NEW Warriors gaffer Jairos Tapera is one of the country’s most experienced football coaches. Of course, eyebrows were raised at his surprise appointment as Warriors coach. But with Zifa Normalisation Committee chairman Lincoln Mutasa revealing that their top choices, among them Kalisto Pasuwa and Norman Mapeza, had turned down the job, the decision to hand…
THE government’s plans to transform the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) into an institute which will make the standardisation of goods on the market compulsory is long overdue. Compulsory standardisation of goods is more than welcome because currently the market is inundated with substandard and counterfeit products, raising concern over the health of consumers as…
THE government has called on former white commercial farmers who lost their land, which was under the Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (BIPPAs), during chaotic agrarian reforms at the turn of the century to apply for compensation. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the government had set aside US$20 million in this year’s national budget…
OVER 26 million South Africans are today expected to cast their votes in an election that can define the future of Zimbabwe, Sadc and Africa as a continent. A lot is expected from the election, which has, as we reported yesterday, significant impact, politically and economically, on the motherland, beyond the region and Africa at…
YESTERDAY we carried a sad and disturbing story on a sharp increase in the number of criminals masquerading as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers going around duping individuals and organisations. The Zacc said the hoodlums were soliciting for bribes. It named 15 organisations it accused of being used by the fake corruption busters. Although Zacc…
WITH drugs and substance abuse on the increase and many people facing economic challenges, cases of mental health challenges are also on the rise, bringing to the fore the urgent need to prioritise mental health in the country. For far too long, mental health has been stigmatised and neglected, leading to a silent suffering of…
ZIMBABWE yesterday joined the rest of Africa to commemorate Africa Day with President Emmerson Mnangagwa exhorting the continent to be innovative and define its own destiny. Mnangagwa said Africa should stop dancing to the caprices and whims of not only the West, but even the East. He said this would only be possible if the…
RARELY a day passes in Zimbabwe without police recording murder and robbery cases. Murder and robbery cases are on the increase daily in the country, leaving citizens wondering what needs to be done to put a stop to the two evils. What is the main cause of alarm, though, is the spate of murders and…
IT IS refreshing to see the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) doing exactly what it was created to do — promote, enforce and protect consumer rights in the country. Among other things, the CPC is mandated to protect consumers from “unconscionable, unreasonable, unjust or otherwise improper trade practices; as well as deceptive, misleading, unfair or fraudulent…
THE United Nations (UN) secretary-general’s special envoy for road safety, Jean Todt is in the country where he implored the government and private sector to work together in ending road carnage that has been on the increase. As the Daily News, we have repeatedly called on authorities not to pay lip-service to the unfortunate consequences…
