TOXICITY on social media is carving out a new niche for mainstream media companies, as globally, major players in the industry pour resources into building trust in an era of fake news and “alternative facts”. This was a theme that emerged during News24’s Future of News Summit last week. Fin24 editor Ron Derby moderated a…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) continues to receive numerous reports from its Long Term Observers (LTOs) across the country of members of the public who are not maintaining the required social distance, not wearing face masks or washing/sanitising their hands as recommended. Reports from Glen View North, Chitungwiza North, Harare East, Kuwadzana…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD DURING the first weeks of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak the press went into a frenzy, raising false hopes for an early vaccine. We were bombarded daily in the media by detailed news items of promising trial results. In the comfort of our homes we felt certain that the coronavirus’ days were…
THERE is absolutely no doubt that the obtaining coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has impacted society negatively the world over. Over and above the deaths and illness stretching nations’ capacity to cope, countries’ economies have been pushed to the brink while companies folded, leading to massive job losses that could go on record as the worst in…
THERE is agitation from opposition parties and civil society for citizens to take to the streets on Friday to protest against the cancerous corruption scourge and the tanking economy. Some opposition leaders have gone a notch up, arguing that the protests must culminate in President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government quitting power — a proposition…
EDITOR — It is sad that most of us are unable to afford basic commodities like sugar, mealie-meal, meat, eggs, cooking oil to mention a few just because most of these are beyond the reach of many. It is disturbing to note that one needs to spend $1 000 on a maximum of three basic…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD IN order to solve our problems we have to first identify them, but we human beings have an inherent flaw of not being able to give ourselves an accurate self-evaluation more often than not, so who else is better placed to rightly pick out our shortcomings other than our critics? Simply put:…
IMPOSITION of the dusk to dawn curfew without righting all the other wrongs and shortcomings within our systems may not produce the desired results of containing the spiking coronavirus (Covid-19) local transmission as well as deaths. The government will only be fuelling suspicions that the restrictions are also targeted at scoring political goals like dealing…
THE old saying that ‘‘necessity is the mother of invention’’ comes to mind when I think about the resilience and ingenuity shown by South Africans during the past three months. This ingenuity is being demonstrated by young entrepreneurs as our country is battling the spread of the coronavirus that has brought about fundamental changes to…
WE live in a surreal world, a realm where the greedy devise ways to suppress and milk the downtrodden. On Monday, during the Daily News-sponsored virtual conference on the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy tabled in Parliament last week by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, permanent secretary George Guvamatanga bemoaned the ever increasing prices of…
