Editorial Comment

ZIMBABWE’S recent receipt of US$5 million from the Health Resilience Fund to provide free maternal healthcare is a significant step in the country’s fight against maternal mortality. This funding, which targets rural health centres and secondary healthcare facilities, is critical in ensuring that pregnant women and new mothers receive essential healthcare services without incurring catastrophic…

THE biggest fixture in local football is on at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow when Dynamos host Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match day 18 clash. For years, this fixture stood out as the one which determined the direction in which the league title would go. But obviously, over the course of the past…

THE problem of drug abuse among school-going children has become a big challenge that demands urgent attention from responsible authorities. Last year, research conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with the government, Muthengo Development Studies (MDS), Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) and Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ) revealed that about 60…

BULAWAYO City Council at the weekend said it is in talks with the central government to be granted arresting powers for it to enforce by-laws, among others. The city’s appeal is sagacious and must be supported. In fact, all cities and towns must be granted arresting powers and also allowed to have municipal courts. This…

INFLUENZA A has taken Zimbabwe by storm, wreaking havoc on the nation’s health. The latest statistics indicate a significant surge in cases, with a substantial number of patients requiring hospitalisation. The flu’s rapid spread has raised concerns among health experts, emphasising the urgent need for vaccination. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Influenza A…

THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Normalisation Committee (NC)’s tenure has been extended, giving its much maligned chairperson Lincoln Mutasa another nine months to atone for the series of gaffes that have been made under his stewardship in the past year. The biggest target in this extended term is obviously to ensure that elections for a…

DRUG and substance abuse is without doubt one of the major challenges confronting young people today. It was, therefore, reassuring to hear President Emmerson Mnangagwa acknowledging as much during the official opening of the 32nd junior Parliament in Mt Hampden on Wednesday. It would have been amiss for the president not to include this critical…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s swift action in firing Higher Education deputy minister, Simelisizwe Sibanda, over tribalistic remarks is a commendable step towards addressing the scourge of tribalism in the country. Mnangagwa axed Sibanda on Monday night after he recently ordered the transfer of a teacher from Matabeleland simply because she was Shona, a stark reminder of…

IN ONE of our stories in this edition, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told the 12th International Legal Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the weekend that the country is coming up with measures to decongest its prisons. The efforts to decongest Zimbabwe’s prisons through alternative sentencing and rehabilitation programs are a step in the right…

IN our sister newspaper yesterday, the Daily News On Sunday, we reported that the Vehicle Inspection Department and the police were under scrutiny in parliament for letting unroadworthy vehicles passing through roadblocks. Presenting a report on the alarming rate of road traffic accidents in Parliament last Thursday, Transport minister Felix Mhona suggested that officials manning…