© RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe tsar John Mangudya is on record saying the country is a “sleeping” economic giant and all that is needed to awaken it is discipline. Discipline in the way the country conducts its business and politics will deliver social develop- ment to the long suffering Zimbabweans who are saddled with high…
© THE reported discord in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) has not come as a surprise to many who have always wondered why it was set up in the first place. While on face value the advisory council should be a potentially good sounding board for the head of state, Mnangagwa and Zanu…
© IT’S that time of the year again when Zimbabweans celebrate the festive holidays with a lot of merry- making and travelling to visit relatives in and around the country and even across borders. This period unavoidably comes with a lot of binge drinking of alcoholic beverages and other intoxicating substances. [GoogleAd] As a result…
© IT APPEARS Zimbabwean authorities never learn at all! For years, no one has really cared to prepare for eventualities occasioned by the rainy season, especially in urban areas where the curse of pot- holes and uncut grass has remained unresolved for decades. With the recent rains, lush grass and other vegetation have quickly grown…
© THE festive season is upon us and over the years it has been characterised by serious fatal, but avoidable road accidents. According to the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), every 15 minutes there is a road accident in the country, at least five people are killed and an average 38 are injured daily…
© DURING the Zanu PF 18th annual people’s conference, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) notes, with concern, utterances made by (Zanu PF political commissar) Victor Matemadanda in an article in the media claiming that elections will not remove Zanu PF from power. [GoogleAd] ERC denounces such reckless utterances that question the sincerity of the new…
© WHILE we applaud the recent manoeuvres by regional leaders in trying to broker talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu PF and MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa we hope both leaders will drop some of the demands that are stalling progress. [GoogleAd] Former South African president Thabo Mbeki held talks with both leaders in…
© THE signing of the Consumer Protection Bill into law by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a welcome development given the suffering Zimbabweans have had to endure over the years. Consumers were being roundly exposed to unfair and even fraudulent practices from unscrupulous busi- nesses and service providers. Some of these businesses were bent on profiteering,…
© ZIMBABWEANS are yearning for a new life and wishing for better things to come next 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 Zimbabwe’s economic growth for the past two decades. [GoogleAd] The country has been…
© THE Sadc region is now emerging as one of the hotspots in Africa despite witnessing transitions and change of leadership in the previous years. [GoogleAd] Though the region has seen a change of leaders in Botswana, Zambia, Angola, South Africa, DRC, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the last quarter of 2017, the democratic space has been…
