RARELY a day passes in Zimbabwe without police recording murder and robbery cases. Murder and robbery cases are on the increase daily in the country, leaving citizens wondering what needs to be done to put a stop to the two evils. What is the main cause of alarm, though, is the spate of murders and…
IT IS refreshing to see the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) doing exactly what it was created to do — promote, enforce and protect consumer rights in the country. Among other things, the CPC is mandated to protect consumers from “unconscionable, unreasonable, unjust or otherwise improper trade practices; as well as deceptive, misleading, unfair or fraudulent…
THE United Nations (UN) secretary-general’s special envoy for road safety, Jean Todt is in the country where he implored the government and private sector to work together in ending road carnage that has been on the increase. As the Daily News, we have repeatedly called on authorities not to pay lip-service to the unfortunate consequences…
CALLS by the National Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) for legislation dedicated to fighting the scourge deserve everyone’s support. With an estimated 1 500 cancer deaths and 5 000 new cases of the disease diagnosed each year, the time is now for Zimbabwe to come up with laws that will cause the creation of the…
ZIMBABWE, like every nation, has been marking the mental health month. Mental health has become a serious problem in the country, especially among the youth who have alarmingly resorted to abusing alcohol, drugs and other substances. But our attention is and will be confined to the future generation, the youth, The future for them is…
WITH just over a quarter of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season gone, two coaches have already been shown the exit door at their clubs. The strange thing about the whole issue is that it is actually the PSL’s recent entrants who are active on the hiring and firing front with league returnees TelOne…
THE failure by the authorities to repair radiotherapy machines at Parirenyatwa hospital — the largest public health institution in Zimbabwe — demonstrates how the country’s health system is paying scant regard to the plight of cancer patients who are being forced to fork out huge sums of money for treatment in the private sector. Without…
ZIMBABWE will in August play host to the Sadc Summit where, among others, regional leaders will press for total lifting of embargoes imposed on Harare by the United States (US) and its western allies. The sanctions were slapped on Zimbabwe at the turn of the millennium and had a tremendous negative impact on the country’s…
IN RECENT weeks, the country has been witnessing a resurgence in cases of armed robberies across the country. The robberies have been happening in homes, businesses and schools where the robbers have concrete inside information that the victims are keeping large sums of cash. The armed robbers are so daring that last week at Warren…
THE move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a commission to probe Harare City Council affairs was long overdue and expectations from ratepayers and ordinary residents are very high. Mnangagwa on Friday appointed retired High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, to investigate alleged corruption and financial mismanagement in the municipality dating back to 2017. A…
