EFFORTS by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stop rent-seeking behaviour sabotaging economic recovery need the backing of every well-meaning Zimbabwean….
FARMERS must heed advice from the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) which has warned against planting early despite the recent showers that hit most parts of the country. Though some areas like Bindura recorded as much as 52mm, MSD insists that the planting season has not yet commenced. According to MSD agriculture meteorologist Benjamin Kwenda, it…
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THE relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown measures has seen an increase in vehicles, including the banned kombis, in the central business district (CBD) of Harare, causing congestion.Parking bays at Copacabana, Market Square and Fourth Street have now turned into a jungle with the banned omnibus drivers fighting for the little available space and at times blocking…
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WARRIORS’ back-to-back defeats at the hands of Ghana in the 2022 Qatar Fifa World Cup Group G qualifiers was a true testament that our problems are beyond coaches and until we address the key issues, the game will continue to be in the wilderness. This was Norman Mapeza’s first two assignments since replacing Zdravko Logarusic…
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THE political silly season is upon us. In recent weeks we have noted with concern the increase in use of hate speech by politicians from both the ruling Zanu PF and opposition parties. Hate speech is the source of evil and a danger to society. The Rwandan genocide that claimed over 800 000 lives in…
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OVER the past month, the government has been relaxing Covid-19 lockdown measures, opening the economy further. This was on the backcloth of declining new infections and deaths from the killer virus. The country recorded close to 131 800 positive cases of Covid-19 since coronavirus hit our shores in March last year. We have had slightly…
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ZIMBABWE, like the rest of the world, recognises October as breast cancer awareness month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the country’s second most common cancer among women. Thousands of women in the country suffer from breast cancer and three years ago it killed over 900 people. The most common cancer among women in…
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THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is beginning to sound like a broken record stuck in the groove on the issue of cash and assets worth at least US$7 billion it claims were illegally taken out of the country by former and existing government officials. Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo recently told the press on the sidelines…
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VIOLENCE is slowly creeping into our body politic — a worrying trend given the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised polls expected to be stiffly contested. So far, we have witnessed internal violence in the MDC Alliance and the ruling Zanu PF. The MDC Alliance youth had running battles in Masvingo at the beginning of the year, while…
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VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has in the past week issued a stern warning against the manipulation of the foreign currency exchange rate, especially on the grey market. He threatened to viciously descend on those fuelling the parallel market which in recent weeks has seen the Zimbabwe dollar trading at about $170 to the US$. At…
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