adminEditorial Comment: Banks must rely on mobilising savings and lending, not fees
Zimbabwe’s bankers have acquired some very bad habits over the last decade or so, abandoning their old business model of accumulating private savings, and paying interest on these, and then lending these savings out at a higher rate of interest, the gap between the two rates being their income to cover expenses, cost of bad loans, and some overheads.sanctions removal call mischievious
Tichaona ZindogaThose following the debate around sanctions that the US imposed on Zimbabwe in 2001 should have noted that the call for the removal of the illegal embargo by Senator James Inhofe on May 25 is not simply another “fight” against the measures,
Language, meaning in editorial cartoons
Knowledge MushohweEditorial cartooning is graphic communication that mostly employs drawn images. But the form of art’s most distinguishing characteristic is its ability to fuse image and text. Reading visual characteristics alone in an editorial cartoon is therefore not
Copac shortchanges disabled persons
Tsarai MugoniTHE Copac outreach process raised hopes of a better future for many marginalised groups in Zimbabwe as their concerns would for the first time be comprehensively included in the country’s supreme law. Little did they know that the consultations
A village romance comes to town
Sekai NzenzaIt’s a late afternoon in Mbare, and I am visiting my cousins Piri and Esina. We are sitting on the small veranda of this two roomed house on a busy street. Not too far away from here is the Rufaro Stadium where Bob Marley played the “Peace has
Zhanda to move motion on corruption at Reserve Bank
Herald Reporter
GOROMONZI North House of Assembly representative Cde Paddy Zhanda is expected to move a motion today calling on the House of Assembly to investigate alleged corruption at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. In his notice to move the motion in the
Call for Sadc water management
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has called for long-term co-operation between Sadc member states over the management and development of shared water resources in the region. Water Resources Management and Development Minister Samuel Siphepha Nkomo said
President’s launch of J Nkomo High School postponed
Herald Reporter
THE commissioning of the Landa J Nkomo High School in Tsholotsho by President Mugabe tomorrow and the launch of an e-learning programme have been postponed. In a statement yesterday, the Office of the President and Cabinet apologised for
MPs condemn violence
Herald Reporter
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide yesterday condemned the violence that occurred in Mudzi last week. They called for the police to be allowed to carry out their investigations without undue influence. The clashes between Zanu-PF and MDC-T
Cops on compensation
Crime Reporter
MOST people reportedly fail to receive compensation from insurance companies after being injured in road accidents as they do not claim the money through normal procedures. According to investigations by the police, most accident victims and families