Why the youth should register to vote
A mock exercise by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the use of biometric voter registration in Mabvuku. Youths must register to vote and participate in elections.
Chitungwiza tank accident: A lesson learnt
I was very much pained by the tragedy which happened in Chitungwiza when a 5 000-litre tank fell on three children, two of them aged nine and 18 months, died. The third boy aged seven escaped with a fractured leg….
Teachers deserve better salaries
I am a married teacher whose family lives in Harare and I work at a school about 300km from my home. I need US$15 (bond notes are not accepted by private transporters who are cheaper) to get to my workstation.
Zimbabwe: Land redistribution does little for many Black farmers
Even two decades after they were handed over lands seized from white landlords, many Black farmers in Zimbabwe continue to live in poverty.
Govt must not meddle in council affairs
News headlines have been screaming about “jump ship” councillors in Bulawayo and Gweru. The Thokozani Khupe led cabal, has been celebrating non-existent miracle councillors said to have crossed from MDC Alliance to MDC-T.
Is teaching a profession or slavery?
The Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema lacks proper planning. It was important that the key actor, teachers, were agreeable to opening schools.
Dictators’ club at it again
They rose to power promising to reform, but the animal instinct in them has refused to die.
Tobacco farmers are suffering
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe continue to suffer as tobacco companies are now taking advantage of the lockdown restrictions buying the crop at low prices as farmers are denied access to the auction floors during buying sessions.
Mthuli’s Budget Review Stinks
By Farai Mutambanengwe Just going to give a quick breakdown of why I say this budget stinks. It’s the numbers. First half, revenue $4.99 billion, and expenditure $4.2 billion, giving a surplus of some $0.8 billion odd. Second half projection,…
Gukurahundi: Can the man accused of opening the wounds heal them?
Elia Ntali In 1983, Nqobizitha Mhlaleri was ten years old when a bloody massacre in western Zimbabwe destroyed his community and left him an orphan. “I was made to step on dead bodies including my parents’,” he says, now aged 46. “The…