Editorial Comment

IN YET another chilling warning, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs has warned that the country’s police service could collapse if poor working conditions bedevilling the law enforcement agency are not urgently addressed. In a report recently presented in Parliament, the portfolio committee’s chairperson, Levi Mayihlome, said morale in the police had…

ZANU PF’S co-vice president Kembo Mohadi struck the right chord at the weekend when he spoke of the need to foster peace and unity as a catalyst to social and economic development. Disunity breeds all sorts of problems, especially tribalism and regionalism, leading in inequalities and civil strife. Mohadi raised concern at a rally of…

THE March 26 by-elections campaigns have been upon us for almost a month now and we have been entertained by politicians, especially the three bitter rivals — President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Nelson Chamisa and MDC’s Douglas Mwonzora. It has been good entertainment as the politicians have been…

It is looking increasingly likely that the prolonged dry spell currently being experienced in the country could lead to food shortages. In fact, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) and national farmer organisations such as the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) and the Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) have all predicted poor harvests. The above…

IT IS common cause that the Zifa executive under Felton Kamambo almost killed the people’s game under its watch. The executive is probably the worst to have ever presided over football in the country since independence in 1980. Efforts by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to find out issues that were bedevilling football in…

THE high incidence of armed robberies in Zimbabwe demands an urgent and fitting response from the responsible authorities.  Yesterday alone, we carried a police report about three brazen robbery incidents in which a lot of valuables were lost.  In the first incident, on Monday morning about 20 armed robbers pounced on Forbes 38 Gold Mine…

POLITICAL developments in recent weeks, among them violence and spewing of hate speech, demand introspection by the country’s leadership to avoid plunging the nation into anarchy. As we inch towards the March 26 by-elections and the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised polls, there is now an urgent need for a national all-inclusive dialogue to map the way…

DESPICABLE! That aptly describes the political violence that rocked the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in Mbizo, Kwekwe, on Saturday after yobs reportedly armed with all sorts of dangerous weapons pounced at the gathering when CCC leader Nelson Chamisa took to the podium to address multitudes of his supporters. The police have since confirmed…

ON Saturday, another sad political chapter was written. The police banned the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally that was scheduled to be addressed by party leader Nelson Chamisa in Gokwe. The police used teargas and water cannons to disperse CCC supporters. There were running battles. What is sad is that the police had initially…

THE fast-approaching parliamentary and council by-elections present the nation with an opportunity to show the world that it has changed tact from the tyrannical government of the late former president Robert Mugabe. During his long reign in power, Mugabe ruled with an iron fist and any election cycle was characterised by massive violence which claimed…