KENT – The latest episode in Zanu PF’s intriguing drama in the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe involves two men blessed with the gift of the garb, Professor Jonathan Moyo and George Charamba. They have been trading tough words in social and traditional media, revealing that the succession battle is not only real but…
HARARE – It is sad we continues to record cases of politically-motivated violence — a good 36 years after independence — when we expect the country’s citizens to be mature, politically. We believe Zimbabweans must accept divergent views whatever these are about, including politics. There is wealth in diversity and systems that embrace each other’s…
HARARE – Reports that the Bulawayo City Council has abandoned its violent crackdown on vendors must have come as good news to informal traders in Zimbabwe’s second biggest city and elsewhere. Urban local authorities — particularly in Harare and Bulawayo — and vendors last year turned city streets into war zones as the councils tried…
EDITOR — With the global oil prices tumbling to around $30 a barrel it is of major concern that fuel prices remain high in Zimbabwe with motorists being forced to fork out up to $1,40 per litre for petrol despite being blended with locally-processed ethanol. As the international prices continue to tumble, most countries have…
HARARE – It boggles the mind to imagine where this country is going considering how much time the ruling party is wasting with the party’s bigwigs scheming against one another in a bid to succeed 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe. While it began as a rumour that did not hold water, factionalism has become a thorny…
HARARE – To its credit, the Bernard Gabriel Manyenyeni-led MDC council has honoured its pledge to demolish illegally-built houses. The Harare City Council last week sent excavators to Airport Road and, without notifying the residents, destroyed the houses. True, demolition gets rid of unsightly structures that contribute to blight and invite disorder, looters and vermin….
EDITOR — The early exit of Zimbabwe national soccer team — the Warriors — from the 2016 Chan tournament was such a disappointment. As a nation, we expected our team not to be eliminated in the early stages of the tournament but to at least proceed to the next round. My question now is are…
HARARE – The southern African region is facing an unprecedented drought this year due to El Nino weather phenomenon, but the effects would be dire in Zimbabwe mainly due to government’s failure to come up with strategies that mitigate droughts. Since the turn of the millennium, when the Zanu PF-led government forced off the land…
HARARE – Although schools opened this last week, it is saddening to note that most children some days into a new term are not even going to school because their parents are just too broke to pay their tuition fees. And this is all the more frustrating considering that it is only the poor who…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must hail current efforts by police to rid the city of the notorious mushika shika. In our sister publication yesterday, we reported that police had impounded 200 pirate taxis in Harare. We all know how notorious these vehicles — most of which are not registered — have become in the city centre….
