DUE to the illegal side marketing, which causes annual losses of millions of dollars, the tobacco industry might be completely decimated. The practice must stop in order to safeguard the sector. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has suspended nearly 400 growers from selling tobacco during the current marketing season due to charges of…
BARELY a month after the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League kicked off amid anticipation that excitement could once again return to local football, the signs on the ground are already indicating that indeed, interest in the local top flight has once again been reignited. After the country’s most popular club Dynamos made all the…
IT IS heart-warming to know that after all, authorities are not only concerned but also intend to probe allegations of money laundering and gold smuggling raised in the four-part Al Jazeera documentary. Addressing the media in Harare on Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government was seized with the matter — warning further that…
AUTHORITIES on Monday blacklisted 13 companies for undermining national efforts to stabilise the economy by participating on the foreign currency black market. This, according to the government, resulted in the local currency losing value against the United States dollar. As of yesterday, the US$ was fetching $1 700 on the grey market. This, coupled by…
THE Easter Holidays will start on Friday amid expectations of huge volumes of vehicles on the highways, as most people visit friends, relatives and holidaying across the country. In recent years, the holidays have been littered by road carnages, claiming lives, leaving several people injured and crippled mainly due to careless driving and driving under…
REVELATIONS hat women belonging to ultra-conservative apostolic groups in Masvingo Province have resorted to seeking primary health care nicodemously, for fear of admonishment from husbands who believe in divine healing make for sad reading. While the country’s laws recognise freedom of worship, it is high time that authorities took a stand against such religious groupings…
THE government is on record that the private sector must drive the economy. It says the private sector must take advantage of various incentives the government has put in place to help the country increase its gross domestic product. The incentives must be used by industry and commerce to “capitalise, retool as well as adopt…
WE welcome the US$193.3 million sovereign loan which has been extended to the government which will be used to construct healthcare facilities across the country. Under the initiative dubbed Zimbabwe Healthcare Facility Programme, recently announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the government has begun the construction of fi ve-60 bed-district hospitals and 30 healthcare centres,…
THE call by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the country’s judiciary system to act in a non-partisan manner when dealing with political violence cases ahead of the upcoming general elections could not have come at a better time. It is important for the country’s judiciary to adopt a no nonsense approach when handling political violence cases…
PRESS freedom is the life blood of any democracy, hence the government’s pronouncement on Friday that it will do everything in its power to guarantee the safety of journalists during the forthcoming harmonised elections is welcome. Over the years, the country witnessed the arrest, harassment, and insult and in some cases physical assault of journalists…
