EDITOR— Urban transport plays an integral role in the economic development of cities. In any urban set up, transport enables people to go to their places of work. In most cities in the developing world e.g. Cairo, Nairobi, Windhoek and Lagos, the provision of an efficient and reliable urban public transport system remains a big…
HARARE – One of the major problems confronting Zimbabwe today is frequent power outages. While in the advanced countries its rare to experience power outages, we in Zimbabwe have come to accept the situation as normal at the detriment of the national economy. However, with the new government in place, this is the right time…
EDITOR — I am alarmed at the rate at which women and especially children are being sexually violated by shameless individuals in our society. Everyday, reports of rape of both minors and women flood our media, police stations while many others are unreported. I call upon the responsible authorities to take sterner measures to curb…
EDITOR -— In one of the daily newspapers MDC president Welshman Ncube was quoted saying the election of Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga was above board. This is not true because the people of Matabeleland South did not choose or hire Misihairabwi-Mushonga to come and represent us in Parliament because we have representatives. We also want to make…
MARONDERA – It was very distressing recently to see scores of people crowded on the side of a busy highway east of Harare. Cars were stopped haphazardly everywhere, people darted across the road to gawk and on the tarmac, covered with a blanket, was a body. This was the latest road accident victim, a sight…
EDITOR — The reason for the dismal failure of MDC in Masvingo is complacence. In Bikita, MDC had scooped all three seats in the 2008 Senate elections but come their term they did nothing to an extent that some people even forgot the names of their legislators. A good example is in ward 23 where…
HARARE – Proposed legislation by the Agriculture ministry to establish a Land Commission through an Act of Parliament should be given wholesome support and hailed considering the evident squander of a valuable economic factor of production that has blighted food production in Zimbabwe. Vast swathes of arable land are underutilised at the moment, forcing the…
HARARE – When I returned home to Zimbabwe, I was motivated by the desire to make a contribution to the development of the homeland. That motivation remains intact. The political platform was my point of entry. This was a world away from the last job I held in the country in 1999 before I left…
EDITOR — I have noticed with grave concern that there is a rise in cases of armed robberies in Zimbabwe. I am not sure where these robbers are getting their guns from but apparently, an ever-increasing number of individuals are getting hold of them. Guns are not a pleasant sight and due to the disarmament…
HARARE – The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), by its very name, set itself on a collision course with Zanu PF from the onset. The words “democracy” and “change” have never been part of the Zanu PF lexicon. Democracy is a foreign concept and agitating for alternative government has been criminalised as “regime change.” In…
