© 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…
© EDITOR — This period is the driest in Zimbabwe and befittingly has been named the fire season by environmentalists. The major reason for naming it thus was to increase awareness on the importance of taking precautions whenever someone has to light a fire for whatever reason. [GoogleAd] The time is now to take precautionary…
© THERE is palpable anger in the country against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inept government. People are bitter that their standard of living has plummeted to laughable levels in the past two years since Mnangagwa came into power via a military-civilian supported putsch against the late former strongman, Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] The economic situation…
© WITH three years until the next general election, Zimbabwe should seriously consider political finance reforms, encompassing both political party finance and campaign finance, election watchdogs contend. [GoogleAd] During the 30 July 2018 harmonised election, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and other observer groups reported an uneven access to sources of political party funding,…
© EDITOR — To think we are faced with severe problems due to Cyclone Idai, drought but our top officials spend all their time fighting one another shows clearly that the one and only thing they care about is themselves. [GoogleAd] I very much doubt whether any of them will suffer from the effects of…
© THERE are a number of strikes or “job actions” that are being undertaken in Zimbabwe. The most significant of these has been an over a month long junior doctors strike at a majority of our State- owned referral hospitals. [GoogleAd] This has also played out very badly in the public discourse with government issuing…
© EDITOR — The government must urgently address the pricing of medical drugs which seem to continue escalating showing that the rating system is still being applied. [GoogleAd] Most of us had hoped that with the coming in of the Zimbabwe dollar, prices would be affordable and in line with the salaries that are earned…
© CYCLONE Idai struck less than three months after I arrived in Zimbabwe as the UK’s ambassador. [GoogleAd] In Chimanimani, as across the border in Mozambique, there were scenes of devastation: families torn apart, homes, crops and livelihoods destroyed, survivors and children traumatised. I was able to visit later to see first-hand the positive impact…
© ZIMBABWE’s power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has been forced to introduce punishing load-shedding to deal with debilitating power shortages that have compromised productivity in the manufacturing as well as agricultural sectors. [GoogleAd] While the shortage of power has been occasioned mainly by low generation at the main hydro power station at Kariba, the shortage…
© THE issue of housing in urban settlements needs urgent attention. Housing waiting lists in the country’s urban centres have ballooned and government has to move with speed to arrest the swelling numbers. Several urban dwellers have lost their hard- earned cash to marauding land barons who lurk in wait for desperate home-seekers. [GoogleAd] For…
