Jah Prayzah Hokoyo Full Album (2020) Preview
Album Track List
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2 Miteuro
3 Donhodzo
4 Chiramwiwa
5 Eriya
6 Dzirere
7 Mwana WaMambo
8 Wenge
9 Munyaradzi
10 Kana Ndada
11 Nyaya Yerudo
12 Mukwasha
13 Tonight
14 Asante
15 Kwayedza
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Abducted MDC Joanna Mamombe & Cecilia Chimbiri Speak on the Painful Ordeal
MDC Member of Parliament Joanna Mamombe and her colleagues Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were abducted on 13 May 2020 after taking part in a demonstration against hunger. They were tortured, sexually violated and forced to eat human waste for two days. This is dehumanising and humiliating to female leaders.
The Blessing - Zimbabwe
Blessings for Zimbabwe. This is a song of blessing for the nation of Zimbabwe from its talented singers during this trying time. Zimbabwe Musicians Sing Together during Coronavirus lockdown, COVID 19 quarantine. Producers: Macdonald Macdee Chidavaenzi and Tembalami Praise In order of appearance: Albert Nyathi, Tembalami, Selmor Mtukudzi, Storm, Trevor Dongo, Pastor Gee, Mellisa Makwasha, Chelsea Mguni, Ann Selberg, Tendai Manatsa, Tariro neGitare, Willis Wataffi, Macdee, Doctor Tatenda, Sulumani Chimbetu. Original Song “The Blessing” by Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe and Elevation Worship. Written by Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe and Steven Furtick Original Lyrics: The Lord bless you And keep you Make His face shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord turn His Face toward you And give you peace As we receive, we agree, amen Chorus — Amen, amen, amen Bridge — May His favor be upon you And a thousand generations And your family and your children And their children, and their children May His presence go before you And behind you, and beside you All around you, and within you He is with you, He is with you
Tragedy: Zororo Makamba's Sad Death by COVID-19 in Zimbabwe - Government is NOT Prepared for CoronaVirus
Rest in Peace Zororo Makamba, January 1990 - 23 March 2020, aged 30.
The Grieving Makamba Family Reveals the Nightmare They experienced At Wilkins Hospital During Zororo's final hours. Are We Really Prepared To Deal With Coronavirus?
What about ordinary Zimbabweans who don’t have high profile people’s contact numbers to plea and beg for life saving measures.
Makamba family fumes over Zororo’s death
BELOW is a full statement made to the Daily News by the late Zororo
Makamba’s family after he became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to
coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital in Harare yesterday.
Zororo was the
son of business mogul and Zanu PF politician James Makamba. Family
spokesperson Tawanda Makamba, elder brother to Zororo, spoke to Daily
News reporter Sindiso Mhlope and below is the verbatim extract.
Zororo was in New York for 20 days and when he came back he had a slight
flue, a cold. He then went to his general practitioner and they checked
him for coronavirus symptoms and they said he didn’t have them at the
time.
He was just told that he had a cough and a flue because in
New York it’s cold and here it’s hot, so they then treated him for flue
and he came back home.
On Friday last week he started developing a
fever and his doctor recommended that he had to be admitted. This is
because Zororo had a tumour removed from just under his left lung last
year in November and he was under an 18-month recovery time-frame.
His immune system was already compromised, so the doctor was very keen
that he gets into the hospital and receives proper medication to help
him get over the flue and fever.
He was further advised to go to
Wilkins Hospital to test for the coronavirus. He arrived at Wilkins
Hospital by 10 am and samples were collected from him and we were told
that the results would be in after 6 hours.
After 6 hours there
were no results and his general practitioner called to find out why the
results had not been availed yet. The hospitals officials then told the
GPA that they had not run the tests yet they were waiting for samples
from provincial hospitals to run them all at once.
The doctor got
frustrated and started questioning why they had not run the tests given
that Zororo’s condition was deteriorating. After some time they then
decided to run the test and in the meantime we took him home and he
needed oxygen.
His GPA phoned around and an ambulance came home to
deliver the oxygen and then we got the positive results for coronavirus
at about 1:30 or 2:00am the following day.
They told us that now that they had confirmed that he had the virus he had to be taken to the Wilkins Hospital for treatment.
We then inquired if we could him bring immediately and we were told
that the hospital was not ready to receive coronavirus patients.
So
in the morning we waited and waited and they were still not ready to
admit him. He ended up being admitted around 10am and 11am.
His
doctor made it clear earlier on that he had to be on a ventilator
because he could not breathe. However, when we got at Wilkins Hospital
there was no ventilator, no medication and even the oxygen would run out
and they had to get it from the City of Harare.
After that we ran
around to find a ventilator for him and we managed to get a portable
ventilator from a family friend who had a relative who used the
ventilator before he died.
