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Can religion be harnessed as a political force for good? ZANU-PF election poster Photo: Graeme Williams “Africans are notoriously religious,” asserts John Mbiti in his book African Religions and Philosophy. However, upon conducting a scan of the socio-political landscape of the continent, one is led to ask, if Africans are so religious then why are they so notorious? Africa is notorious for its poverty, for its ethnic conflicts and civil wars, for its disease-scourged populations and for i...

Zim hurtling towards constitutional crisis Zimbabwe is hurtling into a constitutional crisis with the two recent amendments to the national constitution. Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill has been hurried through at great speed: it was passed by the Senate on May 4, and just three days later, President Emmerson Mnangagwa assented to it, a circumstance that marked the commencement of the amendment’s life as a law. The unseemly rush, it appears, is linked to the imminent retirement of the curr...

THE dictionary definition of a “dastard” is a mean, sneaking coward. Other definitions are wicked and cruel. Few would quarrel with these as a description of the UK government. As each day brings news of yet another scandal, it looks increasingly likely that the British state is unrecoverable as it sinks beneath a tsunami of sleaze. Even its most ardent admirers are losing faith. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, it seems, has had the dreaded signal from the “men in suits” that the ga...

Ciaran Martin was right at the heart of the British government – he was one of the architects of the 2014 referendum, the UK’s lead official on the constitution, and helped run GCHQ. Now, in an explosive intervention on the eve of the Scottish election, he launches a blistering attack blaming the Tory government for putting the union in jeopardy IF Scotland votes to break with the UK it will be the fault of Boris Johnson’s policy of “Know Your Place Unionism”, according to the influ...

THE prospect of Alex Salmond returning to parliament has spread panic in the Holyrood chicken coop. It only took one opinion poll suggesting his new party, Alba, might deliver a handful of seats, to reveal the instincts of the Scottish political establishment: which is to shut him out by discrediting Holyroods electoral system. The Liberal Democrats, who were co-architects of the Additional Member System back in the day, are now talking of scrapping it for the Single Transferable Vote hopin...

Rhodesia and British citizenship: Could you have a claim to British nationality? (Partner Content) If you or your parent has a link to Rhodesia, as Zimbabwe was previously known, you may have a claim to British citizenship. Our UK nationality experts unpack the various ways you could qualify. Who can claim UK British citizenship? Up until 12 September 1923, Southern Rhodesia was treated as a foreign country with extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) by the UK government. Thereafter, Rhodesia for...

THE prospect of Alex Salmond returning to parliament has spread panic in the Holyrood chicken coop. It only took one opinion poll suggesting his new party, Alba, might deliver a handful of seats, to reveal the instincts of the Scottish political establishment: which is to shut him out by discrediting Holyroods electoral system. The Liberal Democrats, who were co-architects of the Additional Member System back in the day, are now talking of scrapping it for the Single Transferable Vote hopin...

Conversations must focus on production February 3, 2021 in Opinion By Andrew Lampard Driving through Zimbabwe’s once vibrant industrial hubs in Belmont (Bulawayo), Paulington (Mutare), Southerton, Graniteside, Working, Msasa (all in Harare), and elsewhere, one gets the sense that the country is burdened by white elephants. The economic crises of the last two decades left Zimbabwe’s industries in ruins, and needing a restart to achieve the government’s vision of transforming Africa’s on...

Cde Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga (1930-2021) Celebrating the life of liberation stalwart Chimurenga liberation struggle freedom fighter and one of the first renowned nationalists, 90-year-old Moton Malianga, died in Harare on January 15, 2021 from complications of aspiration pneumonia. A mighty hero, a steadfast strategist and key player in every twist and turn of the liberation struggle (Chimurenga) for Zimbabwe, has fallen.   He was declared a national hero, uncontested, and was laid to rest on...

The Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC) earlier this week co-hosted, with the Jamaica-based UWI Center for Reparations Research...