INDICATIONS are that the ruling Zanu PF party is considering wooing former president Robert Mugabe to re-join the revolutionary party. [GoogleAd] Mugabe was ousted in a military coup in November 2017 that was preceded by a decade of deadly factional fights within Zanu PF that saw a number of officials purged. Already former Zanu PF…
EDITOR — On April 18 every year, Zimbabweans join hands in celebrating the gains of independence that was brought by the country’s freedom fighters. [GoogleAd] This year, Zimbabwe will be celebrating 39 years of self-rule, under the theme, “Zimbabwe at 39, embracing devolution for vision 2030.” In commemorating Independence Day, the nation recalls how gallant…
EDITOR — The new dispensation has slowly but positively proven that there is an overhaul in the administration of the country’s affairs, an indication that Zimbabwe is breaking from the old ways. [GoogleAd] In the recent months, government has implemented measures that have seen the Constitution being upheld, social, political and economic reforms being put…
EDITOR — I was saddened the other day when I read of one teenage girl who contracted HIV from mahumbwe (role playing) and it got me thinking that we still need to do more for this disease to disappear. [GoogleAd] Many people have lost relatives and friends to HIV/Aids. Some children have lost both parents…
WE ARE happy that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has agreed in principle to put to closure two of the country’s most contentious issues; compensation to white former commercial farmers and, exhumations as well as reburials of Gukurahundi victims. In doing so, government will appease the international community which has — all these years — been calling…
EDITOR — The decision by Cabinet to approve price increases of maize, wheat, soya beans and cotton by more than 80 percent is most welcome and good news for the farmers and producers of these grains. [GoogleAd] Government has done well in rewarding hardworking farmers who produce these grains. According to press reports this comes…
EDITOR — I often travel to Rusape and have noticed many things wrong with the road and drivers that contribute to the high accident rate on our roads. [GoogleAd] But which comes first the chicken or the egg? Loads of drivers ignore white lines and speed restrictions. I am not blameless. Since the welcome upgrading…
THE appointment of former MDC legislator for Mabvuku-Tafara, James Maridadi as one of the 15 ambassadors-designate, has triggered a storm which, nonetheless, is much ado about nothing. [GoogleAd] Section 110 (2) (i) 204 of the Constitution of the country simply stipulates that the President may appoint persons to be ambassadors or other principal representatives of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zimbabwe government have no one to blame but themselves in their failure to reengage with the United States and the European Union (EU). Since coming to power in November 2017 through a “soft coup” that overthrew long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa has made it his number one priority to see…
Can President Emmerson Mnangagwa fix the economy when no one seems to have any idea what constitutes an economy? Simply put NO! Zimbabwe’s present day economy is made up of a defunct industrial sector, fairly active mining sector, collapsed farming sector, a formal commercial sector mostly made up of banking and other financial sectors all…
