©️ ZIMBABWE’s Health Services Board — mandated with representing the interests of employees in the entire health sector — has been in the eye of a storm following revelations that they have been pocketing hefty allowances, at a time the country is battling the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The virus, which was first detected in Wuhan,…
BARELY six days before the current lockdown comes to an end, the country is still very far from meeting its own coronavirus test target of 40 000 people by end of this month. So far the country has tested nearly 7 000 people for the lethal pandemic — a measly figure given what the nation…
IT is worrying to note the clear defiance of national lockdown measures in most cities and towns since President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the shutdown by 14 days on Sunday to contain the deadly coronavirus. There has been increased vehicular and human traffic across the cities and towns, a serious blow to the fight against the…
EVER since the coronavirus (Covid-19) became a global pandemic, sports stars around the world have been at the forefront of making various donations in combating the disease. Global sporting stars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robert Lewandowski, Drew Brees, Roger Federer and Shahid Afridi have all donated numerous millions of United States dollars…
WITH less than a week before the lapse of the 21-day national lockdown, the government finds itself in a catch 22 situation on whether to extend the curfew or call it off. While the national lockdown was absolutely necessary in order to arrest the spread of the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19), it has, however, brought with…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government must seriously take heed of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s advice that hurriedly lifting coronavirus lockdown measures may spark “deadly resurgence” in infections. With 14 cases of the deadly pandemic, including three deaths, and under a 21-day lockdown, Zimbabwe must not fool itself that it is out of the…
FOR the past two weeks, Zimbabwe has been observing a nation-wide lockdown meant to contain the spread of the killer coronavirus (Covid-19). At least three Zimbabweans have died so far of the novel virus from 14 confirmed cases recorded locally. During the lockdown, only security services and those people deemed to be offering essential services…
©️ THE worsening lockdown non-compliance evident in the country is a product of a number of factors, chief among which is the lack of information among citizens — key stakeholders in the success or otherwise of this government prescription aimed at containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). When the lockdown began on March…
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…
While we applaud government for opening vegetable markets to local farmers, this should be under very strict conditions, which include observing social distancing and hygiene. Farmers, who would have lost agriculture produce, should have had a sigh of relief at government’s order that they supply the markets with perishables like tomatoes, potatoes, and cabbages, among…
