© 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…
© Many States have a public official titled the State architect — for us and one such person is no doubt Dumiso Dabengwa, the former head of intelligence for the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army, the former Home Affairs minister, now the leader of the opposition Zapu party. [GoogleAd] Dabengwa, together with the late general Solomon…
© ABOUT a month ago Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique were devastated by a tropical cyclone that was described by the United Nations as one of the worst disasters ever to strike the Southern Hemisphere. [GoogleAd] Approximately 2,6 million people were affected in the three countries. Cyclone Idai hit the Mozambican port city of Beira with…
© THE recent devastation caused by Cyclone Idai has created untold havoc and suffering on the affected communities. Lives and limbs have been lost and the damage to property has never been seen before in Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] The overwhelming response from Zimbabweans, both local and in the Diaspora is quite refreshing. We have seen an…
© CALLS by government workers for another pay rise barely a month after their salaries were reviewed upwards is indicative of the challenges confronting the local labour force which they should reflect on as they commemorate the imminent International Workers’ Day, also known as Workers’ Day or Labour Day. [GoogleAd] Given the suffering of the…
© THE situation in the restive civil service sector, which reflects on what is taking place in other employment sectors, shows the massive fall in Zimbabweans’ social lives as a result of the continued decline in the country’s economy. [GoogleAd] After haggling with their employer for months over their conditions of service, punctuated here and…
NOBODY expected South Africa’s politicians to court danger and make populist migration policies part of their election campaigns. The Democratic Alliance (DA) pandered to existing Afrophobic tensions when it released its immigration policy late last year. [GoogleAd] The party is hoping to keep Gauteng and win votes from people living in parts of South Africa…
THE recent issue regarding Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa’s health has put the spotlight on other government and political leaders. [GoogleAd] Dabengwa had to be rushed to India earlier this week to receive further medical treatment after a previous surgical operation in South Africa. With the rumour mill going into overdrive regarding the former liberation fighter’s…
EDITOR — As one goes through the newspapers these days, one only seems to read about more and more cases of rape. I think Zimbabwe as a country is going through a dark period in which men are raping women and children of all ages. [GoogleAd] It no longer matters these days whether one is a…
EDITOR — Theatre has the potential to being a democratic medium, in which the audiences may play an active role in programming, and therefore in producing and distributing messages. [GoogleAd] It is not centralised like the technological media, and is capable of integrating indigenous and popular systems of communication that already exists in the rural…
