EDITOR — I take my hat off to the Auditor General Mildred Chiri for her commendable work that truly defines her as a genuine patriotic Zimbabwean. She has been at the forefront of exposing huge cases of corruption, financial mismanagement and other underhand dealings involving top government officials at a time when even men themselves…
EDITOR — The MDC has learnt with sadness the passing on of renowned author Chenjerai Hove who is reported to have succumbed to liver failure while in exile in Norway. The country and literary community has lost a talented, fearless and principled writer who contributed immensely towards the education sector and the struggle for a…
EDITOR — I write once again to remind the media fraternity, civil society and other concerned groups to continue to make noise about one of their own who has been missing for several months now; Itai Dzamara. So far, calls for his search or investigations about his abduction have died down to mere shrills here…
EDITOR — The hiking of admission fees by 100 percent with effect from last week by Parirenyatwa Hospital spells doom for thousands of Zimbabweans who do not have medical insurance. This means that 90 percent of the 13 million population who do not have medical insurance and at least 80 percent of the unemployed will…
EDITOR — The MDC has been totally taken aback by the crude and bizarre remarks that were made by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko in Masvingo last Thursday regarding the Gukurahundi genocide. What we find totally appalling is the fact that this is the second time in as many months that Mphoko has uttered irresponsible, insensitive…
EDITOR — The government, and the ministry of Health and Child Care in particular, should try and make sure that medication needed by patients is readily available at hospitals. Recently, one of my relatives was admitted at a provincial hospital and I was surprised that all the medication that was needed had to be sourced…
EDITOR — It seems people are now very worried about President Robert Mugabe’s extensive travels around the globe as if he does it out of sheer pleasure of flying. I feel it is unfair to blame him for “just doing his job” because he still has election promises to deliver as well as regional obligations…
EDITOR — I think it is high time that relevant authorities do something about the state of football in the country. Zifa has failed every soccer loving fan in the country. Jonathan Mashingaidze’s blunders are proving costly, on top of that there seems to be no blueprint to repair the damage. While we all know…
EDITOR — The deadly mutiny which rocked Harare’s maximum security prison is a reflection of the cry of prisoners to have their living conditions improved. Various stakeholders including the Church, human rights organisations and civil society have expressed their concerns on the huge influx of inmates as well as the poor diet which allegedly was…
EDITOR — The awarding of broadcast licences has come up again with the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) issuing eight players out of the 21 applicants. But what is surprising is that some companies received more licences when they already have licences to broadcast in this country. The awarding of more licences to companies that…
