EDITOR — In sharing my views with fellow Zimbabweans I feel enthused to do it through your beloved daily edition which I believe is the best forum of independent opinions. This time around let me dig to the bottom of the Mujuru-led NPP/Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC failed coalition and other opposition parties. The resultant leadership impasse…
HARARE – Last week, the Daily News published a comment urging President Robert Mugabe’s administration to urgently act decisively and sincerely on the worsening cash shortages and the deepening economic crisis. The message was one of countless ones relayed by the newspaper in the interest of the long-suffering masses. Crucially, it sternly warned the authorities…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is so predictable: when it is exposed for its gross failings, it responds by using either knee-jerk reaction or threats against purveyors of truth — usually the country’s independent media. Part of the reason why our government behaves in such a manner is it has, over the years, built…
EDITOR — Reports that surveying had started on the Harare-Beitbridge highway is a move in the right direction. Even though surveying has only started from Skyline to Beatrice under an agreement with the Austrian contractor Geiger International, this is a positive development. The Harare- Beitbridge highway is Zimbabwe’s busiest and most economically significant, and is…
HARARE – Right about now, Eddie Musonza, a 30-year-old streetwise Harare hustler would normally be oblivious to the politics and would be busy concentrating on how to make his next dollar. Not this year. “My brother, for the first time in my life, I am registering to vote. Kuchema kwedu kwanyanya, toda zvichinje (We have…
HARARE – In the main, Zimbabwe’s economic challenges are rooted in the lack of confidence on the part of locals and foreigners alike, which confidence evaporated because of the country’s toxic politics. Our Tsikamutanda brand of primitive politics premised on feja-feja and witch-hunting in Zanu PF and other opposition political parties has shut the country’s…
HARARE – Glam metal band Cinderella might not have been that popular among my friends that I grew up with in Glen Norah but their powerful song — Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) — was a hit. We could be forgiven for not really having been quite aware of the musical prowess…
HARARE – We applaud the Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) for finally commencing the much anticipated national biometric voter registration (BVR) on Monday. Reports from around the country have, however, exposed some of the weaknesses to this exercise, chief among them the slow pace at which registration is being processed and the turning away of many…
HARARE – The period from July 31 right up to the end of October rank as some of the driest in Zimbabwe and — befittingly has been named the fire season by environmentalists. The major reason for naming it thus was to increase awareness on the importance of taking precautions whenever someone has to light…
HARARE -The United Nations Team in Zimbabwe, in support of national development priorities and in partnership with development partners, reiterates its commitmentsarticulated under the 2016-2020 Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF). The United Nations, through the ZUNDAF, continues its support inpoverty reduction, advancing good governance and gender equality, andenhancing service delivery in education, health, water…
