By Black Edward edwardb@dailynews.co.zw LOST in my thoughts, on my way to the supermarket yesterday, I suddenly came across a visibly pregnant woman. Looking at her, I got the impression that she was due any time. I was bemused to hear myself saying: “Lord, let it not be after 3pm.” The government re-introduced tougher lockdown…
FOR a team that prides itself in excellence, FC Platinum’s humiliating exit from the African Champions League last week should jolt the club hierarchy into reviewing their internal systems. The Zimbabwean champions were massacred 4-0 by Tanzanian giants Simba Sports Club in the final qualifying round of Africa’s premier inter-club competition. FC Platinum are alleging…
ON WEDNESDAY, the Harare Magistrates’ Courts sentenced to jail popular Zimdancehall producers — DJs Fantan and Levels, alongside promoter Boss Dammer, for staging a New Year’s eve gig in Mbare attended by thousands of revellers against Covid-19 lockdown measures. The gig was deemed a potential super spreader and in flagrant violation of lockdown guidelines,…
AS ZIMBABWE is now in the grip of a seemingly more devastating phase of the deadly coronavirus, it is important for the general public to be on its best behaviour. It is quite clear that we have entered a dangerous phase, after the country initially appeared to have contained this killer virus, as evidenced by…
IT DID not surprise many Zimbabweans that the authorities have imposed a stiffened coronavirus stay-at-home order which has re-introduced a duskto-dawn curfew, which comes into effect tomorrow. This is welcome because Zimbabwe is now reeling from the deadly second wave of coronavirus, which saw 29 people dying in the country last week alone — amid…
By Black Edward NORMALLY, the opening of schools in a new year triggers keen anticipation and is a memorable occasion. It means a new grade, a new form and another level for the learner. And those tears of joy when parents wave to their children as they enter school gates, Kodak moments indeed! Hey,…
ZIMBABWEANS are yearning for a new life and wishing for better to come this year. Their dream and hope is that our politicians will come to the party and deliver the nation from the continued political conundrum that has halted the country’s economic growth. The country has been in a state of paralysis for a…
AS we enter 2021, it’s high time for the country’s political gladiators to bury their differences and identify the national interest and forge a common vision and values to end the country’s myriad of challenges. It is a tragedy of leadership that since attaining independence in 1980, the country has dismally failed to come…
HISTORY is repeating itself at the country’s embattled national airline – Air Zimbabwe – and the question is at what cost to the taxpayer and the national fiscus. On Tuesday, Cabinet considered and approved Air Zimbabwe’s balance sheet and its business plan post reconstruction and, among other things, ministers agreed that the government should assume…
By Black Edward HAVE you suffered the inconvenience of sub-standard services lately and there were no responsible officials to report the matter to? You are not alone. Most people go through this ordeal daily. Enduring bad attitude, poor workmanship, digital hiccups, unnecessary delays, long queues, dry taps, blackouts, craters in roads and so…
