THE country’s supreme law dictates that every five years Zimbabwe goes to the polls to elect councillors, members of Parliament and the president and the nation has over decades religiously stuck to that. But since independence in 1980, the election results have been disputed amid allegations of rigging, violence and other electoral shenanigans with the…
ZIMBABWEANS have been told that the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines plans to investigate the rising number of mining accidents, particularly in the artisanal and smallscale mining industry. Given the number of valuable lives lost in mining accidents around the nation, this seems like a laudable intention, but it is sad that this now sounds…
WHEN Kudakwashe ‘‘Take Money’’ Chiwandire takes to the ring for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Women’s Super bantam weight title showdown with Mexican demolition machine Yamileth Mercado sometime next year, local boxing history will be made. Charles Manyuchi came close when he battled for the WBC Silver Welterweight title, but never got a shot at…
THE call by the Chiefs’ Council for heavy penalties to be imposed on perpetrators of child marriages and adolescent pregnancies is very welcome. In an exclusive interview with the Daily News recently, Chiefs’ Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, pulled no punches, describing child marriages as both a crime and a taboo at variance with national…
FOREIGN Affairs minister Fredrick Shava is heading the country’s delegation at the second United States (US)-Africa Summit in Washington DC where he is expected to hold talks with top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration, especially on the inexorable need for unconditional removal of sanctions against Harare. It’s not an easy task for Shava given…
IN our edition yesterday we carried a story headlined “Power blackouts raise water crisis” where city and town councils across the country lamented that intermittent electricity cuts were affecting potable water availability. Without electricity, the councils cannot pump water to residents and if they use alternative power sources, generators for example, they incur heavy unbudgeted…
AFTER suspending the Felton Kamambo-led board in November last year, the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) was told in no uncertain terms by Fifa to relinquish control of local football back to the rightful elected executive. The world governing body disapproves of governmental interference in the running of member associations. Of course, Kamambo and his…
RECENTLY, we reported, as many media outlets did, that the capital city was in danger of cholera and diarrhoea outbreaks and that the government should remain on high alert. This followed the outbreak of cholera in neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi, where scores of people succumbed to the disease.Cholera is yet to hit our shores, but…
WHILE we do not condone illegal settlements in urban areas in order to deal with the scourge of housing shortages bedevilling the country, council must follow due process before demolishing structures. It is the responsibility of the State to provide citizens with decent accommodation if not as a matter of right, then as a moral…
THE government’s plan to come up with a national health insurance policy is noble as it will facilitate the provision of cheaper medical services in addition to availing affordable medicine for non-communicable diseases. In the final analysis, however, the mooted national health insurance policy will only be of value to Zimbabweans if it is truly…
