EDITOR — Our Parliament can do much more to engage the public in activities of the House. First, Parliament needs an overhaul in order to restore its credibility before the public. If we still have a Parliament where legislators largely prioritise issues concerning their welfare rather than the public good, then how do we expect…
HARARE – Whether one agrees with President Robert Mugabe’s politics or not, it would take a particularly uncivil person to begrudge him for the fact that he has been blessed with a long life. Indeed, not many people get to his ripe old age and still be relatively healthy, and of sound mind, as he…
EDITOR — In as far as the government is doing a good job in distributing tractors, scotch carts and other agricultural inputs to farmers in most parts of the country, these implements are being abused by those who wield power here in Buhera. It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter as…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe this week gave flimsy excuses on why his Zanu PF-led government has failed to create the 2,2 million jobs they promised to the electorate in the run-up to the July 2013 elections. Speaking in his traditional birthday interview, the 93-year-old leader had the temerity to tell crisis-weary Zimbabweans that after…
HARARE – With critical losses having washed out cash and the national airline sinking deeper into financial dire straits, it remains to be seen how quickly the anchor shareholders of the stuttering carrier — the government — will come up with a rescue package. The ongoing financial crisis exposes the airline to too many risks,…
HARARE – The current standoff between government and hospital doctors is coming at a huge cost to the suffering patients, who expect to get healthcare service at national referral centres. Doctors went on strike on Wednesday, citing government’s failure to honour its promises to improve their working conditions. In response, government has threatened the striking…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya’s displeasure with the huge amounts of foreign currency being channelled towards Multichoice’s digital satellite television (DStv) must prod the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to raise its game. While presenting his Monetary Policy Statement on Wednesday, the central bank governor urged Zimbabweans to proritise raw materials ahead…
HARARE – From the chaotic land reform programme of 2000 right to the bedlam caused by the Indigenisation law and now the schools new curriculum confusion — the Zanu PF government has proved beyond measure to be past-masters of doing the unthinkable. Under President Robert Mugabe’s rule, disorder has been the order of the day…
HARARE – The office of the Sheriff of the High Court must be investigated for poor supervision which has resulted in messengers of court serving papers to defendants at wrong addresses. A lot of people in Zimbabwe were not particularly surprised last week when the Con-Court threw out Promise Mkwananzi’s case after ruling that he…
EDITOR — The Finance minister must not act as if he is an agent of some aircraft manufacturers. AirZim needs not buy new air craft. It can lease them. All it needs, however, are the following: — Working capital, say $100 million to fund some severance packages, pay expenses for the first six months, repair…
