WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa in October last year launched a roadmap to achieve a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023 most people and economic analysts dismissed it as a highly ambitious statement of intent. The roadmap was described as hollow on how such an ambitious project could be accomplished. It was described as long on…
ZESA Holdings yesterday increased electricity tariffs by 50 percent, arguing the prevailing rate was too low — a move likely to trigger an adjustment in prices of goods and services. This is coming at a time when President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is optimistic that the country will in the next five years be a net…
THE rushed re-opening of schools when there are so many issues that need ironing out exposes us as a people who do not care about the future of our children. The government announced the phased reopening of schools, which had been closed in March following the imposition of the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in the country…
THE ongoing industrial action by teachers in public schools has paralysed the education sector and the government should stop all pretences that all is well. It is staggering to stomach dissembling claims by Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema that the majority of teachers are atwork. The brutal truth is that there is…
ZIMBABWEANS have for over two decades been waiting for a complete change in their economic fortunes. The new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave them hope to anticipate the opening of new factories and the resuscitation of old ones that had been long closed due to a hyperinflationary environment. That dream, though fading, is…
ON SATURDAY, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in marking International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is commemorated annually on October 17. For Zimbabwe, the day becomes doubly important because the burden of poverty eradication is more than urgent given that the cash-strapped country is battling to get the economy back on…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has of late focused its thrust on agriculture, hoping the country will have plenty of rains this season that will result in food self-sufficiency, saving the nation millions of dollars in food imports. Agriculture is also expected to play a critical role in the revival of an economy that has…
THE country’s public transport system, which has been in a terrible state for a long time, is in urgent need of a complete overhaul. Some years back, the State-owned Harare United Omnibus Company (HUOC), as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) was known then, was the pride of the nation, transporting the commuting public efficiently….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday launched Visit Zimbabwe Campaign aimed at leveraging on tourism and sporting sectors to promote the country as a safe and premier tourist destination. The launch is a welcome development as the country emerges from a debilitating national coronavirus lockdown the government imposed in March to curb and mitigate the spread…
THE government has to gradually open up the music sector with strict guidelines to avoid a situation where artists’ operations become underground enterprises as is currently happening. And because of the closure of most venues, guerilla-style gigs and wild indoors parties have become popular. The government has to work out guidelines on what musicians should…
