AUTHORITIES are slowly losing the war on drugs judging by the high number of Zimbabweans, especially young people who are now hooked on illegal substances. Use of hard drugs like cocaine, crystal meth (mutoriro) and codeine-laced cough syrup Broncleer has in recent years shot up at an alarming rate. The Covid-19-induced lockdowns have also been…
THE festive season is upon us and we have witnessed in recent weeks an increase in road accidents. Every festive season, we have noted a spike in traffic accidents, needlessly claiming people’s lives. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) must deal with reckless drivers decisively. It is pertinent at this point that stakeholders focus on reducing…
IT HAS been a strange year. Watching the news, I see it is just 12 months since the Trump supporters attempted to…
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) yesterday appointed a nine-member Zifa Restructuring Committee which they say will administer football until a new…
THE destruction of 25 hectares of ready-to-harvest tobacco early this week by a hailstorm is a chilling warning to farmers on the importance of crop insurance. Tawanda Chihwai, 34, whose farm is located in Marondera North, is now ruing his decision not to insure his tobacco which was of very high quality. Chihwai is one…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday launched the country’s e-passport in a progressive move to eliminate the massive backlog at the Registrar General’s…
ZIMBABWEANS need to be very careful this December when merry-making as the dangers of the Covid-19 pandemic are very much with us. Already, local health authorities reported the first case of the new Omicron variant which has infected thousands across the globe. Statistics from the Health ministry show that Zimbabwe is recording an average of…
THE plea from the parliamentary committee on home affairs and defence to the government to fully resource the police must be heeded…
A S global temperatures increase, the negative impacts of climate change on people and the environment become more severe and adaptation becomes…
TWENTY years down the line, at the eighth ministerial conference of Forum on China-African Cooperation (Focac) Chinese President Xi further cemented the…
