Opinion & Analysis

HARARE – Proposed ban of dual citizenship by Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede is part of a plan by the ruling Zanu PF government to rig the 2018 general elections, social and political analysts’ content. Their comments follow Mudede’s presentation on the Constitution and dual citizenship at a Zanu PF party parliamentary caucus where he urged…

HARARE – Last weekend’s abandoned Castle Lager Premiership match between Highlanders and Dynamos created a lot of heated debate. What is really sad about the aftermath of the events at Barbourfields Stadium is that the real issue at hand was ignored. The fans and even the media placed a lot of emphasis on whether Christian…

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government must take to heart the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s warning to cut its excessive spending as a way of managing the current cash crisis. In its article IV for Zimbabwe, the Bretton Woods institution said excessive government spending, if continued, could exacerbate the cash scarcity, further jeopardise the health…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe government does not seem to proritise issues of mental health, if statistics are anything to go by. Government statistics show that one in every four Zimbabweans suffers from mental illness, including those suffering from depression. The creation of Friendship Benches located in the grounds of clinics around Harare, Gweru and Chitungwiza…

HARARE – As the 2018 watershed elections loom in the country, public broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) which enjoys a monopoly on the local airwaves has come under the spotlight as opposition political parties fight for the space currently dominated by the ruling Zanu PF. Media practitioners, election and political observers interviewed by the Daily…

HARARE – The lawsuit slapped on the Harare City Council by residents, if anything, calls for self-introspection on the part of the country’s biggest urban local authority. Our sister paper, the Daily News, yesterday carried a report on the residents of Mbare who have filed a $100 000 suit as compensation for loss of property,…

HARARE – Organisers of the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) deserve to be praised for managing to bring back Zimbabwe’s biggest arts event after an 18-month break despite the difficult economic environment. But with 2017 edition of Hifa now out of the way, the time is ripe for the organisers to take stock and…

HARARE – Every Zimbabwean is, or must be equal before the law, and as such the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must do everything in its power to ensure that health workers, who have been denied their right to vote before enjoy their rights too. Just like those in the security establishment who have special voting…

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government should make serious resolutions about the management of the capital’s water resources by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa). Water shortages have become so critical that most urban dwellers are forced to relieve themselves in the bush rendering the use of toilets untenable, thereby creating a health hazard at…