Columnist / Brightface mutema
Let us be proactive in addressing challenges facing our country
Lack of patriotism and political polarisation are the leading factors hampering progress and development in the country. Sanctions may have a contributory factor to our challenges but the fact that Zi...Published: 03 May 2019 at 14:26hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Caledonia's Eastview residents deserve better
For a considerable period now I have been going around some of the emerging residential suburbs in and around Harare. My aim was to have an assessment of the progress, or seriousness therein of the dr...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 2 | by Brightface Mutema
Youth poverty and unemployment: Revisiting the January 14 violent protests
The violent disturbances that rocked Harare and other major cities in August 2018 and January 2019 saw an unprecedented numbers of youths participating. To ignore the reasons why these young people to...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
What happens during a grieving process? In memory of Cyclone Idai victims and survivors.
The whole nation was plunged into mourning following the devastating effects of cyclone Idai. There has been loss of loved ones as a result of death, and this has caused a broad range of reactio...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema
Even Pre-colonial kingdoms had Advisory Councils
Advisory Councils are not a new phenomenon that is peculiar to Zimbabwe alone. Such councils existed in the medieval period. Kings from the pre-colonial states worked with the help of advisory council...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema
Teachers Union demands of 3K salary an utopian demand
It is undeniable that the cost of living for an ordinary Zimbabwean is increasingly becoming expensive, but the latest 3k salary demand by Teachers' Unions is astonishing to say the least.I fo...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
The EU Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe read like Chamisa's script
The European Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe (2019/2563(RSP) are like reading from Chamisa script. In fact it's not surprising as the EU has been half-hearted in its attempts to engage the Second R...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:14hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Political Polarisation our enemy, dialogue is the answer
Zimbabwe is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover. The ripple effects are hard hitting the ordinary man on the street and scuttling any efforts to revive the economy...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
President Mnangagwa's call for a national dialogue timeous
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently, broke the news that brought melodious echoes to every progressive Zimbabwean who cares about unity and prosperity in a bid to move our nation forward economicall...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema
It's cold out there Jonathan Moyo
Those living in glass houses should not throw stones! This should have been a guiding adage to Prof Jonathan Moyo before he tried to expose the so called skeletons in Strive Masiyiwa's closet....Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema
Government riot act to errant NGOs welcomed
The reading of the riot act to some errant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) by the Acting Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Kazembe Kazembe on 11 December 2018 should be applauded...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
A paradox within the MDC
The launch of the National Cleaning Day in Highfield last week left many stuck in awe in trying to unlock the logic of what is actually transpiring within Nelson Chamisa's MDC party.Since the ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
2019 Budget responsive to the vulnerable
Allow me to give credit where it is due, the Second Republic showed its commitment towards the attainment of the Agenda 2030 as reflected in the recently announced 2019 budget statement.Mine i...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 11:14hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Absence of a responsible Local Authority reducing Caledonia to a ghost location
Situated approximately 21kilometers from Harare city centre, Caledonia is a home to about 33 000 households that are predominantly civil servants. The area is further divided into almost 21 phases. Ge...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Adopt the Rand to stabilise the economy
The lifting of SI 122 made this writer to revisit a debate that made headlines in the post- election period in Zimbabwe. This was premised on whether Zimbabwe should join the Rand monetary community o...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 13:06hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
United we stand, divided we fall
Zimbabweans should start realising the riches that comes with a united rather than a divided nation. We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.Elections have come and g...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 11:13hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Real or Fake, Diaspora tax should be effected!
A lot of noise has already been made by different sections of the society regarding the introduction of diaspora tax by the Government. Different positions have been shared on social media regarding t...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Challenging side of democracy: MDC-T
As the MDC T tries to come up with its candidate list for the up- coming harmonised elections, commotion and confusion has become the order of the day. Candidate imposition in the name of consensus bu...Published: 18 May 2018 at 10:40hrs | 6 | by Brightface Mutema
Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa
Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
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