SINCE coronavirus hit our shores in March last year, cases of domestic violence have been on an alarming increase in the country. Several women and young girls have been sexually molested. Recently, Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni painted a gruesome picture in Parliament. She told the stunned august House that more than 2 000 minors…
EDITOR — The right to vote or participate in an election is a fundamental human right and an inseparable character of civilisation and democracy. Every citizen is expected to play a role in electing individuals who would conduct the affairs of his/her country at a national level. The United Nations acknowledges that the right to…
EDITOR — On March 31, 2021, the president of the Patriotic Zimbabweans Party, Charles Muchineripi Mutama, participated in a Business Connect-organised forum which also included Zanu PF’s director of the commissariat, Davison Gomo and Passenger Association of Zimbabwe president Tafadzwa Goliati. The Transport and Infrastructural Development ministry failed to attend although it was scheduled to…
ALL eyes are on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, today to explore ways to end an Islamic insurgency in the northern part of the country. The immediate past chairperson of the organ, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, incumbent chairperson, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, incoming chairperson, South…
ZIMBABWE is expecting record maize production of around 2,8 million metric tonnes (mt) and 360 000mt of traditional grains this year. Of late, authorities have been seized with sprucing up grain storage facilities in the country to ensure that not a single grain goes to waste. The storage facilities have been refurbished as reported by…
For instance, amidst COVID-19, Zimbabwe faces many challenges. ICT technologies have become an important means to address these difficulties.The CEO of HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Zimbabwe (Private) Limited has published an articleto illustrate its understanding of the current situation in the ICT field in Zimbabwe. RECOUNTING ZIMBABWE’S COLLABORATIVE ICT MILESTONES They say changes call for innovation and…
THE Easter holidays started yesterday with reports of huge volumes of vehicles on the highways as most people took advantage of the government’s relaxation of Covid-19 national lockdown measures to allow inter-city travelling to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic. Several accidents were reported across the country though the police could not give the…
Editor — During the Lancaster House Peace talks held in 1979, the late Joshua Nkomo and other nationalist leaders insisted on the one man, one vote system for independent Zimbabwe. This demand was finally availed in March 1980 when elections were held which allowed black citizens to vote for the first time. 41 years later,…
AS the Easter holidays draw closer, the country should expects an increase in both human and vehicular traffic. The increase in movement, coupled with the traditional church festivities, pose a perilous risk for further transmission of Covid-19 in the country. Health authorities’ decision to strengthen surveillance, case management, and risk communication and community engagement in…
EDITOR — The Zanu PF-led government is once more determined to legislate the so-called Patriotic Bill. In our view this will be the most atrocious and despotic legislation in the world. The key wording of the Bill is the criminalisation of “private correspondence” to foreign governments with the aim of defeating the interest of Zimbabwe. …
