HARARE – Agriculture was an enabler to urbanisation. Increased productivity meant large segments of the population could be fed by a few committed to agricultural production. Irrigation technologies evolved through ages from the Mesopotamian shaduf to the modern day drip and centre pivot systems. Its foolhardy to believe that mere ownership and control of a…
HARARE – I had hoped to comment on former Zimbabwean vice president Joice Mujuru’s blistering Open Letter to Oppah Muchinguri. I found it ticklish. I must also readily admit that it reflects an approach only Joice would take; she does not hold back when she decides to speak. Ahead of the presidential run-off in 2008,…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has reportedly been forced to cut his vacation short due to the worsening health crisis, needs to address the doctors’ grievances immediately. Zimbabweans are dying and suffering because of the continuing unavailability of doctors and for that reason Mnangagwa and his government need to bring to finality the crisis…
HARARE – Ever since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain 38 years ago, the majority of its people have never experienced real prosperity, joy and peace — as there has been one tragedy after another. There can be any number of reasons why the people of Zimbabwe have always been a suffering lot — most of…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube needs to reconsider his decision to totally throw out of the window suggestions by Members of Parliament for the non-taxable income threshold to be raised to $400. In his 2019 national budget, Ncube raised the non-taxable income threshold to $350 from $300 but parliamentarians and many Zimbabweans still believe…
HARARE – There is an effervescence in the economy — an imperceptible but definite shift towards re-dollarisation of the economy. Initially a trickle, this will soon turn into a mighty tide in one direction — a steady but irretrievable tendency towards re-dollarisation. Pharmacies and stockists of medical drugs and ancillaries commenced this process early in…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans enter 2019 from a forgettable festive season, probably the worst in the past decade, uncertainty abounds about Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Zimbabweans are deeply concerned about the rapid deterioration in the economy since November 2017. But what would have been the national reality had the 2018 presidential elections not been pilfered? An…
HARARE – Compliments of the new year! There is no one among us who disagrees with the facts that the last quarter of 2018 was horrible as Zimbabweans experienced the suffering last witnessed in 2008. Therefore every Zimbabwean is looking and hoping for a better 2019. In his New Year message yesterday President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
HARARE – While Zimbabwe is endowed with breath-taking natural beauty of great potential to establish utopian tourist destinations; natural farming regions conducive for various sustainable agricultural activities; vast mineral wealth and an education system that ranks among the top in Africa; churning out professionals who are making names for themselves in various fields across the…
HARARE – The handling thus far by the government of the ongoing industrial action by the country’s medical doctors has left a lot to be desired — reflecting very poorly on both the bona fides and humanity of the so-called ‘new dispensation’ now in power. To those who may be confused about the issues at…
