Opinion & Analysis

© IT WAS a refreshing day for Zimbabweans after President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially launched the State Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) in Harare last Thursday. [GoogleAd] For many years, Praz’s predecessor the State Procurement Board (SPB) which was responsible for awarding all government tenders and procurement procedures had been marred in corruption scandals. There…

© IT is now six months since I started to write this column.  As I reflect on the issues that I have debated, I am agonised by how much of what I warned against, has already, regrettably and unfortunately, been proven.  [GoogleAd] The chickens have come home to roost, or are on their way home…

© FORMER MDC Women’s Assembly chairperson Lynnet Karenyi-Kore was elected one of the party’s vice presidents along with Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti at the just-ended party congress. The Daily News on Sunday’s Senior Writer Mugove Tafirenyika spoke to her on the congress and her new role. [GoogleAd] Q: You are one of the three…

© IT has often been said that honey bees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat. Most crops grown for their fruits require pollination by insects.  [GoogleAd] Without bees, vegetables such as potatoes, onion, beetroot, cabbage, bell peppers, coriander, marrow, carrots pumpkins, melons, okra, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumber, butternuts, and eggplant,…

 © A FEW weeks ago, Joram Gumbo was one of the most quoted ministers in the press, not entirely for the right reasons. Until his recent reassignment from the Energy ministry to the President’s Office, Gumbo’s track record was fraught with accusations of protecting corrupt individuals, especially those who worked under his ministry’s purview. [GoogleAd]…

© THE overwhelming way in which people in Zimbabwe and beyond are mourning the loss of liberation war stalwart Dumiso Dabengwa is yet another reminder that genuine heroes are just that; they don’t need to be validated by some committee of one political party which might not be necessarily made up of informed people. [GoogleAd]…

© THE current economic changes, precipitated by exchange rate movements since last week, are impacting negatively on the viability of the grain milling industry. The elimination of the concessionary 1;1 rate by the central bank is a welcome development as it seeks to remove market distortions. However, it pushes significantly the costs of imported wheat…