Articles
BSR: Beware the hazards of social conditioning in politics
Innocent at birth
The day an individual is born, they are totally oblivious of the ways of the world. From that moment, however, their journey...
BSR: Opportunities and Risks of the HH/Zambia Moment
This BSR is based on a lecture I delivered this week entitled “Seven Opportunities and Risks of the HH/Zambia Moment”. Although this is not...
BSR: Reflections on the Zambian Elections
In the end, it was a landslide victory for the new Zambian leader, President Hakainde Hichilema. He won by over one million votes, beating...
BSR: Logical Fallacies in Life and Politics
A few weeks ago, the BSR discussed issues that I thought would have been beneficial to me if I had learned them earlier. In...
BSR: How Mnangagwa has consolidated his grip
Grab Power by Any Means
For a man who waited 37 years as an understudy, the past three and half years have been an anti-climax...
Pandemic Funerals: Why do they still attend?
To attend or not to attend? Few things have caused more anxiety and worry among younger Zimbabweans than the issue of their parents and...
BSR: Judicial Review of the Auditor General’s Reports
Introduction
When the Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), she was asked why names of companies and individuals had been omitted...
BSR: Things they never taught us at school
The idea of this article was put into the ground at the end of last year. I wanted it to be the first article...
Sound Policies Needed for the Telecoms Sector
Livelihoods and economies across the world have been fundamentally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hard to imagine, however, how worse things might...
BSR: South Africa – Balance the Rule of Law and Social Justice
Sweet and sour
A mother jumps onto the lower deck of a tall building and catches her baby dropped from a floor above. She frantically...
BSR: The Quiet Godfather of Sakunda
"Collapsing the tent"
“I’m in ‘collapsing the tent’ frame of mind. I don’t care what happens, but Jozef, Ronell, and John Finlayson are going down,” wrote...
BSR: A Critical Review of the Afrobarometer Report on Zimbabwe
Last month, Afrobarometer, a major research network, presented findings of the 8th round of surveys on public attitudes regarding democracy and governance conducted in...
Big Brother: Scandal over Telecoms Monitoring in Zimbabwe
On 25 June 2021, the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported that President Mnangagwa’s office had been “rocked” by a major tender scandal involving the regulation...
BSR: Looting the “Honesty Shop” – Dissecting the Auditor General’s Report
The idea of the "Honesty Shop"
Last week, I posted a picture of an “Honesty Shop” on my social media accounts. The Honesty Shop is...
Colour of the Setting Sun
Somewhere in this world,Lies a Beautiful CountryThat has suffered greatlyBut has been resilientThough the sun might everyday setFor this it might never set
A casual...