HARARE – “I would like to believe that if we maintain a certain amount of caution and organisation we deserve victory. You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. “In this case, it comes from non-conformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the…
EDITOR — I believe that police officers should have their names and force numbers on their uniforms’ shirts front pockets to curb corruption. Because not doing so is promoting corruption. In other countries that is what they do so that when a police officer approaches you, you can call him by his rank and name….
HARARE – A policy is a declaration of an intention of an organisation or institution. These are rules and regulations which will set terms of reference for an organisation. Government must come up with a proposal to come up with a sustainable development policy which engineers growth. [GoogleAd] This document must involve all stakeholders, government,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) ceremony is expected to be held early next year but before then we hope the organisers of the annual event would have delivered on the promises they made at the 2014 edition. Then, under the full glare of the media, Zima gave a house under construction to musician…
EDITOR — This letter is in response to a story published in yesterday’s edition of the Daily News titled “Mushowe calls for balanced reporting”. I also echo the same sentiments highlighted by the Information minister that the media should report objectively in a balanced and credible way. The media should report in a manner that…
HARARE – The recent collapse of the $750 million Essar deal to revive Ziscosteel exposes the Zanu PF-led government’s double standards when dealing with foreign investors. The deal, which was consummated in 2011 and celebrated as the biggest, post-independence transaction marking Zimbabwe’s turn into an international investment destination, collapsed spectacularly recently due to dithering and…
EDITOR — A picture you published in your paper on page 9 of November 18 (pictured) has prompted me to make some few comments on it. It was a picture of a cyclist looking at a gum tree on a residential property in Parktown between Stonebridge Road and Solomon Mazorodze Road. The old tree looked…
HARARE – Media activists have reacted positively to First Lady Grace Mugabe’s change of tone towards the private press, saying such a development is good for the country. MISA-Zimbabwe executive director Nhlanhla Ngwenya said Grace’s comments, coming after reports that she was allegedly parcelling out rice packs to journalists, can only indicate that she is…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) needs to be decisive on violence and indiscipline if it harbours ambitions of having long-term sponsors supporting the local premiership. It is disconcerting that the PSL is failing to send a strong signal against violence and indiscipline as punishments that have been meted on offenders are having little…
HARARE – While we welcome trade growth between Zimbabwe and China which was highlighted by the high-profile visit of the Chinese president Xi Jingping last week — where a string of deals were signed between the two countries — we will not stop raising concerns about the deplorable labour relations in most companies that are…
