WE WELCOME the ongoing collaboration between the government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to operationalise ethical recruitment by employment agencies in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to ensure locals who are taken to other countries for work are empowered and protected. The cooperation between the government and IOM is a very important development…
SEVERAL political parties failed to finance nominations for their would-be presidential, parliamentary and council candidates last week citing steep fees by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. Presidential candidates were paying US$20 000, parliamentary US$1 000 and council US$100 to contest in the August 23 harmonised polls. This brought to fore the issue of political financing in…
LATEST statistics on cholera outbreak in the country since the beginning of the year are startling. According to the ministry of Health and Child Care, there are 17 cholera hotspots districts in the country – Buhera, Chegutu, Chikomba, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Chitungwiza, Chiredzi, Harare, Gokwe North, Marondera, Mazowe, Shamva, Mutare, Murehwa, Mwenezi, Seke and Wedza. The…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was crystal clear at the launch of the ruling Zanu PF election campaign in Chipinge on Saturday that the country will only prosper if united. Some of his opponents in the August 23 presidential elections have also been clamouring for a united country. Citizens Colaition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa, MDC president…
TYPICAL of Zimbabwean politics since Independence in 1980, bickering among political players has started, especially after last Wednesday’s nomination of presidential, parliamentary and council elections candidates. Political gladiators have started trading accusations, a move antithetical to the holding of free and fair polls. The country has witnessed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change claiming that…
WHEN Zimbabwe last hosted the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualifier in 2018, it ended in disappointment as the Chevrons missed out on a place at the ODI global showcase, with Afghanistan and today’s opponents West Indies making it through to the 2019 tournament. That failure marked the first time since 1983 that Zimbabwe had…
IN YET another indication that Zimbabweans no longer value the sanctity of life, we carried a story about ongoing police investigations into five murder cases that occurred between June 18 and 20 across the country. The murder cases, which according to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi occurred within a space of three days, should prod…
DEARTH of discipline and economic prudence are behind the current economic upheavals that have seen the Zimbabwe dollar astronomically losing value against the United States dollar, resulting in prices of basic commodities skyrocketing beyond the reach of many. Several retail shops have gone a step further, selling various goods exclusively in hard currency, arguing that…
NOMINATION courts for the August 23 harmonised elections will open in the country’s 10 provinces this morning with presidential, parliamentary and council hopefuls filing their papers to contest in the polls. This marks the beginning of the campaign period leading to the election day amid repeated calls that the country must hold free, fair and…
IN 2020, the government formulated management guidelines to provide a road map and tool kit to protect wetlands in the country. This came 40 years after independence. Before then, the question is how the wetlands were managed over the years. Recently, minister of Environment Mangaliso Ndhlovu said Zimbabweans cannot fold their hands and watch all…
