HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa’s recent revelation that over 1 000 cases of chronic kidney failure are being reported in Zimbabwe, with only 700 of these on dialysis, should make our government take this health challenge more seriously. In line with the Zimbabwe government’s policy on the matter, dialysis centres are being set up…
HARARE – Back in the days when the Soviet Union was still a communist empire, its flagship broadsheet newspaper was called Pravda, or “Truth”. But all and sundry knew it was a supplier of lies. The credibility of Pravda was so small that those who bothered to peruse it would believe unerringly the opposite of…
HARARE – Ordinarily, we don’t bother to expend our energy and write leaders on the crass opinions of social media fleas, as well as those of twopenny-halfpenny so-called critics, and would-be competitors of the Daily News and the Daily News on Sunday. After all, we recognise, as the Shona saying goes, that “ane bhora ndiye…
EDITOR — Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the leash of fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an essential societal tool which has to be used to coerce delinquents into desired order. Every country has a…
HARARE – Sharif Mussa’s decision to quit as the manager of the Zimbabwe senior national football team is a very big blow to the country’s most loved sport. Mussa was a dedicated professional who selflessly discharged his services for the benefit of the national game often with very minimal appreciation from the Zimbabwe Football Association…
EDITOR — The teacher to pupil ratio in most primary and secondary schools in Zimbabwe currently stands at 1:50 and in some extreme cases one teacher to 80 learners, a scenario which definitely compromises quality of the end result. Just imagine how parents are traumatised and tormented by just one or two kids of ECD…
HARARE – Two symbolic and important developments which took place over the past few days have given Zimbabweans a glimmer of hope that our beloved country will not implode completely after all — as is widely feared, with good reason, in some sections of the populace. In a welcome change of tack, the government took…
HARARE – Reports this week that over 10 000 tourists have complained about the numerous police roadblocks in Zimbabwe and the rough treatment they received from the uniformed forces is a matter of national concern. This does not only put a dent on the tourism industry — one of the few sectors that are still…
HARARE – It is not a secret that our health sector is on the deathbed, doctors are on strike and nurses have also issued a warning that they will follow suit if their working conditions are not improved. Nothing really seems to be working in the critical sector, a situation that should ring alarm bells…
EDITOR — The resurgence of xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa is quite disturbing. We point out to the fact that part of progress in South Africa was a result of African efforts through the support of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), especially during the apartheid era. The current trend…
