By Black Edward COVID-19 has made words like “self-isolate” and “new variant” common as numbers of daily infections and deaths rise sharply indicating that the severity of the pandemic is far from over. The virus has brutally reminded us that life is indeed short. We don’t know exactly what tomorrow holds for us. In…
IT is heartening to see the country’s main political leaders calling for subordination of political differences and forge unity in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The disease has since the beginning of this year mercilessly ravaged the country. Over 1 000 people have perished out of more than 30 000 infections logged since…
AS THE country’s politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that will help resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic challenges. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Zanu PF’s national political commissar, Victor…
NEARLY 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe were destroyed by cyclones Chalane and Eloise, which swept across parts of the country over the past few weeks. This comes as the UN International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has been working together with the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) and other government agencies to help those affected by…
THE government has been urged to establish an open contracting system to curb corruption in the procurement of public goods especially in the health sector. This comes as Zimbabwe maintained its 2019 score of 24 out of 100 with a global ranking of 157 out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) done…
AN UNCONTROLLED spending spree is the last thing any self-respecting heist participant can do as this leads to nowhere other than prison. As they say, “money doesn’t need noise. That’s why you don’t play music in the bank, so be humble and spend wisely”. The year opened with arguably the biggest heist ever to be…
EMMERSON NJANJAMANGEZI ZIMBABWE’S ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jerry Ndlovu, has passed away after a short illness in Harare yesterday. Ndlovu’s demise comes as a huge blow to the country’s growing diplomatic relations with the UAE. He was Zimbabwe’s first envoy to the emirate having been appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August…
THE cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has appealed to the government for more resources to fight the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. This comes at a time the local authority revealed that it was overwhelmed with cases, with its rapid response teams being outnumbered. As of Wednesday, Bulawayo had recorded 4 868 Covid-19 cases, including 174…
LOYD MATARE AGRICULTURAL Centres of Excellence (ACEs), which were established by the European Union funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services (Zakis) project, have set up commercial ventures to facilitate commercially oriented training, agricultural entrepreneurship, and best practice knowledge transfer. The ACEs were established at Chibero Agricultural College and Matopos Research Institute as well…
TAMARY CHIKIWA RESIDENTS in Pumula East have gone for almost six months without water after the suburb was struck off the city’s water restoration schedule. Bulawayo City Council (BCC) imposed a water shedding regime as the city faces water woes. BCC restores water in suburbs in turns and it releases a water restoration schedule weekly….
