HARARE – IT IS pleasing to note that more and more Zimbabweans are beginning to gather the courage to confront the Zanu PF regime. However, it appears we left it until too late to remind the powers that be that they were leading the whole nation astray. At independence in 1980, the Zanu PF government…
HARARE – A few days ago, prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza critiqued and proffered solutions, in his view, to problems bedevilling Zimbabwe. It was unusual, forthright and candid. Rarely do we have people of his profile openly speak out their mind in Zimbabwe, especially when it comes to governance issues. Most would prefer minding their own…
HARARE – Given the state of the country’s public health institutions, it is surprising to learn that there are qualified doctors who are not employed. At most referral centres in Zimbabwe, be it at district, provincial or national level, patients spent long hours waiting to be attended to by a doctor. Besides the shortage of…
HARARE – The story of Zimbabwean women repatriated from Kuwait where they were held as sex slaves is the kind of nightmare no local should have to endure. It’s a story you might expect from faraway countries where laws are lax and no one seems to care. But the nightmare happened right here in Zimbabwe….
HARARE – Last week, tax collector Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) announced that tax arrears — owed mainly by privately-owned enterprises — had ballooned to $2,58 billion in the first quarter of 2016 from $1, 97 billion in the previous year. The authority’s chairperson, Willia Bonyongwe, said the private companies contributed over 70 percent to the…
HARARE – Dtynamos should learn harsh lessons from the debacle involving their former Portuguese coach Paulo Jorge Silva, whom they was sacked on Thursday. Silva had been unwanted distraction for the Glamour Boys with his off-field antics and behaviour which was soiling the club’s brand. If Dynamos had been playing well on the field, maybe…
HARARE – Recently, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation deputy minister Davis Marapira threatened unproductive resettled farmers — particularly Zanu PF bigwigs — that they risked losing their land. Marapira is a commendable, rare voice of reason in Zanu PF and one that was long overdue as the nation hopes decisive measures will be taken. The minister…
HARARE – The year 2008 saw the economy of Zimbabwe go haywire. You could buy socks and other articles on the pavement in Harare and elsewhere. For me, it was double hell. I lost my job while in the UK. But that is not even the half of it. I spent five months in the…
HARARE – The government’s decision to recruit 8 500 nurses will not only ease the current healthcare burden in public health institutions but will also go a long way in reducing the number of unemployed nurses in the country. Health minister David Parirenyatwa this week noted that government has finalised its audit and realised there…
HARARE – The callous and brutal murder of a Zimbabwean woman by yet-to-be-identified thugs is frightening and should be condemned by all right-thinking persons. Although the woman in question — Shingi Dhliwayo — was killed in Botswana, we call upon our law enforcement agents to do everything possible to bring these suspects to book because…
