Traditionalists flag local herbs in Covid-19 fight

Traditionalists believe the country needs to tap into indigenous knowledge systems by testing the efficacy of some local herbs in fighting the coronavirus (Covid-19).

The disease has already claimed four lives and infected more than 40 people in Zimbabwe.

Where is the consumer protection watchdog?

A FORTNIGHT ago, Government announced a far-reaching moratorium on price increases for goods and services, and ordered prices to revert to those obtaining on March 25.

Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Covid-19, Vice President Kembo Mohadi, made the announcement.

I didn’t tolerate ‘white nonsense’

Cde Joshua Madzudzu (JM), whose Chimurenga name was Cde Captain Fantastic, had an early brush with politics and gave up a good chance to pursue a bright academic path. Our reporter Norman Muchemwa (NM) chronicles the political life of the former freedom fighter who narrates his expulsion from school and later clashes with white superiors at work.

Tales from the frontline

THE term “hero” has normally been reserved for people like movie stars, sportsmen and women, and the odd grown man in tights who goes around rescuing animals from burning buildings and stopping crime.

Implications of Covid-19 on workers’ rights

ON March 11 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic and immediately urged members to take drastic measures to combat the disease.

In response to the call, Zimbabwe enacted the Public Health (Covid-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) Order, Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020 (SI 83 of 2020), which imposed a national lockdown for 21 days starting on March 30.

Property market poised for growth

Residential properties present opportunities for growth in the medium to long term, particularly for the Diaspora market, despite the current fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, experts say.

Habits of thought

Hunt for Greatness Milton Kamwendo There are times when leadership is fun and prestigious. There is a thrill and adrenalin rush in extreme sports. However, storms are no sporting event.…

A world of lies and liars

YEMURAI wore a white staccato dress with matching feather detail which swayed from side to side, making men who were gathered in her father’s compound drool. Women, too, could not…

‘Production will prevent job losses’

ON Friday May 1 the world celebrated Workers’ Day in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, which is threatening not just jobs but the global economy. To discuss the impact…

Please, stay in your lane!

IT is without doubt that the coronavirus has caused untold suffering globally, Zimbabwe included, and we need all hands on the deck to win the fight against this invisible enemy.

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