CAPS United are considered one of the country’s biggest clubs alongside Harare giants Dynamos and Bulawayo giants Highlanders. The three are the most successful teams in the country with DeMbare winning a record 22 titles followed by Bosso with the Green Machine third in the rankings. But with Dynamos and CAPS United preparing for the…
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Union (EU) have been extending lines of credit to the country’s financial institutions to…
IN THE July 31, 2018 harmonised elections, the country saw an unprecedented 28 candidates in the presidential race. About 1 648 candidates from 55 political parties and three political party coalitions contested for the 210 National Assembly seats. In the 1 958 council polls, 6 796 candidates participated. There was a huge mushrooming of presidential…
THE government must take heed of medical experts’ calls for massive Covid-19 tests in the country for it to design the appropriate interventions in case the fifth wave of the virulent diseases reaches our shores. In the past week the country had seen a steady increase in new coronavirus infections averaging about 200 a day….
ZIMBABWE was this week officially booted out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) because of the Fifa ban owing to government interference in the running of the game. The development came after the SRC suspended the Zifa board over “several incidents of gross incompetence” that…
RECENT remarks by Environment ministry permanent secretary Munesu Munodawafa calling for indigenous communities who bear the brunt of human-wildlife conflict to directly benefit from the flora and fauna in their areas deserve everyone’s support. It goes without saying that communities that reap substantial socioeconomic benefits from the wildlife in their areas naturally become motivated to…
ZIMBABWE and South Africa police services last week had a joint operation in Beitbridge and Musina to combat crime and managed to confiscate illicit goods valued at over R400 000 and arrested several criminals. Operation Basadi resulted in the arrest of 75 undocumented foreign nationals; confiscation of illicit goods valued at R382 300; five suspects…
ZIMBABWE today joins the rest of the continent in commemorating Africa Day at a time the majority of the 54 sovereign countries…
FOR decades, the country, under the leadership of the late former president Robert Mugabe, bled due to poor policies and bad governance grounded in corruption by his ruling elite and general policy paucity and outright bad governance. His dramatic ouster in November 2017 was embraced; not only in Zimbabwe, but all over the world amid…
THE 2023 harmonised elections are fast approaching and all political players are now in election mood. These elections are coming at a time when the country’s economy is at an all-time low with a myriad of challenges, with no relief in sight, bringing a reminder of the 2008 scenario. Politics solve everything, but with how…