In terms of medicine you need to
breathe, they didn't have it there, we had to go and buy it in South
Africa. We ended up finding some today (yesterday)just as he was passing
away at a local pharmacy, yet the hospital was telling us it was not
locally available.
We then brought the ventilator on Sunday by 2pm
and when we got here, because the portable ventilator had an American
plug, they told us to get an adapter because they only had round sockets
at the hospital. I then rushed to buy an adapter and came back and they
never used it and when I asked why they were not using the ventilator
they said they had no sockets in his room. So they didn’t have
medication, ventilators and we brought them a ventilator and they didn’t
have sockets in his room. I told them that I had an extension cord and
pleaded with them to use the cord, but they refused.
They forced us
to come here, but failed to deliver on their promise. When Zororo had
his operation, he had it at Health Point Clinic. I contacted the people
at Health Point and asked if they were willing to take Zororo in and
they said yes and that they had already set up a facility to accommodate
him.
We then appealed to Health minister Obadiah Moyo that since
you are not prepared at Wilkins Hospital can we take him to Health Point
and he refused.
Minister Moyo said we could not take him there and
that needed to be treated at Wilkins. We were puzzled and wondered how
he could say that Zororo should be treated at Wilkins when they don’t
even have plugs in his room to connect the ventilator.
He promised
us all sorts of things that this morning (yesterday) they would
definitely be a ventilator and equipment but nothing materialised. If
you go inside there you will see that they are not prepared to handle
cases this side.
The minister at some point also suggested that we
could take him to a trauma centre in Borrowdale. When it was now time
for us to go to Borrowdale trauma they refused us to go there.
Instead they got the owner of Borrowdale Trauma Centre to call me and he
told me that he could come and set up an ICU at Wilkins for Zororo
complete with a ventilator and monitors, but he said that we had to pay
US$120 000 for the equipment.
He added that once Zororo finishes
using the equipment and recovers we had to donate the equipment to
Wilkins Hospital. So basically the hospital wanted us to buy the
equipment for them. We don’t have US$120 000 and it is not our
responsibility to buy equipment for the government.
On top of that,
remember this is a critical patient, nurses would only visit him after
two hours because they were afraid of handling his situation. We had to
phone from home, calling the nurse station to tell them that Zororo was
in distress and that his oxygen was finished because they were not going
to check on him.
It even got to a point where they were telling us that we are bothering them but Zororo was struggling in there.
My mother and his fiancé have been parked out here for the past two days and they wouldn’t allow us to come in.
The minister lied to us on many occasions. He lied to us that they were
going to bring equipment and doctors but nothing ever materialised.
We reached out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxilia
Mnangagwa who promised us that Zororo could be transferred to Beatrice
and that there was a room for him. Nothing came out of this.
We even
appealed to them saying that if they have failed then they should allow
us to take him home and treat him ourselves because really what he
needed was oxygen.
At the end before he died, he kept telling us
that he was alone and scared and the staff was refusing to help him to a
point where he got up and tried to walk out and they were trying to
restrain him.
So this is how my younger brother ended up dying. I want people to know that the government is lying.
Remember at some point I spoke to the president and he was saying that
the report he received about Wilkins from the Health minister is that
there is equipment and medicine.
However, right now they don’t even
have water at Wilkins. So if you come here to be treated for corona
there is absolutely no treatment you will get, you will die.
I am
not a healthcare giver but I have respect for nurses and doctors. The
doctor we were in contact with here at Wilkins would turn off his phone
yet he was the critical contact person, the nurses also refused to help
us.
So people need to know that the government is ill-prepared, it is not ready to deal with this virus.
Right now we have been outside since 12pm and they have not given us his body, neither have they told us the way forward.
Zororo passed away between 11am and 12pm today (yesterday) and the
hospital called us to come and look at his body. When we got there, we
were, however, told that they had already put his body in a body bag and
taken it to the mortuary.
Until now at 5pm we have been waiting for further communication and they have not even given us any of his belongings.
This is such a heart-breaking experience for us and it goes to show the
lack of seriousness our government has in dealing with the coronavirus.
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Zimbabwe’s Economy Will Overcome Hurdles
This is How Zimbabwe’s Economy Will Overcome Its Hurdles
by Prof Mthuli Ncube
February 12, 2020
Zimbabwe’s economy will overcome the numerous hurdles which lay before
us on the path towards prosperity. These obstacles are patent, and in
some cases potent. But with hard work, proper planning, and monetary and
fiscal discipline, Zimbabwe will get out of the current economic rut.
Some of these challenges are out of our control. Take Cyclone Idai in
March of last year for example. The extreme weather phenomenon destroyed
lives and livelihoods. This meteorological mess was followed by
another, as drought struck across our lands. Food output has thus been
severely hampered by these outside forces; and we have been left with no
choice but to subsidise, import and rely on help from the international
community to avoid total crisis. While there were some real
achievements in 2019, including a balanced budget for the first time in
living memory, we have a commitment to subsidise where necessary to make
sure our nation is fed.
