Comment: WE RECKON that even Donald Trump — the fibs-addicted, master of conspiracies and troubled outgoing leader of the United States of America — would marvel at the level of lying that has followed the issuance of six television licences by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) last week. For example, a few fantastical…
IT HAS been tragic to watch over the past few days how some well known con artists, who fooled many in the MDC leadership, are now turning on the country’s main opposition party with a sickening relish. We at the Daily News hate to say that we told the MDC so. Unfortunately, our well-meant and…
GIVEN the space constraints that the country faces, especially the urban sections, the construction of high-rise buildings which consume less land could prove to be the panacea for the country’s ballooning housing demand. For now, Zimbabwe is not prone to earthquakes unless some tectonic movements lead to this eventuality. For that reason the construction of…
IN YESTERDAY’S edition, we published a story saying 3,7 million people are exposed to communicable diseases such as typhoid and diarrhoea due to critical water shortages across the country. According to the United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, cases of typhoid and diarrhoea were on the rise in Harare and Bulawayo as a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has to work hard to ensure that the country’s economy is back on its feet despite the economic sanctions imposed by Western powers, including the United States. While the sanctions, which include trade restrictions and withdrawal of bilateral and multilateral financial support and estimated to have cost the country about US$100…
ZIMBABWE, like the rest of the Christian world, is a few weeks away from the Christmas festive season. And over the years, the country has experienced terrible road accidents just before, during and immediately after the festive period. Recklessness, drunken driving and speeding while behind the wheel have been noted as major causes of road…
THE government must swallow its pride and admit that there is a huge crisis in schools as teachers continue with their industrial action. While this week Early Childhood Development (ECD) A to Grade 5 pupils joined the Grade 6 and 7 classes in primary schools with Form 1 and 2 joining their seniors who had…
THE rains will soon be upon us and it is worrying that social services in the capital city, Harare, have been neglected. Over the years we have noted with concern the crumbling social amenities. Lack of maintenance, as a result of financial constraints faced by the city council as most residents are not paying rates…
OVER the past two decades, Zimbabwe’s urban areas — especially the capital Harare and interestingly, the bedroom town of Chitungwiza among others — have seen the proliferation of unplanned housing development. Wetlands, river banks and other pieces of land set aside for specific purposes have been invaded by land barons who have in turn…
REPORTS that the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has started low-level talks with Zanu PF to negotiate the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) must be welcomed by all well-meaning Zimbabweans yearning for social development in the country. There has been growing pressure for an all-inclusive dialogue locally and abroad to put an…
