© EDITOR — The leakage of examination papers in Hwange recently needs serious investigation of why there has been an increase in such vice at all levels of the education system. [GoogleAd] I believe this is the way forward if a stop to this is to be made. The leakage of examination papers in Zimbabwe…
© EDITOR — In the words of Nelson Mandela, “a statesman looks on the welfare of the future generation while a politician looks for the next election”. [GoogleAd] The fact that Zimbabwe is being ruled by politicians and not statesmen has changed the country from the status of being the bread-basket of southern Africa into…
© TODAY the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) started the process of injecting new notes into the financial system to improve cash in circulation. This is expected to make life easier for ordinary Zimbabweans, including pensioners, who are spending long hours, queuing for cash at their respective banks. By the same stroke, the availability of…
© IN MANY ways Zimbabwe is like a sinking titanic and the futile attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reshuffle his Cabinet are tantamount to re-arranging the chairs on the deck of a sinking vessel. It is trite that the hope that many people, inside and outside Zimbabwe, had in Mnangagwa has long dissipated and…
EDITOR — With the currency crisis wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe it is wise for the authorities to consider adopting the rand as the main currency. This is now important more than ever before because of several reasons. Chief among these being the fact that those who would have imported basic commodities into the country will…
© ZIMBABWE in March became a victim of one of the worst weather-related disasters in Africa — Cyclone Idai — which left about 1 300 people dead and many more missing. [GoogleAd] Idai cumulatively caused roughly US$2,2 billion damage across Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Malawi to rank as the costliest tropical cyclone. Although it dissipated…
© EDITOR — The prevailing water shortages in most of Harare’s high density suburbs including Glen View and Budiriro should be addressed as a matter of urgency. [GoogleAd] It is clear that the Harare City Council is neglecting to provide adequate and safe domestic water to residents, a constitutional right. Areas where water supply problems…
© WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) at the Harare International Conference Centre on May 17 this year, he emphasised that the initia- tive will ‘‘leave a legacy on the country’s political scene and help turn around the economy’’. [GoogleAd] Polad comprises 17 political parties and can- didates who participated and…
© IN the past months, a number of mainstream media outlets have been reporting that provinces in Zimbabwe have started receiving their devolution funds to finance development projects. As espoused in Chapter 14 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, devolution seeks to ensure the decentralisation of central government powers and responsibilities. Hence, devolution is underpinned by…
© The Daily News on Wednesday had the screaming headline ‘‘New graft blitz rattles Zanu PF’’ which I read with such excitement, given what had happened the other day, to some of my colleagues in the medical field. These are people who are critical in any health system world over and their training makes a…
