JAPANESE envoy to Zimbabwe Toshiyuki Iwado has inked three grant contracts to be funded by Tokyo in line with the Asian country’s sustainable development aid which started as way back as 1980. [GoogleAd] The latest grants, which will be overseen by three local NGOs, will see one carrying out landmine clearance along the border with…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new administration is reverting to an archaic law from the era of former authoritarian ruler Robert Mugabe, which was used to silence critics with custodial sentences and fines. The original insult law which criminalised insulting the president was struck down by the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) in 2013, a move that was hailed…
LONG back, parents and guardians used not to worry at all about the safety of their children the moment they entered the school yard. That narrative seems to be changing. Undermining the goodwill parents used to have in teachers is the increasing spate of sexual abuse in schools. [GoogleAd] Last week, the country was shaken…
THE sun is ruthlessly scorching the cotton hub province, with the white gold and maize crops giving in to the vagaries of the sun, while rivers and water streams dry-up. Scores of young women and girls are travelling close to six kilometres on empty stomachs every day under the blazing sun along Chitekete, with buckets…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s admission that he is the one who authorised the deployment of soldiers to quell street protests on August 1, 2018 and in January this year was brave but leaves neutrals confused. Following the July 30, 2018 elections, protests broke out in Harare on August 1 and at least six innocent civilians were…
EDITOR — Trade is a very important industry in every part of the world. It is simply the trading of something for something else. This can be one good for another good, one good for money, one good for a service, a service for a good, money for a service, etc. Trade can be explained…
DEBATE in the National Assembly to enable minors as young as 12 to obtain contraceptives has won the backing of several stakeholders. The Health and Child Care Parliamentary Portfolio Committee is openly advocating for underage children to access sexual and reproductive health services, arguing that rights do not come into being magically only when one…
ZIMBABWE should not rush to pay its external debts until an official audit has been done to ascertain the validity of the arrears, a local pressure group has said. The southern African country is reeling from a US$18 billion debt, with nearly US$9 billion being owed to external creditors, and government has committed to repay…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has allocated US$28 million to millers in about 12 months for the importation of wheat. According to a statement released by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz), the imported wheat was used to complement the country’s local wheat and to supply bakers with flour nationwide. [GoogleAd] Gmaz chairperson…
LISTED milk processor Dairibord Holdings Limited (DHL) is pulling out of Malawi to cut losses incurred by the unit. Dairibord Malawi (DM) has for a long time been facing viability problems due to foreign currency shortages coupled with other challenges. [GoogleAd] “The holding company could not leverage its balance sheet to capacitate Dairibord Malawi and…
