PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must be hailed for his bold and sound decision to lock down the country for 21 days to contain and mitigate against the spread of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) starting today. The world over, governments have resorted to lockdowns to deal with the scourge that has wrecked economies and killed thousands since…
THE world today faces a common enemy — coronavirus (Covid-19) — and as such a collective, all-inclusive approach is needed to defeat the foe. So much has been said about coronavirus since its outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December last year, including fake information. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given guidelines which respective global…
THE roping in of private hospitals by the under pressure government to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus is commendable and must be expanded to marshal other material resources in this must-win or perish war against the pandemic. Health minister Obadiah Moyo on Wednesday said they had identified at least 20 health institutions across…
THE circumstances leading to the death of media personality Zororo Makamba of coronavirus on Monday at Wilkins Hospital in the capital were tragic. The level of the hospital’s ill-preparedness and negligence of health personnel, as exposed by the Makamba family, were legendary. Tawanda Makamba, the family spokesperson, gave a heart-breaking narration of how his brother…
AS ZIMBABWE joined the world in marking World Water Day on March 22, the importance of water — especially in the face of the coronavirus outbreak — in fighting the virus has become topical. While this year’s theme was “Water and Climate Change” which explored how water and climate change are inextricably linked, one of…
FROM time immemorial, Zimbabweans have been subjected to numerous promises, many of which have remained pipe dreams. This has especially happened in the run-up to elections the country has held to date, but worsened after 1990 when the formation of the late Edgar Tekere’s now-defunct Zimbabwe Unity Movement (Zum) led to the southern African nation’s…
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri’s unfortunate statements over the weekend that the coronavirus is punishment from God to America and her allies for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe were ill-timed politicking. The remarks have gone viral as news outlets throughout the world picked the rather insensitive and embarrassing remarks and blew them up. It is unfortunate that…
THE United States, United Kingdom and the European Union recently renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe, insisting the southern African nation must institute a raft of reforms to democratise. While sanctions have been an albatross on the economic revival of Zimbabwe and have extremely hurt the ordinary person, it is also prudent that the government must listen…
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) should take a leaf out of Getafe president Angel Torres’s book in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that has caused havoc in the world of sport. Getafe were due to play Inter Milan in an Europa League clash on Thursday night at the San Siro Stadium in Italy. Italy…
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying. The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequently reported by the Zimbabwe Republic Police across the country where innocent people have unnecessarily lost their lives. While some of the murders…
