The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has banned cash-in and
cash-out transactions on mobile money. But, by announcing the ban without bringing
a solution to the cash crunch, central bank officials are reminding us of what
they are; firefighters that...
Perhaps the only surprise about Friday’s planned protests, which the police are now determined to stop, is that the Zimbabwe government appears surprised by them. They shouldn’t be.
When, in October 2018, a...
Boris Johnson, mocker of African “piccaninny” children and their “watermelon smiles”, became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an African land far, far away, fought each other...
By Ranga Mberi
Around 2011, Germany’s Allensbach Institute asked Germans; “what do you fear the most?” The findings told a story that every Zimbabwean policy maker must hear.
By Ranga Mberi
Zimbabwe’s power utility says the rolling power cuts the country is facing have been caused by low water levels at Kariba. This is true, but it is only part of...
Sardonic Zimbabweans have a joke for every crisis.
One of the many crisis-fueled wisecracks goes: What’s the best time to fill up your fuel tank?
Answer: “When...
By Ranga Mberi
We have all been watching Government fumbling with its communication, and we’ve been doing it with face firmly in palm.
There are a few reasons why...
Dear Mr President,
Let’s start by talking about what’s important to Zimbabweans.
The things Zimbabweans demand are not complicated. They are not anything out of the ordinary.
They...
It’s been almost a decade since five people died in Chitungwiza after a goblin exploded as it was being beheaded.
That, at least, is how many still remember the events of January 2013, when...
WHEN a team from the Public Service Commission turned up at Mbiriyadi Primary School in Nyanga for a staff audit and headcount three years ago, the head handed them attendance registers. Hawk-eyed officials quickly spotted an anomaly.
Names of pupils...
