LAST WEEK, at long last, seven long months after last year’s August 1 killings that claimed at least six lives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa finally admitted he deployed the army on the fateful day. [GoogleAd] He also admitted to deploying the army in January, during a three-day stay-away organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions,…
EDITOR — It is thoroughly dispiriting to hear that some people in this country are so divided to the extent of finding comic relief through the suffering of the masses. [GoogleAd] The tragedy brought about by Cyclone Idai which ravaged most parts of Manicaland is no laughing matter. It would be prudent if people stop…
EDITOR — On Sunday, our national team have a chance to return to the continental show piece once again. [GoogleAd] I am 100 percent certain that despite us being at home, it is not going to be a stroll in the park. Congo Brazzaville have some equally gifted players who on their day can create…
AFTER watching the Pfeesident’s sidekick Victor Matemadanda’s soporific homily on one online television, one gets an abiding feeling that indeed Zimbabwe is a God-forsaken country. Things are likely to get worse before they get better not least because of the hypocritical leaders presiding over our country. Inordinate amount of airtime is given to vacuous mouths…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe is my motherland. My heart bleeds when I see Zimbabwe in such a terrible state. Our elders took over the reigns from colonial masters and we all celebrated because we thought we are now in full ownership of our country. [GoogleAd] When some people in Africa hear names of their presidents they…
EDITOR — Someone once said that it is never too late to turn back and do the right thing. What Zanu PF seems to be blind to is that in their exclusion of all and anything not perceived to be Zanu PF they are more and more isolating the very people they supposedly went to war…
WITH the memory of Cyclone Eline still fresh in everyone’s mind, it’s the right moment to point out that everyone in Zimbabwe needs to pay close attention to the fast approaching Cyclone Idai. Elsewhere in this edition, we report that heavy winds tore through Manicaland yesterday, bringing lightning and heavy rain, battering buildings with hail,…
Editor — Following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Ian Smith on November 11, 1965, the international community imposed economic sanctions on Rhodesia. The Rhodesian said, “if we have to eat sadza, then we will, to hell with the Scottish shortbread.” The British, encouraged by the Commonwealth and the nationalists led the way by using a…
Government should seriously look at concerns raised by senior doctors over the dire situation at the country’s public hospitals. Yesterday, the senior doctors took their grievances to the street as they have realised it is the only way to draw government’s attention. [GoogleAd[ They have said the severe shortage of pharmaceutical drugs and equipment at public…
Editor — That Zimbabwe is on a downward trajectory is no secret. In fact we have been in descent mode for many a year. It is a tragedy. And the fact that the powers that be spend a considerable amount of time denying the truth and defending the indefensible does not help. [GoogleAd] It is…
