ZIMBABWE has to increase its industrial capacity utilisation and exports to deal with the current economic challenges, which are a result of the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and rent-seeking behaviour by unscrupulous businesses and individuals manipulating the foreign currency exchange rate. In recent months, the prices of goods and services have been going up…
THE discussion around the poor standard of local refereeing is a recurring theme in every Castle Lager Premiership (PSL) season. The current premiership campaign has been blighted with concerns about atrocious match officiating as several coaches have come out in the open to air their views over the unwanted trend. The PSL also raised concerns…
VANDALISM of electricity and telecommunications infrastructure is costly to the nation and appears to be on the increase. It appears court censures are inadequate to deal with culprits. The sentences are not deterrent enough. Of late, electricity supply has been erratic, telecommunication networks have been hit hard with service delivery affected heavily. One of the…
THE worsening political economy in the country has seen an increase in crime, especially armed robberies, as desperate citizens battle to eke out a living. Barely a day passes without a case of armed robbery being reported across the country. The robbers are targeting both businesses and individuals stashing huge sums of money at their…
THE country is on the edge amid threats of a crippling strike by public sector workers in two weeks in a bid to get the government to accede to their demands for salaries payments in hard currency. It is trite that a shutdown could halt critical services in the country, including education, transport and healthcare…
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) last week made a passionate plea for the country to address gender inequalities being caused by gender-based violence (GBV). This came on the backdrop of an increase in cases of GBV since the deadly Covid-19 pandemic hit our shores in March 2020. The UNDP was categorical on the need for…
ECONOMIC developments in the country in recent months exhorts Zimbabweans to bury their differences and unite to find solutions to arrest the continued spiralling of prices of basic goods and the free fall on the local currency against the US$. The ordinary man is the greatest victim of the economic recession that country is experiencing….
THERE has been disgruntlement amongst the people following the new currency measures announced by fiscal authorities recently. The new measures carried with them several issues among them the introduction of gold coins and the new interest rates on bank loans. Before the coins are available, the majority of people are already dismissing them as a…
CAPS United this week invited former forward Alois Bunjira as part of the club’s efforts to end the rot that is threatening their stay in the Castle Lager Premiership. This comes as the Green Machine are having one of their worst campaigns in the club’s history after losing their recent seven straight league matches to…
THERE is an old adage to the effect of putting the cart before the horse. The medieval wording of the phrase was to put the oxen before the yoke. The phrase was a popular figure of speech in the 16th century. People travelled by horse and cart and there was a predetermined order in which…
