EDITOR — We register our disappointment and frustration on the chaos and confusion prevailing at a primary school in Marondera since May 2013 as a result of ministry of Education’s purported transfer of the substantive head who is refusing to vacate the school. The ministry of Education must come out clean and shoulder the blame…
HARARE – Zimbabwe and Dynamos midfielder Devon Chafa’s suspension by the Federation of International Football Associations (Fifa) on doping charges should act as a wake-up call for local football. While we accept that Chafa did not intentionally take the substance in question, we would like to point out that his case is just a tip…
EDITOR — The just-ended Zimbabwean elections have produced a wrong leader for Zimbabwe in President Robert Mugabe but have also taught Zimbabweans several lessons. Zimbabweans exposed themselves by voting for Mugabe who has been in power for over 30 years. The biggest blunder that we made as Zimbabweans is to be persuaded by party regalia…
EDITOR — Your story about MDC rejecting Cabinet posts made an interesting read. What was MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora saying because some people told me that he is a learned someone — is that true? If he is truly educated as we are made to believe, how come he seems not to know very simple…
HARARE – Justice Joseph Mafusire is to be commended for throwing out the $5 million defamation lawsuit that was recently filed in the High Court by Mudzi South legislator Jonathan Samukange against losing Zanu PF candidate Eric Navaya. Samukange had launched the court action alleging that Navaya had falsely, maliciously and repeatedly labelled him an…
HARARE – If the election of Jacob Mudenda as Speaker of Parliament is anything to go by, then Zimbabwe is heading for reversal, regression and more sterility. This man has been around for a long time. Now in the late summer of his life like most of them, he has not been known for anything associated…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe finally admitted that the National Heroes Acre is a preserve for Zanu PF cadres adding that only those whose history in the liberation struggle was unquestioned deserved to be buried at the shrine. Mugabe said those political parties that were clamouring for their own to also be laid to rest…
HARARE – The uneasy calm that has descended on Zimbabwe after a tense election — and even more tense vote results following allegations of electoral fraud — is to be welcomed. Given the chaos and bloodshed that followed the previous poll, the fact that this one has been relatively peaceful, despite the delays and disputed…
EDITOR — Going home along High Glen Road after hours is a hassle. There is a lot of congestion and to pass through Mbudzi Roundabout to Glen Norah can take you hours. That place needs attention and we are pleading with the responsible authorities to attend to this crisis before it gets out of hand….
HARARE – ON July 27, President Mugabe addressed a huge crowd at Bulawayo’s White City Stadium. He made a number of pledges, among them reviving industries and bringing water to the city. “We have to look at the situation of our people in urban areas . . . water, water, water…We did Mtshabezi Dam long…
