EVER since Fortune Chasi took over the Energy ministry from the embattled Joram Gumbo, it ap- pears the power situation in the country has gone from bad to worse. Load-shedding of up to 18 hours per day has become the norm, with power tariffs having gone up almost threefold in recent weeks. [GoogleAd] Power utility…
© Eddie Cross, the former secretary of economic affairs in the main MDC, looks like he is on a mission. [GoogleAd] A little bit of background would suffice! Before the country regained independence in 1980, the father of two had served the minority regime of Ian Douglas Smith in many capacities. In his CV, Cross…
EDITOR — James 1:5-7 says: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed…
EDITOR — Every time I read news on our prisons, it is sad that the media always report on the congestion in detention centres, with prisons filled beyond capacity. This situation over-stretches our prison facilities but also starts with our justice system. The justice system should also make sure that cases are quickly concluded. The…
© THE jailing of outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni — who is accused of destroying his subject, Fetti Mbele’s property with the assistance of 23 villagers — for 24 months, will set a bad precedence in that judgments by traditional courts will in future be challenged at the magistrates’ courts. [GoogleAd] The judgment unfortunately…
© IN RECENT months, the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has been on a crusade to “cleanse” local sport associations. It started when the newly-appointed SRC board led by Gerald Mlothswa went after the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) administration. The SRC eventually suspended the ZC board over a number of allegations chief among them, irregularities during…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government against increasing civil servants’ salaries, in a move which leaves under fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube between the prover- bial rock and a hard place. In its reasoning the IMF said awarding the res- tive civil servants wage increases would further push inflation to new levels…
EDITOR — With the shortage of jobs in this country many Zimbabweans have been forced to turn to entrepreneurship to survive. Entrepreneurship is the act of creating a business or businesses while building and scaling it to generate a profit. However, as a basic entrepreneurship definition, it’s a bit limiting. [GoogleAd] The more modern entrepreneurship…
EDITOR — It is sad that after the new dispensation came into power in 2017 many people had hoped that our country’s economy would be on the road to recovery by now but the number of problems that have bedevilled the country seem to have increased. Our economy has suffered mismanagement for decades. [GoogleAd] The…
EDITOR — It is sad to note that most local authorities are failing to provide essential services throughout the country to residents. The economy is in bad shape, everyone knows that. Residents are struggling to service their bills and to make matters worse they are not getting the services that they are paying for. [GoogleAd]…
