• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
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BIG COVID-19 DEBATE

AMID all the gloom and uncertainty brought by the coronavirus, which has crippled sport across the world, a silver lining has shone through the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and lower leagues as ZIFA and the league management body are working on mitigating the impact of the lockdown.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
• 118 views

ZimCoke-Zisco deal in limbo . . . as questions arise over debt takeover

The takeover of some Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) properties by ZimCoke has reportedly reached the home stretch amid revelations the investment vehicle fronted by former Bulawayo legislator Mr Mr Eddie Cross is now seeking tax clearance certificates to facilitate the official transfer of the assets, The Sunday Mail Business can reveal.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
• 90 views

‘Zim-UK ties go a gear up’

DIPLOMATIC ties between Zimbabwe and Britain are progressively improving, with increased exchanges now taking place between Harare and London, the country’s chief envoy to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Christian Katsande, has said.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
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Greedy teachers tempting Covid-19 fate

Many learners are being put in harm’s way as some serving and retired teachers are secretly conducting private lessons during the lockdown period, raising the likelihood that they could be increasingly exposed to the deadly coronavirus, The Sunday Mail Society can reveal. Under the current regulations, public gatherings are prohibited, except for funerals, where attendance is limited to 50.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
• 124 views

June exams pushed back

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has provisionally pushed back this year’s June examinations by a month.

The decision was reached by senior Zimsec officials last week at a meeting to consider the impact of the current coronavirus lockdown on the exams.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
• 63 views

Free PPEs rolled out

Major shops — operating under essential service providers — and members of the public, are set to receive free health sundries for protection against coronavirus.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
• 156 views

Day in the life of a vegetable farmer

IN the 20 years that Tawanda Mujongondi has delivered fresh vegetables from Murehwa to Harare, he has never seen a disruption such as one caused by the coronavirus.

He has seen droughts, plant diseases and runaway inflation, but never has Mbare Musika, the thriving and popular vegetable market, closed its gates to farmers and consumers.

• Andrew
• SundayMail
• April 26, 2020
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Don’t Africans get tired of being poor?

And so it begins — Africa’s gladiator fight with the most virulent of viruses to affect mankind in recent memory.

And for the umpteenth time we are being reminded that this would be another David and Goliath affair, but this time with a different outcome to the biblical tale.