FOR years, the provision of land for housing has always been the mandate of councils and most urban councils delivered on this function effectively, managing to keep housing waiting lists fairly low largely because of low urban populations. However, along the way, councils reneged on their function as urban populations exploded, but there was no…
AFTER months of speculation, a decision has finally been made — Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the August BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-ChinaSouth Africa)…
THE recent arrest of Benard Mudimba in connection with armed robberies that occurred at two churches in Bulawayo, which we reported in this paper yesterday, serves as yet another reminder of the need to equip the Zimbabwe Republic Police with the necessary resources to combat the country’s rising crime rate. Yesterday we also covered another…
POLITICAL analysts at the weekend told our sister publication, the Daily News on Sunday, that the August 23 general polls are a “golden opportunity” for Zimbabwe to show that the country can hold credible and undisputed polls. University of Zimbabwe political scientist, Eldred Masunungure, was among those who said the key to a new chapter…
POLICE in Bulawayo have raised alarm over increasing cases of rape. According to Bulawayo Province police spokes-person Nomalanga Msebele, the perpetrators of the heinous crime have the cheeky to break into their victims’ houses, not only to rape them, but also to rob them of their valuables. As reported in this edition, the spike in…
THERE were startling revelations last week that sexually transmitted diseases are prevalent among youth between 18 and 24 years in the country, a sad development that calls for urgent action from authorities. A report released by the Health Research Unit Zimbabwe showed that one in every five youth aged 18-24 years were testing positive for…
AFTER spending 17 months in the wilderness following the suspension of the country from international football due to government interference in the game, Zimbabwe has bounced back into the Fifa family. The world governing board Fifa this week announced the lifting of the suspension, two days prior to the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers…
WE live in an era of growing urbanisation in which nature is increasingly sacrificed to make more space for housing and infrastructure projects. To make matters worse, this snowballing urbanisation is in many ways related to the climate change issues. For example, urban areas use a significant amount of energy, which, among other things, indirectly…
CASES of corruption are on the increase despite spirited efforts by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to curb the scourge. Several local authorities’ officials, senior government employees and private sector executives have been nabbed since the beginning of the year facing a raft of graft cases. Worryingly, after the arrest and arraignment in courts of…
WITH just about one and half months before the harmonised elections, voter education is lacking. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and non-governmental organisations have not embarked on voter education, and if some are doing it, it is hardly noticeable – a strange development in the democratisation agenda of the country. In recent elections, the civil…
