EDITOR — House of Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda, as reported in the press recently, hit the right note when he called for improved administration, governance and productivity from both Parliament’s civil servants and the legislators themselves. It is shocking to read that of Parliament’s 20 portfolio committees, only two led by David Parirenyatwa and the…
EDITOR — Incessant power cuts have become the order of the day in Zimbabwe amid reports that Zesa has increased its load shedding resulting in homes and businesses operating without power for long periods of time. Through its community advocacy unit, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) is concerned with these growing power outages that citizens have…
HARARE – The decision by Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) workers to embark on three days of spiritual fasting in a bid to end a hellish seven-month period without pay is a clear sign of how the situation has deteriorated at the national broadcaster. That workers could go unpaid for so long against a backdrop of…
HARARE – Too often, among Zimbabwean politicians, promises made during amicable times have receded in the background when the time to fulfil them comes. A case in point is that of former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the house at No 49 Kew Drive in the upmarket suburb of Highlands, in Harare. The ex-prime minister …
EDITOR ? The Ministry of Transport is planning to introduce tollgates in urban areas according to recent press reports. It is not yet clear whether these tollgates will be manual or electronic, but the electronic road pricing system is preferred as it is efficient and eases congestion as opposed to manual tollgates. Although tollgates are…
HARARE – It is hard to believe the new cabinet composed of the same leadership with the same old governance philosophy that Zimbabweans had come to know, will this time deliver. It is the same people who at one time were clueless and reckless when confronted by unnumbered and almost unprecedented economic and political challenges….
EDITOR — Allow me space in your newspaper to express my displeasure at the Energy minister’s indifference to the plight of electricity-starved Zimbabweans. The honourable minister addressed a press conference on the energy sector and I would have thought he would address the current power outages. Instead, the minister talked about power generation expansion plans…
EDITOR — The MDC calls for the immediate payment of outstanding salaries to the suffering Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employees who have gone for months without getting paid. As a labour-backed party, the MDC condemns the non-payment of salaries to the abused staff members at ZBC and demands that they should be paid a living…
HARARE – Last week there was public furore over reports that the ministry of Health and Child Welfare was pushing for a legal framework to support the distribution of contraceptives to adolescents aged between 10 and 24 years. This was in response to the increasing cases of teenage pregnancies and high maternal mortality rate. A…
EDITOR — The agony that motor vehicle owners experienced on October 1, 2013 needs to be exposed. I entered the banking hall at 9am and left after 2pm. It took the teller one-and-half hours to serve me. I doubt if people I left behind enjoyed any service. All this is because the Zinara licensing system…
