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- April 20, 2020
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SA bids to end Lesotho crisis
MASERU — Lesotho’s government has agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement” for prime minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement said yesterday, signalling stepped…
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- April 20, 2020
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We need life again: Germansned shops but Merkel worries
BERLIN/FRANKFURT — Germans returned to the shops yesterday, craving retail therapy after a month of lockdown, but Chancellor Angela Merkel urged them to remain disciplined to avoid a relapse in…
admin‘Lockdown extension welcome’…but business wants more sectors reopened
Industry and employers have welcomed the reopening of mining and manufacturing businesses during the Covid-19 lockdown, but want to see at least parts of more sectors allowed to operate under strict controls to keep the economy afloat and save jobs.
Man remanded in custody for circulating fake news
A Chitungwiza man who allegedly authored and circulated a fake statement bearing President Mnangagwa’s signature announcing the extension of the lockdown period was arrested on Saturday.
Opening of tobacco sales floors put on hold
The 2020 tobacco marketing season which was scheduled to open yesterday has been postponed to allow stakeholders to devise mechanisms to sell the crop while ensuring minimum risks of spreading the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kenyan musician torches storm over Tuku song
Kenyan musician, Pastor Antony Musembi, has torched a storm after using elements of the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi’s composition “Todii” for his Covid-19 awareness song without seeking permission from copyright holders of the track.
‘President vakagona’
VERUZHINJI vanoti kana dai zvazvo kugara pamba sezviri kudiwa kuti munhu wose aite muZimbabwe kwakaoma kune vamwe vanhu, hapana rimwe danho ringatorwa neHurumende kuitira kurwisa kutapurirana nekupararira kwechirwere chashungurudza pasi rose cheCovid-19.
Covid-19 curtails economic growth — ZNCC
The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) projects economic growth to contract by 9 percent in 2020 as businesses across all sectors battle low production and revenue losses due to Covid-19-induced lockdowns.
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Align aircraft services to modern trends
The recent case in which Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) sent one of its aircraft to Ethiopia for maintenance suggests the need to align equipment acquisition with modernisation of infrastructure.