DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri’s unfortunate statements over the weekend that the coronavirus is punishment from God to America and her allies for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe were ill-timed politicking. The remarks have gone viral as news outlets throughout the world picked the rather insensitive and embarrassing remarks and blew them up. It is unfortunate that…
CONSTANTINE CHIMAKURE – IF SOUTH African icon Nelson Mandela was alive today and listened to Zimbabwean Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri’s reckless utterances that the coronavirus pandemic is a God-sent punishment for the United States and the West for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe, there is no doubt he would have remarked: “This is tragic failure of…
DEAR Boomers,We’ve had our differences. You don’t like that we’re still living in your basement, not paying rent and taking selfies with our avocado toast. We don’t like that you sat back and let so many terrible things happen, like Steely Dan and climate change. But today, we’re going to move past “OK, Boomer”. We’re…
THE United States, United Kingdom and the European Union recently renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe, insisting the southern African nation must institute a raft of reforms to democratise. While sanctions have been an albatross on the economic revival of Zimbabwe and have extremely hurt the ordinary person, it is also prudent that the government must listen…
EDITOR — COVID-19) is a respiratory disease affecting the whole world. There are no confirmed cases in Zimbabwe as yet. It spreads widely via a cough or sneeze. The spread of coronavirus has triggered panic across the globe due to its easy transmission and interruption of activities. The need for isolation of patients and risk…
WILLIAM PETERS – IT is time to wake up and get some facts right and to stop the economic failures that are plaguing the world today. Many people are suffering and starving in different parts of the world because of a lack of understanding by politicians, economists and businessmen alike of how economies actually work….
BLACK EDWARD – THERE will only be a few names of presidents etched in the history books of Zimbabwe. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will obviously be one of them. Though the list is small, future generations are going to be astounded by the total destruction inflicted on the once thriving economy attributed to these names. While…
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) should take a leaf out of Getafe president Angel Torres’s book in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that has caused havoc in the world of sport. Getafe were due to play Inter Milan in an Europa League clash on Thursday night at the San Siro Stadium in Italy. Italy…
HARRY PETER WILSON – THE recent snub of tours by the majority of members of the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Child Care of Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital and Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to evaluate its preparedness to tackle coronavirus (Covid-19) is quite shocking to say the least. It is unfortunate that this is…
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying. The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequently reported by the Zimbabwe Republic Police across the country where innocent people have unnecessarily lost their lives. While some of the murders…
