HARARE – There is no denying the incredible job our Police Department has done in recent weeks in the apprehension of the fugitive kombi driver behind the death of a 17-year-old Harare Girls’ High School pupil Jocelyn Gomba. Wadzanayi Mabika, 41, ploughed into the school girl three weeks ago, before fatally dragging her body under…
EDITOR — The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa have not been honest to the people of Zimbabwe on the true causes of the current cash crisis and the real motive behind the introduction of the questionable bond notes. It is shocking that it has taken a few…
HARARE – The current cash shortages must jolt President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government into action to quickly adopt the South African rand to save the economy from total collapse. Instead of introducing the much-hated bond notes, which have induced all manner of trepidation in the public and rekindling 2008 déjà vu moments,…
HARARE – Cash-strapped State hospitals are routinely detaining patients to press family members and friends to pay up — sending a message to poor people to stay away. In government-run hospitals, there should be provisions meant to waive the bills for the poorest patients, but the policy is rarely applied properly — even in the…
EDITOR — I write in response to your last week article titled Churches call on Mugabe to resign . This is a move in the right direction by the churches as previously the media was always coming up with programmes that criticised the Church for being involved in politics. The unexpected statements by the Church…
HARARE – Sometimes we wonder if President Robert Mugabe was playing a practical joke on us when he appointed some officials to ministerial posts, but the shock is only fleeting if we look at the fact that the 92-year-old doesn’t care a hoot about the suffering multitudes. Apart from having a bloated Cabinet, Mugabe also…
HARARE – It is now becoming increasingly clear to crisis-weary Zimbabweans that they were sold a dummy by the Zanu PF-led government over the so-called mega-deals. Since the multi-million deals were signed in 2014 between Zimbabwe and China and Russia, very little, if anything has been done to show that the much-vaunted projects are taking…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission’s (Zacc) move to flush out corrupt elements and possibly prosecute them is a welcome idea but we are by no means hoodwinked having travelled this path before. The path is familiar, the signs remain the same, and as the saying goes, a leopard does not change its spots, and…
HARARE – The recent dismissal of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) management not only exonerates the Daily News from the brickbats and battering it received for warning the Zanu PF government against its ill-advised seizure of diamond companies, but also goes on to show how myopic our leaders are. Only a few months ago,…
HARARE – Reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) had obtained search and seizure warrants from the High Court must have come as good news to crisis-weary citizens. And as the anti-graft body readies to pounce on several parastatals, and ministries, we sincerely hope Zacc will be allowed to do its duty unhindered after the…
