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Schools Begin Reopening, But Who Will Pay the Bill?

Schoos have begun to gradually reopen in Zimbabwe. Image by Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press


EDITORIAL | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | OCT 2, 2020

In Zimbabwe, schools have reopened but what is worrying is that most parents whose sources of income were decimated by the coronavirus pandemic have no alternative ways of raising the money required by schools upfront before children are allowed to resume their studies or even sit for exams. While the resumption of the school calendar has divided opinion regarding the health safety of children from COVID-19, perhaps for the majority of parents the most pressing question is: Who will pay the bill?

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Isn’t Creating New Problems for Mat’land — It’s Exacerbating Long-ignored Ones


BULAWAYO, The Citizen Bulletin, Sept. 12, 2020 (EDITORIAL)—The Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has not created new problems for Matabeleland but has intensified long existing ones— most of which our government has been ignoring. In this editorial, we speak against child labour in hazardous environments — the mines, an issue which has been happening in Matabeleland South for more than six years now.

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Government Must Bail Out Families and Small Businesses Hard Hit By COVID-19

Amid growing poverty and illiteracy, for the San COVID-19 is a huge blow. Image supplied by Davy Ndlovu


BULAWAYO, The Citizen Bulletin, Aug. 28, 2020 (EDITORIAL) — Our government has the sole responsibility of taking care of its citizens, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this editorial, we make a case for the San, a constituency of indigenous peoples who have suffered marginalization for several decades. 


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