By Black Edward EVERY time I read local newspapers, the naivety of some people constantly amazes me. Imagine that they continue to fall for the age-old “chadonha” trick, give their babies to complete strangers, flag down a tinted Wish with no number plates, and engage in many other risky behaviours in the mistaken belief that…
THERE is a sad development in the country, gun violence is on the increase. Just last Friday, a man shot and killed three people in cold blood in Wedza, Mashonaland East. It is now rare for a week to pass without reports of gun violence. What is worrying and what the authorities should immediately find…
By Black Edward WE all grumbled and shook our heads when a colleague started lecturing us on the subject of “justifying actions” during our Christmas party. The colleague had picked a wrong time to deliver a lecture and it didn’t go far, but the little he said got me thinking. He pointed out that the…
WE salute the collaboration between the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) and higher learning institutions to develop research and policy discussions aimed at establishing a sustainable, inclusive environment for children with disabilities. We believe that the best interests of each and every child should always come first when making decisions regarding them….
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) are pacesetters. The local cricket governing body is one of Zimbabwe’s most professionally-run sports organisations and has in recent years managed to stay away from controversies such as those that have marred another major sporting institution in the country, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). And this past week, ZC once again set…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is dead right! Political parties should ensure the forthcoming harmonised elections are free, fair and credible. He is on the money that by ensuring sagacious elections, the parties will avoid burdening the courts with unnecessary and frivolous applications. Since Uhuru in 1980, the country’s polls have been disputed. The situation got…
THE attack on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murehwa, Mashonaland East, by yet to be identified youth must be proscribed and the police should swiftly haunt the perpetrators and face the full wrath of the law. A video, which went viral at the weekend, showed the callous youth assaulting black and blue elderly…
INVESTING in public education should be every government’s responsibility. Public education should be affordable. In one of our main stories in today’s edition, parents lament the cost of uniforms, books, and fees. They are worried stiff that public education has become dire. To complicate the situation, some of the public schools are now demanding fees…
WITH the financial and organisational support of the United States (US) after 2005, a network of more than 30 biological laboratories was…
THE negative hysteria surrounding Winky D’s hit Ibotso emanating from some pro-ruling party officials is very surprising given President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s anti-corruption position. Ibotso hits out at powerful people who corruptly deprive ordinary people (vanodya zvavapfupi nekureba), which is exactly the message that the president has preached since he assumed the most powerful office…
