© MOST Zimbabweans are looking for relief when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presents his 2020 National Budget next week. Power cuts which go for up to 18 hours daily have left a devastating effect on industrial and domestic consumers. Run-away inflation has completely eroded most people’s earnings as prices of basic goods skyrocket daily. [GoogleAd]…
EDITOR — Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an essential societal tool which has to be used to coerce delin- quents into desired order. [GoogleAd] Every country has a…
EDITOR- In September last year i wrote to ZETDC suggesting that it offer a substantial reward (US$1 000 at the time) for whistle-blowers reporting on tampering with electrical equipment. I also suggested that signs should be put up on transformers announcing the penalty if caught, the value of the oil compared to the value of…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday came up with a raft of measures to improve liquidity and ramp up production, moves meant to improve the country’s economy, which is in a comatose state. Among the measures aimed at arresting the liquidity crunch is to inject fresh cash into circulation….
EDITOR — The saying that goes, “Evil only flourishes when good men do nothing,” becomes crystal clear when looking the utter mess that Zanu PF has led Zimbabwe into. One thing that has become patently and painfully clear to me is a lesson from history: the peaceful masses are irrelevant. [GoogleAd] The buck stops at…
EDITOR — Last Tuesday, I travelled along the Harare- Bulawayo highway and realised that government should urgently do something about stray livestock. These animals are causing a lot of accidents on the road. I witnessed a number of accidents involving stray livestock and would like to call upon the government to do something before more…
EDITOR — The rate at which women and especially children are being sexually violated by shameless individuals in our society is alarming. Everyday, reports of rape of both minors and women flood our media, and police stations while many others are unre- ported. I call upon the responsible authorities to take sterner measures to curb…
EDITOR — Soon after he was helped by the army into office, President Emmerson Mnangagwa embarked on an offensive to meet various stakeholders of Zimbabwe: chiefs, churches and many others. Everyone thought he had a heart for the people. Among his meetings was one with institutions of higher education. [GoogleAd] One would have thought he…
EDITOR — The country must develop sustainable renewable energy sources to cushion the economy from the devastating effects of power shortages. It is imperative that our policy makers look into the aspect of energy provision with an inclination towards establishing our own reliable energy sources. [GoogleAd] Previously, so much has been said with regard to…
© LAST week provided hard lessons to both Presi- dent Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa who endured embarrassing moments after their much-hyped demonstrations failed to find resonance with the long-suffering people. First it was Chamisa who tried to defy an unjustified police ban and stage protests in Harare on Thursday over the worsening economic…
