BULAWAYO – Zipra War Veterans Trust has initiated a programme of counselling counterparts who have been involved in political violence countrywide. Trust chairperson Buster Magwizi told journalists in Bulawayo on Thursday that his organisation had initiated this programme out of realisation that whenever politically-motivated violence erupts especially during election campaigns war veterans are accused of…
HARARE – Harare Children’s home is appealing for funds to look after children under its care. The home houses 80 children, most of them of school-going age. Maria Sithole, Harare Children’s home director, said they embarked on a street collection last week to raise awareness to the children’s needs. “We have 80 children at the…
HARARE – Since President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF won the elections in July, it seems the economy has gone from bad to worse and there appears to be no solution in sight to end the crisis. Unemployment levels are rising, there are no new job opportunities and the cash crunch is hitting peoples’ pockets…
EDITOR ?I am worried and cannot believe what the government has said to churches that they should pay taxes. Personally, I do not think that a church is a business but it is a place of worship and of doing charity works. In the new Constitution there is no section which states that churches should…
EDITOR – I would like to add my voice to the parents’ ballooning disgruntlement over the new administration at St Johns Chikwaka High School. It appears they came in with the wrong perception that the current pupils have parents connected to their rival faction led by Bishop Kunonga. Some of what they do is bent…
HARARE – Lovemore Fuyane, in his article titled, Indigenisation? Absolutely, but, states that he supports indigenisation but opposes an approach that does not create its own businesses but takes over the existing ones. He says such an approach is a political tool that has a destabilising effect on the market, and will unlikely resolve the…
HARARE – A colleague in the media recently forwarded an electronic copy of our government’s five-year economic blueprint plan, Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset), Toward an Empowered Society and a Growing Economy. It has not yet been launched with as much fanfare as is usually the custom of Zanu PF. The President…
HARARE – Talking to a senior diplomat the other day I was asked if the Tsvangirai-led MDC still supported the travel restrictions on Zanu PF leaders and the remaining sanctions on the financial sector and certain companies. My response was that in the GPA we agreed to seek their removal and had advocated this throughout….
HARARE – Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi says by God’s will his side will overcome Highlanders Sunday afternoon at Rufaro Stadium to seize control of the Castle Premiership title race. The Sunshine Boys wasted a good chance of ascending to top spot on the log in midweek when they were held by the already relegated…
HARARE – Following a week in which the Dynamos family has been mourning more than the bereaved, the Glamour Boys have an opportunity to do their talking on the pitch when they face Chicken Inn Sunday. Dynamos need an outright win this afternoon at Barbourfields Stadium over the Innscor-sponsored side to ensure that their Castle…
