PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week declared yesterday as a national day for praying and fasting, asking the Almighty God to intervene and deliver the world from the lethal coronavirus pandemic. Indeed God’s intervention is needed to end Covid-19 that has killed tens of thousands of people, infected millions and wreaked economies across the world. Only…
BLACK EDWARD WHILE in a queue to buy sugar and mealie-meal the other day I caught snippets of a conversation that made me scratch my head: MAN: Hey, prices have gone haywire, all because of one man’s policies. How can a person be so out of touch with reality? WOMAN: …it’s unbelievable. He might be…
Martin Muno WE hear about the Covid-19 pandemic from media outlets and word of mouth — but how do we know who to trust? It’s a good thing we can rely on credible news outlets in these dangerous times. Even though the world has been at a standstill for weeks, it’s still difficult to grasp…
ZESN – ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) notes with concern the continued suspension of electoral activities by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) without consulting key electoral stakeholders. Initially, on May 25, Zec announced the indefinite suspension of all electoral processes. While announcing plans to resume some electoral activities, Zec’s press release dated Friday June 5…
LAST Tuesday, there was chaos at several security checkpoints on roads leading into Harare city centre as authorities turned back many who were commuting to work. While there was nothing wrong with the operation per se, what was perhaps disturbing is the lack of order and coordination. People who had hitherto been allowed into town…
THE plan by the government to make public the names of people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19), in violation of the country’s own lockdown regulations, demonstrates a shocking lack of cohesion in Zimbabwe’s strategy to contain the killer virus, which has so far claimed four lives out of close to 280 infections. What makes the government’s…
Maxwell Sibanda LOCAL politicians should put aside partisan politics so they deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that is killing thousands of people every day, a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) Zoom conference heard recently. This came amid fears that the fight for control of opposition MDC which has already seen Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T…
VERY few people in Zimbabwe have heard of a place called Maharashtra. It is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Strangely, our government shares similar thoughts with Maharashtra ― people infected with the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) must be named publicly ― very strange indeed….
BLACK EDWARD DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, as is expected of a top official and the deputy chairperson of the Covid-19 taskforce, didn’t mince her words when she briefed Parliament about the pandemic’s trajectory. There’s no doubt that she was alluding mainly to challenges arising from truck drivers’ escapades, smuggling syndicates’ operations and that of returnees…
EDITOR — After the devastating effects of Covid-19 it is time for all people especially the youth to take a leading role as economic drivers. Zimbabwe is not in this economic turmoil because of Covid-19 or sanctions but government policies need to shift 180 degrees. How did Rhodesia and South Africa prosper under sanctions, with…
