Consumers face health risk as illicit imports flood food market
Illicit imports including counterfeit products, expired foodstuffs and commodities without statutory labelling are finding their way onto the market in Zimbabwe as unscrupulous businesspeople cash in on lax controls at border posts to smuggle substandard goods putting the health of…
Bad laws, not malice responsible for poor journalism
Much has been said recently about the current quality of journalism inZimbabwe. The Information and Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI) findings attest to concerns raised by the public about the quality that it has gone down to the gutter. The…
My Solution to Vending
More and more tents are mushrooming in the Harare city centre as vendors set up stalls to sell their wares. Despite the government complaining that it is not collecting any taxes from informal traders, tents are being erected in the…
Vendors have the right to life too
The Vendor The arrest of a vendor in Gweru who was selling his wares in the central business district has reopened debate on the constitutionality of the continuous harassment of ordinary citizens who are trying to earn an honest living…
Zimbabwe prepared to harness digitization: Holder
Zvishavane-Ngezi Member of Parliament John Holder has said the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services has been informed that Zimbabwe will meet the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) deadline for digital broadcasting from analogue to a new and…
Mliswa praises work of CSOs
Ousted Zanu PF Hurungwe West provincial chairman Temba Mliswa has vowed not to come back in his former party . Temba Mliswa was ousted together with several Members of Parliament who were fingered out to be the former Vice President…
VMCZ ADVOCATES FOR MEDIA SELF REGULATION
By Byron Mutingwende The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) advocates for self-regulation in setting out appropriate codes of behaviour for the media that are necessary to support freedom of expression and monitor the conduct of practitioners. The sentiments were…
‘Vending’ and Zimbabwe’s Economic ‘Shock Doctrine’ and ‘Socialism of the Rich’
Ever since this year’s workers day commemorations on May 1, there has been a lot of social media debate and attendant dry humour concerning whether Zimbabwe is a nation of vendors or workers. Not that this debate was particularly new…
CSOs capacitate Parliamentary Committees in their oversight mandate: Mudenda
By Byron Mutingwende SPEAKER of the House of Assembly Jacob Mudenda has hailed civil society organisations for their work in implementing parliamentary reforms through capacity building for both parliamentarians and staff. Mudenda made the remarks during the signing ceremony of…
Informal traders face a bleak future
By Staff reporter A social welfare problem is looming if the Zimbabwe government does not quickly move to ‘formalise’ the informal economy or draft policies that ensure that those in the informal economy have some form of financial security when…