EDITOR — I am a black Zimbabwean born 33 years ago, educated in Zimbabwe but did my tertiary education in the United States. I was one of the lucky ones because I got a scholarship. My parents worked very hard as farm labourers and once the white farmer was kicked off the farm by the…
EDITOR — I think littering is a growing disease among Zimbabwean citizens. This other day I boarded a commuter omnibus and two young men who were eating fast foods, soon after they finished the one who was sitting by the window threw the empty kaylites outside. I was really shocked. It was in the middle…
HARARE – The apocryphal story of two Zimbabwean politicians forced to go to the moon and not return until they had formed one political party is legendary. They came back to announce they had formed three parties. Perhaps more than any other story, it illustrates the Zimbabwean love for political diversity. Certainly, it is untruthful…
HARARE – Tomorrow night will without doubt be Zimbabwe gospel music legend Mechanic Manyeruke’s finest moment. In a first for Zimbabwean gospel music, a tribute concert will be held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) in celebration of Manyeruke’s four decades at the apex of the music genre. If the 71-year-old Manyeruke is honoured…
EDITOR ? I was disturbed to read about the three minors who died after receiving anti-bilharzia and intestinal worm vaccines. I believe this was a result of gross negligence and incompetence on the part of the ministry of Health and Child Care. As a concerned Zimbabwean citizen I write this letter to express my disappointment…
HARARE – It has not take long for the new government to revive feelings in the population that we thought had been banished to the dustbins of history. In fact it took less than a hundred days. Was it coincidental that while millions of urban dwellers were waiting for bulldozers of destruction to descend on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s continued delay in announcing the 2014 National Budget is not only disastrous for business but for the whole economy. Already everyone in the country is now feeling the effects of the absence of a sustainable roadmap for economic management. Since the new government was inaugurated in August, the economy has been deteriorating…
EDITOR ? Since the beginning of dollarisation, Zimbabwe has witnessed an influx of foreign artistes from all over the world, coming to entertain locals. The artistes have come from such countries as Jamaica, Nigeria, United States of America, South Africa to name a few. But all these artistes have done is take our money to…
HARARE – Revelations of an alarming number of people facing starvation by the Public Service and Social Welfare ministry officials are an indictment on the government that professes to be pro-poor. Apart from cyclic droughts, recurrent food deficits could, in part, be attributed to government’s skewed policies that place greater emphasis on proving how competent…
HARARE – Over the past weeks debates have been raging on whether or not it is desirable for the government to mend its relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The drive to mend these relations has been seen as an about turn by the country after dumping the Bretton Woods institution some years back…
