HARARE – When he got into power on the back of a military coup back in November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid down a programme that would have been a marvel to listen to for any observer. After being confirmed through the July 30, 2018 elections, albeit winning by a wafer-thin margin over MDC Alliance…
HARARE – Presently, Zimbabwe has an acute shortage of critical drugs and medicines. Around 80 percent of available drugs and medicines are imported with the remaining 20 percent locally manufactured. This is despite local pharmaceutical manufacturers’ ability to produce many of the medicines on the Essential Drug List for Zimbabwe. The unavailability of foreign currency…
HARARE – Zimbabwe lost one of its finest musicians ever when Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon after a long battle with diabetes. Before his death, Tuku had produced at least 66 albums in a long musical career dating back to the pre-independence days. His songs were laden with social commentary…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s arrival from his Eurasian sojourn must signal the start of serious interventions to solve the country’s crises. The majority of urban Zimbabweans and others resident in other parts of the country heeded the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions call to stay away from work from Monday through to Wednesday last…
HARARE – The advent of new media brought in a wave of innovative approaches to the distribution and acquisition of knowledge. What the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is doing in shutting down the Internet in the face of growing criticism and social unrest is behind the times. The Fourth Principle of the Declaration of Principles…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s quest to have the economic sanctions imposed on the country by the West lifted is falling by the wayside every day because of his government’s actions on the ground. Mnangagwa and his government are fully aware of what is required of them to have the sanctions lifted, chiefly among them…
HARARE – Whenever the bulls fight it is always the grass that suffers. The aforementioned adage is true as witnessed by the recent destruction of ordinary people’s properties, including retail shops which were looted throughout the country. Most of the looted shops are domiciled in the high density shops and owned by black Zimbabweans who…
HARARE – In debating the issues of how a society can deliver a better quality and standard of living to its people, we need to consider how we can deliver basic essentials — in this series we have covered so far, education, health and shelter. This week, we need to look at how we can…
HARARE – For many years, Zimbabweans have suffered at the hands of land barons, who have fleeced people of their hard-earned cash. These unscrupulous property dealers have parcelled out State, council and privately-owned land to unsuspecting buyers. When push comes to shove, it is the home-owners who are left to suffer the consequences when courts…
HARARE – The desperate situation Zimbabwe finds itself in today is not new. Zimbabweans are all-too familiar with shortages and sky-rocketing basic commodity prices. The issue is perhaps why people have allowed this curse to continue befalling them. Besides, things did not suddenly get bad overnight. It took years to reach current levels. What is…
