EDITOR — I was shocked yesterday when I read the your paper and learnt that junior doctors are earning $283 per month which is way below the poverty datum line. I really think something should be done to ensure that doctorsget better wages. The government claims there is no money but funny enough, recently, two…
HARARE – There is something inexplicable that drives wholesome fear in the heart of government authorities about allowing the public to momentarily re-live a period in our recent history when thousands of innocent civilians died during an acknowledged “moment of madness”. Thrice on the trot, police have banned prayers in commemoration of that wretched period…
MARONDERA – Two days before Marondera was to be the venue for the 90th birthday of President Mugabe a veritable frenzy of activity got underway in the town. Unfortunately for the residents of Marondera, the focus of attention was almost exclush the town and at Rudhaka Stadium. Head-high grass along the highway which had reduced…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) should rethink its ruthless and catastrophic strategy of smashing vehicles’ windscreens. They should seriously consider or devise other strategies, tactics and innovative ways of apprehending traffic offenders. Smashing a windscreen of a moving vehicle carrying members of the public is a clear demonstration of unwarranted excessive use of…
EDITOR — I thank all those doing the good work for the victims of the Tokwe-Mukorsi disaster. Although government is still not as active as it should, donations have been forthcoming from the corporate world, NGOs and other individuals. We hope to see more aid coming to these homeless people as well as a speedy…
EDITOR — When I think of the struggle for change, Morgan Tsvangirai’s face pops up in my head because at one time he was the face of the struggle of change. He was indeed the exponent of the people’s evaluative viewpoint. Note that I am speaking in the past tense. This is because over the…
EDITOR — Coalition Against Corruption (CAC), the leading anti-corruption organisation in Zimbabwe supports the calls by Parliament that Joice Mujuru should appear before the august House and respond on her previous remarks in which she reportedly wanted the media to stop reporting on corruption cases. CAC believes that Mujuru owes the people of Zimbabwe an…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his family were joined by millions of Zimbabweans at the weekend in celebrating the wedding of their daughter Bona — to Simba Chikore. There was every reason to celebrate — this was the wedding of the president’s daughter and eldest child. Mugabe himself had never thought he would live…
HARARE – A Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) managing director Davidson Mhaka has admitted, much to the chagrin of the parliamentary committee on Transport and Infrastructure, that his organisation was fleeced of $2,7m in a fuel deal gone bad. He also admitted that they used taxpayers’ money to pay a local company, First Oil, before…
HARARE – The past two weeks have illustrated that Zimbabwe has all the traits of a personalistic regime. The life of the country virtually revolves around one person — President Robert Mugabe. Personalistic regimes have been defined as systems in which one powerful individual dominates the government apparatus and its instruments, including the military, the…
