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- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Be wary of Covid-19 myths
IN an age that is largely dominated by social media, disinformation has generally fed to some myths around coronavirus — a pandemic that is currently infecting and affecting people across the globe. The influx of news has given birth to several myths regarding the virus. Zimbabweans, just like the rest of the world, are seized with debunking false information.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
- 292 views
The Mbare boxer who ruled Africa
FOR five years, between 1982 and 1987, a heavily built man who boxed his way out of the slums of Mbare ruled African heavyweight boxing with a combination of swagger and ruthlessness.
A master of knockouts, the late Proud Chinembiri earned the nickname “Kilimanjaro” because of his physical built.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
- 58 views
Close those damn bars!
LIFE has never been this dull!
In fact, the past days have been very painful to say the least.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
- 63 views
Pangolins linked to coronavirus
Smuggled pangolins have been found to carry viruses closely related to the one sweeping the world.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Covid-19 scam: 11 SA firms probed
Eleven firms are being investigated for selling products such as face masks and hand sanitisers at inflated prices amid the Covid-19 crisis, Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel has announced.
Patel was speaking at a briefing media in Pretoria, where a number of ministers from the country’s economic cluster outlined interventions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chronicle Editor
- SundayNews
- March 29, 2020
- 82 views
Zororo’s sad digital farewell
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter IT was a muted send-off, a goodbye as quiet as the wind. There were no trumpets blown, no big speeches from society’s important men and…
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Call to review land tenure system
THE Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) is calling for a review of the country’s land tenure system with a view to introducing a new practice that facilitates farmers’ access to private finance.
ZLC chairperson Ms Tendai Bare told The Sunday Mail that the current tenure systems on agricultural land, that is, the 99-year lease, the permit system, the customary law for communal land, and the grants and title deed systems need to be strengthened to provide security of tenure supportive of sustainable agricultural production.
- SundayNews
- March 29, 2020
- 59 views
‘Health workers turn away patients’
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter FEAR and ignorance have led healthcare workers at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to neglect patients that suffer from other ailments, as they now believe…
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Covid-19 fight-back: Ride-hailing firm in the driving seat
The late US Senator, Ted Kennedy, famously said: “What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.”
It is in the most desperate of times, such as in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, that we need to come together and look out for each other.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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RBZ steps up to the plate
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last week announced a raft of measures that are meant to mitigate the devastating impact of the coronavirus on the Zimbabwean society and the economy.
This comes at a time when policymakers globally are implementing a raft of stop-gap measures to ease the impact of Covid-19.