WE WELCOME the United Nations’ (UN) readiness to help Zimbabwe come up with strategies to curb child marriages and abuse of young women in Zimbabwe. In a story we carried at the weekend, UN humanitarian coordinator Edward Kallon confirmed that the UN System in Zimbabwe was working hard to help the country end violence against…
ZIMBABWE’s three-match ODI series against Australia starting tomorrow offers another opportunity to Dave Houghton’s charges to once again prove to the world their mettle to dine with the big boys. Zimbabwe have not visited Australia since 2003-04 when they played two Tests — the first of which saw Matthew Hayden score a then world record…
THE government’s indecision on whether to repair dysfunctional radiotherapy machines at public hospitals or to acquire new ones bodes ill for the fight against cancer. If the truth be told it betrays a glaring lack of seriousness in the Health minisry to tackle head on the plight of cancer patients whose health is being compromised…
FORMER minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora launched the implementation of the new curriculum in a presentation entitled “Ground Zero: Getting Traction’’, on Saturday January 21, 2017 in Kadoma. The new curriculum came into effect in January 2017.Dokora was of a firm conviction that the new education syllabus is meant to modernise the…
THE ruling Zanu PF will hold its congress from October 26 to 29 in the capital and the hope is that it will have more time to focus on how to resolve the current political logjam, which has had serious ramifications on all eff orts to revive the flagging economy. Without a political solution in…
ACCORDING to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) the country has over 115 political parties. And more political parties are expected to sprout out as the country counts down to the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised elections. The proliferation of political parties is celebrated as growth of the country’s nascent democracy, even though some of the parties have…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday re-launched the revival of the Cold Storage Commission (CSC) in Bulawayo, a critical move in the growth of the beef industry in the country. The revival of CSC is paramount in improving the quality of meat and competition in the industry currently dominated by private players. In his address,…
EDITOR — Our beloved country is faced with enormous challenges ranging from poverty, unemployment and poor living conditions, to corruption, mushrooming of shebeens and prosperity churches and so on. It is sad that for a country that has so many educated people the challenges being experienced seem to continue unabated. The government continues to unconsciously…
KENYA held its elections almost two weeks ago in a relatively peaceful manner. The presidential poll results were announced last Monday with vice president William Ruto emerging the winner. On the day of announcement, there were some skirmishes, but not of a scale to taint the relative peace that characterised the whole electoral process. Democracy…
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL)’s decision to get rid of local coaches without the requisite Caf A licence should be commended as it helps in maintaining the required standards. The PSL announced this week that coaches without the requisite Caf A licence have been barred from sitting in the dugout, starting with Chibuku Super Cup…
