PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has of late focused its thrust on agriculture, hoping the country will have plenty of rains this season that will result in food self-sufficiency, saving the nation millions of dollars in food imports. Agriculture is also expected to play a critical role in the revival of an economy that has…
THE country’s public transport system, which has been in a terrible state for a long time, is in urgent need of a complete overhaul. Some years back, the State-owned Harare United Omnibus Company (HUOC), as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) was known then, was the pride of the nation, transporting the commuting public efficiently….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday launched Visit Zimbabwe Campaign aimed at leveraging on tourism and sporting sectors to promote the country as a safe and premier tourist destination. The launch is a welcome development as the country emerges from a debilitating national coronavirus lockdown the government imposed in March to curb and mitigate the spread…
THE government has to gradually open up the music sector with strict guidelines to avoid a situation where artists’ operations become underground enterprises as is currently happening. And because of the closure of most venues, guerilla-style gigs and wild indoors parties have become popular. The government has to work out guidelines on what musicians should…
OF late we have been running stories on the re-emergence of factional fighting in Zanu PF ahead of the re-introduced district coordinating committees (DCCs) elections. The countdown to the polls has been marred by tribal and regional fights and our worry is that the cacophony will derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government from focusing…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has in recent weeks been talking more on the need for accelerated production than divisive politics that has resulted in social development stagnation in the country. He recently launched an ambitious US$8,2 billion agriculture industry by 2025 strategy, which he followed up last week by commissioning a US$50 million Belarus agricultural mechanisation…
THE reopening of learning institutions around the country, especially primary and secondary schools — though phased and allowing some bit of room to rethink on the part of authorities — has shown just how crucial adequate consultations are in coming up with key decisions which affect people’s lives. Schools closed at the end of March…
IN recent weeks we have observed the government relaxing measures that were put in place to contain the lethal coronavirus pandemic, a move informed by a huge decline in Covid-19 infections. Though the country is yet to flatten the coronavirus curve, the government is optimistic that as we get into summer, infections will become less…
IT APPEARS Zanu PF officials have moved back into their default mode — burning the midnight oil, plotting and scheming on how to unseat the party’s current leadership in a replay of the costly factionalism that we have always seen since the era of the late former president Robert Mugabe. At the expiry of the…
THERE has been a lot of posturing and public stunts, among many other signals from Zimbabwe’s political leaders on how to solve the political and economic crises affecting the country. While the political leaders — both in the ruling party and opposition — are individual persons, entitled to their own opinions, what they show in…
