©️ 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…
Bertalan Mesko – IF YOU are staying shut in your home, anxious about when you will finally be able to take a stroll outside or whether you or someone close to you will be infected by the novel coronavirus, you are not the only one. In the United States alone, half the adults report high…
©️ GEORGE MANYAYA – INFORMATION Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed the face of communication worldwide. The fast changing pace of digital transformation has brought about access to a highly-diversified range of technologies and services. Globally, the fixed and mobile telecommunications sector has been growing exponentially over the years, leading scholars to argue that we now…
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…
ZANIA STAMASAKI – AS a daughter of an air force officer and a nurse, I am fascinated by defence systems. There is none more impressive than the human immune system, equipped as it is with a rich arsenal to defend against different types of pathogen. Viruses have evolved to trick, bypass and evade these defences….
GUO SHAOCHUN – THE unproven theory that Covid-19 originated in a market in China has found quite a number of unsuspecting believers these days. Some, particularly politicians and unethical media professionals, even call it the Chinese virus. Virus origin-tracing, while important to us all, is more of a matter of science and scientists are 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…
IT is worrying that cases of people violating measures put in place by the government to contain the spread of coronavirus are on the increase. As of Sunday, police had arrested close to 2 000 people across the country for operating shebeens, public drinking, disorderly conduct and for committing various traffic offences against the lockdown…
AFRICAN EDITORS – THE African Editors Forum (Taef) joins fellow Africans in expressing deep concern at the devastating impact that the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) has had on lives and economies across the continent, leading to the temporary closure of some media houses. Coronavirus continues to infect millions across the world and kill thousands. The crisis…
