adminAmbush on Zim escalates tensions
Brezhnev Malaba in WASHINGTON DC
A CRUDELY-EXECUTED ambush on Zimbabwe at the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme plenary by European Union-funded non-governmental organisations has escalated tensions here.
Domestic violence still a challenge
Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features Editor
MARTHA (26) (not real name) has seen it all. Having customarily married her boyfriend who had forced himself on her resulting in an unplanned pregnancy a few months before writing ‘O’ Level examinations, she reminisces every chapter of her married life painting a chilling picture.
Zimfala 2012 blazing into action
The third annual Zimbabwe Festival of Afrikan Inspired Animation, ZIMFAIA will take place in Harare next month.
Anglicans hold first mass in five years
Daniel Nemukuyu
ANGLICANS in Harare today held their first mass in five years at the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints under police guard. The midweek mass was held a day after the eviction of Archbishop Nolbert Kunonga of the Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe from the Cathedral offices by the Deputy Sheriff.
When an operation go rogue
The Arena Hildegarde
We are slowly being turned into a generator nation, including an economy powered by generators. Walk around Harare’s Central Business District and you see various types and sizes of generators making noise too. What is the business output like in such an environment?The ‘We are so good’ rhetoric
Reason Wafawarova
Zimbabweans are heading for elections in March 2013 and this is the time when politicians cry out the “we are so good” message with so much conviction that makes it fashionable for all others to believe the rhetorical utterances from the self-anointed custodians of our opinions — the loud mouths that hail from the powerful political community.Wrong view of indigenisation costly
Victoria Ruzvidzo Business Focus
The indigenisation of the economy is one subject that needs to be untangled in terms of its implementation matrix and the ultimate objectives to remove the confusion or anxiety that has gripped the local and international market, particularly this year.ICT policy successfully validated
Tonderai Rutsito TechSpot
STAKEHOLDERS in the ICT sector recently met at a local hotel to validate the drafting of the national information communication technology policy framework.The validation stage involved corroborating information, which was gathered during the outreach programme with the information contained in the draft to replace the current eight-year-old policy.
OPINION: Rural school pupils disadvantaged compared to their urban counterparts
Kudakwashe Mwanza
A RECENT visit to Nkayi in rural Matabeleland North brought to my attention the dire straits tormenting rural pupils in their quest to access education.
The bus I was on picked up hordes of pupils a kilometre away from a secondary school in Skopo.
“Are these kids going for a trip?” I asked the bus conductor. “No,” he replied.
The pupils had finished the day’s studies and were going home, he said. No bus fare was required from them: just a community goodwill gesture from the bus crew, the conductor emphasised.
I alighted from the bus 20 kilometres away from the secondary school but the majority of the pupils were yet to disembark. It surprised me to learn that these pupils, including others who reside in areas away from the main roads, walked the distance to and from the school on a daily basis.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zifa’s stance on suspended players lauded
ZIFA have finally seen the light and have now opted for corrective punishment to many of the players who were involved in the Asiagate scandal.
According to the story we carried yesterday the Zifa board and assembly have resolved to commute suspensions of players to fines.
The punishment which ranged from six months to life bans meant an end to the careers of many promising youngsters. Many of the players were involved in more than one match which means many of them were aware of the scandal and therefore became willing partners to the powerful Asian betting and match-fixing syndicate.