• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 81 views

Parliament is an essential service

THE novel coronavirus is providing a formidable test to democracy the world over.

Even in “tempered” democracies, institutions, longstanding democratic conventions, norms and traditions are feeling the wrath of the pandemic.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 77 views

Zim cricketers ‘trapped’ Down Under

SOME Zimbabwean cricketers in Australia “miss” home as lockdowns continue “Down Under”, as in most parts of the world.

Australia closed its borders to non-citizens on March 20 and gatherings of more than two people are banned.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 97 views

Global message from scientists on Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted and put the world on edge.

The virus will not be the last pandemic to wreak havoc on humanity, if we continue to ignore links between infectious diseases and the destruction of the natural world. Global health and economies are both at serious risk without proper containment and mitigation measures in each country.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 64 views

Stern warning to abusers of Covid-19 aid

ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, recently issued a statement calling on those conferred with the mandate to manage Covid-19 donations to exercise a high degree of transparency and accountability or face severe punishment for abuse of the aid.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 58 views

Africa’s big asks to the IMF, World Bank

THE coronavirus and its economic consequences have caused economic tsunamis in every country in the world.

The scale of the onslaught will dominate discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank spring meetings due to take place, for the first time ever, virtually – in mid-April.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 122 views

Zesa dumps ‘costly’ diesel power plant

STATE-owned power utility ZESA Holdings has abandoned its US$100 million Mutare Peaking Power Station amid concerns of high costs of running the facility, The Sunday Mail Business can reveal.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 12, 2020
• 71 views

Covid-19 alarmingly killing more black Americans

AS the novel coronavirus sweeps across the United States, it appears to be infecting and killing black Americans at a disproportionately high rate, according to a Washington Post analysis of early data from jurisdictions across the country.