There goes Anjin, again!

There goes Anjin, again!

Tawanda Majoni There is a very black hole on Zimbabwe’s diamond fields. Anjin Investments. And the hole gets bigger by the day. You will remember that Anjin—a joint venture between the Zimbabwean army and a Chinese outfit, Anhui—was kicked off the Marange fields...
House demolitions: Who takes the buck?

House demolitions: Who takes the buck?

Tawanda Majoni When demolitions happen in Zimbabwe—which they do with ritual frequency—you always wonder if we are not a limping imitation of the Gaza Strip. Demolitions of houses and structures are as old as the country’s political independence, when the new...
Beware the post-lockdown gravy plane

Beware the post-lockdown gravy plane

Tawanda Majoni Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns around the world, no doubt, killed the life for just about everybody and everything. Trans-border ships docked. That meant loss of thousands of direct and downstream jobs. Travel and tourism suffered. Most sorts of...
When senior journalists step into the lion’s den

When senior journalists step into the lion’s den

Tawanda Majoni When Zanu PF invites you to a cocktail party—a cheap-whisky one in this case—be sure about one thing. It will poison you! Well, not quite like how they did a powder job on Victor Matemadanda recently and left him puffed up in the face. Not even like...
Command agriculture: The looting frenzy continues

Command agriculture: The looting frenzy continues

Tawanda Majoni When baboons raid the maize field in broad daylight, monkeys find a merry time in the orchard. The centre stops holding and things fall apart. This is what is exactly happening with Zimbabwe’s command agriculture. Here is that season when every hobo in...