VICE President and also Health minister Constantino Chiwenga recently told the National Assembly that the government was working tirelessly to revamp public health service delivery. Service delivery at public clinics and hospitals has over the last two decades deteriorated to unacceptable standards as a result of failure by the government to equip them with state-of-art…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been granted a fresh mandate to lead the ruling Zanu PF party and contest next year’s presidential election as its candidate. We are almost nine months from the fast-approaching polls and Zimbabweans are looking forward to the elections amid concerns on what it holds for them. There are fears that the…
CHEVRONS are playing their first global cricket tournament for six years. Dave Houghton returned as Zimbabwe cricket coach in June, and the former national team captain guided the Chevrons through to the T20 World Cup qualifiers on home soil in July. Zimbabwe reached the T20 World Cup finals by beating Papua New Guinea by 27…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC)’s social protection programme which seeks to safeguard children from different forms of abuse should be applauded. Given the fact that ZCC has over 36 member organisations spread all over the country, we are confident that the implementation of the social protection programme will inspire positive change and reinforce ongoing…
FOR several years now, Zimbabwe has been in dire straits, with teachers regularly holding one strike after the other to press for better salaries and working conditions. The national lockdowns that were imposed by the government in a bid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic over the past couple of years, worsened an already desperate situation…
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in 2019 declared today – October 25 – as solidarity day against illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. It resolved to conduct various activities in their respective countries calling for the immediate lifting of the embargoes, which were mainly imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom and its Western…
LAST week Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke told parliament that the government was struggling to finance the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), crippling school operations. Close to one million learners are beneficiaries of Beam in both primary and secondary schools and over years the scheme was bankrolled by the government and development partners. But…
THE ruling Zanu PF congress will roll into life on Wednesday with a lot of anticipation on what it holds for Zimbabweans. There are a lot of expectations given that it is the ruling party and that by the end of August next year we would have gone for general elections. With party spokesperson Christopher…
THE Axis Solutions Super 8 Cup final explodes this afternoon at Rufaro Stadium with Golden Eagles facing Zifa Northern Region Division One champions Simba Bhora in a potentially exciting tie. It’s the first time in over two years that Rufaro Stadium is hosting a high-profile match having been banned from hosting matches. But what has…
WE ARE encouraged by the government’s commitment to resurrecting the local fertilisers manufacturing capacity in line with the wider plan to cut the agricultural inputs import bill and increase the country’s grain self-sufficiency. As the geopolitical tensions in Western Europe between Russia and Ukraine are showing no signs of abating, it is beyond doubt that…
