EDITOR – I’m a Zimbabwean female opposition activist based in the United Kingdom (UK) and would like to register my greatest fear for my motherland since the abduction, torture and assault of three MDC Alliance youth assembly members in May this year. The three Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were arrested while demonstrating…
WE do not believe in the economics of protectionism, neither are we disciples of price controls, but we feel strongly that the pricing regime on basic commodities now obtaining in this country is unacceptable and exploitative. Recently we published an article highlighting how prices of basic goods have been going up since the coronavirus lockdown…
IT IS rather shocking that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and of course many of his Zanu PF colleagues do not see the sense in suggestions that Zimbabwe should consider going for another government of national unity (GNU). Rejecting inclusive dialogue aimed at sorting out the mess that the country is in today is totally misplaced and…
BLACK EDWARD A SEA of commuters stretched on forever when I got to the bus stop. Curses and bitter complaints flooded the place as restless commuters waited in vain for the much-sought after Zupco buses. In a bid to make the waiting bearable, I struck up a conversation with an elderly man. To break the…
ZIMBABWE’S opposition parties, led by the popular youthful Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance, must continue to exert pressure on the Zanu PF government to implement economic and political reforms to rescue the long-suffering citizens. The country is currently battling to flatten the coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, which continue to rise by the day. It is…
GEORGE MAKONI – THE recent decision to demolish illegal structures by the Local Government ministry failed to consider a number of key issues, hence is irrational and insensitive. In doing so, the government indeed put the cart before the horse. In as much as issues to do with proper urban and rural planning are critical,…
©️ THE spike in cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) from 56 to 132 between Tuesday and Wednesday in the country is scary and calls for urgent robust measures to arrest the tide. What makes it more scary is the admission by the deputy chairperson of the country’s Covid-19 national taskforce, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, that the government was…
By Yimin ZHU COVID-19 is the common foe of humanity, which has spread rapidly and enveloped 210 countries and regions just in several months. It is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), as it spreads fastest and widest with the most difficulties to cope with in a century. It is a pandemic the…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) joins the rest of the African continent in celebrating the 57th anniversary of Africa Day which comes at a time when Africa and the rest of the world are grappling with containing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Covid-19 has had far reaching implications including, creating the dilemma about…
AFRICA has been formally independent for over 60 years now, but most of its inhabitants still struggle to earn a living as a result of autocratic rule across the continent. As we marked Africa Day yesterday, it is sad that the continent is still saddled by serious underdevelopment, war and famine — most of the…
