THE long-standing issue of compensating former white commercial farmers for the land they lost during the country’s agrarian reforms of the early 2000s must now be dealt with once and for all. For years now, the matter has been outstanding with serious ramifications to the country’s quest for economic and social development. Significant progress was…
YESTERDAY the country marked the national youth day in Masvingo. The day was initially meant to celebrate the birth day of the late president and nationalist Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Mugabe is now late, but his legacy, both good and bad, is still with us. One of his good policies was to introduce a national youth…
THERE has been a huge outcry over authorities’ decision to evict thousands of citizens across the country for allegedly occupying state land. The move, spearheaded by the ministry of Lands, has seen thousands of villagers in Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland East and Matabeleland South provinces being notified of their imminent eviction. In Masvingo alone, 22 000…
BUSINESS, workers and ordinary citizens are looking forward to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya’s 2024 monetary policy statement praying that he will come up with a raft of measures to fight inflation, stabilise prices and strengthen the weakening local currency. Prices of basis goods have been on increase in recent months and the…
IT IS almost two years after the government said it would take responsibility to fix malfunctioning traffic lights in the capital. Sadly that has not happened and instead, more and more traffic lights are no longer working in Harare, a despicable situation and a danger to trafficking motorists and pedestrians. With the current power crisis,…
WHEN Team Zimbabwe makes their 10th appearance at the African Games in Accra next month, they will be under pressure to make sure they improve on their 2019 showing. The experience at the Morocco 2019 games was particularly forgettable, as the country emerged with just four medals — three silver and one bronze medal —…
GROWING levels of gender-based violence (GBV) and general abuse of women and children in the country are disgusting. What is worrying is that despite condemnation, little has been happening to send a clear message to perpetrators of GBV that it is unacceptable and diabolic. It is at the backcloth of this that we welcome measures…
FISH is regarded as one of the healthiest foods on the planet as it is loaded with important nutrients, such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium. Due to the health benefits of fish, the American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least two times per week as part of a healthy diet. In recognition…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week said both monetary and fiscal policies authorities were working day and night to come up with new measures to shore up the economy and ensure there is price stability and firming of local currency against the coveted United States (US) dollar. This came on the backcloth of the continued slump…
GOOD news! It has finally been agreed that the ownership and operations of the National Sports Stadium will now be transferred to the ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation. “We have the experience, and passion to now use this opportunity for Zimbabwe to become a sporting powerhouse,” said minister of Sport Kirsty Coventry on…
