VAR had a drink this week with a friend of a workmate of a cousin (it’s complicated) of opposition giant Egypt Dzinemunhenzwa,…
RECENTLY Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Anxious Masuka, for the umpteenth time, threatened to repossess underutilised land and allocate it to over 270 000 potential farmers on its waiting-list. Speaking at the unveiling of the Agricultural Rural Development Authority Vision Incubator and Accelerator Model (Arda VIAM) in Harare on Wednesday, Masuka said the…
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CABINET on Tuesday had extensive deliberations on the power crisis in the country in the wake of the Zambezi River Authority decree that the country should stop generating electricity from Kariba South after exhausting its quota of water this year. The situation is compounded by creaky power generation plants and vandalism of electricity equipment across…
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WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed office in November 2017 via a military putsch, his government said its foreign policy corner stone will be on engagement and re-engagement as the country strove to retain to the commity nations. This came after decades of isolation, especially by the United States, the United Kingdom and its western allies,…
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ZIMBABWE, like all countries in the world, is marking 16 Days Against Gender-based Violence from last Friday amid startling revelations by government that 435 rape, 959 sexual violence and 1 038 domestic violence cases were reported between January and September 2022. What is devastating is that the majority of the cases involved minors. While progressive…
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By Tapiwa Mashakada ON Thursday, November 24, Treasury proposed a $4.5 trillion (the total bids amounted to $21.8 trillion) budget to be…
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube presented his proposed $4,5 trillion 2023 National Budget in Parliament on Thursday, which consumer rights groups said fall short of addressing the concerns of the ordinary people. He said the budget was meant to, among other things, stabilise prices of basic goods, inflation and the local currency. The…
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COME from Zambia, a country in the heart of southern Africa that is linked to its many neighbours by not only its borders, but also by a rich history of solidarity at a time when it was particularly risky for it to do so. Kenneth Kaunda, the father of our nation, instilled that legacy in…
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IN his State of the Nation Address on Wednesday in Parliament, President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke like a statesman, rallying the country to be united and maintain peace as the 2023 harmonised polls beckon. Mnangagwa exhorted the nation to work hard to consolidate peace and economic stability currently in the country. His government, the president said,…
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VAR wants the opposition to do well in next year’s crunch elections in the interest of our teapot country, but the political…