EDITOR — The problems we face in Zimbabwe can never be resolved by Zanu PF which created them in the first place. Zimbabwe is now one of Africa’s poorest and most repressed economies as reported in various media and economic indices. The key areas of economies which include rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency…
EDITOR — Harare’s streets have become so dirty that it boggles the mind how the city fathers still want to refer to it as the Sunshine City. There is filth wherever you go, something we were not used to way back. The number of street vendors seems to increase by the day and night. The…
EDITOR — Growing tobacco is not an easy task. The process is labour intensive and therefore, should be supported accordingly by different stakeholders involved. The majority of the tobacco farmers are small-scale and they grow their tobacco on small pieces of land where family members provide the much-needed labour. Their harvest is sold either under…
HARARE – All the 22 opposition candidates contesting this presidential election must, for once, agree on one thing, that is to boycott the elections and create a legitimacy crisis for this competitive authoritarianism being fronted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF. It is quite clear that time is running out for Mnangagwa and…
EDITOR — On Friday Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) marched in solidarity with the unemployed teachers in Harare and delivered a petition to the minister of State for Presidential Affairs Simbarashe Mumbengegwi demanding an immediate review of teacher recruitment freeze that was effected by Patrick Chinamasa being guided by the austerity recommendations of…
HARARE – On Thursday history was made, as for the first time in post-independent Zimbabwe there will be female presidential candidates who threw their lots against 20 male counterparts in the race to occupy the country’s hottest seat. And also, for the first time, the presidential plebiscite will have 23 aspirants — making it a…
HARARE – At long last, government finally heard the calls from the Mighty Warriors when each member of the team received $1 000 from the Sports ministry. For many years, Zimbabwe’s female footballers have been treated like second-class citizens by both government and the Zimbabwe Football Association. This is despite the fact that the Mighty…
BULAWAYO – With or without the much fought for electoral reforms, the reality is that the 2018 harmonised elections are now on our doorstep and as the opposition, it’s either we sink or swim. While I have my reservations on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s handling of our economic affairs, it is important to give him credit…
HARARE – Is it not sad that a major city can operate for nearly four years without a substantive chief executive? Such is the case with Harare, which has been operating without a substantive town clerk since 2015. After cutting ties with Tendai Mahachi three years ago, the city fathers have been on a merry-go-round,…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa “hit the ground running” when he assumed office last November, pledging to fight corruption wherever it exists. Busting corruption became one of his top priorities, along with his “Zimbabwe is open for business” mantra, which is meant to whet investor-appetite. But as we reported this past week, the anti-corruption drive…
