© THE sentencing by the Hague-based International Criminal Court on Thursday of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in jail for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers shows the world is moving away from sovereign impunity to international accountability. [GoogleAd] The dispensing of justice in a world of states is…
EDITOR — I urge all Zimbabweans to consider non-violent strategies when dealing with issues. Of late the media has been awash with people involved in violent acts to resolve matters. Non-violence is a peaceful way of resolving conflict, it is actually the ‘‘non-use of violence’’. Non-violence involves non-violent non-cooperation, peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins, non-violent direct action…
EDITOR — It is disheartening to note farmers registering to grow tobacco have been declining over the years. Most tobacco growers complained that they were not pleased with the price that tobacco was marked at, at the auction floors which is said to be lower than that of previous years. [GoogleAd] On the other hand,…
© ZIMBABWE’S economy has been on the wane as a result of a combination of problems, chief among them our toxic politics and the scourge of corruption. These two main challenges do not need the nation to deploy many resources to resolve as long as we have the political will. [GoogleAd] The country has seen…
© THERE is an old adage that implies that kings should never hold their swords in vain when faced with a matter of life and death. [GoogleAd] It is an adage that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should seriously consider given the unprecedented rate at which our economy is tanking with no iota of hope that the…
© EDITOR — Every time I think of our current economic situation I shudder and can’t help but think that most people are crying foul and sometimes situations can be so stubborn to the extent that we accept them as part of life. You are born to succeed. [GoogleAd] If others are making it in…
© Dear non-Zanu PF Polad Members Your silence when Zanu PF continues to abuse the people of Zimbabwe is astonishing. One of the latest cases of abuse is the distribution of food aid donated by the United Nations along partisan lines in Tshabalala, Bulawayo, where the people protested against the hijacking of the programme by Zanu…
© ZIMBABWE’S State employees, for long an epitome of resilience and perseverance under extremely difficult conditions, are failing to stomach government intransigence and insincerity in the perennial salaries and conditions of service negotiations. The bulk of the civil service, save for doctors and their colleagues in the health services sector, have heeded government’s pleas for…
© THE UNHEALTHY tension that has characterised relations between Zimbabwe, the United States (US) and western nations since the anti-sanctions march effectively spells doom for the country’s re- engagement efforts with the rest of the world. When President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed office via a military coup which deposed for- mer president, the late Robert Mugabe…
© EDITOR — The government is has a large percentage of workers who are over 65 years of age yet the Constitution stipulates that the pensionable age of a Zimbabwean is 65 years. We are shooting ourselves in the foot. A study of the top government workers shows they a large num- ber are way…
