IT’S sad that recent negotiations between the government, labour and business, under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum, ended in disagreement over remuneration of workers. While the government and labour sided on the need to improve wages and salaries taking into consideration how they have been eroded by hyper-inflation, business was adamant that the economy is in…
I will (have travelled) to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia for the African Union summit at which South Africa (has) assumed chairship of our continental organisation for the next year. We plan to use this great responsibility, among other things, to promote the economic empowerment of the women of Africa. There has never been a better…
We note with concern the analysis by Prof Arthur Mutambara, pictured, on the 2019 Advanced Level results released by Zimsec in January 2020. Prof Arthur Mutambara While he dwelt specifically on the “A” Level results only, our opinion will focus on both the “A” and “O” Level results. To be fair, we believe that learners…
HEALTH officials must implement elaborate precautions to protect the country against the new coronavirus after China confirmed it can be transmitted among humans. While medical personnel have been advised on how to guard against infection by the novel coronavirus, which has been designated 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organisation, it is absolutely imperative that this…
THE UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, is right: Zimbabwe is staring down the barrel of a food emergency. By the end of the month, up to eight million citizens could be in need of assistance, with women and children disproportionately impacted.Elver, following her visit, identified natural disasters, corruption, and economic…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa last week presented his version of the state of the nation address to his supporters in Mbare, Harare. His Vision 2020 address was both instructive and categorical that the MDC will take a radical stance against the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government, including rolling demonstrations to force the Zanu PF regime to address…
ZIMBABWE still has an unsustainable balance of payment profile and to address the challenge, the nation needs, as a matter of urgency, to widen its exports base. This will go a long way in addressing the liquidity crisis which has been haunting the country for more than five years. The issue of export concentration should…
YESTERDAY we led with an extraordinary story of Njube High School students in Bulawayo who held a protest over fees hikes while also demanding that their teachers be paid better salaries by the government. This was unprecedented! The students marched from the high density suburb to a service station in neighbouring Entumbane, before they were…
THE move by Parliament to call for a thorough probe on the killings of innocent people by machetewielding gangs on gold belts across the country is a welcome decision. However, it needs the support of all-well-meaning and progressive Zimbabweans to come to the party so that their dastardly acts can be brought to an end….
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing up to 19 hours daily of electricity cuts since last year — a development that has affected industry, commerce and the common man. The situation is terrible to a country battling to revive a comatose economy because power is the centre of gravity that holds the success of any economic turnaround…
