YOUR FEEDBACK

THE Manica Post should be commended for creating ample space for readers to express their views and I find the feedback largely constructive. I enjoy your paper; the news coverage is great, your sport section is excellent, the feedback and comment page and the relationship page are interesting — Liberty Mahoso, Mutare.

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If invigilators in the teaching fraternity are to be paid, I suggest they should be selected by ZIMSEC, not by school heads, to avoid corruption — Tr T Chip.

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We need more effort on curbing foreign currency abuse. RBZ is disbursing little forex to the banks, which in turn abuse their allocation. Bank managers are being paid salaries in forex, buying high end company cars and have no limits on their visa/master cards. The public gets nothing at the end of the day — Bert.

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The agricultural season is upon us, it is vital for government to support serious farmers and offer them short-term and long term loans since agriculture is the backbone of our economy. The government has to continue taking the lead in financing national programmes to improve food security in the country — Terrence Mwedzi.

***** Parliament of Zimbabwe should deal decisively with distractive interjections. The Speaker of Parliament should be firm and ensure tranquillity prevails during debates. Unnecessary interjections distract followers. These interjections are most pronounced in the Lower House — Lovemore K.

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I have a feeling that businesses selling their products and services in hard currency should follow suit and pay their employees in the same. You cannot demand forex and pay employees in bond notes — Caston K.

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If we have more major deals like the revival of Mutare motor industry then we are moving in the right direction. Employment will be created and possibly foreign currency will flow. Keep it up Mr President; we want more deals like this one – Gakangoma77.

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Thank you Zimra for publishing the notice for approved quantities under travellers rebate in line with the law — Tambu.

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Why should we rush to blame President Mnangagwa for everything? He has done a lot for our country since independence and as a nation we should salute him — TM.

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In as much seed capital is the input to kick start any project, we have to look at conducts killing SMEs mostly owned by youths. Financing them without them showing the necessary skills is a challenge worse than the lack of resources — JB.

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Many young people amassed a lot of money during the diamond rush, but what did they do with it? They made blind investments, and are beggars today. The Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment should teach the youths on what to do when they have opportunities. The youths had a revolving fund and what did they do? Took it as free money and now who do you blame? Empowerment does not mean making the rich poor for the poor rich. When you leave me naked to dress someone nude, then what are you doing? — Richard Mahuhushe Chauke.

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The budget must not forget and be silent on free sanitary pads — CTM.

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I would like to wish speedy recovery to those passengers who were injured in the Smart Express-Bolt Cutter buses crash near Rusape tollgate. To the deceased, may their departed souls rest in eternal peace. May the good Lord console the bereaved relatives and friends — Ticha Bee, Bonda

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Are our local traditional leaders thinking of performing cleansing rituals at the Smart Express-Bolt Cutter buses accident scene? Losing 50 people in one accident is not a joke. It’s common knowledge that such accident scene becomes black spots and we might continue losing innocent lives on that same spot if the deceased spirits are not appeased. We all know of avenging spirits crying for appeasement — Inquisitive.

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I humbly submit that poverty is the brainchild of extreme inequality and injustice; matters that may only be confronted once the minds that were conquered by the system of white colonialism are liberated in a neo-colonial zone that replaced white dominance over blacks with the dominance of the political class of blacks over fellow blacks. I further submit that the ills of poverty stand to be greatly reduced if education is redefined to mean the act or process of updating oneself about one’s environment by interrogating it’s essence through study so as to understand it as something that we can monitor and supervise as our most cherished possession in spiritual, cultural, socioeconomic, political, legal and security terms. — Ishe Donald Kamba

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