ECONOMIC developments in the country in recent months exhorts Zimbabweans to bury their differences and unite to find solutions to arrest the continued spiralling of prices of basic goods and the free fall on the local currency against the US$. The ordinary man is the greatest victim of the economic recession that country is experiencing….
THERE has been disgruntlement amongst the people following the new currency measures announced by fiscal authorities recently. The new measures carried with them several issues among them the introduction of gold coins and the new interest rates on bank loans. Before the coins are available, the majority of people are already dismissing them as a…
CAPS United this week invited former forward Alois Bunjira as part of the club’s efforts to end the rot that is threatening their stay in the Castle Lager Premiership. This comes as the Green Machine are having one of their worst campaigns in the club’s history after losing their recent seven straight league matches to…
THERE is an old adage to the effect of putting the cart before the horse. The medieval wording of the phrase was to put the oxen before the yoke. The phrase was a popular figure of speech in the 16th century. People travelled by horse and cart and there was a predetermined order in which…
IT IS of great concern that four years have elapsed after an attempt on the lives of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, vice presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and many high ranking officials at White City Stadium, Bulawayo, and no one has been arrested for the bombing incident. Mnangagwa escaped unharmed, but…
AS the economic upheaval continues, this week executives from the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ), told Parliament that there was too much indiscipline in the economy. Worryingly, they said the prices and cost of doing business would likely keep going up until authorities dealt with this indiscipline and rampant abuse of the foreign currency auction system…
ALL responsible governments the world over take care of the education of its citizens. Zimbabwe is no exception. It is commendable that the government last week said it had set aside $4 billion under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) to benefit 1,5 million people this year. It is the mandate of the government and…
WARRIORS midfielder Kuda Mahachi is one of the most talented players of his generation to ever emerge from the country. That he has represented the country at all levels and with a distinction justifies his reputation as one of the best players the country has ever produced in recent years. However, there are damaging allegations…
ZIMBABWEANS have received the continuing wild-cat strike by health professionals in government hospitals with consternation and a sense of foreboding given the already dire situation in the country. What is worrying as the situation continues to worsen with other civil servants threatening to join the industrial action is that it seems there is no quick…
CURRENT political and economic developments in the country are of great concern and a huge source of worry. The nation has witnessed political violence rearing its ugly head again recently and prices of basic commodities spiralling out of the reach of most ordinary people. Civil servants have downed tools, clamouring to be paid in hard…
