DESPITE several measures being implemented by authorities and the police to curb traffic carnage in the country, road accidents are on the increase and something must be done to stop the scourge. In this edition, we carry a sad story of 19 people who perished in road accidents on July 27 and 28 respectively. 16…
WITH less than a month before the general elections on August 23, political tension is rising in the country and there is a need for politicians to be responsible and ensure the situation does not go out of hand. Regrettably, last week has been terrible. The nation witnessed unnecessary whipping of tribal emotions and a…
WE CAUTIOUSLY welcome the news that the cholera outbreak, which hit most parts of the country early this year, resulting in 19 confirmed and 61 suspected deaths and over 3 700 cases, has now been brought under control. In a story we carried in this paper yesterday, Harare City Council epidemiologist Michael Vere and Masvingo…
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) has made startling revelations on teenage pregnancies in the country between 2019 and 2022 and something urgent must be done to reverse the worrying trend. According to the UNPF, there were more than 350 000 girls between the ages of 10 and 19 who fell pregnant during the period,…
THE Second Republic under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has since November 2017 made several commitments to improve the livelihood of ordinary people through various interventions. Some of its commitments have come to pass, others are in various stages of implementation. On a sour note, the fight against corruption is at a helter-skelter pace….
THE minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube, says authorities will soon come up with a fresh raft of measures to maintain the current economic stability — sweet music to the long-suffering Zimbabweans. In recent weeks, the country’s economy has witnessed the strengthening of the Zimbabwe dollar against the greenback. Prices of basic commodities…
FOR years, the provision of land for housing has always been the mandate of councils and most urban councils delivered on this function effectively, managing to keep housing waiting lists fairly low largely because of low urban populations. However, along the way, councils reneged on their function as urban populations exploded, but there was no…
THE recent arrest of Benard Mudimba in connection with armed robberies that occurred at two churches in Bulawayo, which we reported in this paper yesterday, serves as yet another reminder of the need to equip the Zimbabwe Republic Police with the necessary resources to combat the country’s rising crime rate. Yesterday we also covered another…
POLITICAL analysts at the weekend told our sister publication, the Daily News on Sunday, that the August 23 general polls are a “golden opportunity” for Zimbabwe to show that the country can hold credible and undisputed polls. University of Zimbabwe political scientist, Eldred Masunungure, was among those who said the key to a new chapter…
POLICE in Bulawayo have raised alarm over increasing cases of rape. According to Bulawayo Province police spokes-person Nomalanga Msebele, the perpetrators of the heinous crime have the cheeky to break into their victims’ houses, not only to rape them, but also to rob them of their valuables. As reported in this edition, the spike in…
