A rare million-dollar facelift for Mbare Flats …Singaporean firm promises to fix surrounding roads

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April 7, 2019
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A rare million-dollar facelift for Mbare Flats …Singaporean firm promises to fix surrounding roads

When the 112-year-old Matapi Flats were scarred by a fiery fireball on July 24 last year, two days later its traumatised residents got an unlikely visitor — President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who visited the high-density suburb to get an appreciation of the scale of the calamity that had befallen the area.

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April 7, 2019
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The naked mbira player . . . the Vimbai Zimuto phenomenon

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Correspondent WHEN Ethiopian Airways’ Flight 302 crashed into a heap of ash and twisted metal in the Woreda district of Gimbichu in Kenya, few could have guessed…

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April 7, 2019
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Six investigating teams probe Zinara …top managers shown exit door

Six specially selected security crack teams are currently probing the misdemeanours by senior Zimbabwe National Roads Administrator (Zinara) executives, as authorities step-up the ante to cleanse the scandal-ridden parastatal.

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April 7, 2019
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Cyclone Idai washes away ZCDC target

AS the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) sifts through the wreckage of the devastating Cyclone Idai, preliminary indications are that the firm will miss its first quarter production target due to the cyclone and other challenges including fuel shortages and effects of the January 14-16 violent demonstrations.

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April 7, 2019
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Govt identifies South Africa funding beneficiaries

Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter THE Government has shortlisted strategic companies earmarked for recapitalisation under a South African funding facility. Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu said the country has…

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April 7, 2019
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$8 million loan guarantee for tertiary students

Government has set aside $8 million as collateral for the release of more than $60 million pledged as student loans by various financial institutions.

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April 7, 2019
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‘January violence causes dip but…’

TOURIST arrivals into Zimbabwe’s premier tourist destination, Victoria Falls, registered a marginal decline in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year as tourists reacted to the violent protests that engulfed parts of the country early this year. However Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo said the authority was confident of a rebound that will result in surpassing last year’s figures.

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April 7, 2019
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Get screened for TB

Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World TB Day on 24 March 2019. It is important that people get screened for TB and other diseases as well as get tested for HIV and know their status. Early detection saves lives.