HARARE – Since the 80s until now, South Africa has suffered from a dreadful turf war between rival transport operators. At its peak, the deadly competition to control transport routes — commonly known as the “taxi wars” — accounted for hundreds of lives as hired gunmen and gangsters shot each other and passengers. This problem,…
HARARE – Fleecing by Zesa to continueThe re-introduction of pre-paid meters by Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has been touted in reports in the state media as a panacea to the persistent problems that consumers have expressed disgruntlement about for ages. An analysis of the facts, however, shows clearly that nothing could be further from the truth….
HARARE – In that delirium sweeping through Rufaro Stadium at the end of the 2013 African Cup of Nations Cup first leg tie between Zimbabwe and Angola, there was no mistaking the wishes of the fans. Imagine if Knowledge Musona had been playing? Imagine if Musona and Nyasha Mushekwi had been here? That was the…
HARARE – Failure to plan is planning to fail, so goes an old adage in communication and motivation circles. More often than not, we tend only to think of planning after making certain mistakes or in the midst of an action or programme. Many have a general belief that things can just roll automatically on…
HARARE – Enough is enough, I say! Africa must wake up and put a stop to the madness in Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans must take a stand and put a stop to this nonsense that President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF continue to smear our nation with. They are frustrating progress towards the normalisation of the…
HARARE – SADC heads of states who met in Maputo a few weeks ago were told in no uncertain terms by civil society and social movements that the citizens of region are not happy with the increased incidence of undemocratic governance and impunity of the corporate sector especially in the operations of the extractive industries…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s richest knockout football competition, the Mbada Diamonds Cup has been unveiled and we applaud the sponsors, Mbada Diamonds for showing all other companies what corporate responsibility is all about. Over the years, Mbada Diamonds has been leading the way in terms of corporate social responsibility as they have been involved in scholarships,…
HARARE – Finance Minister Tendai Biti biggest bloat on his tenure as the national treasurer is the placement of banks on curatorship and persistent challenges that stalk the banking sector. Try as we might to give him and his colleagues in the inclusive government the plaudits, the fact is that the tremors felt in the…
HARARE – Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who is also secretary-general of the mainstream MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has insisted that his party would oppose changes made by Zanu PF to the final draft constitution. In this continuation of an interview with Voice of America’s Violet Gonda (VG), Biti (TB) talks about the…
HARARE – Munyaradzi Kereke, the former Central Bank adviser, must think Zimbabweans are mental dunces who are enamoured of his brilliant self that we will let him treat us with the selfish disregard of a lover who tantalises you with the preliminaries only to abruptly disengage at that heady, titillating moment when things start to…
