Editorial Comment

Action needed to stop Covid-19 surge

THE surge in Covid-19 deaths and infections now calls for practical action. Time for a lackadaisical, wait and see attitude, approach to the pandemic is gone. The third wave of coronavirus is upon us and the country has to act fast, pretty much fast to save lives first and later the economy. In a month,…

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Ball in PSL’s court

THIS week’s decision by the government to allow football to resume serves as a true statement that our authorities are not ignorant of sport after all. The government had announced new Covid-19 containment measures aimed at curtailing a possible third wave of the pandemic which included banning of all public gatherings after a spike in…

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Health delivery system needs adequate funding at all times

IT is common knowledge that Zimbabwe’s health sector is saddled with challenges such as deteriorating infrastructure and loss of experienced personnel, a situation which has precipitated a drastic decline in the quality of health services for almost two decades. That why its beggar belief that the severely under-resourced health sector utilised just one percent of…

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Zimbabwe must win war on drugs

ZIMBABWEAN authorities must take the recent warning issued by a medical and forensic expert that international drug cartels are using the country as a gateway into South Africa and the rest of the region seriously.  Testifying during the trial of South African drug mule Shila Khumalo on Tuesday, forensic expert Clany Nyamukure told the Harare…

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Bring on board more IPPs

THE case of three people who recently died in an inferno in Msasa Park in Harare brings to the fore the power challenges that the country is facing and is a big indictment on the government to swiftly act on the problem. Over the past few weeks, Zimbabwe has been experiencing serious power cuts, which…

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Govt must commit funds for border security

IT’S high time the government comes up with a concrete strategy to combat mineral leakages at the country’s borders and airports to stop Zimbabwe from losing billions of dollars in foreign currency.  Official figures from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) show that the country is losing over US$1 billion worth of minerals which are…

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Revamping of public transport system crucial

ON Tuesday, Cabinet came up with a raft of measures to try and end traffic congestion in the capital and other cities across the country. The measures were adopted barely a week after the same Cabinet shockingly claimed that the availability of adequate fuel on the market was or is the reason for congestion. It…

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Mindless brawling will sink opposition

FOR those who have been witnessing the goings-on in the fractured opposition, it is becoming increasingly clear that their differences are similar to those of the south and north poles.  It is unfathomable that advocates for multi-party democracy continue to engage in mindless fighting at a time their very existence is under threat from a…

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