© THE purpose of sending offenders to jail is to allow them to undergo corrective programmes so they can be re-integrated into society — perhaps as reformed individuals. [GoogleAd] Indications are that this coming year, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) was allocated $715 116 000 after they had requested for $2 244 727…
© AS ZIMBABWEANS this week celebrated the Interna- tional Human Rights Day, a lot has to improve in terms of our inalienable rights and freedoms including a right to education, a decent living, healthcare, access to clean water and freedom of association. As Zipp, we acknowledge the work advocates and defenders of human rights in…
© WHILE the government has pegged passports pro- cessing for Zimbabweans living in foreign countries at US$318, it has to also look at their right — as citizens contributing to our coffers — to vote as well. The Zimbabwe diaspora is spread out mainly in South Africa, Botswana, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States,…
© THE country’s economy has been on a downward trend since the turn of this millennium with a multitude of crumbling roads and bridges, ageing dams, outdated health delivery system, unreliable telecommunication infrastructure, energy crisis, food shortages, water reticulation challenges, financial insecurity, massive land degradation just to mention but a few. [GoogleAd] A number of…
© THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) behaved in a strange manner in handling the CAPS United team bus issue earlier this week. Zimra showed their heavy-handedness by impounding the luxury coach donated to Makepekepe by their former striker Nyasha Mushekwi on the eve of a crucial Castle Lager Premiership encounter against Ngezi Platinum Stars. [GoogleAd]…
© THE Zanu PF annual national people’s conference roared into life yesterday with the party’s Soviet style politburo meeting in the capital to set the tone for the indaba. Over the years and under the rule of the late former president Robert Mugabe, the conference was used as a platform to edify the party’s first…
© FUEL shortages will dampen this year’s festive season unless the government urgently ensures enough foreign currency is available to procure more supplies. Traditionally, Zimbabwean families enjoy spending Christmas and New Year holidays in their rural homes with relatives. [GoogleAd] This year, the fuel shortages will likely spoil the festive season gatherings and parties as…
EDITOR — I am utterly awed and disappointed by the over zealousness portrayed by the country’s finest. Over the weekend there was a report that a man was apprehended by some political party members for allegedly dressing his dog in a party’s T-shirt in a rural area. [GoogleAd] Seething party supporters took the man to…
© THERE is no doubt that our economy is in a tailspin. Given what is obtaining on the ground, it is not clear if we are going to come out of the woods anytime soon. Over the years, we came up with brilliant economic blueprints, but the implementation was problematic and resultantly affected the economy,…
© EDITOR— Zimbabwe is a small country with a small population of about 15 million people, most of whom are young, vibrant and energetic, but with no employment. It’s a peaceful country compared to sister nations in southern Africa. [GoogleAd] However, the major challenge that poses a great threat to the peace and stability in…
