2015 horrible, 2016 will be a ‘disaster’-Opposition parties, analyst
Mlondolozi Ndlovu The year 2015 has been horrible for most ordinary Zimbabweans but they should brace for more trouble in the upcoming year since the economic crisis that the country is facing will escalate, opposition political parties and a prominent…
Charamba and Mutsvangwa WhatsApp exchange reveals need for clear govt and party Social Media and Social Networking Policy
Malvern Mkudu and Arthur Chatora The story of WhatsApp exchanges between War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa and Presidential spokeperson George Charamba has exposed a number of issues in the government, which ought to be discussed. Firstly, that factionalism had reached…
Woman fights for justice over daughter’s sudden death
BY BYRON MUTINGWENDE An Epworth woman is convinced that her daughter died of food poisoning at a private school in the capital city but contrary results of a post mortem by a medical practitioner at Harare Central Hospital did not…
Understanding the ZANU PF factions
By Malvern Mkudu As the fighting in the ruling party rages on confusion has set in.Last week Children of war veterans issued a statement to the media and called for the removal of Saviour Kasukuwere as Political Commissar while Professor…
Do civil servants deserve a bonus?
Editorial Comment Early in the year Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Secretary General Raymond Majongwe said that the media was not supposed to focus on President Mugabe’s pronouncements that government would pay bonus but to focus on whether government had…
Another Zanu PF youth group attacks G40 members
Mlondolozi Ndlovu A few days after the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP), group of Zanu PF youthsaligned to the Mnangagwa faction called for the investigation into corruption in the Youth Fund by Minister Kasukuwere, another group under the banner ‘Children…
NGOs call for the operationalization of Reconciliation Commission
Mlondolozi Ndlovu Three NGOs in the country namely; the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Zimbabwe Civic Education Trust (ZIMCET) Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) have called upon the government of Zimbabwe to start the…
ZANU PF has abandoned the poor
Editorial Private and state media had conflicting reports about the fundraising dinner hosted by the ruling party last Friday. Private media described it as a flop while state media described it as a resounding success. It was purely judged on…
Rural women play key role in economic development
BY BYRON MUTINGWENDE Rural women play a key role in enhancing the economy through agricultural production and promoting development of rural areas by working hard to improve food security and eradicate poverty within communities, it has emerged. In her speech…
Soccer legends lay into Chiyangwa
Mlondolozi Ndlovu recently in Kwekwe Zimbabwean soccer legends on Saturday blasted aspiring ZIFA Presidential candidate, Philip Chiyangwa in thinly veiled attacks for looking for fame in the beautiful game, saying football had been hijacked by ‘mafikizolos’. Speaking in Kwekwe at…