November 25, 2024
As well as proof of existence and ownership, these various documents play another important role in life, that of statistics and planning. A good number of people sometimes get agitated when the laying to rest of a dear departed one is delayed because of a piece of paper,…
While the use of stable currency created opportunities for business and other sectors of the economy, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries report on the state of the manufacturing sector revealed that business has improved compared to the period between 2008-9 prior to the introduction of the multi-currency system.…
Knowledge has become the most important factor in economic life. It is the chief ingredient of what we buy and sell, the raw material with which we work. Intellectual capital — not natural resources ,machinery, or even financial capital — has become the one indispensable asset of corporations…
Freedom can not be given. It is our right at birth. And there should never be any moments in time like we witnessed during the Jonathan Moyo era when that birthright was taken away from us. As the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) rightly pointed out in…
So it was obvious that they would do everything they could to label our produce Blood Diam-onds…all these people who are claiming to be the legal owners to the diamond claims are part of that conspiracy.I have allowed Cde Obert and his team time to pursue the KP…
Talk about formidable competition. Time to brace up, isn’t it? Brace up one and all, I would say.Could this be the dawn of a new era? For the media, that is. Looks like it. What with five licenses issued out to new newspapers. I must say I am…
Well, a lot of disappointment and tears for the majority. But sorry folks, I am not going to indulge in the usual luxury about dictatorships and how the founding fathers of the African Union have departed from the principles which inspired the struggles for independence. Rather, I want…
To its credit, the Godfrey Majonga-led ZMC shrugged of political pressure from the architects of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) to dole out registration licences to the owners of The Daily News, The Mail, NewsDay, The Daily Gazette and The Worker, in what ranks as a rare show…
This is why the registration and licensing of a handful of independent newspapers by the shaky coalition has caught the nation’s imagination, creating a kind of excitement and anticipation about the imminent chipping away of the stifling barriers of secrecy. Not without reason. The idea of opening media…
While it is quite obvious that in some cases he does this out of pure ignorance, I think this is getting out of hand. I should not be explaining each and every decision I make to him, let alone consult him. After all, who is he to be…