© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has a communication crisis on its hands which may undo all the good works it is trying to do. Earlier this week, there was huge speculation on social media of an imminent rise in fuel prices from RTGS$4,97 to RTGS$7,89 per litre for petrol and RTGS$4,85 to RTGS$7,80 per litre…
Editor — Our labour market is tottering on the edge of a financial precipice. This is shattering so many dreams and aspirations. Forget about the official and unofficial national statistics on the rate of unemployment in Zimbabwe and check the reality on the ground. [GoogleAd] So what is the solution? If the problem is caused…
© THE sun set on Dumiso Dabengwa when he passed on. This happened on May 23, 2019 at Nairobi Airport, Kenya on his way back from India where he had gone to seek medical treatment. Our thoughts, prayers and heartfelt condolences are with the entire family and relatives who lost our illustrious son. [GoogleAd] Dabengwa…
© STATISTICS from the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) show a 23 percent drop in tobacco sales from the 115,1 million kilogrammes (kg) delivered last year. As of day 37 of the 2019 marketing season only 87,8 million kg of tobacco had been delivered at both auction and contract floors. The average price being offered…
EDITOR — President Emmerson Mnangagwa once threatened to fire college and university lecturers who ask for sexual favours from female students in a statement he made on January 9, 2018 when he was addressing college and university officials in Harare. The issue of sexual harassment has been at play for some time now without any fruitful…
EDITOR — To remain healthy and beat hospital traps and dump the doctor’s price cards altogether eat green, avoid junk and processed foods. Eating the right food can help us avoid certain diseases or recover from them much faster. There are certain chemical substances in the foods we consume called nutrients classified as carbohydrates, proteins,…
© ONE of my first lectures in graduate school was on how “enlightenment era” Europe imagined and mapped Africa. And some of the first maps were silent about the interior save for pyramids to the north, elephants on coasts and an unknown “darkness” in the centre. All accompanied by myths of demons and subhuman creatures…
© As Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa celebrated Africa Day under the theme, “Healthy Lifestyles Prolongs Life,” at least 3 000 villagers in Chipinge District were being served with eviction notices by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement. [GoogleAd] These villagers were in Checheche, Masimbe, Kondo, Munyokowere, Mucha, Siyekaye and…
© The threat by nurses in public hospitals to down tools over poor salaries is worrisome not only to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration but more so for the ordinary citizens. [GoogleAd] Already the ordinary citizens are failing to get the necessary attention when they go to public hospitals due to lack of medication, insufficient doctors…
© EDITOR — So, while the High Court Judge Edith Mushore gave a ruling that the MDC should return to its 2014 structures and hold an extraordinary congress to elect a replacement of the party’s late founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, the same judge gave the green light for the Advocate Nelson Chamisa-led party to…
