AUTHORITIES on Monday blacklisted 13 companies for undermining national efforts to stabilise the economy by participating on the foreign currency black market. This, according to the government, resulted in the local currency losing value against the United States dollar. As of yesterday, the US$ was fetching $1 700 on the grey market. This, coupled by…
THE Easter Holidays will start on Friday amid expectations of huge volumes of vehicles on the highways, as most people visit friends, relatives and holidaying across the country. In recent years, the holidays have been littered by road carnages, claiming lives, leaving several people injured and crippled mainly due to careless driving and driving under…
REVELATIONS hat women belonging to ultra-conservative apostolic groups in Masvingo Province have resorted to seeking primary health care nicodemously, for fear of admonishment from husbands who believe in divine healing make for sad reading. While the country’s laws recognise freedom of worship, it is high time that authorities took a stand against such religious groupings…
THE government is on record that the private sector must drive the economy. It says the private sector must take advantage of various incentives the government has put in place to help the country increase its gross domestic product. The incentives must be used by industry and commerce to “capitalise, retool as well as adopt…
WE welcome the US$193.3 million sovereign loan which has been extended to the government which will be used to construct healthcare facilities across the country. Under the initiative dubbed Zimbabwe Healthcare Facility Programme, recently announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the government has begun the construction of fi ve-60 bed-district hospitals and 30 healthcare centres,…
THE call by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the country’s judiciary system to act in a non-partisan manner when dealing with political violence cases ahead of the upcoming general elections could not have come at a better time. It is important for the country’s judiciary to adopt a no nonsense approach when handling political violence cases…
PRESS freedom is the life blood of any democracy, hence the government’s pronouncement on Friday that it will do everything in its power to guarantee the safety of journalists during the forthcoming harmonised elections is welcome. Over the years, the country witnessed the arrest, harassment, and insult and in some cases physical assault of journalists…
GLOBAL television network, Al Jazeera, last week broadcasted its first of the four episodes documentary alleging a massive gold and money laundering scam in the country. The country is reportedly losing millions, if not billions, of hard currency to cartels run by influential people, allegedly with the complicity of high-ranking officials in the government and…
WITH the crucial ICC World Cup Qualifier coming soon, it is time for the country to rally behind Zimbabwe’s number one cricket team, the Chevrons, who have, in the continued absence of the Warriors from the international sporting scene, become the country’s most prominent international flag bearers. The Chevrons take on Netherlands in the third…
FOR a long time now, the government and Zesa have been giving Zimbabweans hope that the power challenges afflicting the country will soon be a thing of the past as they bring on board Hwange units 7 and 8 soon. However, there seems to be no end in sight as consumers continue to reel under…
