EDITOR — I would like to appeal to our local media to avoid fanning unrest. This comes with reference to the succession debate which has been in the spot light for some time now. I understand that there is need for closure on this subject because as long as there is mystery on the subject…
HARARE – Ask a dispossessed white Zimbabwean farmer how many cords of wood you need to cure a hectare of tobacco and he’ll shake his head and look blank. White farmers for the most part say they didn’t use wood to cure their tobacco because there simply weren’t enough trees or wood close to hand…
EDITOR — Congratulations to Dynamos for winning the Castle Premiership title for the 20th time. You have made us so proud and I am so pleased to be associated with you. At a time when all hope was lost you defied all odds and proved our enemies wrong. We started the final day in second…
EDITOR — This letter goes to Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) and its leader Archbishop Johannes Ndanga. I would like to applaud you for banning Robert Gumbura’s church Independent End Time Message. I read the article on Friday November 22 in the Daily News with the headline Church banned over ‘Satanism’ and I must…
EDITOR — It is my sincere hope that this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence will go a long way in curbing this vice that is threatening our society especially the family structure. Men being the heads of families are expected to provide, care for and protect their families in turn the wife…
HARARE – In recent weeks, we have seen apparent jostling for power between rival camps in Zanu PF. It seems some senior figures in the party are angling to replace President Robert Mugabe after his expected departure. Information minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday played down the endorsement of the disputed provincial polls by the Zanu PF…
HARARE – Four months after the disputed election, the country is engulfed in a legitimacy crisis and a crisis of expectation as Zanu PF dismally fails to inspire and poise the nation for growth while the economy is sending disappointing signals that point to an early return to the unmitigated disaster of 2008. The MDC…
HARARE – Another step was made on the bumpy road to the full realisation of a new Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe approaching the 100th day of his new term. Amnesty International said in a fresh report, titled Human Rights Agenda for the new Government — 2013 to 2018, that the new Constitution offers a…
EDITOR — I could not believe it when I read in one of the daily newspapers that doctors have hiked consultation fees from $20 to $50 with specialists now charging up to $120 from $60. That is too much considering that it is just consultation fees before the actual bill. Why not remove the consultation…
EDITOR — As a people we have always been superstitious and curious to the point of attaching our curiosity to everything that happens in life whether good or bad. It is not surprising therefore that after the python incident in Chitungwiza people have already began to speculate that this could be linked to black magic…
