purchased vaccine doses since mid-Feb this year. The vaccines comprise a batch of one million...
Chilonga evictions: State capture at play

Chilonga evictions: State capture at play

by | | Commentary, Political

You would have hoped that the post-Mugabe establishment could—at least—get one or two things right. But, ouch, this so-called “new dispensation” is as crude, primitive and self-serving as such regimes ever come. Tawanda Majoni Just recently, the government gazetted...
National heroes: How the law is an ass

National heroes: How the law is an ass

by | | Commentary, Political

A popular dancehall artist, Soul Musaka, known to many as Soul Jah Love, passed on just under two weeks ago.  What happened subsequently sparked the now fickle and feeble debate on the conferment of hero status in Zimbabwe. Tawanda Majoni You will remember that...
Army-linked killings: Where are our commissions?

Army-linked killings: Where are our commissions?

by | | Commentary

Tawanda Majoni Last week, some western embassies—UK, US, EU and the Netherlands—issued statements to commemorate the January 2019 disturbances in Harare that left some 17 people dead. The common thread in these statements was their diplomatic condemnation of the...