THE government must swallow its pride and admit that there is a huge crisis in schools as teachers continue with their industrial action. While this week Early Childhood Development (ECD) A to Grade 5 pupils joined the Grade 6 and 7 classes in primary schools with Form 1 and 2 joining their seniors who had…
THE rains will soon be upon us and it is worrying that social services in the capital city, Harare, have been neglected. Over the years we have noted with concern the crumbling social amenities. Lack of maintenance, as a result of financial constraints faced by the city council as most residents are not paying rates…
OVER the past two decades, Zimbabwe’s urban areas — especially the capital Harare and interestingly, the bedroom town of Chitungwiza among others — have seen the proliferation of unplanned housing development. Wetlands, river banks and other pieces of land set aside for specific purposes have been invaded by land barons who have in turn…
REPORTS that the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has started low-level talks with Zanu PF to negotiate the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) must be welcomed by all well-meaning Zimbabweans yearning for social development in the country. There has been growing pressure for an all-inclusive dialogue locally and abroad to put an…
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa in October last year launched a roadmap to achieve a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023 most people and economic analysts dismissed it as a highly ambitious statement of intent. The roadmap was described as hollow on how such an ambitious project could be accomplished. It was described as long on…
ZESA Holdings yesterday increased electricity tariffs by 50 percent, arguing the prevailing rate was too low — a move likely to trigger an adjustment in prices of goods and services. This is coming at a time when President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is optimistic that the country will in the next five years be a net…
THE rushed re-opening of schools when there are so many issues that need ironing out exposes us as a people who do not care about the future of our children. The government announced the phased reopening of schools, which had been closed in March following the imposition of the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in the country…
THE ongoing industrial action by teachers in public schools has paralysed the education sector and the government should stop all pretences that all is well. It is staggering to stomach dissembling claims by Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema that the majority of teachers are atwork. The brutal truth is that there is…
ZIMBABWEANS have for over two decades been waiting for a complete change in their economic fortunes. The new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave them hope to anticipate the opening of new factories and the resuscitation of old ones that had been long closed due to a hyperinflationary environment. That dream, though fading, is…
ON SATURDAY, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in marking International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is commemorated annually on October 17. For Zimbabwe, the day becomes doubly important because the burden of poverty eradication is more than urgent given that the cash-strapped country is battling to get the economy back on…
