EDITOR — This statement by residents’ associations in Harare and surrounding rural regions addresses the recent announcements by the minister of Local Government that they intend to demolish “illegal” housing structures in different parts of the country’s urban areas which go against the Zanu-PF promises in its election manifesto. The manifesto promised people housing for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government is grappling with a myriad of problems to try and turnaround the flagging economy. While it remains a huge challenge to unlock funds and instil confidence for immediate injection of the much-needed cash into the stuttering economy, there is need for government to show discipline. It is no coincidence that the…
HARARE – It is very rare, but is said to have happened once or twice. The president or prime minister is standing by the microphone, ready to start the proceedings…a news conference awaited eagerly by all. Before he can utter a word, a gruff, rather whisky-soaked voice is heard above the silence. “Mr President, are…
EDITOR — We have a lot of outstanding criminal and civil cases in our country which need solving. There are many victims of domestic violence and disputes where men with interim orders need Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence to convince themselves they are the father or convince the court they are not. The only solution to…
EDITOR — Claims by Chief Chinamhora as reported in your paper that Harare’s Central Business District (CBD), including Africa Unity Square, belongs to his chiefdom are not only a lie but an attempt to re-engineer history so as to suit his ego and that of the erstwhile colonisers who crafted the current national and ethnic…
HARARE – Those who believe that agriculture is the backbone of the Zimbabwean economy need to revise this fascination very quickly. Any country in the developing world that celebrates and accepts the notion that its prosperity will be anchored in primary and extractive industries will forever be condemned into the vicious cycle of poverty. Such…
EDITOR — This is a suggestion to our Registrar General. The metal identity card was a good idea, and good things of course take some investment. In recent years, Zimbabwe has had accidents which ended in the unsightly charring of the bodies of the deceased. We are still battling with the recent Chisumbanje inferno where…
HARARE – The announcement last week by Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa that the 2014 National Budget presentation has been postponed to next month makes sad reading for the country. Since the outcome of election results in August, Zimbabwe is desperately waiting for clear policy direction to steer the country out of the economic stagnation being…
EDITOR — There have been reports that Zimbabwean food outlets are selling Brazilian chicken imports which have been embalmed with chemicals normally used to preserve corpses. This is very disturbing and has to end. Why do we have to import chickens? That is a big question in a country where we claim to be the…
HARARE – The first published utterances by the new Kwekwe Mayor last week were so unbelievable that you had to read them three or four times in order to make sense of them. “I’m not going to be driving a brand new expensive vehicle on roads with potholes which are littered with heaps of uncollected…
