By Simon Jenkins An unregulated internet was always likely to breed confusion, denial and conspiracy theories. This is its nadir. The president is not really sick. He is very sick. He is pretending. He is not pretending. That was his body double in the car. He may die. The illness […]
Donald Trump reportedly asked aides if he was doing to die from Covid while being airlifted to hospital – as a top official said his vitals are “very concerning” and the next 48 hours are “critical”. It came on a morning of confusion over the President’s health as White House medics […]
In an apparent attempt to stem the tide of constant strikes by health professionals over poor working conditions, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Health ministry has moved to militarise the health sector. Prospective health professionals will have to be first appointed under the Defence Forces Service Commission in order to be […]
The country is facing an unprecedented public health catastrophe—and action is required to prevent more needless deaths By Chido Dziva Chikwari hile some parts of the world settle into some type of normalcy at the half-year mark of the coronavirus pandemic, Zimbabwe has to cope with a continuing public health […]
By Peter Ellis, Mark Wass & Martin Michaelis We don’t know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day. The latest bit of the jigsaw puzzle comes from a small study conducted in China, which found SARS-CoV-2 RNA (the virus’s […]
The pandemic is a real emergency and the perfect excuse for a power grab. We must monitor abuses and be ready to take back rights we’ve sacrificed. The threats that are hanging over the African continent with regards to the spread of COVID-19 demand our individual and collective attention. The situation is […]
By Carlos Lopes The COVID-19 pandemic cannot be classified as a surprise. Several studies, intelligence reports and epidemiologic knowledge all predicted some infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome would likely spread around the world. The recent warnings of coronavirus type of infections had been limited in geographical range […]
Statement purporting to bear President Mnangagwa’s signature said coronavirus lockdown would be extended. Zimbabwe‘s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened a jail term of up to 20 years to the author of a statement, purporting to bear his signature, that said the lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak had been extended. Mnangagwa, who was speaking […]
Public works minister Patricia de Lille said on Monday that the army has been sent to the Beitbridge border fence after reports that it had been damaged. A picture circulating on Monday morning showed the barbed wire fence had been cut through, with a gaping hole now clearly visible in […]
By Everjoice J. Win I feel like I have been here before, like I have travelled this exact same road. It must be eerily familiar, to those of us who grew up and lived through the early days of HIV, its peak and devastation of our families, communities and the […]