THERE were startling revelations last week that sexually transmitted diseases are prevalent among youth between 18 and 24 years in the country, a sad development that calls for urgent action from authorities. A report released by the Health Research Unit Zimbabwe showed that one in every five youth aged 18-24 years were testing positive for…
AFTER spending 17 months in the wilderness following the suspension of the country from international football due to government interference in the game, Zimbabwe has bounced back into the Fifa family. The world governing board Fifa this week announced the lifting of the suspension, two days prior to the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers…
WE live in an era of growing urbanisation in which nature is increasingly sacrificed to make more space for housing and infrastructure projects. To make matters worse, this snowballing urbanisation is in many ways related to the climate change issues. For example, urban areas use a significant amount of energy, which, among other things, indirectly…
CASES of corruption are on the increase despite spirited efforts by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to curb the scourge. Several local authorities’ officials, senior government employees and private sector executives have been nabbed since the beginning of the year facing a raft of graft cases. Worryingly, after the arrest and arraignment in courts of…
WITH just about one and half months before the harmonised elections, voter education is lacking. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and non-governmental organisations have not embarked on voter education, and if some are doing it, it is hardly noticeable – a strange development in the democratisation agenda of the country. In recent elections, the civil…
CASES of cholera continue to rise in the country. It’s a sad development. As of yesterday, the country had confirmed over 800 cases since February. Scores of people have needlessly died! The cases are being reported across the country. Diarrhoea cases are also on the rise. The outbreak is a result of inefficient supply of…
POLITICAL parties, mainly Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have been crisscrossing the country campaigning to win in the August 23 general elections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised the world that the country will have clean presidential, parliamentary and council elections and has been preaching peace. But CCC is crying foul, claiming the…
ZIMBABWE’s failure to qualify for this year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup following a disappointing 31-run defeat by Scotland in the Super Six stage of the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifier has served to not only deflate the positive vibes in local cricket, but also extinguish what had been a rare positive flame for a…
WE WELCOME the recent handover of 132 vehicles to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) by the government as part of measures to capacitate the law enforcement agency ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections to be held next month. The new vehicles are part of 300 vehicles that the government promised to give the police ahead…
AT LEAST 17 people perished in road accidents at the weekend. This is one of the many accidents that have taken place this year. Over the years, our highways and roads are stages on which tragedies are played out day in and day out. Unfortunately, these are sudden, violent, traumatic reality shows with long-lasting, often…
