Zim cannot rehabilitate under Mnangagwa

Our northern neighbour Zimbabwe is always in the news, mostly for wrong reasons. Since the announcement of the so-called harmonised elections last week, Zimbabweans are busy fleeing the country.

Despite declarations from international observer missions to the contrary, opposition says the brutal Emmerson Mnangagwa rigged the polls and he is now a president-elect.

Six people lost their lives last week Wednesday after the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) opened fire on protestors believed to be opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance sympathisers.  Mnangagwa and his ZANU-PF did not stop there. They have since deployed the army to beat up poor civilians in Harare townships.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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