© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s misplaced priorities and spending on non-essential things reveal his sheer contempt for the “forgotten men and women” whom he pledged to fight for when he was elected into office, analysts have said Millions of Zimbabwean households are unable to afford basics such as food, transportation, and healthcare, yet he has prioritised…
© INDEPENDENT commuter omnibus operators who went into partnership with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) are smiling all the way to the bank. [GoogleAd] The government extended the Zupco franchise to private urban bus and commuter omnibus operators across the country. The move was meant to cushion cash-strapped workers struggling to make ends meet….
© MORE and more women fleeing Zimbabwe’s worsening economic collapse are being forced to sell sex in neighbouring South Africa, with many more at increased exposure to sexual exploitation and trafficking on their journeys seeking refuge across the Limpopo. [GoogleAd] Millions of Zimbabweans have deserted the mineral-rich nation to seek better lives in Africa’s second…
© WHEN she left the mining town of Kwekwe in 2007 in search of greener pastures in Australia, Susan Vivian Mutami expected to find world class health services and facilities in her new home. [GoogleAd] While in her mind jobs, education, health and other essential services were easily available in the developed world, she was…
© THEY say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! The adage summarises the life journey of Mercy Maunganidze-Chimanga, who is the chairperson of the National Disability Board in the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare ministry and also the director of the Zimbabwe Albino Association. [GoogleAd] Born Mercy Maunganidze 44-years-ago as the first…
© Ever increasing healthcare costs continue to capture our attention. Questions on the value and benefit of medical aid and insurance continue to occupy healthcare conversation space owing to existing economic challenges. This week we attempt to share our views. [GoogleAd] High medical aid subscriptions, medical insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses are just some of…
© ONCE dubbed the Sunshine City, Zimbabwe’s capital Harare stinks to high heavens — garbage is strewn all over, threatening all kinds of disease, while burning trash is polluting the environment. [GoogleAd] The garbage menace and its unattended damage to human life and the environment could have been a thing of the past in the…
© WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rise to power was premised on his pledge to fight corruption the same way China has done, the reality on the ground paints a different picture, analysts say. [GoogleAd] Since ascending to the Chinese Communist Party general secretary position in late 2012, Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has targeted widespread graft…
© ZIMBABWE’s economy is going through one of its leanest periods in a decade, with runaway inflation and ever-rising prices of goods and services, developments that have spawned untold suffering for the citizens, who have endured a lot since the days of the late former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogeAd] Our reporter Fungi Kwaramba sat down…
© EDGAR Moyo’s outstanding electricity bill is rising inexorably, a burgeoning debt owed to Zimbabwe’s struggling power utility. [GoogleAd] Moyo’s household owes $230 to State-controlled firm Zesa Holdings Limited, a minute part of the $1,2 billion in unpaid bills by household consumers, government departments, parastatals, local authorities and commercial farmers. Moyo has largely engaged in…
