BEFORE the year 2000, Zimbabwe’s economy was growing mainly due to the existence of a thriving primary industry, which created a strong…
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona last week announced that the government was in the process of taking over rehabilitation of urban roads after most councils and contractors failed to speed up restoration of roads, most of them riddled with potholes. The government would rehabilitate the roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme. This comes as driving…
PARLIAMENTARY and council by-elections will take part across the country on March 26. The by-elections are perceived by many people as a…
The clarity and consistency of Chinese policies towards the world under President Xi Jinping’s government guided by the philosophy of “a global…
RAINS have been pounding the country for the better part of last week, a welcome development in a nation whose economy is agro-driven. In the capital, the rains exposed the poor running of the city, the pitiable state of service delivery the ratepayers have to live with. Most streets in the central business district were…
THE decision by the government to scrap the US$20 electronic passport (e-passport) application fee is a welcome development that comes as a…
THE Warriors will on Monday plunge into the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals with an opening match against one of…
THE call by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) for urgent support and increased investment in mental health services, particularly for children, should be taken very seriously by the government. In its report titled ‘‘The State of the World’s Children 2021’’, Unicef has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to promote good mental…
AUTHORITIES have rolled out a Covid-19 booster jab programme as part of many measures to curb new coronavirus infections and deaths which have been surging in the past fortnight. The new omicron variant has claimed an average of 20 lives and infected about 1 500 people daily over the past two weeks, prompting the government…
THE Zanu PF politburo will meet this morning in the capital to either accept or reject the outcome of its recent provincial…
