FORMER MDC official Eddie Cross portrays the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an improvement on that of former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] He claims that the overthrow of Mugabe was legitimate. It was a “military-assisted transition” and not a coup because the population supported it. It is true that the people supported the ouster…
EDITOR — The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has been fencing farms on the country’s major highways. The initiative if completed as planned is citizen-centric and has a high impact on protecting livestock, reducing related accidents and loss of lives. [GoogleAd] Sadly, the gains are being reversed through irresponsible behaviour of people in these…
THE under utilisation of livestock by small-scale subsistence farmers, who own 69 percent of the country’s herd, clearly indicates the huge amount of work that should be done before the country can realise government’s plans to revive beef exports on a large scale. [GoogleAd] According to the 2019 Agriculture Sector Survey commissioned by the Financial…
EDITOR — Somewhere in the Scriptures there is a part which says even if someone returns to earth from the dead, people would still not believe… or words to that effect. [GoogleAd] Even if leaders in this country went to places like Mbare, Sakubva, Makokoba, Mbizo, Mtapa or Mucheke, they would not comprehend why citizens…
ZIMBABWE’s biggest labour federation the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has given the theme for the 2019 Workers Day commemorations as “We are at a Crossroads! Unite, Fight Neo-liberalism and Austerity.” This is a radical theme to say the least. It is also directly ideological in that it immediately challenges the free market economic…
EDITOR — As President Emmerson Mnangagwa has just discovered, corruption is endemic and prosecution virtually impossible as most officials in the prosecution chain are complicit. Two articles in your last Thursday edition show a) how prosecution is difficult and b) a method of exposing corruption. [GoogleAd] The first article relates to Grace Mugabe’s sister’s…
IT SEEMS President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s young government has not learned from all the previous mistakes they have made in their time in power. Since coming into power following a military coup in November 2017, Mnangagwa’s administration has shown some kindergarten tendencies when dealing with mass protests. [GoogleAd] Despite the fact that citizens have the right…
EDITOR — The ugly implications of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s austerity package are now haunting all citizens as we predicted. Bread which used to cost 90 cents in January 2019 now costs up to $3,60, a 400 percent rise. Incomes have either remained stagnant or just slightly increased, teachers and other civil servants were awarded a…
© EDITOR— For a considerable period now I have been going around some of the emerging residential suburbs in and around Harare. [GoogleAd] My aim was to have an assessment of the progress, or seriousness therein of the drive towards Agenda 2030 with regards to infrastructural development. To say the least what I witnessed at…
© EDITOR — The MDC remains Zimbabweans’ main hope for dethroning the failed Zanu PF regime. The party’s congresses up to provincial level in preparation for the party’s main congress are almost done, apart from the South African congress. [GoogleAd] Some candidates have scored very high, getting nominated in majority provinces. Regardless of how many…
