PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the killer novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at the backcloth of increasing deaths from the disease and a huge spike in local transmissions. In his televised address to the nation, Mnangagwa highlighted the stark reality that as of Tuesday,…
THE surging numbers of coronavirus (Covid-19)cases in the country’s prisons is a public health disaster unfolding before our eyes. Recent reports that several prisoners and correctional officers at Bulawayo and Grey prisons in Bulawayo tested positive for Covid-19 should send alarm bells to those in authority that more needs to be done for prisons to…
THE rate at which coronavirus (Covid-19) is now spreading in the country is scary and urgent measures have to be adopted and implemented to mitigate the scourge. What is worrying is the increase in local transmissions, the bulk of cases untraceable. On Sunday alone, 133 cases tested positive for Covid-19, these included returnees from South…
EDITOR — Manicaland played a very big role in the liberation struggle, with many losing family members yet the province is not benefiting much from its sacrifices. Despite its vast mineral resources, tourist attractions, well educated workforce and proximity to the Indian Ocean, Manicaland has not developed as much as one would expect. Following the…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD Poverty-weary Zimbabwean youths are very bitter. The bitterness stems from lack of opportunities to lead minimally decent lives because of inept leadership. And the underperforming leaders further inflame this bitterness by bleeding the economy through looting and amassing obscene wealth. However, the youths must not feel doomed — there’s hope as some…
FOR some, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s Mid-Term Budget Review that was presented on Thursday made a lot of sense in that it gave tax concessions, but in practical terms, it falls far short of addressing the real issues on the ground — the re-dollarisation the market is pushing the economy into. Even for lay people,…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD Poverty-weary Zimbabwean youths are very bitter. The bitterness stems from lack of opportunities to lead minimally decent lives because of inept leadership. And the underperforming leaders further inflame this bitterness by bleeding the economy through looting and amassing obscene wealth. However, the youths must not feel doomed — there’s hope as…
WHILE world celebrities, who include artists, have been in the forefront donating millions of dollars to help fight Covid-19-induced hunger, in Zimbabwe it has been the opposite. This week officials in the ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation visited celebrated actress Jesesi Mungoshi and all-time record Soccer Star of the Year Award winner George…
by EDDIE CROSS CONVENTIONAL economics do not often apply to the Zimbabwean economy. If we take as an example the period during the government of national unity (GNU) from 2009 to 2013, the hard currency revenues to the State (without changing the rates applied) grew by an average of over 70 percent per annum. In…
WITH cases of Covid-19 infections in the country close to breaching the 1 000 mark, the government must emulate South Africa, which on Sunday tightened its coronavirus lockdown measures. Among the measures pronounced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are a ban on sale of alcohol, introduction of a curfew between 9pm and 4am and…
