THE government has every right to celebrate the Pfumvudza agricultural programme as a success as it anticipates ‘‘a bumper harvest’’, but it has to carry out a proper crop assessment across the country Incessant rains have become a threat to what looks like one of the best agricultural seasons in recent times. Some crops…
THAT Zanu PF at the weekend said it was keen to enter into informal talks with both formations of the MDC outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) is good news to the long-suffering Zimbabweans. The party’s political commissar Victor Matemadanda told our sister publication, the Daily News on Sunday, that it would not be…
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…
WE LIVE in a surreal world, a globe where false information peddlers are using social media to debase human dignity. The purveyors of false information, disguised as news, have shown no respect for the sanctity of human life, especially in the last two weeks when Covid-19 started ravaging the country with a vengeance. News is…
NATIONAL Housing minister Daniel Garwe last week made startling revelations that 80 percent of residential land in the country is in the hands of just 15 land barons. What is astounding is how that was allowed to happen! “It is sad to note that only 15 land barons own around 80 percent of residential land…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) decision not to issue bank notes higher than $50 despite pressure from the transacting public is commendable. While it does not make sense on paper for a country’s highest note to be unable to buy a loaf of bread, there are a host of other issues that need to…
EDITOR — Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces in your home regularly is an important precaution to lower the risk of infection. Follow cleaning product instructions for safe and effective use, including precautions you should take when applying the product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation. Some national authorities have made…
FOR a team that prides itself in excellence, FC Platinum’s humiliating exit from the African Champions League last week should jolt the club hierarchy into reviewing their internal systems. The Zimbabwean champions were massacred 4-0 by Tanzanian giants Simba Sports Club in the final qualifying round of Africa’s premier inter-club competition. FC Platinum are alleging…
AS ZIMBABWE is now in the grip of a seemingly more devastating phase of the deadly coronavirus, it is important for the general public to be on its best behaviour. It is quite clear that we have entered a dangerous phase, after the country initially appeared to have contained this killer virus, as evidenced by…
IT DID not surprise many Zimbabweans that the authorities have imposed a stiffened coronavirus stay-at-home order which has re-introduced a duskto-dawn curfew, which comes into effect tomorrow. This is welcome because Zimbabwe is now reeling from the deadly second wave of coronavirus, which saw 29 people dying in the country last week alone — amid…
