Shame on Zesa

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority should be ashamed of the shoddy service it is giving to consumers. Why doesn’t the whole bunch of under-performers resign? They should be ashamed that they wake up and inform their families that they are going to work — what work when for the greater part of the time consumers have no electricity? They should pay the money they owe Hwange Colliery Company so that they can receive more coal supplies. This is how Zanu PF has destroyed this country. They waste money congratulating President Robert Mugabe for winning a disputed poll. How does this help the ordinary people? What are Zanu PF’s priorities?— Shameless.

Strange logic

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority fails to provide power and I buy a generator as an alternative, but now I am being told to pay a levy in US dollars in a country that says it’s illegal to deal in foreign currency, or for property owners and shops to charge in American dollars. — Tatambura.

Trap for Morgan

AS Morgan Tsvangirai’s ability to lead will come under the microscope for the transitional period of the agreement, he needs to negotiate for real power. This is because Zanu PF would love to make sure he fails as prime minister and becomes unelectable. — Oskido.

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INSTEAD of bank queues being a thing of the past, I think Dr Gideon Gono, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, should be made a thing of the past. — Futurist.

COULD you please ask Dr Gideon Gono where the $500 notes are? Carrying and counting coins has become a nightmare. — Stumped.

Why Mugabe must go

THE gravity of the economic and social problems in Zimbabwe should motivate President Robert Mugabe to transfer most executive powers to Morgan Tsvangirai. He has had them for 28 years and hence the problems we have.— Chikomana.

Makoni for RBZ chief

DR Simba Makoni was a victim of the so-called political commentators who cannot read the mood of the nation and pushed him to challenge for the presidency. He is a much better alternative for the Reserve Bank Governor though. — Real commentator.

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SO President Robert Mugabe says he won the election run-off. But what does it help us if most of the time we are in the dark, while they waste diesel ferrying Zanu PF supporters to rallies, yet at the same there is no money to purchase oil for power transformers. — N’anga.

Where’s the diesel n’anga?

COULD The Standard please update us on what has happened to the diesel n’anga? If you do publish an updated article on the matter please could you accompany it with pictures of government ministers bare foot. I still cannot get over the sight of the ministers being duped by a primary school dropout.— Bewitched.

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ZIMBABWEANS went through hell this year because a few individuals were fighting to be elected so they could earn a salary of US$56. If we are serious, we should not be trying so hard to be the laughing stock of the world as if we don’t have anything better to do. Just imagine the time, energy and resources that were spent just to earn US$56 a month. — Baffled.

Lift NGOs ban

THE government should swallow its pride and allow non-governmental organisations to resume their humanitarian activities. People are dying of hunger. In Bikita villagers are resorting to wild plants and fruits. — Pre-Civilisation.

No more Zanu PF tricks

I would like to say to the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa, that misinforming people does not pay because people are much wiser than the politicians think. We are aware that Zanu PF is messing up the talks. Morgan Tsvangirai is not asking for favours from President Robert Mugabe. He is not going to sign a flawed deal until Zanu PF gets its act together. Tsvangirai won the March 29 election and therefore deserves respect. People no longer watch ZBC news. They search for information from credible sources and are exchanging it as it is. There will be no deal until Zanu PF starts playing ball. — Zimuto, Harare.

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ZANU PF has proved to all and sundry that it cannot give up power through the ballot box. No one in SADC can sweet talk the party out of office, so what’s next for Zimbabwe? — Eric.

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PUTTING the country first must not imply that the MDC accepts token posts offered by Zanu PF. They won’t fulfill the people’s wishes. They won the vote.— Hope, Kadoma.

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THIS nation needs God-fearing leaders. We don’t need leaders who are advised by dodgy clergymen. These leaders must know God. — Prophet.

Kuwadzana black-out

IN Kuwadzana III and IV, we are experiencing serious power cuts. Can Zesa care to explain to its consumers because among the consumers affected is a clinic? — Act.

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THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority could be pumping untreated water to domestic consumers in Kadoma. This is because there is an outbreak of diarrhoea in the town. I think this is scandalous. — Gurundoro.

Sadc shields failure

THE Zimbabwe crisis as adjudicated by Sadc has been nauseating to the intellect and very unpleasant self-destruction by Africans as they simple-mindedly applied their Kenya blunder, which sadly, they were still mistakenly celebrating as a democratic achievement. The Sadc leaders met to find modern ways of accommodating dictatorship in modern African political culture founded on the mistaken belief of the sanctity of the African Union at all costs. — Chirandu.

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SADC only needs to engage one of the political parties and convince it that it needs not manufacture its popularity after a 30-year record of dismal failure in providing the nation with basics of life, and that the same party leadership isn’t indispensable. — Citizen.

If SADC cannot solve such issues as the crisis in Zimbabwe, why are they wasting resources grouping? President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa should be held accountable for the continued suffering of Zimbabweans. – Harry, Harare.

The majority of Zimbabweans know that parastatals have for years been draining the fiscus and wasting taxpayers’ money, which has led to the decline in the performance of state-owned companies that take the record in loss-making mismanagement and incompetence. Why should a route that does not generate revenue continue to be serviced? They say insanity is where a person continues to repeat the same things hoping to achieve a different result. – I’m sane.

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