Breaking down the budget
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube on November 22, 2018 presented the 2019 National Budget statement whose primary objective is to stabilise the economy by targeting the “twin deficits” of fiscal and current account, which have become major sources of overall economic vulnerabilities, including inflation, sharp rise in indebtedness, accumulation of arrears and foreign currency shortages.
Hippo attacks American tourist
A tourist from the United States yesterday sustained serious injuries following a hippopotamus attack while canoeing along the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls.
Making sense of AMR in agriculture
A fortnight ago, Zimbabwe observed a week set aside by the United Nations to understand the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Mind your focus
What would you say to someone who plays with a loaded gun and calls it a joke?
Your words are a fully loaded gun, ready to create or destroy, depending on how you use them. Words are powerful. When you master your words, you master your life. The path to greatness is paved in words and deeds. So is the path to other destinations that you may choose. Words are the first step in all creation.
Journey to Great Zimbabwe: Unravelling artistic engineering at the disposal of a stone sculptor
Phathisa Nyathi FOR now our intention is to confine our “Journey to Great Zimbabwe” to the Great Enclosure. We do not doubt at all that those who wish to identify…
Donkeys to the rescue
Some farmers who lost cattle to tick-borne diseases like theileriosis (January disease) have resorted to donkeys for draught power this summer cropping season.
Chiefs hail Amai Mnangagwa
Traditional leaders have applauded First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa for taking a leading role in ensuring citizens have access to quality and affordable healthcare.
State exorcises ghost workers
Government has set in motion a rigorous data collection system for its employees that will see capturing of biometrics and resubmission of academic and professional qualifications, which will be subject to verification for authenticity.
Ending the GBV pandemic
Violence against women and girls is a pandemic in Southern Africa and an obstacle to equality, development, peace and human rights.
This is the message from the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community, Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, in her contribution to the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
MPs out of provincial councils
Legislators will not sit on provincial and metropolitan councils as part of the twin commitments of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Government to separation of powers and a devolution model that brings meaningful development across the country.




