EDITOR — With hunger biting in Mbire, may I put it to the attention of World Food Programme (WFP) and Christian Care that their food distribution is heavily politicised with kraal heads having already selected beneficiaries on partisan lines. Members of the MDC are being left out as punishment for supporting the party and this…
EDITOR — In Guthrie Munyuki’s interview with Tendai Biti, published in the October 3 issue, there are some interesting issues that were pointed out. Love him or hate him, the former Finance minister Biti in the interview has provided logical and common sense answers to the dialogue. Who will argue against transparency in government and…
EDITOR — When drivers were ticketed and asked to pay at post offices there was less corruption. Spot fines have become a haven of bribes. We now have a database of cars in Zimbabwe. Seriously, it’s not difficult to trace a driver who does not pay an issued ticket. Just pin on the registered owner….
EDITOR — House of Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda, as reported in the press recently, hit the right note when he called for improved administration, governance and productivity from both Parliament’s civil servants and the legislators themselves. It is shocking to read that of Parliament’s 20 portfolio committees, only two led by David Parirenyatwa and the…
EDITOR — Incessant power cuts have become the order of the day in Zimbabwe amid reports that Zesa has increased its load shedding resulting in homes and businesses operating without power for long periods of time. Through its community advocacy unit, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) is concerned with these growing power outages that citizens have…
EDITOR — Allow me space in your newspaper to express my displeasure at the Energy minister’s indifference to the plight of electricity-starved Zimbabweans. The honourable minister addressed a press conference on the energy sector and I would have thought he would address the current power outages. Instead, the minister talked about power generation expansion plans…
EDITOR ? The Ministry of Transport is planning to introduce tollgates in urban areas according to recent press reports. It is not yet clear whether these tollgates will be manual or electronic, but the electronic road pricing system is preferred as it is efficient and eases congestion as opposed to manual tollgates. Although tollgates are…
EDITOR — The MDC calls for the immediate payment of outstanding salaries to the suffering Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employees who have gone for months without getting paid. As a labour-backed party, the MDC condemns the non-payment of salaries to the abused staff members at ZBC and demands that they should be paid a living…
EDITOR — The agony that motor vehicle owners experienced on October 1, 2013 needs to be exposed. I entered the banking hall at 9am and left after 2pm. It took the teller one-and-half hours to serve me. I doubt if people I left behind enjoyed any service. All this is because the Zinara licensing system…
EDITOR— Urban transport plays an integral role in the economic development of cities. In any urban set up, transport enables people to go to their places of work. In most cities in the developing world e.g. Cairo, Nairobi, Windhoek and Lagos, the provision of an efficient and reliable urban public transport system remains a big…
