What the nabobs of negativity miss
The “experts” have gone quiet except for coy admonitions to Mangudya against overheating the printing pressJoram Nyathi Spectrum—THE number of passionate negative predictions about the current year is...
View ArticleFrance-Africa Summit: Hollande’s swansong
Francois HollandePeter Fabricius Correspondent—French President François Hollande put his legacy first by insisting that the 27th Africa-France Summit, which he will co-chair, should be held this week...
View ArticleBehind Morocco’s new tango with the African Union
Yohannes Woldemariam Correspondent—Morocco is currently courting a number of African countries relentlessly, including Madagascar, Tanzania, Rwanda and others.Morocco has signed 19 economic agreements...
View ArticleBidding Obama, Dylann Roof Farewell
Obi Egbuna Jnr:SimunyeFor the so-called African Americans, two events took place this week that conjured up a whirlwind of emotions — the farewell speech of US President Obama and the sentencing of...
View ArticleBell tolls for incompetent MPs
Oftentimes, it has been proved that missing MPs in their constituencies rarely make it back to Parliament, losing either at party primary elections or to candidates from other parties at the general...
View ArticleFloor prices a barrier to internet usage
Christopher Farai Charamba Review Correspondent — In June 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a non-binding resolution that recognised the right to internet access as a human right...
View ArticleEDITORIAL COMMENT
Action will ensure promised growthZimbabwe’s economy should grow by at least 3,8 percent this year, according to estimates by the World Bank and that prediction comes from hard-hearted, hard-headed...
View ArticleFrom storm in a mug to a bad hatchet job
Something is clearly wrong in the state of our politics in Zimbabwe.Something so sad, so out-of-place and so rotten. You do not have to be a professor of political science to see this self-evident...
View ArticleTurn loose, let go of past hurts and offences!
We have opened the gates for 2017. We don’t just open half way, no, we want to open them all the way! In this time of the year when most people are making prayers and declarations for the year, let it...
View Article‘City doing its best to keep typhoid at bay’
ENGINEER CHISANGO . . . “Harare Water values the reports that we get from residents so that service interruptions are urgently resolved”THE INTERVIEW: Innocent RuwendeIR: Engineer, you have been at the...
View ArticleMeet the brains behind hottest airtime start-up
Takwana TyaraniniBy a Special CorrespondentA United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean tech entrepreneur and his Guinean business partner are the brains behind Africa’s latest and fast-growing mobile airtime...
View ArticleEDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s show them we are true Warriors
AFTER a lengthy and frustrating 11-year wait, tomorrow we will get the chance to see our beloved Warriors plunging into battle on the big stage of the African Cup of Nations when they take on...
View ArticleEditorial Comment: NSSA should make good investment choices
News last week that Government had asked NSSA to gradually increase pension disbursements from the current $60 a month to $150 by end of March should be great music to pensioners. Life is hard for the...
View ArticleCan the African Union save itself?
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Correspondent—The African Union (AU) has until its summit in Addis Ababa at the end of January 2017 to rescue itself from institutional sclerosis.A coincidence of fiscal,...
View Article2017: Africa’s election map
Liesl Louw-Vaudran Correspondent—The presidential elections that took place in Benin and Ghana in 2016 were thankfully peaceful and transparent. If it hadn’t been for the polls that led to a change of...
View ArticleTechnology can’t replace human touch
Ron Miller Correspondent—Everywhere you turn these days, there’s talk of automation replacing people. Technology is surely advancing at a rapid rate, and in today’s click-driven media environment,...
View ArticleSetting up priorities Part 2
Prophet MakandiwaIn all the planning you are doing for next year, the most important thing you will need is determination.Within the prayers you are doing for the coming season make sure there is...
View ArticlePower gained by undermining legitimacy is illegitimate
In July last year, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa had to contend with opposition figures flying into the UK to try to weaken his efforts to invite investors to Zimbabwe as...
View ArticleLittle things we forget to do
Adults, especially parents, should teach their children the essential values of life such as keeping promises, sharing, working, saying you are sorry when you hurt someone and avoiding being...
View ArticleAMR study reveals shocking misuse of antibiotics in Zim
Sifelani Tsiko — A situational analysis report by the Zimbabwe Anti-Microbial Resistance Core Group has revealed shocking abuse of antibiotics in a worrying trend that could see more people in the...
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