Editorial Comment

Private sector must drive the economy

THE government is on record that the private sector must drive the economy. It says the private sector must take advantage of various incentives the government has put in place to help the country increase its gross domestic product. The incentives must be used by industry and commerce to “capitalise, retool as well as adopt…

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New wave of price increases as Zim dollar slump, blackouts bite

BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AND BRANDON JOSPHAT BOTH consumers and business say authorities need to act urgently on the resurgent foreign currency parallel market and the country’s continuing power cuts — which have contributed to a new wave of price increases of basic goods. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to plunge against the much-coveted…

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MPs demand war vets Parliament quota

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT LEGISLATORS have called on the government to reserve seats for the country’s veterans of the liberation struggle in Parliament ,as a way of honouring their contribution to the country’s independence. This comes as the liberation veterans have been complaining that the government has been neglecting them by not giving them substantial recognition…

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BCC reviews city’s development plan

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is reviewing its development plan in a bid to revive the city’s once vibrant industries and create local employment. Bulawayo used to be a major hub for vehicle assembly, tyre production, textiles production, manufacturing of construction equipment and material, electronics and furniture, food processing and manufacturing of leather products. Speaking…

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Apostolic women secretly access primary healthcare

By NYASHA KUNYISWA APOSTOLIC women and their children are resorting to seeking primary healthcare nicodemously, for fear of admonishment from their husbands, who strongly believe in divine healing, Masvingo Province community health workers say. This comes amid fears that the denial of women to access primary healthcare would result in the spread of various diseases…

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800k benefit from WFP food aid

BY RUTENDO NGARA WITH a substantial number of Zimbabweans food insecure owing to climate change-induced poor harvests in some parts of the country, almost one million people have had to do with assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) in the last two months. In its latest report that was published on Friday, WFP said…

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Life & Arts

Hilary, Mhere collaborate

By Ashley Moyo RISING gospel musician Hilary Kuchinani, simply known as Hilary in the entertainment circles, has roped in Mathias Mhereon a new single titled Areka. The single which is set to be dropped on Wednesday is a remix to Mhere’s original hit Areka off blockbuster album Anoita Minana. “I look up to Mhere and…

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Football fraternity reacts angrily against Coventry’s utterances

THE football fraternity has reacted vehemently against Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry’s utterances in parliament during the week, with some England-born Zimbabwean players revealing they were bearing the brunt of the country’s suspension by Fifa. It’s now exactly 400 days since February 24, 2022, when Zimbabwe were suspended from international football for third-party interference, after the…

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‘Zimbabwe now international healthcare training hub’

GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwe has become an international training hub for specialised nurses with foreign students from the African continent and beyond coming to learn at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare. This development comes at a time when more than 4 000 health workers have left the country for the diaspora in search of greener pastures as…

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