LAST week on Thursday February 2, Zimbabwe, like any other country on earth, commemorated World Wetlands Day, which is used globally to raise public awareness of the importance of wetlands. The theme for this year was “It is time for wetland restoration”. In Zimbabwe, wetlands are under threat and must be restored as a matter…
ECONOMISTS have argued relentlessly that the country cannot turnaround the economy successfully without reviving three critical companies — the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), Air Zimbabwe and ZiscoSteel. The three are perceived as strategic to economic revitalisation after years of stagnation due to a myriad reasons, among them the political cacophony that resulted in the…
IT APPEARS a seemingly constitutional crisis has been averted after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission took into consideration concerns raised by Parliament, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other stakeholders on the preliminary delimitation report. Serious concerns were raised by stakeholders that Zec had not followed the Constitution to the letter in configuring parliamentary constituencies and local government…
THIS year started with lots of promises from authorities that the country’s rolling power cuts will be dealt with via a combination of measures. Among the interventions, the citizens were told, would be increased importation of power from our neighbours, the coming into stream of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8, giving the…
REPORTS of fresh farm invasions across the country are disturbing, if not nauseating. According to Agriculture ministry update over a fortnight ago, over 60 000 people are occupying land illegally across the country, as the number of fresh farm invasions in the nation continues to rise. This comes as the government says 270 000 Zimbabweans…
THE court plays a crucial role in a democracy because it serves as the protector of individual rights and liberties. There is no justification for a grandma from Domboramwari to have to make the long trip from Epworth to the Harare Magistrate’s Courts in order to access the legal system. A few critics have brought…
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Harare on Monday for a three-day state visit aimed at strengthening his country and Zimbabwe’s diplomatic relations. It’s a reciprocal visit after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Minsk in 2019 where he and Lukashenko signed an array of economic agreements to benefit Harare, among them a multi-million dollar farm…
THERE is no doubt that the country’s critical power challenges are having a negative impact on efforts to revive the economy. So grave are the power cuts that both companies and ordinary people are enduring long hours in the dark, compromising production and livelihoods.This has had serious repercussions.Prices of goods and services are going up…
FIFA’S silence is deafening. For almost a year now, the world football mother body has been silent on goings-on in Zimbabwean football. When Fifa made the decision to ban Zimbabwe from international football last February over governmental interference in the running of the game, they made clear the condition for the country’s suspension to be…
THE country still has a shortage of about 3 000 schools, according to Education ministry permanent secretary Thumisang Thabela, who spoke on Wednesday during a high-level policy debate on education financing. The problem of schools deficit is not new. It is past time for the government to take decisive action to resolve the issue. It…
