HARARE – Authorities must act with speed to address the issue of road carnage. While accidents on the country’s highways have almost become the norm in Zimbabwe, it is the number of deaths that should sent shivers down the authorities’ spines. The death of 24 people yesterday when a Mutoko-bound Zupco bus collided with a…
HARARE – Now that the dust is slowly settling after the political drama we witnessed in Zanu PF leading up to its December congress, it is imperative to fathom deeper into what really transpired and its implications for our national politics. It is now common cause that the Mujuru camp has been decimated and is…
HARARE – It is refreshing to hear Zanu PF stalwarts attacking their own party on the same grounds and using the same language we in the MDC have used over the years. Reading the press statement by former Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa and the allegations he makes against his former party is…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, who has been on annual vacation in the Far East, will be returning home anytime now — where he will be confronted with a myriad of problems. Mugabe, who turns 91 next month, will come face to face with the fissures in his party worsened by the fresh challenge from…
HARARE – It might not entail going back to 1980 and even further than that. But it would certainly be useful for you to recall how it was that the people of Zimbabwe, en masse, decided to rise up against foreign oppression and sacrifice their lives for their future and that of their children. It…
HARARE – Fuel dealers must fully cooperate with the recent government directive and must effect a price slash in line with international trends. Oil prices on the international market have been falling significantly from around $118 a barrel in June last year to about $46 a barrel this week, yet Zimbabweans have not benefited from…
HARARE – The ruthless eviction of 300 people settled along the Manzou Valley plain of Mazowe, in Chiweshe Communal Lands must be totally condemned. This is a greed-induced endeavour by those claiming to hold utmost power to boot out anyone of their choice. Those villagers have been there for a long period, and had established…
HARARE – Reports that government intends to retrench 13 000 teachers come as a surprising last ditch attempt by the governing Zanu PF to reverse an expedient of its own creation which has backfired. One wonders whether it is really the teachers that have swollen the civil servants’ numbers when some schools are in dire…
HARARE – In the 21st Century, there’s probably no better way of relaying/receiving information or commercially transacting more efficiently than using the endlessly fascinating World Wide Web. Most aviation sites I routinely study are a truly-absorbing experience. From time-to-time, I expectantly navigate the disorientating and rudderless Air Zimbabwe website on which I perennially struggle to…
HARARE – Government must urgently engage all the civil servants with the aim of finding lasting solutions to their problems. Already there is chaos as most teachers — as represented by the unions — have threatened to go on strike demanding an upward review of their salaries. While we understand that teachers, like any other…
