© ZIMBABWE is in crisis. But to expect the ruling Zanu PF government to resolve this is improbable at best. It is, more likely, impossible. Today nearly four out of every five Zimbabweans just about survives in absolute poverty. On average, Zimbabweans are poorer now than they were at independence in 1980. Informal employment is…
© IT APPEARS load-shedding will be with us for a long time to come. Judging by Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi’s unequivocal declaration during the Tuesday post-Cabinet briefing: “There is no quick fix.” But his attempt to shift the blame on Zimbabweans is absolute hogwash. Citizens cannot be blamed for government’s gross mismanagement…
EDITOR — Even the biblical hell might be better than the Zimbabwean one. This is torturous,being put to bare electric wires, dehumanising, really the worst this country have never endured after high expectations. It is like an inmate on death row, waiting one day to go to gallows or being silently injected to death. President…
EDITOR — Plans by the government to introduce new currency before year end without addressing the underlying causes of the hyperinflationary environment might not achieve the desired results. There are three critical issues which needs redress before introduction of new currency. The first critical issue is raising the levels of production in the agriculture sector…
FOR some time now, Zimbabweans have endured difficulties in their lives whose causes have not been of their own making. The issue of the non-performing economy has to be blamed squarely on the policy-makers because they are the ones who shape and formulate policy while the rest of the citizens respond to these initiatives. [GoogleAd] …
EDITOR — The ministry of Education should investigate massive flaws concerning enrolment at schools which are giving room for corruption to thrive. I was at Queensdale Primary School last week looking for a place for my child for Grade 1 and what a nightmare it was. First came the issue of proof or residence which…
EDITOR — I wonder whether revelations of alleged corrupt activities are going to lead to any meaningful probe that will see those guilty (if any) tried before our courts. We have read and heard countless allegations of government officials being fingered in graft, but that is just that. Are these countless allegations baseless or true?…
EDITOR — President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government must quickly sort out issues to do with electricity supply in the country urgently before the whole country degenerates into a dark outpost. The current load-shedding schedule is frightening and reminds Zimbabweans of 2008. [GoogleAd] However, in 2008, government had not come up with interventions like solar power stations…
© FOREIGN exchange controls in Zimbabwe can be traced back to the pre-Independence era when Rhodesia adopted an inward-looking strategy in response to sanctions imposed on it when it unilaterally declared independence in 1965. [GoogleAd] The period was characterised by foreign exchange allocation as sanctions limited market access for exports. By 1980, the import substitution…
© I WOULD like to apologise to my dear readers for the no show last week as I had to attend to an urgent family emergency in my rural home. [GoogleAd] The situation has reached another level with what is happening in our economy. Every time your phone rings and you see on the caller…
