WITH less than a week before the much-awaited August 23 harmonised polls, it is prudent to maintain the current relative peace in the country. And this can be achieved only if political leaders, from both the ruling Zanu PF and the opposition continue to preach peace and abide by the laws governing elections and meant…
ON SATURDAY, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Youth Day under the theme “Green skills for youth: Towards a sustainable world”. The commemorations came at a time the government intends to re-introduce the National Youth Service, a programme that gained notoriety during the height of the late former president Robert…
AT A time when Zimbabweans are praying and fasting for peace before, during and after the August 23 harmonised polls, it is disturbing and a height of impudence for MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora to call for a demonstration on Thursday. For whose benefit if we are to ask? His gripe, after his attempt to pull…
SINCE Friday, there have been several reports of road accidents across the country. With today and tomorrow being Heroes and Defence Forces holidays, motorists should exercise caution on the roads to save lives. It is sad that road accidents continue to be on the increase. Our roads are becoming much more dangerous. Statistics released by…
TOMORROW Zimbabwe commemorates our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price to unyoke the country from the chains of repression under colonialism. Thousands of sons and daughters of the country perished fighting a suppressive regime to bring independence and democracy. In the first decade of Uhuru, the country achieved major milestones in education…
ZIMBABWE’S most successful club, Dynamos have been in the spotlight this week following the unceremonious sacking of head coach Herbert ‘‘Jompano’’ Maruwa. At a time when the Harare giants were supposed to be switching focus to the Chibuku Super Cup, a trophy they would like to win to ensure they mark their 60th anniversary celebrations…
THE handover of state-of-the-art imaging equipment, ambulances, utility vehicles and dental sets to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday is a welcome boost to public health service delivery. The equipment given to Parirenyatwa includes 36 ambulances, 36 double cab vehicles, 15 trucks for medicine distribution, 15 double cab utility vehicles…
HISTORY has a tendency of repeating itself. And indeed it repeated itself on Tuesday when the president of the MDC Douglas Mwonzora announced to the world that he was withdrawing from the August 23 presidential election citing a litany of reasons, among them that the poll is a “farce” and he cannot sanitise it by…
IT IS encouraging to see that the government is bolstering its mechanisms in an effort to stop undocumented minors from moving between Zimbabwe and its neighbours. Too many children encounter abuse, confinement, poverty, and prejudice during the movement. This shouldn’t be happening. In fact, children face numerous challenges in transit, at destination and upon return,…
THE government at the weekend announced that Covid-19 is no longer a huge issue in the country. Cases of coronavirus have gone extremely down with the nation going for days on end without recording even a single case. This implies we are out of danger of the respiratory virus which ravaged the world from December…
