CITIZENS Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has expressed his desire to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa and hammer a deal to ensure harmonised elections this year will not be disputed. His call is perfect and sagacious! Zimbabwe needs spotless elections. Mnangagwa has also been on that call. He has been talking of dialogue, but strangely…
ZIMBABWE has been engaging and re-engaging the international community in the quest to discard the bad image tag stuck on it for over two decades as it seeks to turn around its flagging economic fortunes. With its foreign policy premised on being an enemy to none and a friend to all, Harare recently expressed satisfaction…
THE recent decision by the PSL to hike gate charges for this weekend’s Harare derby pitting log leaders CAPS United and big-spending Dynamos, on reflection, appears ill-advised. Of course, traditionally, the Harare derby ranks as one of the three biggest games in the country, the others being the famed Battle of Zimbabwe featuring Dynamos against…
POWER utility Zesa said on Tuesday that it will soon be on top of the situation regarding the seemingly never-ending power outages in the country. Although the statement is good news to the majority of Zimbabweans who have been enduring prolonged power cuts, the message is a strong reminder to the power utility to walk…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a commitment to deliver free, fair and credible harmonised elections this year. Though he is still to proclaim dates for the polls, political parties have been active on the ground, preparing for the water-shed elections and generally there have been isolated cases of violence. The prevailing peace is what most…
MARTINI Meredith in his book The State of Africa: A History of the Continent since Independence, gives some heart rendering insights into some of the problems bedevilling state enterprises across the African continent. Meredith argues that state-owned companies are at the centre of a web of corruption with senior government officials preying on parastatal corporations…
SOME Epworth residents now possess legal documents that list the owners of various properties. We commend President Emmerson Mnangagwa for launching a “presidential title deeds and settlement programme” and distributing 265 title deeds to them on Saturday Mnangagwa also pledged that the initiative would be beneficial to all irregular settlements around the nation. The president…
THE government has taken a lot of flak over delays in appointing and operationalising a commission to deal with complaints against rogue members of security forces adjudged to have violated the Constitution during discharge of their duties. Zimbabwe’s history is littered with many cases involving breaches by rogue members of the security forces in the…
HARARE giants CAPS United and FC Platinum were last week involved in a highly entertaining 1-1 draw in their league encounter at the National Sports Stadium, a match that was a fantastic advertisement for the local game that has witnessed a gradual decline in both quality and fan interest in recent years. But at the…
THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value against the greenback on both the Dutch foreign currency auction and on the grey market. For the first time, the local currency breached the $1 000 mark against the US$ on the foreign currency auction, while on the underground market one now needs to fork about $1 750…
