Editorial Comment

Pharmaceutical sector plan needs action, not lip service

THE sorry situation at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) of Zimbabwe bodes ill for the country’s health delivery system, in particular the pro­curement of essential drugs needed by public hospitals. According to NatPharm managing director Newman Madzikwa the situation has become dire largely be­cause of deep-seated financial challenges which have been worsened by the government’s…

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Opinion & Analysis

Joint security blitz decisive blow to banditry

FOR too long, a shadow of fear has hung over the doorsteps of Zimbabwean citizens. From the brutal emergence of machete-wielding gangs in our mining towns to the brazen audacity of armed robbery syndicates in our suburbs, the peace of our nation has been under siege. However, the announcement by the police on Tues­day that…

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Editorial Comment

Farmers ruined by low prices

THE air at the tobacco auction floors, usually thick with the scent of cured leaf and the hum of commerce, has soured into a theatre of desperation and anger. Zimbabwe’s 2026 tobacco marketing season, once heralded as a beacon of economic recovery, is current­ly teetering on the edge of collapse as a bitter standoff over…

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Opinion & Analysis

Economic clouds linger over media

AS Zimbabwe joined the global community this past Sunday to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, it served as a vital moment for introspection.While the day is often marked by calls for liberty across the globe, in Zimbabwe, it offers a chance to measure the distance travelled since the transition into the Second Republic.There is no…

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Editorial Comment

Education cannot be a state-mandated monopoly

THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s recent decree to phase out Cambridge examinations in favour of a compulsory Zimbabwe School Examina­tions Council (Zimsec) mandate is more than just a policy shift; it is a direct assault on parental agency and global competitiveness. By forcing every school — private or public — into a single…

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Opinion & Analysis

Don’t turn us into a nation of paupers

TODAY, the streets of Zimbabwe are haunted by the ghosts of the working class. As the rest of the world marked May Day on Friday with celebrations of labour rights and progress, the Zimbabwean worker stands as a hollowed-out monument to a dream long since decayed. For the millions who celebrated the day, the hol­iday…

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‘Zimbabwe stabilising grid amid rising global oil prices’

ZIMBABWE Energy Regula­tory Authority (Zera) chief executive officer Eding­ton Mazambani says the country is transiting toward elec­tricity self-sufficiency. Speaking to Financial Gazette Deputy Editor Tendai Kamhun­gira on the widely followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on leading independ­ent national commercial televi­sion station, 3Ktv, last Thursday, Mazambani said improved power generation at Hwange and Kariba…

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