Insurance companies, banks in Zimbabwe must pay up
Imagine making monthly pension contributions for six years and when you try to claim your pension from your insurance company you get a $20 bill on the spot as a once off payment. I was reading with...
View ArticleA curse of drought and elections in March
As the summer of 2012 continues to be windy and dry almost everyone is now wondering what the Gods have in store for Zimbabwe this season. In the midst of jostling for political power and dishing out...
View ArticleWhere’s the water? Stories from Bulawayo
Mary Banda (aged 80) came to Zimbabwe in the 1960s from Malawi for ‘greener pastures’ with her now deceased husband. She is one of those old sweethearts who wax lyrical about the “good old days,” only...
View ArticleZimbabwe is not a personal tuck-shop for MPs
Committee of the Peoples Charter (CPC) Press Statement on Proposed Government Exit Packages: ‘Say No to the Inclusive Government’s Politics of the Belly’ Issue Date: February 08 2013 The Committee of...
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Colourful, useless notes: Zimbabwe 2009
Via blackcontemporaryart.com The post Colourful, useless notes: Zimbabwe 2009 appeared first on Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe.
View ArticleSurvey reveals the political and economic state of Zimbabwe
As the nation gears up for a constitutional referendum, approximately seven in every ten people claim to have heard about the COPA process and 59% claim to be aware of the draft Constitution of...
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...
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 ArticleCorruption and misconduct at Universities
I attended university during a period where going to school seemed like wasting one’s precious time and adding more strain on family’s financial budgets. This was the period of 2006-2010 where Zimbabwe...
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 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,...
View ArticleWhy bother paying for water if you don’t get any?
We asked for your feedback on Mayor Masunda saying that the water crisis in Zimbabwe will be alleviated if residents coughed up their dollars on time and paid their bills. Here is what some of you...
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