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More precautions needed against coronavirus
HEALTH officials must implement elaborate precautions to protect the country against the new coronavirus after China confirmed it can be transmitted among humans.
Zim’s sanctioned emergency
THE UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, is right: Zimbabwe is staring down the barrel of a food emergency.
Dialogue, not gunboat diplomacy, way to go
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa last week presented his version of the state of the nation address to his supporters in Mbare, Harare.
Wider exports base a necessity
ZIMBABWE still has an unsustainable balance of payment profile and to address the challenge, the nation needs, as a matter of urgency, to widen its exports base.
Students demo exposes alarming rot
YESTERDAY we led with an extraordinary story of Njube High School students in Bulawayo who held a protest over fees hikes while also demanding that their teachers be paid better salaries by…
Ending machete gangs: Everyone has a part to play
THE move by Parliament to call for a thorough probe on the killings of innocent people by machetewielding gangs on gold belts across the country is a welcome decision.
We need independent power producers
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing up to 19 hours daily of electricity cuts since last year
More bite, less bark
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi recently came out guns blazing, accusing the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) of halfheartedly carrying out investigations, resulting in the “catch…
ED, Chamisa must heed Church warning
© THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has spoken quite emphatically on the situation obtaining in the country.
ED, Chamisa must heed Church warning
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has spoken quite emphatically on the situation obtaining in the country.
Zim has already re-dollarised
HARARE - More stunning claims are emerging regarding the mad-scramble within President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu PF to control the aged and mysterious leader of a secretive apostolic…
Harare City Council should improve service delivery
HARARE - A pastor who planned Zimbabwe's biggest mass protests in a decade, and whose activism has steeled mass anger over President Robert Mugabe's disastrous 36-year rule and the nation's…
Govt should deal with economic problems
© Editor — When you mention Zimbabwe, what comes into the minds of many people is plenty of fresh water, Victoria Falls, sunshine, fear, uncertainty and corruption.
It is govt mandate to fund education
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week flew into a storm in Kuwadzana, Harare, when residents bared their soul to him, profusely complaining about the ever-increasing cost of living.The…
ED needs cushioning from gaffes
© “We say to Robert Mugabe, if you don’t want to go peacefully, we will remove you violently,” the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai told his supporters at a rally at Rufaro…
It is govt mandate to fund education
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week flew into a storm in Kuwadzana, Harare, when residents bared their soul to him, profusely complaining about the ever-increasing cost of living.The…
ED needs cushioning from gaffes
“We say to Robert Mugabe, if you don’t want to go peacefully, we will remove you violently,” the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai told his supporters at a rally at Rufaro…
Go national on typhoid, cholera vaccination
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe, who is facing growing resistance from Zimbabweans to his 36 years in power, has once again been advised to quit high office and appoint a successor, to…
Urban illegal structures a symptom of bigger woes
HARARE - CAPS United's excellent start to the season could be derailed amid revelations a third force is leaning on destabilising the club.This comes as the club chiefs yesterday told…
Conserve wetlands for sustainable development
HARARE - After her recent and “unfair dismissal” from Sam Dondo's Impala Subway Crooners, former Jah Prayzah backing vocalist and key dancer Evidence Mudzingo popularly known as Generator…
Dethroning of Chief Ndiweni political!
HARARE - Zimbabwe is set to secure close to $1 billion in loans from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) aimed at clearing the country's $1,8 billion arrears to multilateral…
Govt should decisively deal with MaShurugwi
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe is apparently furious with three of his ministers who stand accused of grabbing sugar plantations owned by white commercial farmers in Masvingo Province, and…
Govt should brace for another drought
HARARE - Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni was further detained at Avondale Police Station yesterday after his initial court appearance on alleged criminal abuse of office charges was delayed.…
Church must unite and broker lasting solution
HARARE - As the country teeters on the brink of total collapse, hundreds of angry Zimbabweans, together with scores of other cross-border traders, yesterday paralysed operations at…
State land inquiry needs results
HARARE - Zimbabweans are talking about little else than opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's health ever since the former prime minister in the government of national unity bravely…