HARARE – Before even the dust from previous Parliaments’ demands for and misuse of Constituency Development Funds (CDF), there has been an outcry from current legislators — elected into the august House only on July 30 — over deferred vehicles, as reported by our sister paper the Daily News yesterday. Traditionally, MPs are given brand…
HARARE – It’s positive that president Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally sworn in members of the probe team to look into the army killings that occurred on August 1 in central Harare. The military used live ammunition to break protests on that fateful afternoon. MDC Alliance supporters were demonstrating against the delay in announcing presidential election…
HARARE – There are instances in life when we opt to resort to the basics in shaping key life trends, including political directions. Dialogue, in essence refers to a conversation between two or more people or groupings. It is opposed to monologue, which is a conversation within the self. Perhaps the best versions of monologue…
HARARE – At a time when the nation is battling to contain the cholera outbreak, it is disheartening to note that some people are trying to take advantage of this tragedy to fatten their pockets. This follows reports that some suppliers of hygiene products such as gloves had hatched a plan to inflate prices in…
HARARE – The cholera outbreak in Harare and its devastating effects which have killed innocent lives and left thousands needing treatment, are a painful reminder to every Zimbabwean of the serious problems confronting our beautiful country. It is sad that lives continue to be lost to medieval diseases such as cholera when we are living…
HARARE – With the recent outbreak of cholera in the country, water and sanitation management is being put under the spotlight again. Waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid are acute diarrheal diseases caused by pathogenic micro-organisms that are transmitted in water. This may happen through contamination of water sources by wastewater or raw…
HARARE – The scepticism we have seen around since the entry of President Emmerson Mnangagwa into the country’s top political post has been a product of lessons from Zimbabwe’s history. The people are tired and they have endured enough in the past four decades or so. The current cash shortages and liquidity crunch are not…
HARARE – When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as “People’s President” of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically Uganda’s Kizza Besigye and Kenya’s Raila Odinga, both of whom rejected election results and staged their own ceremonial inauguration ceremonies. This is no coincidence….
HARARE – It is very sad and demoralising to note that at least over 25 people have succumbed to the latest cholera outbreak that has hit Zimbabwe. For God’s sake, this is 2018 but still our people are feeling the effects of a disease that belongs to the medieval times. The worst-affected areas are Glen…
HARARE – For many years, Zimbabwe has grappled with the phenomenon of land barons, who have illegally possessed State, council and private land before selling it to unsuspecting home seekers. Due to a high demand for homes, Zimbabweans are easily falling prey to these unscrupulous and politically-connected land barons. However, the tragedy is that a…
