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Why do talks spook some?
THIS past weekend, the Daily News On Sunday led its edition with a rather innocuous story on hopes for national dialogue to help resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises.
Covid-19 jab, ouch!
LOST in my thoughts, on my way to the supermarket yesterday, I suddenly came across a visibly pregnant woman. Looking at her, I got the impression that she was due any time. I was bemused to hear myself saying: “Lord, let it not be after…
Heads must roll at FC Platinum
FOR a team that prides itself in excellence, FC Platinum’s humiliating exit from the African Champions League last week should jolt the club hierarchy into reviewing their internal systems.
Let the law take its course!
ON WEDNESDAY, the Harare Magistrates’ Courts sentenced to jail popular Zimdancehall producers — DJs Fantan and Levels, alongside promoter Boss Dammer, for staging a New Year’s eve gig in Mbare attended by thousands of revellers against…
It’s either we behave or die!
AS ZIMBABWE is now in the grip of a seemingly more devastating phase of the deadly coronavirus, it is important for the general public to be on its best behaviour.
Fresh lockdown: All eyes on police
IT DID not surprise many Zimbabweans that the authorities have imposed a stiffened coronavirus stay-at-home order which has re-introduced a duskto-dawn curfew, which comes into effect tomorrow.
Not by a long chalk
NORMALLY, the opening of schools in a new year triggers keen anticipation and is a memorable occasion. It means a new grade, a new form and another level for the learner.
Let’s change tact in 2021!
ZIMBABWEANS are yearning for a new life and wishing for better to come this year. Their dream and hope is that our politicians will come to the party and deliver the nation from the continued political conundrum that has halted the…
Let’s have shared interests in 2021!
AS we enter 2021, it’s high time for the country’s political gladiators to bury their differences and identify the national interest and forge a common vision and values to end the country’s myriad of challenges.
History repeating itself at AirZim!
HISTORY is repeating itself at the country’s embattled national airline – Air Zimbabwe – and the question is at what cost to the taxpayer and the national fiscus.
Busy doing nothing
HAVE you suffered the inconvenience of sub-standard services lately and there were no responsible officials to report the matter to? You are not alone.
SRC, Zifa must find ways to end impasse
THE recent meet-and-greet-the-media press conference organised by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) was quite commendable as it provided a platform for the two entities to understand each other’s operations.
Surging Covid-19: time to review laws
THERE is every reason for every Zimbabwean to be concerned about the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country.
Time to transform the health sector
DESPITE the challenging economic environment, the government’s positive strides in the provision of significant resources to revive the public health sector in areas such as the reproductive, maternal, new-born and adolescent health and…
Paying last disrespects
IT HAD all the hallmarks of a soap opera: a high-profile horror crash, deaths of socialites, estranged parents of the late video vixen Michelle “Moana” Amuli… and not forgetting a High Court ruling.
2020 Movers & Shakers
BLACK Lives Matter. I don’t know how many times we’ve read these three words just this year alone. And there’s no doubt that we will continue to hear them for a long time to come. Of course they need to be shouted much louder to sink in.
Local authorities cleansing crucial
THE cleansing of local authorities, whose top officials have for a very long time been accused of being self-centred at the expense of service delivery in their areas of jurisdiction, should continue in an effort to ensure the residents —…
Zimbabwe must avoid Covid-19 prevention mode fatigue
AS the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, coronavirus cases are starting to spike again in Zimbabwe; and worryingly they are mostly local transmissions.
Zimbabwe needs to emulate UAE
LAST month, two important things happened — one inside Zimbabwe and the other in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
US applauds major milestone in the fight against HIV/Aids
THE United States congratulates the people of Zimbabwe on the remarkable progress made in the response to HIV/Aids and celebrate the news that our collective work has put Zimbabwe on the path to achieving epidemic control.
Covid-19: Life has to go on
DEBATE has been raging across the country on why the government is not closing schools following increasing cases of coronavirus among learners.
Zanu PF cacophony remains needless!
THE seemingly growing cacophony in the ruling Zanu PF party is needless and a threat to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s thrust to turn around the fortunes of the country’s flagging economy.
Zim’s batty sore losers
WE RECKON that even Donald Trump — the fibs-addicted, master of conspiracies and troubled outgoing leader of the United States of America — would marvel at the level of lying that has followed the issuance of six television licences by the…
These conmen never loved you
IT HAS been tragic to watch over the past few days how some well known con artists, who fooled many in the MDC leadership, are now turning on the country’s main opposition party with a sickening relish.
High-rise buildings the solution for Zimbabwe
GIVEN the space constraints that the country faces, especially the urban sections, the construction of highrise buildings which consume less land could prove to be the panacea for the country’s ballooning housing demand.