EDITOR — I am alarmed at the rate at which women and especially children are being sexually violated by shameless individuals in our society. Everyday, reports of rape of both minors and women flood our media, police stations while many others are unreported. I call upon the responsible authorities to take sterner measures to curb…
EDITOR -— In one of the daily newspapers MDC president Welshman Ncube was quoted saying the election of Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga was above board. This is not true because the people of Matabeleland South did not choose or hire Misihairabwi-Mushonga to come and represent us in Parliament because we have representatives. We also want to make…
EDITOR — The reason for the dismal failure of MDC in Masvingo is complacence. In Bikita, MDC had scooped all three seats in the 2008 Senate elections but come their term they did nothing to an extent that some people even forgot the names of their legislators. A good example is in ward 23 where…
EDITOR — I have noticed with grave concern that there is a rise in cases of armed robberies in Zimbabwe. I am not sure where these robbers are getting their guns from but apparently, an ever-increasing number of individuals are getting hold of them. Guns are not a pleasant sight and due to the disarmament…
EDITOR — Both women and men suffer in silence at the hands of perpetrators of sexual harassment and some have gone to the extent of threatening violence to their victims if there are to report. I think it’s high time we should not tolerate sexual harassment. It affects us emotionally for a long time hence…
EDITOR — I am one of the people that love our environment and would help in all ways to see to it that our environment and our wildlife are conserved. I was disturbed by the recent Hwange cyanide poisoning incident which caused a serious ecological disaster. This disaster will be difficult to manage for a…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe used to be the bread basket of Africa but all that is now gone. With the coming of the land reform programme, most people lost their jobs. Statistics from the United Nations World Food Programme indicate, 2,2 million people will need food assistance since the country is facing acute grain shortages, owing…
EDITOR — I could not believe it when I read a story suggesting 10-year-olds should legally get contraceptives. As a mother of a 11-year-old child, I can not imagine my daughter going for contraceptives. It is both disheartening and deplorable that authorities now want to avail contraceptives to minors. This is a Western idea by…
EDITOR — On several occasions I have heard qualified medical practitioners and religious leaders telling people to just be themselves. “Don’t try to be somebody else” they say. I need to warn people against such misleading suggestions. No one really knows who they are, so when you say to a person “be yourself” you are…
EDITOR — The MDC has been our only hope for real change. Even though Morgan Tsvangirai “lost” the just-ended polls, the worst that could happen is the split of the party, because Zanu PF will then literally run government. I feel that we are focusing our attention on the wrong subject at the present moment….
