YOUTH Alliance for Democracy (YAD) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day.

AS the need to use the Internet continues to grow the service delivery by local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is leaving a lot to be desired.

WITH all the confusion surrounding the inclusive government –– that appears to be going around in circles –– I thought it might be appropriate to revisit some issues which appear to have been allowed to die.

I HAVE a question for Morgan Tsvangirai: Why has Robert Mugabe taken a back seat and put you forward to call for the repeal of sanctions against him?

THANKS to “Saviour” Kasukuwere and his party Zanu PF we –– in business –– are seeing a serious slump in our businesses because of their misguided indigenisation policies.

GOVERNMENT, through the Indigenisation ministry, is trying to teach people to harvest where they did not sow! Very soon the people will be coming for the chefs’ farms and companies.
Masiyandima, Beitbridge.

I THINK that we need to apply extreme caution in the execution of the contentious Indigenisation Act along with the regulations.

I WAS born in the colonial era during Zimbabwe’s struggle for Independence. When it came in April 1980 I was still doing my primary education.

IF anyone has been paying attention to Roy Bennett’s trial they will agree that it is now turning into a circus with the state witnesses and the Attorney-General (AG) Johannes Tomana being the clowns.

THE mystery surrounding the Chiadzwa diamonds continues to deepen with the alleged blockage of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines’ visit to the fields for investigations.

THE time has come when players in the inclusive government should stop their political mischief and start to mobilise the nation to share a common national vision of promoting, extending and defending democratic values so that we may have a society which espouses tolerance, honesty, integrity, meritocracy, equity, national participation and representation.

THE demonstration by Zanu PF youths and the petition that they handed over to the Prime Minister’s office demanding that he should get sanctions removed “or else” is a deliberate ploy by Zanu PF to divert the people’s attention from the real issues bedevilling the inclusive government.

I JUST wonder if there is any other country in the world where a lavish birthday party for its “supreme leader” can be held whilst the civil service is striking because of low pay and with food shortages looming. It can only happen in Zimbabwe of course!
Mukanya.

RECENT confirmations by at least 26 teams to camp in South Africa for the 2010 Soccer World Cup final has left other southern African countries with a much bigger task if they are to fully benefit from the opportunities presented by the tournament.

THERE is need for genuine media reform if the country is to develop in a meaningful way.

THE state media has been running stories and opinion pieces that insinuate that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his party are responsible for the ongoing strike by the civil servants.

THE National Gallery in Harare has turned the sculpture garden in Harare Gardens into a private car park, the gates on the public footpath now kept locked at both exit/entry points, enforced by a security guard.

ZANU PF’S definition of ownership of wealth by the people is whereby all the chefs have a piece of the pie in every sector.

I WAS a bit taken aback by the article “Open conflict over diamonds” (Zimbabwe Independent, February 19) which stated that government was taking steps to stop the inquisitive parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy chaired by former Mines minister Edward Chindori-Chininga from proceeding with its oversight duties.

CONGRATS to our “supreme leader” who turned 86 last Sunday! He should make use of the wings on the fish eagle he was recently given as a birthday present to fly out of State House and save us from his ruinous policies.
Quarterback.

ROBERT Mugabe and Zanu PF must remember that the MDC is fighting to bring about economic revival. When the MDC takes the nation two steps forward, they should not take us 10 steps backwards.
Andy, Harare.

I CRY for our beloved country. The farm invaders know very well the harm they are doing to the country’s status internationally and locally but all they care about is lining their own pockets even if it’s causing more destruction to the bleeding country.
Depressed.

INDIGENISATION should mean creating an enabling environment for the citizens of this country to gain access to our own resources. It means changing our mentality from that of workers to that of employers. It also means being creative and initiating our own businesses. Let us not just wait to reap where we did not sow.
D Mudzengerere.

SAVIOUR! What an ironic name for a person who is spearheading the campaign to destroy the last remaining industries in our economy through the indigenisation regulations.
Observer.

I WOULD kike to know from Saviour Kasukuwere on the issue of his “regulations” how workers and rural folk will be able to compete when the former are being paid $150 and the latter nothing at all?  Is this not a firm grab scheme by chefs just like in the case of the land “reform”? The government should source funds to empower locals to start their own businesses and not just reap where they did not sow.
Adzo.

SAVIOUR Kasukuwere should castigated himself for propounding such draconian indigenisation regulations. South Africa is implementing black economic empowerment policies which are sound without threatening to jail anyone.
BM.

LIKE the legislation promulgated to fast track the land acquisition process, the indigenisation law and regulations have been crafted to legalise the looting of industry by Zanu PF.
Observer.
WHERE is the justice for people like Pascal Gwezere? What he went through at the hands of state security agents is immensely heartbreaking. Do these evil people not know that there is a God who will judge these terrible abuses? The book of Obadiah in the Bible clearly spells out the impending judgement for those who oppress their own people.
Nan.

IT is actually frightening to see that  Arthur Mutambara can make such unhelpful comments on the sanctions issue. The fact that he is learned does not give him the right to spout nonsense. However there is no question that he is a self-serving person who like Jonathan Moyo easily succumbs to the Zanu PF propaganda machinery.
Don.

I AM sick and tired of hearing statements being made in the state media saying that “Zimbabwe’s US$5,7 billion external debt is nothing compared to the vast natural resources in the country.” We need real action to deal with the debt, not just political posturing.
Agrippa Ngwazi. 

THE reckless behaviour and lawlessness happening in Chiadzwa and perpetrated by Zanu PF is creating the risk of civil war or insurgency.