As we move into 2020, we will continue
to learn from these “unknown unknowns”. We are already investing in
‘climate proofing’ our agriculture, including new irrigation techniques,
and drought resistant crops. We must now double up our efforts with our
international partners – new and old – to protect our agriculture and
food supply.
As we look forward to growing our economy, it is
incumbent upon us to rein in inflation as quickly as possible. This is
crucial for investment. This is vital for job creation. Month on month
inflation is already stabilising, down to approximately 16%. Of course,
annual inflation remains high. We do not hide this, nor was this
unexpected. That is what happens when you liberalise a currency. But
this process of reforms is a long-term necessity for our economy.
We are taking steps to prop up the currency, drip-feeding in cash
injections in a non-inflationary manner. This has involved exchanging
electronic currency for the physical currency. We will also be
introducing higher denomination notes over the course of 2020 to make it
easier for citizens to transact. We know the current environment is
tough. But Zimbabwe’s economy needs tough reforms, not superficial ones.
In the current environment, both wages and purchasing power have taken a
big hit. Government therefore has a responsibility to support consumers
and the private sector as a whole. As part of the currency reform
agenda, we have had inevitable wage compression. This is part of the
liberalisation process. We have responded by propping up the wages of
the civil servants, and we hope the private sector acts in kind.
Dollarisation inertia unfortunately means that retailers are still
pricing in USD and simply translating it to the local currency. This is
squashing the purchasing power of current wages. We are closing that
gap by allowing wages to rise.
In order to finance these moves
and reboot the Zimbabwean economy as a whole, it is crucial to reform
state-owned companies. We have already passed the first hurdle, which
was to decide which ones should be partially privatised, which ones
should be liquidated, and which ones should be departmentalised, and of
course to highlight those which should not be touched. 2020 is now
about implementing and enacting these moves. We will advance the partial
privatisation of the telecom company (Netone) and motor-vehicle
assembly company (Willovale Mazda Motor Industries), capitalise our Silo
Foods Industries, privatise banking assets and more. We want to have a
private sector-led economy in Zimbabwe. And for the private sector to
lead, we must privatise!
Despite all the hurdles and all the
barriers, Zimbabwe in 2019 leapt 15 places in the Global Ease of Doing
Business rankings. As we look to improve this in 2020, privatisation is a
big part of this story.
For the first time in living memory,
Zimbabwe achieved a balanced budget. We have our fiscal and monetary
fate in our own hands. We have a talented, educated and devoted
workforce, ready to get to work. And we have natural resources a-plenty,
ready to drive our economy forward. The Zimbabwean future is,
therefore, an exciting one. With patience and discipline, we will
overcome all the hurdles that lay in our path and build a better future
for all.
Hon. Prof Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe Minister of Finance and Economic Development
Nelson Chamisa Turns 42 years
written by Nelson Chamisa
Back in 1978, this day marked my introduction to this world. 42 years
ago, in 1978 and in the 'am' hours on a Thursday. To be precise, at 3am,
the journey started.
The world was waiting. I was overdue and had to be delivered to this world at Silveira mission in Bikita of Masvingo.
Two years before the birth of Zimbabwe in 1980, my journey had begun. I am two years older than the beautiful Zimbabwe, our country. As the nation turns 40 this year I turn 42.
I have sworn to dutifully and loyally serve my beloved country, Zimbabwe. I have been an MP and a Cabinet Minister (inclusive government) and an advocate in the superior courts of Zimbabwe. I have served in the three arms of the state. I have served my country to the best of my ability in the legislature, executive and the judiciary. I have also served internationally through representing Zimbabwe in the ACP-EU in Brussels, Belgium. I thank God’s Grace in all this.
It is my humble desire and cherished pledge to build, create and lead a New Zimbabwe before I ultimately retire from active public life. I have this strong vision and drive to make Zimbabwe great. We will make Zimbabwe a powerful, successful and wonderful nation.
But I have a confession to make... I am a perfectionist. I’m difficult to please. I even hardly please and satisfy myself. I keep trying to be better. Excellence is my goal. I carry this infinite craving for knowledge and insatiable curiosity for wisdom. I love learning and books. I cherish knowledge, information and education. I love the Bible and the word of God. I love peace and bringing people together. I love gathering rather than scattering. I cherish uniting.
I often ask myself... what's next and why? Who next and why? When next and why? When I die, what next?? I care about the 'hereafter' and the 'henceforth'. For the next decade, God willing, I hope to be serving my country and the wonderful people of God in Zimbabwe before finally exiting national duty and the public space.
Thereafter, I settle to focus on leadership coaching & youth mentoring, philanthropy and winning souls for the Kingdom. I believe leaders must lead and leave. Leaders must leave and live.
