EDITOR — In my view Tendai Biti is too weak to challenge Morgan Tsvangirai. Promise Mkwananzi and Elton Mangoma are undisputed democrats who should be applauded for their bold stance on Tsvangirai. The future of the MDC does not lie in the hands of people like Biti, Nelson Chamisa or Ian Makone but in fair…
EDITOR — While several people would be awestruck by the amount Bona is likely to make from wedding gifts or the lavishness of the event itself, perhaps a few can spare a thought for the purpose and significance of the whole event. Bona is a very prominent figure in the country — being President Robert…
EDITOR — Your story in yesterday’s paper that the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) is seized with the issue of executive salaries in the public sector and local government is worrying. It should publish all public sector salaries including those of quasi-governmental organisations, statutory bodies and State-owned enterprises. That is the best practice which…
EDITOR — I would like to reinforce complains made by several readers in your paper over Zesa’s unfair load-shedding. I also stay in Chadcombe where one of your readers recently wrote to voice displeasure on the unfair practises by the power authority. Just yesterday, there were about four power outages at five to 10-minute intervals…
EDITOR — Following dangerous, brazen, divisive and unconstitutional attempts by the deputy treasurer-general in the MDC, Elton Mangoma, to effect a palace coup by using money as bait, the MDC youth take this opportunity to tell Mangoma that: “As youths, we are quietly observing the shenanigans being perpetrated by some members of the standing committee,…
HARARE – Annual arts jamboree — the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) — has defied all odds to become the main attraction in the industry. It has grown on the back of significant corporate and local support which is not rivalled by any other arts event in this country. As such, Hifa, by…
HARARE – The rainfall patterns in Zimbabwe this season have baffled many people — from laymen to climate experts. Areas that have received little or no rain for the last two decades suddenly received more than expected rainfall. Many farmers are excited that they could once again, at least, grow crops that need plenty of…
HARARE – Reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the body responsible for collecting tax is probing the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority (ZBC) management to see if they were paying their taxes is welcome news to many Zimbabweans. Many must be quacking in their boots at Pockets Hill and elsewhere in the nation. Information minister Jonathan Moyo,…
HARARE – President Mugabe said at the weekend he felt “youthful and energetic as a boy of nine.” That, of course, is an exaggeration designed to instil public confidence in a man who is now visibly battling the vicissitudes of old age. Indeed, he did seem to exhibit some degree of energy after his visit…
EDITOR — I believe there is a lot of corruption involving traffic police along Chiremba Road on the way to Epworth. In most cases one can find at least three roadblocks on this road which is only twenty-something kilometres from the city. Surely three roadblocks on a 22 kilometre stretch? One can find Hatfield police,the…
