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Rwanda, the African version of the Asian Tigers

We may as well call it African version of the Asian Tigers, I mean the phenomenal economic growth and development in Rwanda after a very dark past. From the tears and ashes of the genocide Rwanda rose again like the legendary Phoenix. Live…

Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 19:20hrs | | by Tondorindo

NSSA pensioners are 'picking ants with their mouths' with poverty

Whilst the NSSA saga rages on what's on the table for the poor NSSA pensioners? Is this not the opportune time for damage control by way of increasing the monthly payouts? Events in the past few months have proved beyond reasonable doubt t…

Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo

Abusing NSSA funds is no different from witchcraft

Abusing NSSA funds is never different from witchcraft especially considering that NSSA pensioners are wallowing in abject poverty. The once off cushioning payout they received this month did help but for how long, considering that it was o…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

Should the Marriage Certificate incorporate an Expiry Date?

This may induce laughter then extreme anger as it steeps and sink in. There is this other person, a fellow human being who thinks the Marriage Certificate should have an expiry date, yes, expiry so and so year. The idea being to 'liberate'…

Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 12:18hrs | 3 | by Tondorindo

The elderly have been thrown under the speeding bus

If my memory and anyone's serves me right, citizens above sixty years of age were to board Zupco buses that ply rural destinations free of charge. Is that notion true and if so is it happening? Before social media plunges into endless argu…

Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

High prices can be stopped

Price madness, some businesses may be 'fighting' government using the public (consumers) as pawns on a political chessboard. The dog eat dog price race calls for sober minds to restore sanity. Someone correctly pointed out that as long peo…

Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:53hrs | | by Tondorindo

Address the Pay-For-Your-House Scheme

Zimbabwe government to construct high rise flats - this is music to the ears of many who are still finding it hard to get a roof over their heads. We hope and wish such rhetoric turns into visible reality. However, first things first, how …

Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:18hrs | 7 | by Tondorindo

Do they come from where windows are used more often than doors?

Reports of armed robberies and rape in Mash. Central province are very disturbing as much as they are alarming. Knife and gun-totting gangs are said to be driving around ravaging women and helping themselves to valuables from their victims…

Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 8 | by Tondorindo

Uncle Sam is at war with everyone

To those doubting Thomases it is now crystal clear that Uncle Sam is at 'war' with everyone and that almost every nation is targeted. Who in their wildest of dreams would have ever imagined Albion receiving threats of sanctions over Iran? …

Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:48hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo

True prophesies come to pass

Later day prophets, yes, so called seers. Can they please give the nation some rest? Randomly 'choreographed' and selectively pre-discussed political prophesies are pronounced to amuse those who harbour undemocratic rise to the pinnacle of…

Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

In their time NSSA pensioners kept the economy going

The Hon. Minister of Labour and Social Welfare is said to have confirmed a periodic upward review of civil servants salaries to cushion them against rising prices of goods and services. Dr Sekai Nzenza happens to be 'the hope' of NSSA pens…

Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

Is there the biblical 'Lot's wife' among us?

Given the green light, Chinese run bakeries can supply enough cheap bread to the nation. Who remembers Vivon Bread suppliers that gave other large bakeries a run for their money resulting in them crying foul as competition heated up? The b…

Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:53hrs | 4 | by Tondorindo

Dialogue is the only way to go

Peaceful demonstrations, no matter the motive are  rare and hard to come by especially where huge crowds are involved. In most cases the demonstration is highjacked by rogue elements with a hidden agenda or 'red lines' are purposefull…

Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:50hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo

NSSA pensioners are work veterans

Amon Taribho struggled to stand up as he rose to reach his medication for diabetes and hypertension, the sachet is kept on the top most shelf of his wardrobe, away from kids. The former machine operator who retired two years ago from a fir…

Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 8 | by Tondorindo

NSSA pensioners are crying for attention

Both government and the private sector are doing something on 'hardship allowance' for their workers whilst NSSA pensioners continue to sing the blues. One Hon.MP raised the plight of the suffering pensioners in Parliament early this month…

Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:03hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo

Give the wayward juveniles access to pills

The issue of the age of consent has stirred a hornet's nest in Zimbabwe with some saying lower it to twelve and others giving thumbs up to sixteen years. The adults want to baby sit the under sixteen yet some of the minors have already maj…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 21:52hrs | | by Tondorindo

Zimbabwe is not ripe for picking

Multiparty democracy is very 'healthy' for development and total freedom, it keeps the incumbency focused on good governance and economic growth. Opposition politics is a necessary 'evil' for checks and balances otherwise unfettered reign …

Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:35hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

Social media, a blessing or curse?

Social media, its a free for all with gossipers, rumour mongers, 'tweemboz and netizens' all trying to bring out the supposedly scoop on breaking news. Despite the whispering  from the sixth sense, stories are made out with a great de…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

Stop the 'fighting' and build the Zimbabwean economy

It now seems fashionable to label all lost elections 'stolen' despite lack of credible evidence. National elections are more than an event, they are a national occurrence when even the pulse of the country stops, its all eyes on the ballot…

Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:09hrs | 3 | by Tondorindo

The fight against cholera

I may not speak on behalf of other towns and cities but in Harare CBD I am an eyewitness, eye-sore sights are commonplace. The only public toilets with a modicum of hygiene and cleanness are the pay-as-you-use, the rest are no go areas on …

Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | | by Tondorindo

Are tattoos good for our youths

Tattoos, the alluring bait of the underworld. Even the Good Book has spoken against body incisions, the so-called tattoos. What is it in them that attracts the young and restless, even some elders have patterns and 'artistic flowers and an…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 15:08hrs | 3 | by Tondorindo

Elections and prophecies

Later day 'prophets' are easily excited at elections time with some of them pronouncing unbelievable prophecies. Even dreams are nomore common dreams but elections related. Sometimes one wonders if these prophets are being paid for favoura…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 19:39hrs | 8 | by Tondorindo

The plight of war collaborators

The Second Chimurenga was far from a honeymoon, it was brutal and painful. Death, blood and tears were an everyday feature in the war of liberation. It was a people's war where everyone played a part in his/her own way. Villagers lost live…

Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo

Give dialogue a chance

The ill advised and politically tainted strike by teachers, rumoured for the next school term is both disruptive and uncalled for. All stake holders including educators and government, not forgetting the parents must continue finding …

Published: 03 May 2018 at 14:01hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

My poor shop

I am an indigenous entrepreneur running a modest general dealer shop in Harare CBD from rented premises. The stock is a 'cocktail of commodities' from groceries to hardware items and other Chinese trinkets. The long building has many shops…

Published: 03 May 2018 at 13:38hrs | | by Tondorindo

Give Mnangagwa a chance

Indeed our doctors should get a living wage and reasonable allowances to motivate and incentivise them, however, a wholesale and en-mass work stoppage is uncalled for. This is not the time for 'arm twisting' and toyi-toying antics aga…

Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 21:43hrs | | by Tondorindo. Chinehasha.

Zimbabwe pensioners deserve more

'Any injustice to one is injustice to all', very true, I quote from another affected fellow suffering citizen. Indeed pension houses management are living in luxury and opulence at the expense of the 'dying' pensioners. If its NSSA I …

Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 21:18hrs | | by Tondorindo. Chinehasha

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