Invest in Solar
Had a sudden windfall. Not exactly. It was already my money. Bank in the UK just sent me a letter saying,” “we are shutting your account, you have a month to move it or it will be gone.” No...
View ArticleInspired
This inspired us: Nhai iwe ‘Munhu’? Please can someone answer me. You tell me that there are now City of Harare, ministry of local government or ZRP guys who use the Willowvale Road and they don’t...
View ArticleNormalizing the situation
The trend of poor service delivery by the local authorities and public institutions in Zimbabwe has reached alarming levels such that it has become a normal situation to get things like tap water from...
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Capitalism
Walking the streets, it is easy to see how absorbed everyone is in their own lives. Very few people look up from what they are wrapped up in to look at what’s happening around them. This seems to be a...
View ArticleNew state house or retirement home?
After fighting so hard to move into his new residence in the plushy suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was reported to be securing his future by offering to buy the house...
View ArticleChat apps provide an alternative to the exorbitant cellphone tariffs in Zimbabwe
To have a smart phone is no longer a luxury for the elite only but a solution to the exorbitant charges of sending a short text message (SMS) using the services of the cellphone network service...
View ArticleWorkers Day commemorations in Zimbabwe about political mileage
The Workers’ Day theme at Gwanzura stadium was “Workers under siege, organize unite and fight on” – indeed workers in Zimbabwe are under siege from politicians who have hijacked the event to further...
View ArticlePassing laws in blackouts
Zimbabwe’s sole power utility hopes to save electricity by influencing behavior change in electricity consumption through pre-paid meters. Pre-paid meters could be a solution to the billing shambles...
View ArticleCoca-Colanisation
We have all heard the bad effects of drinking Coca Cola, how it will rot our teeth and poison us, but then again, so will most soft-drinks, and in fact, most processed food. However, it is not just the...
View ArticleFree for all
The Herald today reported that 29 political parties, the latest being formed on Monday 13 this week, are asking to be bankrolled by government for their political activities ahead of elections....
View ArticleHey, show me the water!
Virtually every corner of Zimbabwe has huge challenges concerning access to clean water, and despite all talk about the country committing itself to meeting its MDG targets with 2015 fast approaching,...
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Where do you buy your vegetables?
On Friday I visited the Harare Children’s Home. The home is for children who were abandoned or abused. It also offers a safe place for newborn children. They try to train the children as much as...
View ArticleWhere does development start?
Usually when the word ‘developed’ is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is money, since surely you cannot develop without money, and therefore the logical assumption is that development...
View ArticleThe right to protest
It is always interesting, well, for me at least, that many leaders, African or otherwise, while apparently extolled elsewhere, are often “unwanted” and face harsh criticism in their own countries. And...
View ArticleZimbabwe China loan sparks hope for project funding
Yesterday, we let our subscribers know about the $36 million loan that China has extended to Zimbabwe for “projects.” One subscriber was concerned that with the Zimbabwean economy as bad as it is, and...
View ArticleI believe I can fly!
I find it disturbingly tasteless that even before we hit the half year mark, there are already complaints about the President’s traveling habits. To make it clear, what I find tasteless isn’t the news...
View Article10 things to know today
Zimbabwe’s economy now ranked in the top 10 in Africa but hang on, how come there aren’t any jobs? Kenyan MPs, already among the highest paid in the world, vote to raise their salaries. Death toll of...
View ArticleZanu PF broke? That’s a joke
A report today says Zanu PF “recently acquired 550 vehicles, – an assortment of single and double cab 4X4 vehicles Toyota Hilux, Nissan NP300, Ford Ranger and Mazda BT50s valued at USD14$million.” All...
View ArticleThe Friendship Bench, improving the lives of Zimbabwean women
Ever since the day I watched a documentary called Wasteland on how a photographer changed the lives of rubbish pickers in Brazil by empowering them to make art with the recyclable materials they pick...
View ArticleBEWARE Ye Who Dare The Oligarchs
A country whose politics makes a tradition of tragic deaths through suspicious automobile accidents can only have very little to claim as an “open society.” Zimbabwe’s roads after independence are...
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