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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 was first identified during an investigation into an outbreak in Wuhan, China. At midnight South Africa goes into lock down as the Corona virus adjusts our daily experiences. A month ago no one would have predicted this eventuality. On Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize stated that the number of Corona cases in SA had reached 709. The 21 day lock down imposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to reduce the number of new Corona cases as people are restricted of non essential travel and reside at their own homes. With this in mind, I decided to also stock up on food stuffs in ma little one bedroom apartment which would be my home for the next 21 days. Like most people in SA everyone is stocking up on food and basic necessities before the lock down, despite the fact that supermarkets would remain...

Marry Chiwenga  (Image credit: Munashe Chokodza/263 Chat) They say power corrupts and corrupts absolutely. If that cliche was ever doubted, events unfolding in Zimbabwe this past week have proved it. The ruling elite in Zimbabwe have consistently stuck to their past hypocrisy of yielding their power to the vulnerable, if not by shootings or police beatings then arrests and incarceration is their alternative. At the just ended, ZANU PF congress, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga mentioned that those fingered in corruption no matter whom they knew would face the wrath of the law. Hardly 48 hours after his remark, who would have guessed that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) would arrest his wife or should I saysoon to be ex-wife. The arrest of Marry Chiwenga nee Mubaiwa, turns out to be the most high profile arrest since ZACC caught and released another female victim, in former Tourism Minister Priscilla Mupfumira. Although something about the arrest and ...

Hardly a week since the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the incumbent has stuck to his words and set up a commission on inquiry into the 1st of August events. With the UK Prime Minister Theresa May having affirmed Mnangagwa as the elected president in an interview on her recent trip to SA. The immediate appointment of the commissioners to look into the August 1 events is set to impress a number of prospective investors and the international community, much in line with the "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra. Yet, like any political events in Zimbabwe, nothing always looks fine on the surface without an in-depth analysis. The commission is led by former SA President Kgalema Motlanthe and comprises of renowned British lawyer Richard Dixon, constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku (a losing presidential candidate), political science professor Charity Manyeruke, a known Zanu Pf sympathizer, former Commonwealth secretary-general Emeka Anyaoku and former ...

It’s almost two weeks since ZEC announced the results for the Zimbabwean presidential elections. It seems there is very little fuss over the parliamentary results. The MDC Alliance has since lodged a court application against the presidential results, which has led to a delay in inaugurating a new president. The post-election period has been marred by violence with innocent lives lost. I was engaged in a number of social media debates over the post-election violence that took place in Harare. It’s no doubt that the violence was a regrettable occurrence, equally regrettable was the alleged incisive messages by the opposition, which later on refuted that the violence was instigated by their party supporters. The images of the army firing shots in the streets of Harare, took me back to the November "coup not coup" period. Zimbabweans marched, celebrated and took selfies with the military as the people celebrated the fall of Robert Mugabe. Ironically, no one would have t...