HARARE – The outbreak of the world’s worst Listeria will serve as a wake-up call to authorities in Zimbabwe as the country has continued as a dumping ground for mostly cheap imports, especially food stuffs and drugs, from other countries. Listeria, which causes flu-like symptoms, nausea, diarrhoea and infection of the blood stream and brain,…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government should deliver a free and fair election this year if they want the United States to lift restrictive measures imposed on Zanu PF officials and their associated companies. It was not surprising that US President Donald Trump last week renewed the “restrictive measures” which were set to…
HARARE – It is often said that the more the merrier, but not in Zimbabwe’s political context. In successive polls since the 1990s, the ruling party has survived attempts by opposition parties to take power because of the absurd divisions among its opponents. The most prominent example was the 2008 poll when former Finance minister…
EDITOR — I appeal to the City of Harare to reduce the amount that they charge for clamped vehicles. The amount being charged is just too much in this harsh economic environment. The council should revise the figure of $57 because that is just too much as many people cannot afford it. The city fathers…
HARARE – Last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the deadline applicable to those who externalised money and assets by two weeks in the hope that the cold-hearted among them will mellow and do the right thing before the noose tightens around their necks. From the recorded cases of externalisation, only 45 percent of the culprits…
HARARE – A colleague on a journalists’ social media group threw in this rather thought-provoking phrase — “looking back into the future” — as debate raged on former president Robert Mugabe’s statements on his 94th birthday party in Harare last week. Unlike previous birthday celebrations for the ousted strongman — which were characterised by extravagance…
EDITOR — Thokozani Khupe was conspicuous by her absence from MDC party business for some eight months but suddenly comes out guns blazing when our icon, Morgan Tsvangirai, died. I would like to say “may his dear soul rest in peace” but with the squabbling in his party and family, I am quite sure he…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) should heed the call by election watchdogs to immediately release a comprehensive election operational plan and that they timeously avail crucial information for the upcoming harmonised elections. With only a few months before the crucial polls, the commission has not yet published a comprehensive plan of action which…
HARARE – Trigger-happy Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers should at all costs desist from using live bullets when controlling large crowds and enforcing the law on suspects. It is very sad that barely a week after two innocent citizens fending for their families were shot dead, now emerges a leaked ZRP memorandum on February 19…
HARARE – One of the core functions of any national police force is to maintain law and order. In discharging that important responsibility, there must be a presumption of innocence when a crime is perceived to have been committed until the suspect is proven guilty by a competent court. Somehow, our police are getting this…
