HARARE – A fresh thrust on indigenisation by government needs an equally focussed push that ensures the policy accruals trickle down to the majority of the people. The indigenisation policy enacted three years ago compels foreign-owned firms to surrender majority stakes to local people. But in pursuing indigenisation, officials have tended to allow their broader…
HARARE – A front page newspaper photograph with the headline: “Hundreds queue outside banks for hours to make withdrawals,” sent chills down our spines. Whether we liked it or not it was impossible to stop the automatic flashback to five years ago. The independent media reported that banks couldn’t meet the withdrawal requirements of depositors….
EDITOR — I find the recent sentencing of child kidnappers in Kadoma a mockery to justice. The gang allegedly kidnapped nine-year-old twins reportedly under instruction from an MP in the area for ritual purposes. Two got six-month sentences and another nine months for kidnapping two innocent, vulnerable souls, undoubtedly to kill and use them for…
EDITOR — There is joy and ululation among the majority of commuting public from Zengeza and St Mary’s to Harare following the return of Kukura Kurerwa Bus Company which has resumed operations along the City-Chitungwiza route. KK as Kukura Kurerwa Bus Company is popularly known by the people of Chitungwiza is charging a flat fee…
EDITOR — Youth Forum Chiredzi chairperson, Marko Shoko has called for the Chisumbanje Ethanol Project to plough back into the community through the construction and maintenance of the road network so as to reduce road carnages. Shoko said it is very sad that the community is losing a lot of lives due to road carnages…
EDITOR — The recent surge in rape cases especially by pastors and church leaders has reached alarming levels. Church leaders should embody Christian values and be exemplary. They are able to counsel and advise their followers as such they are naturally trusted by their respective congregants. It is deplorable that most of them are now…
HARARE – Wananchi, the goat month draws to an end and not many will shed tears to see the echoes of its ironic laughter. It has been a long month, with even longer scars and shadows of pain planted across the land. The citizen has been put to the test, stretched ,tortured ,drained and twisted….
HARARE – The 2013 Zimbabwe Premiership season had a befitting end at the weekend with the Mbada Diamonds Cup final between Highlanders and How Mine. After agonisingly losing the league title to Dynamos on goal difference, Bosso finished off their season on a high with an emphatic 3-0 win over How Mine. It was Highlanders’…
EDITOR — The decision by the Zanu PF politburo to endorse elections recently held in Manicaland, Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces should be applauded. While the private media focused on the results and claimed that those who won elections would be gagged and the elections nullified Zanu PF decided to deal with continuity instead of…
EDITOR — The plan by the Ministry of Local Government to demolish 10 000 houses in Chitungwiza is psychological torture and also a violation of human rights. The plan to demolish the so-called illegal structures in Chitungwiza and other targeted places is tantamount to the declaration of hostility against citizens of the country. The move…
