A Christmas covered in tears

WHILE most Zimbabweans celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, going through the annual festive rituals, Mitchell Hunzvi (30) was reflecting and reminiscing over what has been a dreadfu...

Zimbabwe education system is in a mess

In yet another low for the education sector, some schools are demanding that enrolling students should bring their own desks, chairs and mattresses, in a development that has stretched their already b...

Choppies to sue Nera?

Shop-owners and vendors whose property was vandalised or looted during MDC-T's violent demonstrations in Harare last week are in a strong position to sue the protest organisers, legal experts have sai...

Unregistered mobile phone SIM cards fuel criminality

Some mobile phone SIM card traders in Harare are selling lines without registering purchasers, fuelling telecommunications violations and criminality. Though all three cellular service provide...

Harare should learn a thing or two from Bulawayo

Bulawayo City Council has one of the most effective public transport policies in the country, and town planning experts say Harare should follow suit if it wants to restore order in the capital....

'Ban second-hand tyre imports'

Government should ban second-hand tyre imports as these contribute significantly to fatal road accidents, passenger representative organisations say.A week ago, 32 people were killed in an acc...

Death penalty raises stink

"The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings," once remarked former South African president and Nobel Prize Laureate, the late Nelson Man...

Arda revival in false start

The revival of the Agricultural Rural Development Authority estates seems unlikely in the near future after its offer to partner private farmers failed to find takers.Only two of ARDA's 21 agr...

Zesa switches off defaulters

Zesa Holdings has begun disconnecting defaulting customers from electricity supplies following indications that numerous defaulters were biding time in order not to settle their entire debts, som...

'Prophet Makandiwa raised my son from the dead'

A Harare man has added an interesting twist to the raging debate about prophets by claiming that United Family International Church leader, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, raised his son from the de...

'Evicted white farmers should stop demonising Mugabe'

Former white commercial farmers should desist from demonising President Mugabe and blaming him for their failure to receive compensation during the land reform programme, the chief executive officer o...