MOST Zimbabweans living in urban areas are facing an incredible amount of difficulty when commuting to and from work during the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown. When the government imposed the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus on March 30, a ban on all public transport was effected. This meant that thousands of commuter omnibuses…
EDITOR — Demolition of structures that were built without the requisite council approvals has exacerbated the plight of those who operate in the informal sector. Running battles between vendors and municipal police have been reported in St Mary’s in Chitungwiza as vendors continue to sell their wares in places that are not designated for that…
THE country’s teetering health sector, reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and an economic crunch as with all other areas of the economy, came to a grinding halt last week after doctors, nurses and other health workers downed tools demanding better remuneration. Health workers rejected in toto the government review of civil servants’…
Tafadzwa Manhungo THE Covid-19 pandemic has brought untold suffering to the world population. Some would like to liken it to a black swan crisis whilst other business leaders argue that such a pandemic was a foreseen phenomenon hence business should have been better equipped to handle the effects. One big discussion that arises from the…
By C Addul THE World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently stressed at the special summit of the G20 leaders on the COVID-19 epidemic that the virus that is growing at an exponential rate is a global crisis and it requires a global response and action. Based on the number of confirmed…
ZIMBABWE recorded two coronavirus deaths at the weekend, a clear signal that we are far from flattening the pandemic curve and that we should treble our efforts to contain and mitigate the spread of the disease. As of yesterday morning, Zimbabwe had recorded 486 positive cases of the pandemic, including six deaths and 64 recoveries….
by TOBY SITHOLE LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from tomorrow, which effectively means the abandonment of the fixed exchange rate regime adopted three months ago. Oh no! The statement was met with so much negativity from doomsayers…
LAST week, Parliament embarked on Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill public hearings across the country. The Bill, among other things, intends to amend the Constitution Zimbabweans overwhelmingly endorsed in 2013. Among the amendments include the removal of presidential election running mates to elect vice presidents, the empowering of the president to appoint prosecutor-general, increasing the…
BLACK EDWARD IS THE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa staggering against the ropes? Chamisa has proved himself time and time again to be on top of the situation yet this time he’s on the back foot. Despite his dire predicament he’s still the face of the opposition and very much popular, if ordinary people’s comments…
ZESN – ON December 31, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe published the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill in the Extraordinary Government Gazette. This formally commenced the special procedure to amend the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The Constitutional Bill includes proposals that affect the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe. The Bill proposes to delink the…
