Coronavirus: Malawi’s first death, patients give birth in Cameroon, Uganda
MALAWI’S coronavirus tally has reached eight with the Ministry of Health confirming the first casualty in the southern African nation. The patient was a 51-year-old Malawian woman of Indian origin…
Cyril Ramaphosa puts minister on special leave for lockdown lunch
– The president says nobody is above the law and has put Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on leave for two months, one of them without pay. PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has placed communications, telecommunications…
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- SundayMail
- April 8, 2020
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World Health Day in the face of Covid-19
Forward Nyanyiwa
Sister Chiedza Mugari (not her real name) writhes in agony as she labours to breathe. She is sweating profusely as she lazily tries a cough. A rapid pulse and fluctuating temperatures has not helped matters as she remains confined to her bed.
- SundayMail
- April 8, 2020
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Ahmad rallies African football
Sports Reporter
Confederation of African Football president, Ahmad Ahmad, has urged the game’s stakeholders across the continent to not only abide by the directives of their governments and health authorities in combating the coronavirus but also stand ready to resume competitions when the pandemic is declared over.
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- SundayNews
- April 8, 2020
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Govt exempts 200 small scale miners from lockdown
Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Reporter THE Government has partially exempted over 200 small-scale miners to continue with their mining operations despite the 21- day national lockdown to monitor and prevent the…
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- businessweekly
- April 8, 2020
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Government mulls informal sector social protection
Government will provide social protection in various forms to peopl in the informal sector whose livelihoods have been affected by the nationwide lockdown imposed to comabt Covid-19, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday.
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- April 8, 2020
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SADC adopts cross border movement guidelines
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has adopted special guidelines to harmonise and facilitate the movement of critical goods and services across the region during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- businessweekly
- April 8, 2020
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Coronavirus impact sees Glencore Zambian unit shut copper mines
LUSAKA – Glencore’s Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) will shutter its mines on Wednesday following disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic and low copper prices, it said in a statement, after the country’s mines minister earlier criticised the closure.
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- April 8, 2020
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Dollar firms as virus worries return
SINGAPORE – The dollar found a footing on Wednesday as investors returned to safe-havens, reversing some risk currency gains made on hopes the coronavirus crisis in Europe and New York was slowing.
- businessweekly
- April 8, 2020
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Coronavirus weekly: as global cases pass one million, health-care workers take the strain
The world shut down in March. Schools, industries, amateur and professional sports, entertainment and cultural events, and businesses large and small all ceased operating in a manner so sudden and complete it would have been unimaginable a few months ago.