When news that the Rt General Solomon Mujuru was found dead, burnt beyond recognition, Zimbabweans across the country and the political divide asked the same question, “What happened?”. I bet my last drop of blood that his case will never be solved.

One of my favourite TV programmes is CSI, and I admit that I am not a qualified forensic scientist but it doesn’t take rocket science to know how a crime or accident scene should be protected. We all shook our heads when we saw the police wandering about the Mujuru farm house, with no care being taken to keep the evidence from being contaminated. Yes, even in first world countries, with all their, technology, there are murder cases that have remained unsolved, but there are simple and basic steps that our lowest ranking police officers know should be taken.

The Mujuru mystery remains a favourite topic of conversation in most homes as we share the information that comes to us from independent newspapers and from the internet cafes…. (more…)

Bulawayo residents are making their voices heard. Just over a week ago residents of various high density suburbs awoke to see their streets carrying bright messages of discontent. The graffiti can be found on both the main road and side roads.

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My friends and I watched the Heroes Day “celebrations” with Zanu Pf doing their normal abduction of our national holidays, arriving in full party regalia and shouting their party slogans. Since we watched this Zanu stolen celebration we have gotten more and more angry about the party of thieves, Zanu Pf.

We are sick to death of Zanu Pf behaving as if they own everything in this country and they forget one very important thing – they no longer control all information in Zimbabwe, for we, the younger generation, know exactly how to get on to the internet, how to use Facebook and how to get and send real news, not just Zanu news.

The Liberation struggle of Zimbabwe was fought by Zimbabweans from all walks of life, not just one political party. But Zanu continuously and foolishly personalise the Liberation Struggle as if their party members are the only ones who fought for democracy and freedom, neither of which any of us common people actually has today. (more…)

I am now convinced that the acronym ZESA stands for Zimbabwe Electricity Sometimes Available. Power cuts in Zimbabwe are long and frequent, and contrary to the parastatal’s information, do not follow a strict load-shedding time table. This year, the power cuts seem to have doubled.

Several street protests held by Woman of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) in the past two years have persistently carried the theme, that the cost of our domestic electricity is too high and considering the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) enjoys a statutory monopoly, consumers have no one else to blame and ZESA cannot fob off responsibility.

Residents have had to resort to alternative sources of energy; those who can afford it buy generators which are costly to run given the high price of petrol and diesel, gas stoves do fill the gap, but again are expensive to run and there is no gas delivery in this country, fire wood is a common substitute and comes with the obvious consequence of environmental degradation. (more…)