SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) heads of State and Government virtually meet on Monday for their annual summit under the theme — Sadc: 40 Years Building Peace and Security, Promoting Development and Resilience in the Face of Global Challenges. One of the major global challenges today is the coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the region,…
CASES of the deadly coronavirus in the country continue to go up. As of Sunday, the country had recorded 4 818 cases, including 104 deaths and 1 544 recoveries. Medical experts have since warned that the situation will worsen as winter comes to an end. Recently, there has been an influx of illegal street vendors…
YESTERDAY, Zimbabwe held a subdued 40th commemoration of its National Heroes Day – to salute and celebrate the heroes and heroines who took up arms to emancipate the country from colonial rule. The country attained independence after a bloody war and when the Union Jack was brought down on April 18, 1980 at Rufaro Stadium…
IN 2008, Zimbabwe sank to its worst economic and social meltdown ever. It was a culmination of a decade-long recession resulting from poor governance, political mudslinging and lack of goodwill. So bad was the situation that the nation went hungry, political opponents were at each other’s throats and Zimbabwe hogged the international limelight for all…
IT IS now very clear to all those who choose to see, that no matter what long-suffering Zimbabweans try to do to lift themselves out of their decades-old misery, they are on a hiding to nothing as long as the narrow interests of politicians hold sway. In fact, and to be brutally frank, Zimbabwe’s long-standing…
THERE is absolutely no doubt that the obtaining coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has impacted society negatively the world over. Over and above the deaths and illness stretching nations’ capacity to cope, countries’ economies have been pushed to the brink while companies folded, leading to massive job losses that could go on record as the worst in…
THERE is agitation from opposition parties and civil society for citizens to take to the streets on Friday to protest against the cancerous corruption scourge and the tanking economy. Some opposition leaders have gone a notch up, arguing that the protests must culminate in President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government quitting power — a proposition…
IMPOSITION of the dusk to dawn curfew without righting all the other wrongs and shortcomings within our systems may not produce the desired results of containing the spiking coronavirus (Covid-19) local transmission as well as deaths. The government will only be fuelling suspicions that the restrictions are also targeted at scoring political goals like dealing…
WE live in a surreal world, a realm where the greedy devise ways to suppress and milk the downtrodden. On Monday, during the Daily News-sponsored virtual conference on the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy tabled in Parliament last week by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, permanent secretary George Guvamatanga bemoaned the ever increasing prices of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the killer novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at the backcloth of increasing deaths from the disease and a huge spike in local transmissions. In his televised address to the nation, Mnangagwa highlighted the stark reality that as of Tuesday,…
