THE novel coronavirus is spreading like veld fire. It has so far killed over 3 000 and infected plus 105 000 people globally. Africa has not been spared. The continent at the weekend recorded its first death in Egypt where a 60-year-old German tourist succumbed to the deadly scourge at a hospital in the Red…
TODAY the world celebrates International Women’s Day under the theme “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights”. This comes in the wake of increasing violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe, with shocking statistics showing that more than 20 girls and women are raped daily. Statistics show that more than 40 percent of married women…
FOR the past one-and-a-half weeks the government, Harare and Bulawayo city councils have been busy conducting renovations to some of the country’s main football venues. Crews have been working through the night at the National Sports, Rufaro and Barbourfields stadia. The frantic construction work was necessitated by the recent de-homologation of all Zimbabwe’s football venues…
THE world super power, the United States (US) has done it again — maintaining sanctions on Zimbabwe for the same reasons it has been pontificating on since 2003. The mantra has remained the same that Zimbabwe should institute democratic reforms. In an executive order to the US Congress on Wednesday, the American president Donald Trump…
CABINET’S decision on Tuesday to demand, at entry points, valid medical certificates of clearance for coronavirus from individuals coming from countries affected by the killer virus should be commended. It is also applauded that as of March 1 this year, every traveller to Zimbabwe, 6 169 people to be precise, were screened at the country’s…
IT IS only a matter of time before the lethal coronavirus spreads to many African countries. And when it does, there is palpable fear that it would decimate tens of thousands of lives because of the lack of capacity to deal with the disease. As Africans, there must be no reason to celebrate that coronavirus…
The ZBC board headed by Josaya Tai last week appeared before the parliamentary committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services where a gloomy picture of the public broadcaster was painted. Tai lamented that the national broadcaster was bedevilled by a myriad of problems, the biggest being lack of funding. As a result ZBC is failing…
FOR many years, Zimbabwean national sporting associations have treated the media with disdain and contempt, especially football administrators. Despite the crucial role the Fourth Estate plays when it comes to uplifting and ensuring fair play in sports, football has not returned the favour to the scribes. Administrators at big clubs like Dynamos, CAPS United and…
ARE we a cursed nation, a country where leadership in every sphere of life is now in huge deficit? There is now palpable dearth of leadership, not only in politics, but even in the social sector. The level of failure in this country is now stinking to high heaven. The move by the Confederation of…
THERE have been gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe since attainment of Uhuru in 1980. The most brutal human rights violations took place in Matabeleland and the Midlands provinces between 1983 and 1987 when over 20 000 civilians were slain by a North Korean-trained crack unit, the dreaded red-bereted 5th Brigade, in what the government…
