IN today’s edition we published a story to the effect that Zimbabwe has since the beginning of the year recorded one death from cholera, 17 confirmed and 159 suspected cases of the disease 128 people recovered from the disease. The Healthy ministry has named Buhera, Chegutu, Chikomba, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Chitown, Chiredzi, Harare, Gokwe North, Marondera,…
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa last week lamented the poor performance of parastatals and local government authorities, accusing them of slowing the attainment of his 2030 upper middle-income nation. To achieve the vision, Mnangagwa needs proper supporting structures that work towards his vision and these come in the form of ministers, deputy ministers and permanent secretaries and…
AGAINST the backdrop of rolling power cuts which have now become the norm, with some residential areas going for days without electricity, the call by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) for Zimbabweans to invest in renewable sources of energy, particularly solar, makes perfect sense. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told a business summit on Friday that the country is now food self sufficient, thanks to his government’s huge investment in agriculture. This is despite climate change effects that have largely affected rainfall patterns in the country. Mnangagwa said to sustain food self-sufficiency, the government would continue to rehabilitate irrigation schemes across…
THE 10-day final mobile voter registration before the August harmonised elections commenced nation-wide yesterday with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) targeting to register 400 000 new voters. Zec has deployed 1 970 officers to 4 474 mobile voter registration centres across the country. Voter registration is intended to ensure that everyone entitled to vote can…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was at it again on Friday, saying the country should hold peaceful and credible elections in August this year. Addressing a business summit in the capital, Mnangagwa said: “As the country heads for the harmonised general elections, I once again call on all Zimbabweans to maintain peace. “My government wishes to assure…
THE Castle Lager Soccer Premiership season will get off the ground in exactly seven days, but it appears the more things change, the more they remain the same as the league is once again faced with stadia crisis. According to a circular by the league’s secretariat, only the National Sports, Baobab, Gibbo, Luveve, Barbourfields and…
ZIMBABWE joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day yesterday amid increasing cases of child marriages, rape and gender-based violence. The day is celebrated annually on March 8 “as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against…
IT IS encouraging to learn that our government has successfully returned 500 Zimbabweans who have been enslaved in Asia and other locations since 2014. Even though our nation is putting in a lot of effort to stop human trafficking, we think that its actions don’t meet the basic requirements. We think the number 500 ought…
LAST Thursday, the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) and the nation at large was plunged into mourning after five first year students at the university perished in a horrific car accident along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road. The Toyota Wish they were travelling in was involved in a head on collision with a UD truck….
