DESPITE Africa having much lower COVID-19 cases and following equally, if not more stringent, public-health safety protocols than countries whose citizens faced no quarantine restrictions, the majority of African countries were shut out of international air travel vital to their economies. Electronic or digital vaccine...

DOCUMENTS presented to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs revealed an increase in drug abuse across most regions of the world, especially in Africa (including Zimbabwe), Europe (especially Eastern Europe), and the Americas (except for the Bahamas, Canada, Ecuador and the US).   A mixed trend...

ALTHOUGH drug abuse is common among all age groups, it occurs more frequently among young adults.   During the late 20th Century, increases were noted in illicit drug demand in most countries in the Americas and in Eastern Europe, where it was attributed to the socio-economic...

IN recent years, many families in Zimbabwe have been physically, morally, economically and spiritually torn apart by a ‘new’ dangerous drug known on the streets in the local lingo as mutoriro. It is known scientifically as crystal methamphetamine; a strong and highly addictive drug that can cause extensive bodily damage.   It...

THE recently held and oversubscribed 63rd Edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) was yet another confirmation that the country is a key player in the emerging global economy which is shifting from the old order to the home-grown solution-based model.   Over the years, the...

CLIMATE change is now a global concern due to its multi-dimensional effects and impact on humans, animals, plants and environment.   Deforestation and vegetation clearance also contributes to the ecological imbalance by increasing local temperature and humidity that accelerate the spread of vectors that cause disease...

TEMPERATURE extremes cause ground frost during the cold season and heat waves during the hot season.  Climate change is expected to bring an increase in average temperatures across the country of between 1°C and 3°C. A moderate decrease in average rainfall is expected.  Rainfall variability and distribution...

EVERY year, throughout Zimbabwe, several reports of the alarming incidence of infectious, non-infectious and reproductive health issues of livestock come to my attention. Factors that influence livestock health are extremely complex, involving environmental forces, including ecological, social, economic interest, individual or community behaviour. Climate change will...

DUE to human energy-driven consumption of fossil fuels and anthropogenic activities, the global carbon emission rate is higher than at any point in the history of mankind, disrupting the global carbon cycle and contributing as a major cause of global warming, with air and...

THE fast pace with which the progressive world is moving away from the now outdated unipolar world politics and economic systems means countries like Zimbabwe must capitalise on the many opportunities emerging from the BRICS. The past few weeks have given the world morale boosting...

‘DEMOCRACY’, which the West claim lacks in Harare, is now a mere polarised platitude with a completely different meaning to how the rest of the world views and handles the same. We will not hesitate to teach the West a few lessons to that effect: Democracy...

AS temperatures continue to rise, climate protection is one of the greatest environmental challenges currently facing mankind. If unified counter-measures are not urgently taken, rising temperatures will continue to have grave consequences on the globe. As climatic and vegetation zones shift and...