Zesn – IN pursuit of sustained accountability and transparency regarding responses against coronavirus (Covid-19) by both State and non-state actors, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) presents a summary of the reports that it received this week from its Long Term Observers resident in the 210 National Assembly constituencies. The ministry of Health and Child Care…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government’s decision to extend the coronavirus lockdown indefinitely was a masterstroke, but can only bear positive results if measures are effected judicially and magisterially. It is common cause that as a nation we are yet to establish with certainty how widespread the pandemic is in the country. What is palpable…
STRIVE MASIYIWA – Writing on his popular Facebook blog following his appointment by the African Union as a Special Envoy to Coordinate the Africa Private Sector Initiative for the Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment and other Essential Supplies, Masiyiwa says the key to stopping the disease in its tracks is to adopt the formula #ITTIT;…
ZIMBABWE Red Cross Society is especially proud to recognise the work of our volunteers and staff who are doing everything they can to support communities affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as we recently joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day under #KeepClapping for Zimbabwe…
TO get a glass of drinking water in Harare, I had to pump out of my pocket US$4 080. On top of this, the Harare City Council charged me $750 for the permit to have access to a glass of clean, natural drinking water in my home. Of course I went all this far because…
EDITOR — In the week April 20-24, 2020, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) moderated a discussion on the participation of women in electoral processes on two WhatsApp platforms, The Electoral Reform Advocacy Cluster and the Zesn Electoral Dialogue groups. Issues discussed included the 50/50 provision of women representation in the Constitution, the Women’s quota for…
EDITOR — The Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes) Zimbabwe, which is a pressure group that seeks to decentralise a citizen engaged democratic struggle in Zimbabwe using peaceful non-violent resistance in the face of Zanu PF dictatorship, welcomes the MDC Alliance’s decision to broaden the demand for institutional reforms in the country. The Yellow Vest Zimbabwe applauds…
ZIMBABWE has, in the past 40 years, continued to be dogged by poorly-defined government policies which lack clarity. More often than not, the leadership has been driven more by the desire to preserve power than an improvement in the social and economic lives of the country’s citizens. Populist policies have never worked since independence in…
ADIEL MAMBARA – THE airline industry will wear the scars of the coronavirus pandemic for a very long time as airlines suffer from a fall of demand and travel bans around the world as a result of the coronavirus epidemic. Since the last substantial influenza pandemic over 30 years ago, international air travel has increased…
IN THE past week, we have seen Zimbabwe’s national Covid-19 outlook apparently looking gratifying, with infection figures remaining at 34 for at least a week, but more needs to be done. On the ground, we know the country has been struggling to meet its Covid-19 requirements, including personal protective equipment (PPEs) for frontline health workers,…
