HARARE – While Uruguay’s Luis Suarez has grabbed the most headlines in Brazil over his “biting” incident, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon have left their own indelible mark on the tournament. Internal strife in the camp of these four African countries has made the continent a laughing stock in the eyes of the world….
HARARE – Most of us possess an inherent, but often indefinable, admiration for the powerful in our midst. Until they are incapacitated by a life-threatening illness, we often believe them to be indestructible. So it must have seemed to most of us, mere mortals, when first told of President Robert Mugabe’s illness — presaged by…
HARARE – We welcome MultiChoice Africa’s intention to reach an agreement with government on the re-opening of GOtv which was abruptly switched off in January following shareholder differences. At the time of the switch off, many Zimbabweans were increasingly warming up to the digital terrestrial television service in which government, represented by Transmedia, owned a…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week warned that the country is in a precarious position and this should be a wake-up call to the government, which went into a deep slumber after the controversial election victory last year. For the past few months, we have been telling it like it is, that…
HARARE – Ladies and gentlemen, the results of the “election” of July 31, 2013 are now out. The election results are not the fudged figures announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, but the practical reality of the acute suffering that Zimbabweans are experiencing every day. I spent my childhood in the rural areas as a…
HARARE – It is very refreshing to finally hear some down to earth facts about land redistribution in Zimbabwe and Lands and Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora is to be congratulated in this regard. For fourteen years we have been bombarded with propaganda, jingles and rhetoric about the supposed success of land redistribution but we still…
HARARE – Commendable efforts women are taking to maintain a foothold in the male dominated financial and economic sectors make it pertinent that they get collective support from their male counterparts. Their impact on economic revival should not be underrated. For too long, women have been downgraded to operating at micro-level in economic affairs and…
EDITOR — You should seriously consider getting tested for HIV if you have engaged in behaviour that puts you at risk for contracting the virus. High-risk behaviour includes having unprotected penetrative sex and using intravenous drugs with unsterilised needles. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It’s similar to other viruses, such as those that cause…
LONDON – The right to education is a universal entitlement which is recognised in international human rights law. It is a human right that includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all and an obligation for secondary education accessible to all. Reports at the weekend that up to 300 000 children are being…
HARARE – Drug abuse is a sign of a troubled and a hopeless life. As reported elsewhere in this paper, the police, by their own admission, are grappling with ever increasing cases of abuse, chiefly among them, in Harare which has maintained a disturbing surge. Zimbabwe, and indeed security agencies, need to develop new strategies…
