Change of infrastructure financing model needed

A 2019 report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) pointed out that Zimbabwe needs over $34 billion in the next 10 years to upgrade its infrastructure to achieve sustainable levels of economic growth.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Balance competing truths on Western sanctions
Balance competing truths on Western sanctions

This U-turn came as a surprise because he and his cohort in the opposition are credited with calling for their imposition.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Restore Zim’s stolen dignity

Why the elite seek medication abroad is because the public health system is in the intensive care unit.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Borehole scammers on the loose

Residents are now relying on borehole water and even the President of Zimbabwe has introduced what is now called the Presidential Borehole Scheme, whose role is to provide borehole water for both urban and rural communities.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Time management

Time management is the ability to use the time available to get things done when they should be done. To be effective, time must be used to accomplish what must be done in the time available (Mosley DC, Megginson LC, & Pietri PH (1997) (Supervisor Management: The Art of Empowering and Developing People).

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Politics of the stomach must stop

What is heartbreaking about these revelations — if true — is that Gokwe Nembudziya is one of the poorest  districts in the country.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
New Horizon: Fake rates undermine economic stability

It is this absence of a sound currency in Zimbabwe that has reversed all the post-independence gains leading to regressive economic development characterised by poor health systems, human capital export, high unemployment and extreme poverty.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Killing Dugina own goal for Ukraine

That’s how Darya Dugina, who was killed last Saturday (August 20) evening outside Moscow by a car bomb, described herself last May in an interview with an obscure far-right Breton website, Breizh-info.com.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Rituals of sanity necessary

It was absolutely sentimental, a sort of reunion with the extended family that I treasure. I enjoyed the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hymns and dances; oh what nostalgia!

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
From a romantic Mohadi to the ever daydreaming Nick

THERE is an uproar among the people after the country’s patriotic electoral commission decided it was tired of poor candidates running for office.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Rethinking Zim’s economic policies…Bankruptcy of formulation, design or implementation

SINCE 1980, the Zimbabwean government has formulated a plethora of economic policies in a bid to ameliorate economic performance and improve the standard of living of its citizens.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Average trade per week gone down

This is the second fastest pace of depreciation between a range of 100 points so far this year.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Zimbabweans in SA face uncertain future

At least 200 000 Zimbabweans are directly affected. Such a number is too high and significant and calls for other stakeholders to see how they can assist and support alleviate the situation.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
New perpectives: Corruption and debt under informality

In 2021, Transparency International released the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which examines perceived levels of public sector corruption.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
The world is wide enough

“NOW I’m the villain in your history. I was too young and blind to see. I should have known.  I should have known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me. The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.”

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Interpersonal skills: A skill everyone needs

In today’s fast-paced and demanding business environment, success is often about who you know, not what you know. Interpersonal skills are essential to building relationships and getting things done—they can be equally important regardless of your role or level in an organisation. Whether you’re working with colleagues, customers, or vendors, your ability to communicate effectively, understand others’ points of view, and empathise when appropriate can help you achieve your goals.

By The Independent Aug. 26, 2022
Zim in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance state

Rights activists fear Zimbabwe has taken a downward trajectory in terms of civil liberties and constitutional rights since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late president Robert Mugabe following a military-assisted intervention in November 2017.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
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Global reporting standards for SMEs

I am a person who believes in making lemonade always, with life’s lemons. Therefore, now would be the ideal time for Small to Medium Enterprises to start looking at reporting. What better time to learn when there are challenges? One is essentially trained in an environment that is tougher than what they are likely to experience for the rest of their existence.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Call for peace must be made by everyone

This attack, together with that of Shinzo Abe of Japan, proves that security of controversial and prominent personalities ought not to be taken for granted. It is out of crass incompetence and lack of attention to detail to have one fooling himself that “he is loved” and hence will not in any way face the risk of an assassination attempt.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Qixi Festival: Celebrating Chinese Valentine’s Day

In China, all traditional festivals are narrated as fairy tales and everybody knows the romantic story of Qixi. In the Han Dynasty, about 2000 years ago, there was a poor orphaned herdsman, Niu Lang, and the “weaving” fairy (Zhi Nyu in Chinese), the youngest daughter of the Jade emperor of Heaven (god in Chinese myth).

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Europe’s mission impossible

The continent faces an arduous period ahead as global inflation driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict weighs on the sombre food and energy outlook. We outline three main events below that have battered the economy throughout 2022, and economic implications on global trade.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Blacklist, jail looting suppliers throw them in jail

Positions in government departments, ministries, parastatals and other state agencies are brimming with fathers, mothers, grandmothers and their clans,  which compromises adherence to regulations because every senior official wants to protect their cronies to help them continue looting through various self-enriching schemes designed to perpetuate high level plunder.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Editor’s Memo: Harare sitting on time bomb

The water crisis is only a microcosm of Zimbabwe’s malaise. Years of mismanagement under former president Robert Mugabe, who ruled for 37 years until he was ousted in 2017, left the economy in tatters.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
MUCKRAKER: By Nick! Zim surely deserves the new smelly scent above all

“People are suffering out there and our structures are empty. People have lost confidence in the party because they feel neglected,” the man said, adding that the country’s previous owner, Robert Mugabe, did a better job of lying to the masses.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
A bright future for drones on farms

Lauren Meiring of Stellenbosch University (SU) recently obtained her doctorate in electronic engineering at SU. Her thesis, titled Co-operative collision avoidance strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles, focuses on possible ways to avoid collisions between UAVs.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Youth disenfranchisement a catalyst for voter apathy

Inadequate social cohesive activities have left young people feeling alienated, disempowered and excluded, thereby reducing productive civic engagement. Thus, disenfranchisement is a stimulus  for low voter turnout and social exclusion.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Horrors of sexual predation in newsrooms

A quick look around Zimbabwe’s media terrain will show that men are at the helm of power. They are leading in this sector. This has many dynamics but the greatest is that if men lead the spaces where stories are told, this means that they will tell even women’s stories from their perspective.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022
Farm equipment: To buy or hire?

Firstly, it is important to identify the equipment that is necessary to have at the farm and this includes a tractor, a plough, a reaper, a disc harrow, a planter, a vicon sprayer and a trailer.

By The Independent Aug. 19, 2022