HEAVY rains pounded most parts of the country at the weekend, leaving a trail of destruction, exposing the nation’s lack of disaster preparedness. The government yesterday confirmed that “many parts of the country have received substantial rains”, but quickly advised that this was not the start of the rainy season. Reports all over the country…
THE picture painted during a drug and substance abuse task force meeting recently held in Bulawayo clearly shows that a lot still has to be done to make the fight against substance abuse as potent as it should be. According to Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube, Zimbabwe’s second largest city now has…
NO significant development can ever take place in the absence of unity and peace—two essential ingredients that form the necessary platform that can foster the long-term planning crucial for development to take place. We thus, applaud the business community’s call for peace and unity, especially in light of the fact that the nation has not…
THE spike in crimes referred to by Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Wednesday is a cause for concern and urgent measures have to be employed to arrest the surge. Addressing senior police officers in Harare, Kazembe seemed to blame the police for failing to meet targets on reducing crimes in the country. He fell…
THE cacophony that engulfed Parliament on Tuesday was needless. This followed National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda’s announcement of the recalling of 15 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs by one Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed to be the party interim secretary-general. The opposition cried murder most foul, questioning why Mudenda had accepted the recalls by Tshabangu…
WE expect legislators to step up to the challenge that National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has set for them to unite and debate issues that provide solutions to the country’s many challenges. As the legislators are aware, there have been no major changes in important areas like a weak currency, debt, corruption, ineffective parastatals, and…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened a probe into individuals flaunting their wealth on various social platforms amid suspicions that most of it are proceeds of corruption, among them fraud and money laundering. It’s critical for Zacc to embark on such investigations as graft had become a cancer in the country threatening to scupper…
LANDS and Water minister, Anxious Masuka recently announced measures being done to end the perennial water crisis in Harare. While the move is encouraging, there is a need to do more to deal with water problems in all the country’s cities and towns. Some of the efforts being taken by Masuka to end the water…
A BUSINESS Tendency survey recently done by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency and launched on Friday showed that capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector in the second quarter of the year went up by 3.6 percent to 54.7 percent. The survey is clear, utilisation could have done far much better if there were no intermittent power…
THE good old days of coming out to support our national teams as they represent the nation in our country’s favourite sport, football, are back with the senior women’s national team currently taking part in their first internationals in almost two years by competing at the Cosafa Women’s Championship in South Africa. The senior men’s…