I have already begun building a foundation, The Nelson Chamisa Foundation and writing books. I have written four books yet to be published and released.
My rural home in Gutu shall be my retirement home. Where I was born, there I shall retire and there I shall finally rest. We must all be our best then rest. I must retire before I tire and get tired.
I thank and love God, the Overseer of the universe, the Master and Judge of this world. God is my creator and I am HIS. I am a composition of God's grace and a fine definition of HIS infinite mercies. I believe in The Lord Jesus Christ as the King and saviour of my life and indeed all lives. I thank Jehovah for giving me the chance of life and yet showing me the best and greatest of life. Before we all go back to the maker, we must strive to make the world a better place and the human life worthwhile. All this, for God's glory.
For the journey thus far, I thank Thoko my wife, Kudzaishe A, my son, my parents and the entire family for their magnanimity to share me with the world.
I also profoundly salute all of you friends, my earth-mates in this world. Leadership is no easy enterprise. You encourage and support me. You continue to make me the person I am. You perfect my imperfections, you polish my blemishes, you correct my mistakes, and you subsidize my inadequacies. More importantly, and in all circumstances, you dwarf my shortcomings.
Friends, the best is yet to come. Better days are coming!!
To Whom Much is Given, Much Will Be Required. To whom much is given, much will be expected (Luke 12:48)
God bless you.
Excellence, Difference, Brilliance!
#Godisinit
#pamabvihatibvi
Nelson Chamisa,
Under my hand, this 2nd February 2020
Nelson Chamisa @ 42
The world was waiting. I was overdue and had to be delivered to this world at Silveira mission in Bikita of Masvingo.
Two years before the birth of Zimbabwe in 1980, my journey had begun. I am two years older than the beautiful Zimbabwe, our country. As the nation turns 40 this year I turn 42.
I have sworn to dutifully and loyally serve my beloved country, Zimbabwe. I have been an MP and a Cabinet Minister (inclusive government) and an advocate in the superior courts of Zimbabwe. I have served in the three arms of the state. I have served my country to the best of my ability in the legislature, executive and the judiciary. I have also served internationally through representing Zimbabwe in the ACP-EU in Brussels, Belgium. I thank God’s Grace in all this.
It is my humble desire and cherished pledge to build, create and lead a New Zimbabwe before I ultimately retire from active public life. I have this strong vision and drive to make Zimbabwe great. We will make Zimbabwe a powerful, successful and wonderful nation.
But I have a confession to make... I am a perfectionist. I’m difficult to please. I even hardly please and satisfy myself. I keep trying to be better. Excellence is my goal. I carry this infinite craving for knowledge and insatiable curiosity for wisdom. I love learning and books. I cherish knowledge, information and education. I love the Bible and the word of God. I love peace and bringing people together. I love gathering rather than scattering. I cherish uniting.
I often ask myself... what's next and why? Who next and why? When next and why? When I die, what next?? I care about the 'hereafter' and the 'henceforth'. For the next decade, God willing, I hope to be serving my country and the wonderful people of God in Zimbabwe before finally exiting national duty and the public space.
Thereafter, I settle to focus on leadership coaching & youth mentoring, philanthropy and winning souls for the Kingdom. I believe leaders must lead and leave. Leaders must leave and live.
I have already begun building a foundation, The Nelson Chamisa Foundation and writing books. I have written four books yet to be published and released.
My rural home in Gutu shall be my retirement home. Where I was born, there I shall retire and there I shall finally rest. We must all be our best then rest. I must retire before I tire and get tired.
I thank and love God, the Overseer of the universe, the Master and Judge of this world. God is my creator and I am HIS. I am a composition of God's grace and a fine definition of HIS infinite mercies. I believe in The Lord Jesus Christ as the King and saviour of my life and indeed all lives. I thank Jehovah for giving me the chance of life and yet showing me the best and greatest of life. Before we all go back to the maker, we must strive to make the world a better place and the human life worthwhile. All this, for God's glory.
For the journey thus far, I thank Thoko my wife, Kudzaishe A, my son, my parents and the entire family for their magnanimity to share me with the world.
I also profoundly salute all of you friends, my earth-mates in this world. Leadership is no easy enterprise. You encourage and support me. You continue to make me the person I am. You perfect my imperfections, you polish my blemishes, you correct my mistakes, and you subsidize my inadequacies. More importantly, and in all circumstances, you dwarf my shortcomings.
Friends, the best is yet to come. Better days are coming!!
To Whom Much is Given, Much Will Be Required. To whom much is given, much will be expected (Luke 12:48)
God bless you.
Excellence, Difference, Brilliance!
