HARARE – Zimbabwe remains unique to the rest of the world in so many ways. It is a country whose citizenry soldiers on even in some of the harshest environments. Here people spent endless hours in serpentine bank queues waiting to withdraw their money which is not readily available. And again, here we have a…
HARARE – How time flies! Only around this time last year, Zimbabweans were not so sure what the heavens had in store for them after going through consecutive drought periods the previous years that left millions in need of food aid. Just as well, the heavens opened during the 2016/17 farming season, resulting in the…
HARARE – I am stunned by some contradictions presented by the Church in Zimbabwe. We preach brimstone and fire against adultery, robbery and murder, but suddenly find “good” reasons to avoid doing the same when the sins are committed by politicians. We claim to have absolutely no fear of the devil and his agents, but…
HARARE – Last week, President Robert Mugabe’s government announced yet another mega deal in the making. This time around, it’s billionaire Chinese investor, Zhang Li — co-founder and chairman of R&F — whom they are touting as the new survivor of collapsed iron and steel manufacturer Ziscosteel. Li is said to be investing an initial…
HARARE – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai should know he is in last chance saloon to try and avert a third split in his party. It is clear there are so many problems at the MDC right now and these need a sober head to deal with as they are coming at a time the party…
HARARE – The Aeneas Chigwedere-led Board of Censors has unleashed controversy by banning South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu from performing at the Harare International Carnival. Apparently, the board —whose vision is to be the best providers of moral guidance and advisers to the public on entertainment matters in Zimbabwe as provided for in the Censorship…
EDITOR — Recently, I travelled along the Harare-Bulawayo highway and government should urgently do something about stray livestock. These animals are causing a lot of accidents on the road. I witnessed a number of accidents involving stray livestock and would like to call upon the government to do something before many lives are lost. I…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe — a former educationist himself — last week officially opened the Education Conference and Expo 2017 in Harare, a story which was carried in Friday’s edition of our sister paper, the Daily News. While the conference may have been valuable for headmasters and teachers who attended, the $115 schools were…
HARARE – A recent report on Zimbabwe authored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) creates the impression that efforts of the economic team driving the country’s revival agenda are being undermined by political circumstances. It notes that this economic team was forced to pay the 13th cheque in 2016 by government mandarins, which bonus payment…
HARARE – It is getting evident that the leadership of Zanu PF has created, for use at times opportune to them, desperate youths who are always willing to do their bidding because essentially they have nothing to do. Over the years, Zanu PF’s skewed policy framework has continued to churn out from schools and tertiary…
