© THE government seems to be shooting itself in the foot in the way it is dealing with the strike by doctors and other personnel in the health sector. For almost 50 days now, the doctors have been on strike and there seems to be no end in sight to the industrial action. The medical…
© GOVERNMENT has to seriously consider the plight of thousands of student teachers who are currently earning a monthly allowance of $150 an amount that has resulted in them living close to destitution. In real terms, student teachers are earning a monthly allowance of US$10, a figure that can hardly sustain someone in only a…
Editor-It is sad that the issue of commuter omnibuses (kombis) and their drivers seems to be getting worse, with reckless driving and dangerous parking being on the increase yet this issue has been raised over and over again but with no solution in sight. A lot of lives are lost and a number of passengers…
EDITOR — It is commonly thought that a society dominated by religious communities should be less prone to crime. Yet the level of crime in Zimbabwe (a highly religious country) is extremely high. In the past few months, the media has been discussing disturbing social phenomena. Judging from media reports and police reports, crime has…
EDITOR — Please allow me to vent on the churches’ suggestion that there should not be elections for 7 solid years. How can a baby be born and start school up to Grade 3 before elections are done. This would have vio- lated the New Constitution which states that elections should be held after every…
EDITOR — During the weekend, I was going around shops looking at inputs prices and I was shocked. A 25kg bag of maize seed is fetching up to $1 400 and to think that most people are not even getting paid that much at the end of the month is mind-boggling. If government doesn’t act…
ZIMBABWE risks undoing years of excellent efforts the country has made in the fight against HIV and Aids following revelations that drugs for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are in short supply. As reported by this publication in today’s edition, National Pharmaceuticals (NatPharm) operations manager Charles Mwaramba confirmed that most public health facilities are running out…
EDITOR — For a very long time now, local authori- ties have been having a torrid time, battling to deal with the festering problem of garbage collection. Yes, we all agree that it is council’s responsibility to clear garbage from our suburbs but there is a lot that we can also do as residents. [GoogleAd]…
THE state of health delivery in this nation has reached shocking levels. The saddest part of it is that government is insin- cere about it all. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in foreign lands receiving treatment. Yes, it is important a person of his stature receives quality healthcare, but then it is disappointing that our…
As the situation in Zimbabwe gets more desperate for ordinary citizens by the day, dialogue is urgently needed between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Movement for Demo- cratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa. Ordinary Zimbabweans want to try anything to make sure that their situa- tion changes because many people are no longer able to afford anything…
