EDITOR — May I thank the outgoing mayor of Harare, Muchadeyi Masunda, for a job well done under very difficult circumstances. And may I also congratulate the MDC for choosing Obert Gutu, a very promising talent as his successor? Congratulations are due to the incoming mayor for the trust his party has in him. It…
EDITOR — New Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa has done well to salvage the battered image of our national team by leading them to qualification for next year’s Chan in South Africa. Zimbabwe has equally talented players compared to African power houses like Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. Even though Klaus-Dieter Pagels did…
EDITOR — According to anti-democrats elections alone cannot be used to remove a dictator. What was witnessed in the just-ended Zimbabwe elections is true of the above. Elections in most African countries like Mali, Senegal, Liberia, and Zimbabwe not spared, have shown that a desperate regime can use all available resources to remain, and cling…
EDITOR — On August 25, 2013 there was a congratulatory message in a local weekly newspaper from the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ), for the President’s inauguration. In the advert the presiding bishop congratulated the president and went on to include other bishops, reverends and the entire Methodist community. I am a member of the…
EDITOR — The Combined Harare Residents Association would like to condemn the statement issued by President Robert Mugabe during the burial of former liberation fighter Mike Karakadzai. The president threatened Harare and Bulawayo residents with unspecified action for investing their vote in Morgan Tsvangirai, who leads the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe. In Harare, the…
EDITOR — I write this letter regarding the late national hero Mike Karakadzai’s story published in a different publication. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that your readers will be able to relate to it since the death of Karakadzai, who was the general manager of the National Railways of Zimbabwe, was a national issue and was…
EDITOR — I urge the incoming government to institute stricter measures against fathers who default on paying maintenance for their offspring. It is a sad sight at the civil courts everyday as women fight to get money to look after their children from their fathers. Some fathers are not taking their responsibilities and it is…
EDITOR — Since both the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) have proved to be extensions of the two main political parties in the country, there is need for progressive trade unions to think seriously about forming another labour centre, which is truly independent, apolitical and pro-workers since…
