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NewsDay

AMH is an independent media house free from political ties or outside influence. We have four newspapers: The Zimbabwe Independent, a business weekly published every Friday, The Standard, a weekly published every Sunday, and Southern and NewsDay, our daily newspapers. Each has an online edition.

Let’s grab bull by the horns

We thought the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa executive secretary Claver Gatete recently advised us to deal with the root causes of our currency volatility and not the symptoms.
By Newsday 7h ago
Govt must walk the talk on civil servants’ salaries
Govt must walk the talk on civil servants’ salaries
The workers have flagged government's half-hearted approach and its unwillingness to call a roundtable on the working conditions of its workers.
By Newsday Mar. 15, 2024
An elusive golden future for farmers
The growth of contract system has left the auction system on the edge. The auction system is there in name as it is accounting for about a fifth of the tobacco sold in a season.
By Newsday Mar. 14, 2024
A time to reclaim lost pride
Before that, they had failed to qualify for the 50 over World Cup after hosting the qualifiers.
By Newsday Mar. 13, 2024
New US sanctions a setback for re-engagement, despite bravado
The new sanctions regime makes re-engagement a tall order and the ripple effects will be felt in the economy which also has to contend with the effects of the El Nino-induced drought.
By Newsday Mar. 12, 2024
Beyond March
They should not only make noise every March. This should be a daily occurrence.
By Newsday Mar. 11, 2024
We dare our abductors
Today, March 9, marks the 9th anniversary of Dzamara’s mysterious vanishing from the face of Zimbabwe
By Newsday Mar. 9, 2024
We conjure the spirit of Nehanda
Mbuya Nehanda, a female spirit medium who was a true embodiment of humility who helped to arouse among us the spirit to free ourselves from colonial subjugation.
By Newsday Mar. 8, 2024
Let’s wake up, smell coffee
The amount distributed so far, is a drop in the ocean compared to the more than 100 000 tonnes pledged by government to cover the January to March lean period.
By Newsday Mar. 7, 2024
What a riveting proposition
Do our chiefs have safe places to keep marriage, birth and death documents and stationery at their rural homes?
By Newsday Mar. 6, 2024
Water crisis: Govt shooting self in foot
Bulawayo, and indeed the country’s water situation — especially as an El Nino-induced drought intensifies, does not need such bureaucratic red tape.
By Newsday Mar. 5, 2024
Walk the talk on renewable energy
Yet talk of renewable energy initiatives, especially on the solar energy front, have been with us as long as we can remember.
By Newsday Mar. 4, 2024
A bleak outlook
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) said this week that it anticipates importing one million tonnes of grain between now and March 2025 to prevent drought-induced hunger.
By Newsday Mar. 2, 2024
Sliding back
Media hangmen presided over the closure of newspapers, throwing hundreds of journalists and other supporting staff on to the streets.
By Newsday Mar. 1, 2024
Editorialcomment: Nothing learnt, nothing forgotten
Exposing government excesses is patriotism as one would have wanted the resources to be deployed in other areas such as health or education.
By Newsday Feb. 29, 2024
A vote of confidence
The 56th session of the ECA Conference of African Finance, Planning and Economic Development ministers runs from February 28 to March 5 in Victoria Falls.
By Newsday Feb. 28, 2024
A silver lining
Addressing journalists in Harare on Friday, Global Polio Eradication Initiative co-ordinator Sadiq Umar said Zimbabwe had one of the best environmental surveillance systems in Africa.
By Newsday Feb. 27, 2024
The folly of third-termism
His term ends in 2028, thanks to the 2013 Constitution which prescribed two-term limits for the President in line with regional and global trends.
By Newsday Feb. 26, 2024
Bulawayo water crisis demands urgent attention
In the latest extension of the water shedding schedule, industrial areas and the central business district would be spared, according to city fathers.
By Newsday Feb. 24, 2024
Spare a thought for our youths
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency’s latest figures indicate an unemployment rate of 54% which attests to this.
By Newsday Feb. 23, 2024
Polio: The silent killer in our midst
SINCE December last year Zimbabwe has recorded three polio or poliomyelitis cases, a figure which appears to be too insignificant to write home about.
By Newsday Feb. 22, 2024
When closure takes forever
However, out of this entire debacle we believe Zimbabweans should learn a major lesson: Tolerance to others’ political opinions and inclinations.
By Newsday Feb. 21, 2024
The gods have gone crazy
What is most perplexing and worrying is the fact that government strongly supported seizing of the land from which it is now kicking out the hapless villagers.
By Newsday Feb. 20, 2024
Waiting for Mangudya’s swansong
The details of the structured currency will be contained in Mangudya’s final Monetary Policy Statement.
By Newsday Feb. 19, 2024
So much for a growing economy!
Each time Ncube opens his mouth to speak about Zimbabwe’s economic performance, he boasts of robust growth which, however, has no supporting evidence on the ground.
By Newsday Feb. 17, 2024
What a fat chance
Some of us will not be surprised if Zimbabwe is among the first countries to object to a Sadc anti-graft court, given its already highly compromised fight against corruption.
By Newsday Feb. 16, 2024
Zim fluffing its education potential
There is no excuse for our deteriorated educational standards because all we needed to do was to build on an already existing strong foundation.
By Newsday Feb. 15, 2024
A last throw of the dice
This comes on the back of a sharp depreciation of the local currency and the quickened pace towards the use of the US dollar amid calls for full dollarisation of the economy.
By Newsday Feb. 14, 2024