© THE return of the Zimbabwe dollar is not going to fix that country’s economic meltdown, which was triggered by politics. If the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was a ship it would be the Titanic, sailing with the patronage of a well-heeled elite with privileged access to the lifeboats towards a deadly iceberg. [GoogleAd] The bank’s…
© EDITOR — Everybody should seriously consider getting tested for HIV if they engage in behaviour that puts them at risk of contracting the virus. [GoogleAd] High-risk behaviour includes having unprotected penetrative sex and using intravenous drugs with unsterilised needles. It’s similar to other viruses, such as those that cause colds and the flu, with…
© Announced doctors’ charges outrageousEDITOR — THE prices recently announced by doctors ranging from consultation and specialised care fees are outrageous. [GoogleAd] Where do these doctors expect people to get the kind of money that they are charging. The doctors are well aware of the economic challenges facing the country and that the majority of…
© RECENT events in Zanu PF suggest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party are slowly dragging the country back into the days of former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] On Monday, the Zanu PF Youth League led by Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu addressed a fired-up press conference at the party’s headquarters. The youth…
© EDITOR — According to the Industry and Trade ministry, Zimbabwe imports goods worth millions of dollars. 70 percent of the household products we consume are imported yet many of such products are being produced in Zimbabwe too. [GoogleAd] This stifles our industrialisation strategy, which is supposed to shift our economy from a peasant society into…
© EDITOR — Enhancing security does not mean that insecurity is on the increase. Rather, it implies that working and staying in a secure environment is important. So how does installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras improve security in your community? [GoogleAd] A CCTV camera provides two core functions: Real viewing of events as they…
© IS it not strange that Zimbabwe, one of the world’s most mineral-rich nations, is currently ranked among the world’s basket-case States? [GoogleAd] The crisis-torn country’s drive to hyperinflation and the eventual adoption of a multi-currency system in 2009 is well-documented in literature. Since then, inflation has been kept in check until September last year when…
© EDITOR — Against an imagined statement by purported war veterans that Mashonaland Central is a no go area for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), can I state it categorically that the assumption is vexed, light and nothing short of managed madness. [GoogleAd] We have all to show to prove that MDC is well…
© THE Zanu PF Youth League has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from the faux pas of those who led the organ in the sunset days of former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] In the terminal days of the fallen despot’s regime, the organ had sunk into a hired gun at the beck and call of…
© IT WAS hard to fault the logic of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, during the shock introduction of the new Zimbabwean dollar on Monday, when he said: “It means anyone who wants to buy goods or shop or pay for services, within the borders of Zimbabwe, ought to go to a bank or a bureau…
