THE minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube, on Thursday came up with a raft of measures to improve availability of basic commodities, stabilise prices and shore up local currency. He lifted all restrictions on importation of basic commodities, granted 100 percent retention of domestic foreign currency earnings and fine-tuning of the Dutch foreign…
JUST over two months into the latest Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign, a significant rise in interest in the local game has been registered with an increasing number of fans turning up to watch games. Incidentally, this increase in match attendances has coincided with an upturn in fortunes for the league’s best supported teams…
WE WELCOME the increasing involvement of artistes in the fight against drug and substance abuse. In our paper yesterday, we carried a story about a film titled One Mistake which brings to the fore the effects of drug abuse. The release of the movie produced by a Bindura-based filmmaker Gladys Gurupira, came a few days…
YESTERDAY we published two stories, one on winter wheat and the other on mechanisation, which highlight the value of agriculture in our country. We implore the government and all stakeholders involved to take every possible step to ensure that the agriculture sector flourishes. Apart from supplying the country with food, Zimbabwe’s agricultural operations employ and…
By Crison Mugari WITH the Al Jazeera “gold mafia documentary” now behind us, many intriguing revelations and lessons about who really is…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was in the United Kingdom last week to attend the coronation of King Charles on Saturday. He took advantage of the visit to first meet with the current chair of Commonwealth, Rwanda President Paul Kagame and later with the club’s secretary general Patricia Scotland. The meetings were in pursuance of Zimbabwe’s quest…
IN AN effort to improve access to healthcare services, the government says it is striving to guarantee that the country develops its own medications with the help of countries like Cuba. This is crucial as there is a serious scarcity of important medicines, including painkillers and contraceptives, in Zimbabwe’s healthcare system. Even emergency drugs cannot…
THE continuing pillaging of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has reached disproportionate pro[1]portions and cannot be allowed to go unchecked. Several executives and board members of PSMAS have appeared in court facing several cases of fraud and corruption that they allegedly siphoned millions of dollars from the society. While it is sub-judice to…
THE performance by Zimbabwe’s upcoming athletes at the recently-concluded Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) U-18 and U-20 Championships in which the country failed to win any gold medals, but did manage three silver and four bronze for a total of seven, brought to light a number of deficiencies within our preparations. In general, the country’s…
THE city of Bulawayo’s on-going efforts to respond to the rise in non-communicable diseases needs to be applauded. According to a story we carried in this paper yesterday, Zimbabwe’s second largest city has come up with an initiative under which people are being registered for routine blood pressure check-ups as part of the city’s efforts…
