PUBLIC schools re-opened yesterday with teachers for the umpteenth time threatening to go on industrial action to push for better salaries and conditions of service. It is saddening that the government and major stakeholders in the education system continue to play houses with the future of this country by continuously wrangling and failing to reach…
IT IS common cause that the country has a poor public transport management system and it appears the government is struggling to come up with an effective solution to transport blues commuters are facing, mainly in urban areas. The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) entrusted by the government to offer urban transport has dismally failed…
THE South Africa government on Friday extended the life of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits by six months from December 31, extending the stay of thousands of Zimbabweans in this country. Over 150 000 Zimbabweans were expected to leave South Africa by end of the year after their permits were revoked last year and given a year…
FIFA’S ban on former secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Football Association’s referees committee Obert Zhoya from all football-related activities for five years vindicates the decision by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to suspend the Zifa executive. The SRC suspended the Zifa board in November last year over “several incidents of gross incompetence” that they described…
THE recent outcry by senators over delays in disbursements of funds by Treasury to ministries deserves to be taken seriously by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself. In fact, senators have to be lauded for raising this critical issue that is at the core of smooth operation of the entire government system….
AUTHORITIES recently came up with several fiscal and monetary policies to shore up a fledgling economy that was characterised by high inflation and the depreciation of local currency against the greenback on both the official and black markets. Prices of basic goods were skyrocketing beyond the reach of ordinary people and the cost of doing…
WE WELCOME the United Nations’ (UN) readiness to help Zimbabwe come up with strategies to curb child marriages and abuse of young women in Zimbabwe. In a story we carried at the weekend, UN humanitarian coordinator Edward Kallon confirmed that the UN System in Zimbabwe was working hard to help the country end violence against…
ZIMBABWE’s three-match ODI series against Australia starting tomorrow offers another opportunity to Dave Houghton’s charges to once again prove to the world their mettle to dine with the big boys. Zimbabwe have not visited Australia since 2003-04 when they played two Tests — the first of which saw Matthew Hayden score a then world record…
THE government’s indecision on whether to repair dysfunctional radiotherapy machines at public hospitals or to acquire new ones bodes ill for the fight against cancer. If the truth be told it betrays a glaring lack of seriousness in the Health minisry to tackle head on the plight of cancer patients whose health is being compromised…
FORMER minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora launched the implementation of the new curriculum in a presentation entitled “Ground Zero: Getting Traction’’, on Saturday January 21, 2017 in Kadoma. The new curriculum came into effect in January 2017.Dokora was of a firm conviction that the new education syllabus is meant to modernise the…
