©️ MATER Dei Hospital has allayed coronavirus safety fears following the death of a 79-year-old man who succumbed to the virus at the institution last weekend. The man died at the Roman Catholic-run hospital on Saturday last week, two days after admission. The government released the results of the patient on Tuesday, sparking panic among…
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has accused the police of violating freedom of the media and journalists’ freedom of expression during the ongoing 21-day lockdown, the Daily News on Sunday reports. In a High Court urgent chamber application filed last week, Misa is seeking an order interdicting police officers and other law…
HUMAN rights organisations, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), have raised concern over partisan food aid distribution at a time when the country is reeling from the effects of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the United Nations (UN) has warned that about 8 million Zimbabweans…
THE government is set to announce the start of the tobacco marketing season soon after considering a proposal by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) to have it opened on April 22. This comes amid fears that the opening of the marketing season could expose farmers to the coronavirus as there is danger that…
THE late former Zimbabwe Ladies Golf Union (ZLGU) president Nancy Dube was laid to rest at the Destiny Memorial Park in Gweru yesterday with ZLGU expressing shock at her untimely death. Dube succumbed to cardiac arrest at her family home in Gweru on Wednesday. She would have turned 62 in May. She is survived by…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has described the late John Harcourt du Preez as one of the country’s rare breed of cricketers. Du Preez passed away on Wednesday at Dandaro in Harare after a battle with cancer. He was 77 and is survived by his two children Graeme and Kevin as well as four grandchildren. “Du Preez…
SONGSTRESS Vimbai Zimuto believes husbands who cook for their wives are not weak at all as this is a show of their caring and loving side. Couples have suddenly found themselves in lockdown, a situation that has forced other men to cook. In a new song Kupakichwa, the songstress demystifies societal and gender expectations that…
THE 13-episode situational comedy (sitcom) Indlalifa (The Heir) which features award-winning local musicians Tebza and Paulla Paloma has moved to spread its tentacles by showcasing its episodes online. The sitcom put together by talented local artists is a product of AJV Afriart Entertainment Company in conjunction with ZBC TV. It showcases once a week on…
EDITOR — Whether in a democracy, monarchy or knowledge-based autocracy, the mass media is a critical component for national transformation and development. The role of the media is mainly to inform, educate and to entertain. The mass media sets the “national agenda”. For example it determines what the majority and general populace will be discussing…
WHILE the urgency of now, not only in Zimbabwe, but the world over, is to contain, mitigate and end the scourge of the killer coronavirus, post Covid-19 will not be business as usual. The pandemic will not only reconfigure global economy, but also geo-politics as typified recently by accusations and counter-accusations between super-powers on the…