#Godisinit
#pamabvihatibvi
Nelson Chamisa,
Under my hand, this 2nd February 2020
ZIMSEC Grade Inflation
On ZIMSEC Grade Inflation: A Disgraceful and Shameful National Cancer
By Arthur G.O. Mutambara
former Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
I have seen press reports about this year’s Ordinary Level and Advanced
Level Examination results all over the place. I want to congratulate
all the students, schools and teachers who excelled. Makorokoto makuru
(Congratulations)!!
However, on the ZIMSEC Advanced Level
Examination results, there is a slight problem of grade inflation – a
pernicious and ruinous national cancer. How do you get one school
getting 79 students with 15 points (or more) out of 140 candidates? This
is 56% of the students getting the same top examination outcome. This
is shameless grade inflation. Throughout the country, some schools have
such results as 37, 25 or such large numbers of 15-pointers each. While
these achievements must be celebrated and the students applauded, there
is a problem.
How do you differentiate these multitudes of
15-pointer kids? The very top students (the superstars) are now hidden
and buried among the 79, 37 and 25, for example. You cannot tell who
they are. How do you get them scholarships or secure places for them
into top universities such as Oxford, Harvard or Cambridge, when there
are a 1000 students with 15 points from Zimbabwe. It is meaningless. You
probably have to give them another examination to distinguish and
differentiate them.
The 2019 ZIMSEC Advanced Level Examination
results do not follow a standard normal distribution curve. How do you
get 56% of the students from one school obtaining the same top
examination outcome? These results are a disservice to the best and
brightest students. In fact, they are a disservice to all the students.
Grade inflation is not a good idea. I have received many requests from
these students with 15 points or more from this year's results, asking
for opportunities at top universities across the world. While I
congratulate the high achievers and I am excited for them, it is very
tough to sell their outstanding results to great institutions outside
Zimbabwe, because of the obvious and disgraceful grade inflation. Do you
approach Oxford or Harvard with 1000 such 15-pointers from Zimbabwe? It
is a joke.
Why do we say this? When you present 1000 students
with 15 points from one country (obtained in one sitting) to a
university like Oxford or Harvard, it is meaningless because the 1000
students are not differentiated. You cannot tell who is in the top 10 or
20 among the 1000 outstanding candidates. You put the top university in
an invidious situation. They cannot admit them, and yet some of the
1000 students would definitely qualify to study in these top and
globally competitive programmes. However, you do not know who they are.
You might have to give the 1000 students another examination to rank
them. This is the challenge that is presented by grade inflation.
ZIMSEC must sort out this mess.
For sure, getting 35 points or 25 points is an indicator of
differentiation. However, the standard Advanced Level Examination is
three subjects. So, attaining 15 points from 3 subjects (3As) becomes
the ultimate and uniform measure of the highest excellence. Yes, you can
say the 35-pointer has differentiated himself or herself. Agreed.
However, taking more than three subjects is not the standard format of
the Advanced Level Examination. Very few students do that. More
importantly, when they do not take more than three subjects, that
act/choice must not count against them in terms of excellence.
Now, how about the 1000 with three As (who only took three subjects)
each? Are they all equal? How do top universities choose the best among
these 1000 students? How do you differentiate these 1000? Surely some of
them are superstars who qualify to enter Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard or
Stanford. But we cannot tell who they are from the 1000. This is the
challenge I am flagging which is occasioned by grade inflation.
Globally grade inflation is a well-known concept. There have been cases
in African countries (e.g. Nigeria), the United States, and Europe. In
the High School sector, the UK has been effectively grappling with it by
having several private examination boards that compete, thus shaming
and minimising the occurrence of this scourge.
In analysing the
ZIMSEC outcomes, it is clear that certainly, our children are not
getting too smart. That is not the issue. The problems are the standard
of the examination, the marking systems and grading thereafter. It is a
ZIMSEC problem. And no, the internet and its platforms such as Google or
Wikipedia is not the issue. We just have to be creative, resourceful
and imaginative examiners. Furthermore, our marking and grading must be
sophisticated. Despite the advent of Google, proper exams can still be
administered. Those who took Cambridge Advanced Level Examination in
2019 do not have this grade inflation problem.
Our challenge is
that we have one national, incompetently state-run, examination body. We
need to rethink, reimagine and re-invent ZIMSEC. The key leaders and
professional of this institution must understand the meaning and impact
of grade inflation. In the UK, as already indicated, they have several
privately run examination bodies that compete and thus mitigate and
manage the occurrence of grade inflation.
By the way, once they
are admitted into top global universities, students from our great
country, generally distinguish themselves. With the tremendous and
world-renowned Zimbabwean work ethic and drive, they usually take care
of business. Sometimes, getting into these top schools is now the
problem, and not performance once admitted. I sit on the Rhodes
Scholarship Selection Committee. Getting the Rhodes Scholarship does NOT
guarantee you a place at Oxford University. There is a separate
application process into Oxford.
