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Little children, what a joy to behold!

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David Mungoshi Shelling the Nuts My three-year-old grandson talks about having voted in the last election and readily shares who he voted for. A proud smile lighting up his face, he tells you that he voted for both ED and Chamisa. Don’t even try to tell him that’s not permissible! On some days when he […]

Meet Gwaradzimba: The people’s person

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2nd Republic Profiles with Ruth Butaumocho When Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba was appointed Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs last month, people quickly rushed to the Internet to check the curriculum vitae of the new sheriff of Manicaland. With sections of the nation trying to put face and name together on this magnanimous low-lying leader […]

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s do more to market Brand Zim

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ONE truism that always comes forth whenever foreigners arrive in Zimbabwe is that some of us, in concert with outsiders, have sold our country short through bad media. Those with an agenda against us were only too happy to oblige through travel advisories and hysterical travel warnings. This is why today, Zimbabwe — for all […]

Ensuring justice and sanity in the legal fraternity

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Lady Justice is often depicted as blind so that every mortal can have access to her. In most cases, justice is seen as synonymous with equality or fairness. For Zimbabwe, the Constitution considers justice to be part of the principles of good governance, together with factors such as transparency, accountability and responsiveness.

Agric key to Zim’s revival

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Zimbabwe’S economy is hinged on agriculture which feeds a number of downstream industries that process agricultural produce into various foods for both humans and livestock.

Advancing African solutions to African problems

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Since its foundation in 2001, the African Union (AU) has established an ambitious interest in preventive diplomacy and conflict management and has had a significant effect on security outcomes across the African continent and beyond.

EDITORIAL COMMENT : Consumers must rediscover their power

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At the weekend, our sister paper The Sunday Mail, carried a story that bakers in the country were “plotting” to hike the price of bread to $4.

Diaspora entrepreneurship can boost Zim economy

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Rumbidzai Ngwenya Features Writer Ever since President Mnangagwa promoted the ease of doing business in Zimbabwe, people in the Diaspora have opened businesses in the country with the aim of building the economy. This is a great step that will help the country attain middle income status by 2030. Among them is an Australian-based Zimbabwean […]

Infrastructure key to Vision 2030

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Vince Musewe Towards Vision 2030 ECONOMIC growth and development cannot be achieved without the availability and provision of appropriate economic and social infrastructure. The need to improve the quality of infrastructure services in Zimbabwe is, therefore, the cornerstone of achieving the economic growth objectives of Vision 2030 and beyond. According to almost 25 years of […]

Day Chamisa wanted to overthrow the Government

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Elijah Chihota Correspondent When the MDC-Alliance under the leadership of Nelson Chamisa realised that the July 30 elections were proving to be a tall order, they hatched a plan to discredit the whole election as a flawed process. This explains why Chamisa became infamous for uttering the saboteur’s mantra, “ndinozvidira jecha”. This was a warning […]

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimbabwean industry hoist by own petard

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WE welcome the bold decision taken by Cabinet on Tuesday this week for Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu to temporarily amend Statutory Instrument (SI) 122 of 2017 to allow companies and individuals with offshore and free funds to import basic commodities that are in short supply on the market. This should stay until the […]

Zim: Africa’s elephant in the room

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Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye When discussing the direction of Mozambique’s liberation struggle moving forward, one of Mother Africa’s shining examples of revolutionary authenticity, Samora Machel, warned us “to Africanise colonial and capitalist power (otherwise it) would destroy the meaning of our struggle”. Because Cde Machel earned a much deserved reputation for simplistically explaining problems that […]

RELOCATED VILLAGERS DECRY COMPENSATION FOR THE DEAD

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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Mr Obert Dozva (62) watched in shock as afternoon wintry winds blew apparel used to bury one of his late sons, right into his face. As relatives and friends scrambled to gather the torn clothes and chipped planks from the desecrated grave laid bare, probably during the night by illegal miners, […]

Renewable energy boost for Sadc

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Joseph Ngwawi Correspondent The establishment of a regional centre for renewable energy in Southern Africa is expected to go a long way in ensuring the harmonisation of standards in a region inundated with an influx of various solar products and technologies. This was one of the main sentiments expressed during the official launch of the […]

MDC @19: Death of democracy

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Nobleman Runyanga Correspondent This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go-ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing it over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While the faction’s rank and file is over the moon over the Saturday event, a critical analysis of the party’s history […]

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Producers need to widen value chain

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ZIMBABWE and its people cannot consume their way to riches, or even to middle-income status: they have to produce to raise their standards of living and our industrialists need to start thinking about their whole production and value chain, not just the last leg with all inputs and all final packaging imported. There are no […]

Let’s end this price madness

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Stephen Mpofu Correspondent “Something must break”, otherwise we cannot go on like this with prices galloping like horses competing at Ascot or Borrowdale racecourses,” a man fumed outside a shop as he stopped to greet a woman entering the same shop. “Well, I’m sure things will get right,” the interlocutor responded, betraying her faith in […]

SADC officially launches renewable energy centre

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Joseph Ngwawi Correspondent The establishment of a regional centre for renewable energy in Southern Africa is expected to go a long way in ensuring the harmonisation of standards in a region inundated with an influx of various solar products and technologies. This was one of the main sentiments expressed during the official launch of the […]

Allow the Lord to work your life into something great

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Bishop B. Manjoro Dunamis Today I will talk about the subject Make Me. People don’t become great people overnight. It’s a process. God has a way of raising his people. Friend, your life needs to be worked on. Allow the Lord to work your life into something great. Gold is purified by fire. If you […]

Good times beckon for Zim: Mutsvangwa

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THE INTERVIEW Ruth Butaumocho RB: Your appointment comes at a time when journalists are facing several operational challenges in Zimbabwe. There have been concerns that sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) interfere with the work of journalists and should be repealed. […]
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