Finish yellow first

Zimbabweans will have to be more resourceful to obtain white maize meal as authorities are reported to have restricted the supply of white maize until the present stocks of yellow…

Whose insurance?

The announcement that the proposed National Social Security Scheme, which private insurance companies are strongly against, has been postponed for another year seems to indicate that the scheme may be…

ZUPCO should respond to demand

The intransigence of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company which insists on running empty buses instead of lowering fares is clearly proving what proponents of privatisation have always argued for -…

Queen’s lingo

English, which is Zimbabwe's official language although it is a first language for only four or five percent of the population, is now the world's primary language. It is now…

Down the drain

The human race uses more water in washing away what it has consumed than on anything else, according to results of studies released to The Insider by a leading estate…

A Ndebele speaks his mind

Twelve years of Zimbabwe's independence have witnessed the progressive marginalisation and domination of the Ndebele people by the majority dominant Shona groups. From 1980 to 1987 this process of domination…

The bull is back

Samson the talking bull is back and in full swing. The Cold Storage Commission, which has been in constant trouble to try and meet the country's beef needs in the…

What are national affairs?

President Mugabe has managed to slightly trim his cabinet as well as fulfil regional balance but has created another dubious ministry, the Ministry of National Affairs, Employment Creation and Cooperatives…