About five years ago, one of our
two Rhodes Scholarship choices: A First Class Degree in Computer
Science from UZ could not get a place at Oxford University! They asked
the selected Rhodes Scholar to spend a year at the lower-ranked Brookes
University (next door to Oxford) for a year, and prove himself first,
then apply again to the University of Oxford.
Of course, the
young man was shuttered and humiliated. But he braved it, spent the year
at Brookes, and eventually gained entrance into the University of
Oxford. He is now a proud Oxonian. But can you imagine the ordeal and
psychological trauma that the young man, had to go through? Was it
necessary?
Now, do you know why the University of Oxford did this
to our Rhodes Scholar? Because UZ gave a PhD to Grace Mugabe after
three months, Oxford basically discounted the young man's First Class to
a Third!
These are the things we do to undermine our superstar students!
We ought to stop.
The ZIMSEC grade inflation is one step too far. We must protect the
brand, opportunities and possibilities of all our students – the
country’s future human capital – starting from Primary School, through
High School, right up to Tertiary Education.
In case some might
think that the Advanced Level Examination grade inflation will only
affect entry into elite or Ivy League schools like Harvard and Oxford;
to the contrary, the issue will also negatively impact fair admission
into local universities. Any examination that says 56% are equally
NUMBER ONE is meaningless. More importantly, such results are useless
for university admission purposes. Forget Oxford and Harvard. Let us
stay local. With these 1000 fifteen pointers, how are you going to
decide who gets into UZ law or UZ Medicine? The 79 (15 pointers) kids
from Pamushana and 15 pointers from one or two other schools can easily
fill up those two programs. What will happen to other 15 pointers (from
the 1000) who also want to be enrolled in the two courses at UZ? What
reason will you give them for not qualifying into these two programs at
UZ?
Let us make the numbers do some more talking. Out of 1000
fifteen pointers, how many qualify for a Law Degree at UZ? Probably 300.
How many qualify for a Degree in Medicine at UZ, probably 200. Assuming
UZ Law takes 80 a year and Medicine 70 a year, there is a potential
problem. How do you objectively select the 80 and 70, out of the 300 and
200 respectively? Are we going to apply subjective ad hoc terms which
are most likely to disadvantage the poor and the unconnected?
The same above analysis can be made for departments at any of the other
national tertiary institutions, be it NUST, MSU or Africa University. It
is not just a question of whether we can absorb all these qualified
students into Zimbabwean tertiary institutions, but rather ensuring fair
and scientific admission into these universities based on meaningful
results. Hence, you can disregard any reference to elite or Ivy League
Schools – Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, etc. – or any foreign interests for
that matter. Grade inflation is bad for Zimbabwe, period. The case
against grade inflation has nothing to do with trying to please elite or
Ivy League Schools. Don’t hide behind cheap, primitive and
unsophisticated decolonisation or anti-imperialism arguments. We have
been independent for 40 years and running our own education system in
those years. As free Zimbabweans – proud Africans – we have created this
problem. We must solve it to please ourselves and nobody else.
We must think again.
For the record, we are not necessarily challenging the quality of
education acquired or the capacity of the students produced. We have not
reached that stage, yet. I am just emphasising differentiation of the
product. The product (our students) is fairly solid and can compete
globally. Lack of differentiation damages the brand and deny the product
opportunities to excel and flourish in Zimbabwe and beyond our borders.
No one should be suffocated or disparaged for doing well. Neither
should we grade for available opportunities. We just want meaningful
examination results that we can use for university admission and other
developmental purposes.
Furthermore, it is essential to posit
that what we are addressing here is neither a problem of sheer
absorption capacity nor the challenge of too many qualified students.
Not at all. While those could be secondary concerns, they are not the
issues at play at all, in this conversation. This discussion is about
meaningful and fair absorption within the country. It is about the
effective interface with other jurisdictions academically. We need
meaningful examination results, period. That there are too many or too
few qualified students is a separate though essential conversation.
What is the way forward?
We need to rethink, re-engineer, re-imagine and redesign ZIMSEC. We
need creative, resourceful and imaginative examiners, backed by
sophistication in marking and grading. The lack of rigour and tenacity
in both developing and grading the examinations are the key drivers of
grade inflation. We need quality examiners who understand grade
dynamics, all grounded in quality teaching and curriculum understanding.
ZIMSEC must not tolerate inefficient and incompetent markers.
Curriculum development, teaching and the examinations, thereafter, must
be anchored in learners' pursuit of competencies such as
problem-solving, learning how to learn, mastering how to think, and
blended learning; all rooted in a multidisciplinary approach to
education. We need to rethink, reimagine, re-engineer and redesign
ZIMSEC. We need meaningful examination results which we can effectively
use as a country and which also allow us to interface with other
jurisdictions meaningfully. We must eliminate any elements of direct or
indirect political interference which compromise the quality of our
education system and its products. There should be no place for scoring
cheap political mileage by awarding inflated grades. This is ruinous and
detrimental to our children. We must protect the brand, opportunities
and impact of our education products – our priceless human capital. In
doing so, we can pick up lessons from other jurisdictions that have
addressed the grade inflation challenge. Zimbabwe can fix this scourge.
