THE story we carried in this paper on the overcrowding at Ingutsheni Central Hospital is yet another red flag on the untenable state of affairs in the country’s mental health sector. The sorry situation at Ingutsheni Central Hospital — the country’s biggest mental health referral institution — is symptomatic of the dire lack of investment…
WE WELCOME the news that at long last the National Prosecuting Authority has started receiving assets from abroad deemed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to be ill-gotten wealth. Throughout her stint as Zacc chairperson from 2019 to until March this year, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo emphasised the need for law enforcement agents to investigate stolen…
REPORTS of increasing cases of child marriages as we reported recently are not only nauseating, but worrying. Child marriages have become the most important challenges of the current era that threatens women’s health and violates human rights. It is sad to note that in Zimbabwe the situation has become so bad that child-to-child marriages are…
THE thawing of relations between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom makes good news for Harare. Speaking on independent commercial television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the UK ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Vowles, said the acrimonious relationship that started at the turn of the century had ended, adding Britain is now keen…
FOR the second time in seven months Zimbabwe will play a home football international match on foreign soil amid a stadium crisis that is showing no sign of ending. Stadium crisis? Yes, the country has got a number of stadia, talk of Rufaro and the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Barbourfields and Luveve in Bulawayo,…
THE warning from the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) on the likelihood of a surge in the number of people catching influenza and other respiratory conditions needs to be taken seriously. MSD’s warning follows the cold spells that have hit the country over the past seven days, which the weather and climate services body has interpreted…
ZIMBABWE joins the rest of the world today in recognising Workers Day. The day is being recognised under the theme: “Your hard work deserves recognition, appreciation, and fair treatment.” People in countries all over the world celebrate international Workers’ Day in order to respect and highlight the contribution of workers to society. The day arises…
ON FRIDAY, 15 people lost their lives on the spot when a haulage truck was involved in a head-on collision with a Sprinter omnibus that was carrying 44 passengers along the Harare-Masvingo highway. One more passenger later succumbed to the injuries sustained in the accident at the weekend. The horror crash saw Transport minister Felix…
WITH 27 countries from across the globe participating at the just-ended 64th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) edition in Bulawayo, the grand business delegation that flew for the mega exhibition showed that they have confidence that Zimbabwe has the potential to become an economic giant. Running under the theme; “Innovation: The Catalyst for Industrialisation and…
IN RECENT weeks we have witnessed renewed calls for an all-stakeholders dialogue to resolve the country’s myriad of challenges, which are mainly a result of politics. For decades now, the political cacophony in the country has retarded social and economic development as politics of expediency continued to muddle the waters. Political gladiators have been on…
