Editorial Comment

AS ZIMBABWE joined the world in marking World Water Day on March 22, the importance of water — especially in the face of the coronavirus outbreak — in fighting the virus has become topical.

FROM time immemorial, Zimbabweans have been subjected to numerous promises, many of which have remained pipe dreams.

DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri’s unfortunate statements over the weekend that the coronavirus is punishment from God to America and her allies for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe were ill-timed politicking.

THE United States, United Kingdom and the European Union recently renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe, insisting the southern African nation must institute a raft of reforms to democratise.

THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) should take a leaf out of Getafe president Angel Torres’s book in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that has caused havoc in the world of sport.

THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying.

THE novel coronavirus is spreading like veld fire. It has so far killed over 3 000 and infected plus 105 000 people globally.

TODAY the world celebrates International Women’s Day under the theme “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights”.

FOR the past one-and-a-half weeks the government, Harare and Bulawayo city councils have been busy conducting renovations to some of the country’s main football venues.

THE world super power, the United States (US) has done it again — maintaining sanctions on Zimbabwe for the same reasons it has been pontificating on since 2003.

CABINET’S decision on Tuesday to demand, at entry points, valid medical certificates of clearance for coronavirus from individuals coming from countries affected by the killer virus should be commended.

IT IS only a matter of time before the lethal coronavirus spreads to many African countries. And when it does, there is palpable fear that it would decimate tens of thousands of lives because of the lack of capacity to deal with the…

The ZBC board headed by Josaya Tai last week appeared before the parliamentary committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services where a gloomy picture of the public broadcaster was painted.

FOR many years, Zimbabwean national sporting associations have treated the media with disdain and contempt, especially football administrators.

ARE we a cursed nation, a country where leadership in every sphere of life is now in huge deficit?

THERE have been gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe since attainment of Uhuru in 1980. The most brutal human rights violations took place in Matabeleland and the Midlands provinces between 1983 and 1987 when over 20 000 civilians…

WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the presidency in November 2017, he promised so much, reforms and smashing graft. His rallying point was simple, Zimbabwe is open for business.