EDITOR — The Bible says in 1Peter 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 is…
EDITOR — The plan by government to take their economic blueprint to churches is a step in the right direction. In fact after a long period of time government has finally proved that they do have grey matter in their heads. However, I need to point out that it is not their economic blue print…
EDITOR — Fraternal greetings and condolences from the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) to the African National Congress (ANC) and the people of South Africa on the occasion of the passing away of former president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. We learnt of the passing on of Comrade Nelson Mandela with the deepest sorrow and grief. Comrade…
EDITOR — The residents of Chitungwiza are anxiously waiting for the publication of a report on findings and recommendations by the Joel Biggie Pasihomusha Matiza -led probe team which was looking at the problems associated with the allocation of residential stands in Chitungwiza and Seke communities. The Local Government, Public Works and National Housing ministry…
EDITOR — In their wisdom or lack of it, the number of legislators have been increased from the initial 150 to the present 270 including the Senate. This, in a country with the lowest Gross Domestic Product in the region and yet we have the largest number of legislators feasting off a dead country. These…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is worried that the Zimbabwean Government is using the so-called squabbles in the Apex Council — a body that represents civil servants in salary negotiations — as an excuse not to adjust salaries for civil servants, thereby relegating them further into poverty. The ZCTU does not…
EDITOR — I would like to express my alarm at how our police has turned into a thuggish, brutal and violent force. Innocent lives continue to be lost on our streets because police officers cannot simply sit down and formulate a simple way to curb lawlessness on the roads. Just recently, an innocent, family man…
EDITOR — Gender based violence(GBV) is a mole which is slowly eating away society. Everyday women are being subjected to physical, emotional, physiological and verbal abuse with the children becoming victims of circumstances. However, I am really taken aback by how some abused women handle their predicament. Instead of pressing charges against the man they…
EDITOR ? The local Women’s University in Africa has advised lecturers not to mark examination scripts for students who have not paid up their end-of-year semester fees. Lecturers tried and negotiated for the marking and then withholding students’ results but this was declined. We do not know what the responsible ministry says about students failing…
EDITOR ? Coalition Against Corruption (Cac) the leading anti corruption organisation in Zimbabwe applauds calls by the government to repossess assets from legislators suspected of abusing Constituency Development Funds (CDFs). Such a move is long overdue and welcomed by Cac since this sends a strong message to would- be abusers in the new august House….
