© 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…
© EDITOR — It made sad reading that the government is spending US$21 million on top-of-the-range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament at a time when the country is in economic turmoil. [GoogleAd] Was this spending really necessary when the country is facing foreign currency shortages? The government is currently…
© EDITOR — The issue of multiple farm ownership has been topical for a very long time with the government in some cases denying that there are individuals with more than one farm. [GoogleAd] The admission by Lands minister Perrance Shiri this week that the government is facing difficulties in dealing with multiple farms ownership…
© SPORTS and Recreation Commission chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa, last week took the bold decision to suspend the entire Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board and its managing director, Givemore Makoni — in a move which has raised fears of polarising the game. [GoogleAd] The SRC said it had taken that drastic decision in view of the “defiance”…
© WITH the shrinking economy, big businesses have become overladen with taxes. [GoogleAd] It is opined that if the small to medium enterprises (SMEs) contributed their fair share of taxes there could be a lot of revenue that may well have been collected for the benefit of the fiscus and ultimately…the country. Fiscal exclusion has…
EDITOR — The plight of workers in general and that of civil servants in particular needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency before the whole country comes to a halt. According to press reports, civil servants are piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, demanding an urgent meeting to solve their salary concerns….
© THE interbank market for foreign currency (forex) launched in February this year by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in order to tame the black market and remove opportunities for rent-seeking behaviour and arbitrage has thus far encountered countless hurdles. In as much as exporters and the central bank have tried to feed the…
© THE centrality of the Supreme Court in so many burning issues of national life highlights the importance of judicious and discerning selection of every new member of the court. We say this after five candidates for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe were interviewed in public by the Judicial Service Commission…
© POOR preparations have once again plagued Zimbabwe’s senior men national football team, the Warriors, ahead of last night’s 2019 Afcon qualifiers against Egypt. Ahead of the game, the Warriors refused to travel to play the first game in a dispute over money. Their game against Egypt, which only proceeded last night after the intervention…
EDITOR —The recent utterances by the Defence minister that the government would let loose the army if the masses decide to go on the streets is very unfortunate. For the past 39 years Zimbabwe has nothing to write about in terms of justice, socio-economic development. Since the time of Gukurahundi numerous people were murdered, tortured,…
