WHOEVER said the more things change, the more they remain the same was not far off the mark, at least in relation to Zimbabwe. We have a whole regime pretending to be a new dispensation but still stuck to same old ways of doing things. For starters, some of the long-time actors of the ancient…
GOVERNMENT, through the ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce (IMT) has drafted three draft Bills as part of its commitment and pledges to implement the long overdue media law and policy reforms. In that regard, government convened a legislative drafting workshop or Writeshop on March 22-25, 2019 at a Nyanga…
ON MARCH 24 every year, the world commemorates World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. Pre-commemorations for World TB Day, which were slated for Mangwe District in Matabeleland South Province, took place in the second city of Bulawayo recently. Key among the deliberations of stakeholders who congregated there was the issue of the discrimination of patients afflicted with the…
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is currently hunting for a new Vice Chancellor (VC) to replace Levi Nyagura, who was suspended in August last year for “fraudulently” awarding former first lady Grace Mugabe a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Nyagura is not going down without a fight. He is putting up a spirited fight in…
Over the years, talk on reforms has occupied centre-stage in Zimbabwe’s political and economic discourse. [GoogleAd] The country has always relied on foreign aid to drive its economic programmes but this has not been forthcoming as relations with lending institutions soured following the promulgation of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) in the United…
Following the publication of an Ipsos survey on the “illegal cigarette market” and related issues, which was carried by various South African publications, an impression was given that British American Tobacco (BAT) has been “hard-hit by illicit cigarette trade in South Africa (SA)”. [GoogleAd] Specifically, an article in the Star’s Business Report on March 25 said…
EDITOR — Why should the Zimbabwe Defence Forces go on a recruitment drive? Are we expecting to go to war? Are we going to be invaded or are we planning on invading another country? [GoogleA The country is already overtaxed, the two percent tax has increased the tax that companies have to pay to more…
EDITOR — Unity stands for peace in the presence of conflict, love in the presence of hatred, and forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity stands for peace in our lifetime, harmony/agreement, freedom, happiness and everything good. [GoogleAd] In South Africa it is now vice versa; fellow continent men are busy harassing fellow black man…
The role of educators is not only to impart academic knowledge to the young people. It is actually more than just producing capable students in terms of articulating a task that requires knowledge and some level of competence desired. [GoogleAd] It is paramount for our primary schools to realise that they have the burden of steering…
A GROWING disillusionment and frustration among the youth of South Africa regarding the state of affairs in the country is playing out in an ugly fashion. The economy continues to reproduce inequality and anger among the black youths. [GoogleAd] Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) shows a better appreciation of the issue and…
