IN April we all celebrated the government’s decision to suspend all civil registration fees to allow everyone to access national identity cards and birth and death certificates. However, six months later we woke up last week to sad news to the effect that the civil registry department had stopped the issuance of birth and death…
VICE President and also Health minister Constantino Chiwenga recently told the National Assembly that the government was working tirelessly to revamp public health service delivery. Service delivery at public clinics and hospitals has over the last two decades deteriorated to unacceptable standards as a result of failure by the government to equip them with state-of-art…
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to table his proposed 2023 National Budget in Parliament next month at a time the economy is showing signs of growth, characterised by relative price stability. His budget would have to incorporate the financing of harmonised polls and during the countdown to the elections, there will…
EDITOR — The rains are upon us and this calls for us as citizens to practise maximum hygiene by avoiding littering of our environment. During the rainy season that is when all the dirt from the drains and the streets flood our beautiful cities and towns. Besides being unsightly, litter and garbage all over may…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been granted a fresh mandate to lead the ruling Zanu PF party and contest next year’s presidential election as its candidate. We are almost nine months from the fast-approaching polls and Zimbabweans are looking forward to the elections amid concerns on what it holds for them. There are fears that the…
CHEVRONS are playing their first global cricket tournament for six years. Dave Houghton returned as Zimbabwe cricket coach in June, and the former national team captain guided the Chevrons through to the T20 World Cup qualifiers on home soil in July. Zimbabwe reached the T20 World Cup finals by beating Papua New Guinea by 27…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC)’s social protection programme which seeks to safeguard children from different forms of abuse should be applauded. Given the fact that ZCC has over 36 member organisations spread all over the country, we are confident that the implementation of the social protection programme will inspire positive change and reinforce ongoing…
THE strong suggestion is that it’s ‘mene, mene, tekel, upharsin’ for the amorphous Cult, its sole proprietor, zombie followers and rotting mango…
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) designated yesterday (25 October) as a day for solidarity against sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the…