However, we must first accept that it exists. A problem realised is a
problem half-solved.
We must jealously guard the globally
renowned quality and efficacy of our entire education system from
Primary School to Tertiary Education. We must find ways of restoring
institutional and individual integrity, pride in good work ethics,
discipline and quality work across the entire education sector.
Sorting out the mess and rot at ZIMSEC – the disgraceful and shameful grade inflation – is a national imperative.
Yes, we can solve this challenge in pursuit of our national interest.
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ZANU-PF Rigs Elections
ZANU-PF’s Political Reforms to Rig Elections
By Arthur G.O. Mutambara
former Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
We have been talking about the need for political reforms to level the
political playing field thus facilitating credible, free and fair
elections in Zimbabwe. While we have argued that political reforms are
necessary but not sufficient, we have also emphasised that without these
reforms all other interventions are futile. We having been insisting on
dialogue and agreement about these reforms, and thereafter their
effective implementation.
As we posit these averments, it is
instructive to note that ZANU-PF is actually designing and implementing
political reforms – albeit in the opposite direction! While we are in a
political slumber and majoring in minors, ZANU-PF is busy carrying out
political changes to enable the theft and rigging of elections. More
importantly, they are putting in place political reforms that will allow
them to steal or rig those polls with absolute impunity.
One of
the key objectives of the 2013 Constitution was to whittle down the
authority of an all-powerful presidency. This was not sufficiently
addressed but significant inroads were made. However, on 17 December
2019, the ZANU-PF government announced a raft of measures to roll-back
that progress and reintroduce an imperial presidency through
Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019. They seek to remove the running
mate clause so that the President will appoint and fire his two
deputies. They intend to abolish the use of public hearings from the
appointment of Judges and return that authority to the President.
Furthermore, they propose the appointment by the President of the
following: Chief Secretary to President and Cabinet and the deputies;
Public Protector and deputy; and the Prosecutor General. This an
unequivocal and unambiguous reconstruction of the pre-2013 all-powerful
presidency. In fact, it is even more consolidated and over-reaching than
obtaining pre-2013.
An imperial presidency is central to the
orchestration of fraudulent electoral processes. It enables the rigging
of elections and guarantees impunity for electoral theft. When one is
aggrieved with electoral outcomes, where do you go? To the courts (High
Court, Supreme Court, and Constitutional Court), right? Who will be
manning those courts? Compromised judges appointed by an illegitimate
President who is a product of electoral theft! What justice do you
expect?
A further cynical part of the ZANU-PF’s Constitutional
changes announced on 17 December, is the obvious and shameless reward to
Chief Justice Luke Malaba for his role in upholding the results of the
fraudulent 2018 Presidential elections. He is due for retirement soon,
but ZANU-PF has put a specific provision that allows him (beyond the
retirement age of 70) to renew his contract annually, for a period not
exceeding five years. How sick can we get?
Let us be woke.
Political reforms are taking place. There are just in the opposite
direction. ZANU-PF is busy implementing reforms to rig elections with
absolute impunity.
The Best Path to a Prosperous Zimbabwe
The Best Path to a Prosperous Zimbabwe
By Prof. Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Zimbabwe
(A Response to the Keynote Address by SA Minister of International
Relations and Cooperation – Naledi Pandor – at a Symposium on Zimbabwe
at UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa, on 18 November 2019)
The
starting point in the journey to a prosperous Zimbabwe is to understand
the nature and character of Zimbabwe's problems. The country has
inextricably linked, seemingly intractable, political and economic
challenges. On the political side, there is a nagging political crisis
of legitimacy and governance. The key problem is that of polarisation,
which is a product of legitimacy issues arising from a disputed outcome
of the July 2018 presidential elections. Compounding this quagmire, is
the dearth of leadership and statesmanship in the country.
The
economy is in free fall, debt-ridden and characterised by a shortage of
electricity, a currency crisis, hyperinflation and low productivity
coupled with low capacity utilisation. Further challenges include
unprecedented deindustrialisation, a crippling trade deficit, lack of
competitiveness, high sovereign risk undermining FDI, reckless spending
by a blotted and profligate government, a shrinking tax base, and
debilitating unemployment. Social services have collapsed, in
particular, the healthcare sector.
With an unequivocal and
robust appreciation of the political and economic nature of the beast,
the next step is to develop and proffer both political and economic
solutions, taking cognisance of the primacy of the political
interventions. Without resolution of the political challenges, all
economic efforts will be futile. Toxic politics create a disenabling
environment for economics.
