EDITOR — October was breast cancer month where awareness is being raised about cancer which is a good thing in the fight against cancer. My heart bleeds whenever I read in the media reports of people who die due to cancer. Cancer is eating us slowly and will soon finish us. [GoogleAd] Research has shown…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe is faced with enormous challenges ranging from poverty, unemployed masses and their poor living conditions, to corruption, mushrooming of both shebeens and prosperity gospel churches and so on. This is all prevalent as the government continues to unconsciously spend or rather overspend in the education sector with a somewhat misleading notion that…
© EDITOR — For Zimbabwe to go forward we need to adhere to our Constitution. We need press freedom, freedom of expression, rule of law (all citizens to respect rule of law regardless of political affiliation), transparency, and accountable leadership. [GoogleAd] Transparency is the cornerstone in nation-building. As Zimbabweans, we get too intellectual and…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe used to have well-developed input support, manufacturing and processing industries. However, the lack of investment and lines of credit made it difficult for these industries to retool and invest in better plant and machinery. Plants to produce agricultural inputs such as fertiliser and seed are operating below capacity due to dilapidation and…
EDITOR — The Bible says in 1 Peter 5:8, “ Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” The word alert was used appropriately and it means to be quick to notice a potentially dangerous situation. The danger being, the devil who…
EDITOR — Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an essential societal tool which has to be used to coerce delin- quents into desired order. [GoogleAd] Every country has a…
EDITOR- In September last year i wrote to ZETDC suggesting that it offer a substantial reward (US$1 000 at the time) for whistle-blowers reporting on tampering with electrical equipment. I also suggested that signs should be put up on transformers announcing the penalty if caught, the value of the oil compared to the value of…
EDITOR — The saying that goes, “Evil only flourishes when good men do nothing,” becomes crystal clear when looking the utter mess that Zanu PF has led Zimbabwe into. One thing that has become patently and painfully clear to me is a lesson from history: the peaceful masses are irrelevant. [GoogleAd] The buck stops at…
EDITOR — Last Tuesday, I travelled along the Harare- Bulawayo highway and realised that government should urgently do something about stray livestock. These animals are causing a lot of accidents on the road. I witnessed a number of accidents involving stray livestock and would like to call upon the government to do something before more…
EDITOR — The rate at which women and especially children are being sexually violated by shameless individuals in our society is alarming. Everyday, reports of rape of both minors and women flood our media, and police stations while many others are unre- ported. I call upon the responsible authorities to take sterner measures to curb…
