FOR several years now, Zimbabwe has been in dire straits, with teachers regularly holding one strike after the other to press for better salaries and working conditions. The national lockdowns that were imposed by the government in a bid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic over the past couple of years, worsened an already desperate situation…
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in 2019 declared today – October 25 – as solidarity day against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. It resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries calling for the immediate lifting of the embargoes, which were mainly imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom and its Western…
LAST week Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke told parliament that the government was struggling to finance the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), crippling school operations. Close to one million learners are beneficiaries of Beam in both primary and secondary schools and over years the scheme was bankrolled by the government and development partners. But…
THE ruling Zanu PF congress will roll into life on Wednesday with a lot of anticipation on what it holds for Zimbabweans. There are a lot of expectations given that it is the ruling party and that by the end of August next year we would have gone for general elections. With party spokesperson Christopher…
THE Axis Solutions Super 8 Cup final explodes this afternoon at Rufaro Stadium with Golden Eagles facing Zifa Northern Region Division One champions Simba Bhora in a potentially exciting tie. It’s the first time in over two years that Rufaro Stadium is hosting a high-profile match having been banned from hosting matches. But what has…
WE ARE encouraged by the government’s commitment to resurrecting the local fertilisers manufacturing capacity in line with the wider plan to cut the agricultural inputs import bill and increase the country’s grain self-sufficiency. As the geopolitical tensions in Western Europe between Russia and Ukraine are showing no signs of abating, it is beyond doubt that…
ZIMBABWE’S health system is in dire straits, weighed down by the meagre budget being allocated to the Health ministry which is continually shrinking year in, year out. Not surprisingly, public hospitals currently have limited capacity to provide very basic services against the backdrop of a worsening turnover of critical staff like doctors and nurses, who…
ON Monday, Zimbabwe emotionally sent off six Tynwald High School pupils who perished in a horrific bus accident along the Rusape-Nyanga road last Friday. They were interred at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare. Though death is an immutable law of life, the demise of the learners was not only painful, but a jolt sad…
THE International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) says transitional justice “refers to how societies respond to the legacies of massive and serious human rights violations. It asks some of the most difficult questions in law, politics, and the social sciences and grapples with innumerable dilemmas. “While every context is unique, societies and individual stakeholders the…
AUTHORITIES are working on a raft of measures to stop any form of political violence as the country hurtles towards the much-anticipated harmonised elections next year. Cabinet recently agreed to amend the Electoral Act to, among other important measures, to curb violence by barring would-be candidates from not contesting in any election if found guilty…
