BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe’s civic groups have vowed to continue calling for regime change despite Zanu PF’s overwhelming win in the July 31 election. This was revealed at a civic society exhibition last week. “As civic society it is our role to push for regime change. There is nothing illegal, that is why we have elections…
HARARE – Partial refurbishment of Morton Jaffray (MJ) water works is set to be completed in March or April next year. Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni last week said it was council’s duty to work together to ensure that the treatment plant was fully furnished according to plan. “As councillors, it is our duty to monitor…
HARARE – For more than 20 years after independence, Zimbabwe gave Zambia with a shovel and now we are now receiving a spoonful of assistance. In the past three decades, Zambia and Zimbabwe have rarely enjoyed economic prosperity at the same time and hence many expected that, in the spirit of neighbourliness, the two would…
HARARE – The Zanu PF provincial elections appear to be the icing on the cake of the farce that has characterised the election of 2013. The allegations and counter allegations by the rival factions in the analogue party as it prepares for an elective congress in 2014 go a long way in showing that the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF government, though it is too early to pass a verdict, appears to have set itself on delivering to long-suffering Zimbabweans. Directly or indirectly, the government has provision of housing to impoverished and low income earners among its top priorities, at least judging by what is unfolding in post…
EDITOR — When desperate landseekers were building on illegal land, where was Ignatius Chombo? All of a sudden he wakes up and finds that there is a problem — only after the elections? In a normal country, he would have been fired for sleeping on the job — but then, this is Zimbabwe, where one…
EDITOR — This is just one manifestation of the tactical errors of the MDC. People like Eric Knight and Ezra Tshisa Sibanda were just imposed candidates to contest as MPs though their membership and status in the party is quite dubious. MDC leaders must open their eyes and keep their ears to the ground. The…
EDITOR — It is high time authorities come hard on child abusers as these evil acts have now reached alarming levels. Hats off to the organisers of the recent demonstrations by children against child abuse as it will go a long way in helping curb this vice. The children have played their part it is…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), in collaboration with the Securities Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim), plans to introduce quarterly reporting as part of a set of new listing rules. Alban Chirume, ZSE’s chief executive, said the bourse intended to impose the shorter reporting periods as is done in other jurisdictions and in line with…
HARARE – Government must prioritise the recapitalisation of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the forthcoming 2014 National Budget to help ease liquidity challenges in the country, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) said. In its contribution to Parliament’s budget consultations last week, the bankers’ representative body said “it is imperative that the central…
