Editorial Comment

Government needs to revisit anti-drugs strategy

THE possibility that the hazardous drug, crystal meth, popularly known by the street lingo mutoriro, is presently not recognised by Zimbabwe’s laws as a dangerous substance is very worrying. If this assertion being pushed by lawyers representing a suspected crystal meth (mutoriro) dealer currently being tried by regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje is indeed true, then our…

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Action needed to stop Covid-19 surge

THE surge in Covid-19 deaths and infections now calls for practical action. Time for a lackadaisical, wait and see attitude, approach to the pandemic is gone. The third wave of coronavirus is upon us and the country has to act fast, pretty much fast to save lives first and later the economy. In a month,…

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Ball in PSL’s court

THIS week’s decision by the government to allow football to resume serves as a true statement that our authorities are not ignorant of sport after all. The government had announced new Covid-19 containment measures aimed at curtailing a possible third wave of the pandemic which included banning of all public gatherings after a spike in…

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Health delivery system needs adequate funding at all times

IT is common knowledge that Zimbabwe’s health sector is saddled with challenges such as deteriorating infrastructure and loss of experienced personnel, a situation which has precipitated a drastic decline in the quality of health services for almost two decades. That why its beggar belief that the severely under-resourced health sector utilised just one percent of…

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Zimbabwe must win war on drugs

ZIMBABWEAN authorities must take the recent warning issued by a medical and forensic expert that international drug cartels are using the country as a gateway into South Africa and the rest of the region seriously.  Testifying during the trial of South African drug mule Shila Khumalo on Tuesday, forensic expert Clany Nyamukure told the Harare…

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Bring on board more IPPs

THE case of three people who recently died in an inferno in Msasa Park in Harare brings to the fore the power challenges that the country is facing and is a big indictment on the government to swiftly act on the problem. Over the past few weeks, Zimbabwe has been experiencing serious power cuts, which…

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