A prosperous Zimbabwe demands peace,
security, stability and unity of purpose. Zimbabweans must find each
other. It is essential to engage in genuine all-inclusive dialogue
rooted in absolute clarity on the causes of the current polarisation.
The agenda, format, structure and objectives of the dialogue must be
clear and shared by all protagonists. Pursuit and centrality of the
national interest must force all Zimbabweans to acknowledge the
immortality of the case and need for an all-inclusive conversation.
There is a need for all stakeholders to agree on and implement
political reforms to deepen democracy and enhance accountability in
general, while specifically improving the management of election
processes to ensure freeness, fairness, credibility and transparency,
thus guaranteeing undisputed poll outcomes. This will address the major
source of Zimbabwe’s perennial polarisation – stolen or rigged
elections. Electoral reforms must be implemented to enable fair, free
and credible elections, reduce disputed poll outcomes and thus prevent
illegitimacy. ZEC must be reformed as the manager of elections in
Zimbabwe. It has perennially and consistently – in 2002, 2008, 2013 and
2018 – failed to deliver legitimate election results.
Beyond
elections, there is a need for electoral reforms to broaden and deepen
the democratic space in the country. These reforms include ensuring
impartiality and independence of state institutions; a functionally
independent judiciary; genuine reform of oppressive legislation which
inhibit political rights and freedoms – not the charade which was
witnessed with the enactment of an equally pernicious MOPA which
replaced POSA; training of law enforcement agents and institutions to
ensure constitutional and measured policing; curtailment of politically
motivated arrests; removal of impunity by ensuring that perpetrators of
politically motivated violations and human rights abuses are held to
account; and emphasis on Parliament as source of laws and not statutory
instruments or decrees. There must be security sector reforms to enable
demilitarization of politics and public administration. Furthermore, the
state media must be professionalised to ensure non-partisan coverage.
Major media reforms are required to enable independent private player
participation in all forms of media, including radio and television. All
provisions of the 2013 National Constitution must be complied with, in
particular, devolution of public service provision to provinces and
municipalities.
While political reforms are critical, it is
imperative and prudent to note that they are necessary but not
sufficient for a successful journey to a prosperous Zimbabwe. With a
solid foundation anchored in agreed and implemented political reforms,
Zimbabweans must then collectively develop and adopt a shared national
vision and strategy with three pillars – social, political and economic.
The vision framework must have overarching values and principles to
underpin a new dispensation. Mega-impact projects must be identified,
which will have a disproportionate impact on economic growth and GDP. To
complement the shared national vision, a national brand must be crafted
to sharpen country competitiveness and foster country reputation
management.
Implementation planning and dogged execution must
accompany all national plans, while monitoring and evaluation are
dutifully applied. There is need to develop detailed economic blueprints
and implementation plans for all key sectors such as Agriculture,
Mining, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Health, Education and Tourism,
with emphasis on moving up global value chains, innovation and
entrepreneurship, use of high technology and climate change – proofing
of all initiatives.
In addressing the prevailing debilitating
economic challenges, holistic solutions targeting the underlying causes
must always be sought. For example, the currency crisis is a symptom of
the general economic malaise pervading the country. This must be taken
cognisance of. One can introduce as many currencies or reforms as they
wish, but without addressing the fundamental issues, it will all be in
vain. Currency reforms must be predicated upon confidence and trust in
the country and its economy by its citizens, businesses and investors.
There must be enhanced productivity and production as a foundation for
effective currency interventions. There must be reserves to back any new
currency while fiscal consolidation, coupled with the elimination of
profligacy, is instituted. There is a need to ring-fence savings,
deposits and pensions from the potential value destruction that might be
occasioned by currency reforms.
Sanctions constitute a symptom
of bigger problems in Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans must solve these more
significant and massive challenges by embracing what has been
articulated above. Sanctions are not the core issue in Zimbabwe. In any
case, Zimbabweans must address the reasons why the sanctions were
imposed in the first place. This must be done, not to please the
external players – the imposers of sanctions – but in pursuit of our
national interest. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not imply
reversing the land reform program. Not at all. Furthermore, we must
address self-imposed sanctions which are in the form of corruption,
primitive accumulation, misgovernance, the rigging of elections,
violation of human rights, disrespect of the rule of law, police
brutality, and general subjugation of citizens.
Beyond the
country, Zimbabwe must leverage continental integration and the Fourth
Industrial Revolution. Africans across the continent must take a vested
interest approach to the resolution of Zimbabwean challenges. Why? First
and foremost, all people of African descent are the same people. Ubuntu
and Pan Africanism bind us together. Secondly, the economic prosperity
of African countries is inextricably linked. Under globalisation, our
African economies will flourish or degenerate together.
The above framework will constitute the Best Path to a Prosperous Zimbabwe.
2019 Netball World Cup: ZIMBABWE vs UGANDA
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