THE church in the country has been making a passionate plea to Zimbabweans to move away from recent elections and focus on nation building to spur social and economic development. The elections held on August 23 and 24 saw Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa declining to concede defeat to President Emmerson Mnangagwa who…
THE much-awaited appointment of the senior men’s national team coach was finally concluded on Thursday with veteran Portuguese expatriate Baltemar Brito being handed the reins on an interim basis until at least June 2024. Given the current local football governing body, the Normalisation Committee’s status as an interim management body that is effectively laying the…
THIS publication has consistently said it and will not shy from saying today: We don’t believe in the economics of protectionism, neither are we disciples of price controls, but we feel strongly that the pricing regime on basic commodities now obtained in this country is unacceptable and exploitative. At the weekend, we published an article…
RESURGENT power cuts in the country are a cause for concern and authorities must ensure they are urgently addressed. The country has been largely enjoying uninterrupted power supply for over the past three months after Hwange Thermal Power Station units 7 and 8 came on stream, giving the nation an additional 600 megawatts (MW). Just…
ON 4 September, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema denounced alleged coup plotters who he claimed were planning to undermine the country’s democratic rule…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a nationwide joint operation dubbed ‘Tame the Traffic Jungle’ blitz as part of efforts to rein in errant motorists. Among other things, the operation, which began on September 12 and ending on September 26, is targeting vehicles operating in violation of the law, such as unregistered and unlicensed…
ZIMBABWEANS are generally peace-loving people. Zimbabweans are a generally well-educated population. Zimbabweans, too, generally love their football, hence such established local teams such as Highlanders and Dynamos continue to command a massive following regardless of their struggles in recent seasons. The mass following that these sides command means they remain attractive to corporate backers who…
THE importance of biodiversity to the economy has largely been overlooked because many people and companies have not yet discovered how they depend on it. Due to this lack of awareness, business decisions, in particular, are often made at the expense of biodiversity. To compound matters, our current economic system, which is based on production…
WHY are some countries better off than others? More specifically, why are some economies able to move from poor to well-off ,…
“LET us think big about our country, for the Bible says, ‘As a man thinks in his heart, so he is’. Let us also speak and confess well and the very best over our country, for the Bible again says, ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those that love it,…
