HARARE – Instead of working around the clock to find lasting solutions to the myriad of challenges that Zimbabweans are faced with, a petrified Zanu PF is busy rewriting history, illegally parcelling out stands and seeking our kudos for liberating the country. It is somewhat shocking that the President Robert Mugabe-led government is busy trying…
HARARE – South Africa-based NKC African Economics (NKC) this week warned the Zimbabwean government over the impending food shortages emanating from the El Nino-induced drought and the recently gazetted import restrictions. What is scary about this situation is that the country has been battling with intermittent food shortages since 2000 due to underproduction in the…
EDITOR — I write to reply to Information minister Chris Mushohwe’s letter, “Don’t abuse social media,” published in your edition yesterday. Firstly, being a Zimbabwean and living in this nation I have noted over the years Zanu PF’s abuse of all State media in order to perpetuate its stranglehold on power. ZBC, ZTV and the…
HARARE – Government’s move to shift pay dates monthly is tantamount to treating the symptoms and not the disease which sadly has the potential to paralyse Zimbabwe and return us to the dark days of 2007-2008. We recall with revulsion those difficult days that were characterised by strikes as well as long queues for almost…
HARARE – Media and political commentators have reacted angrily to government’s plans to enact a new law that will empower police to intercept private communications and to search and seize electronic gadgets. Already Information and Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira is reportedly gathering stakeholder views on the proposed Computer and Cyber Crime Bill which will…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans today commemorate the 36th Heroes Day meant to salute the commitment of the gallant sons and daughters to the struggle for Independence during which thousands perished, commentators are of the feeling that it is a day to mourn because, for ordinary Zimbabweans, there is nothing to celebrate. Most people interviewed by…
HARARE – Chances of an opposition – even a grand coalition – to win the 2018 elections without genuine electoral reforms are slim as they stand to lose by a wide margin, political and social analysts contend, adding that only a National Transitional Authority (NTA) can initiate reforms and pave way for free, fair elections….
HARARE – Media practitioners, political and social commentators have blasted the anti-riot police who on Wednesday ran amok, beating up journalists who were covering a peaceful demonstration against continued joblessness and the introduction of bond notes in the capital, Harare. On the fateful day Zimbabwe police fired tear gas and water cannons to break up…
HARARE – Yesterday, we learnt that government was moving to craft new regulations to regulate social media and jail people it feels are using various platforms to “incite violence.” While the news was disappointing considering Zimbabwe is after all, a supposedly functional democracy, it did not come as a surprise. Coming from a government more…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have not experienced real and substantive peace, development and tranquillity for several decades, despite attaining independence 36 years ago. It is a historical fact that the yokes of colonial bondage enslaved us for more than nine decades. Racist colonial subjugation and domination was demeaning and dehumanising. Some of us who personally experienced the…
