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- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Level 2 lockdown explained
GOVERNMENT yesterday gazetted Statutory Instrument 99 of 2020 to give clarity to the Level 2 national lockdown announced by President Mnangagwa on Friday.
The measures show a balancing act that allows reopening of some formal businesses coupled with extra caution and enhanced testing to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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4 000 Diasporans troop back home
CLOSE to 4 000 Zimbabweans are trooping back home from countries all over the world to escape lockdown-induced hardships and inconveniences in their adopted home countries, it has been learnt.
According to various official tallies, the numbers could be more.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Top IAAF post for Tagara
DESPITE global sport being in lockdown, grounded by the coronavirus, there was something big to celebrate for the National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (NAAZ) family after its president, Tendayi Tagara, joined an elite group of administrators that have been appointed to an international federation.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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$18bn rescue package quite timeous
Zimbabwe’s current economic challenges, worsened by the global Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions and the lockdown, now extended to seven weeks, have been severe for many sectors, with resulting social distress.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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When foreign was lekker
THERE was a time when foreign was lekker.
An era when foreign players, especially from Malawi and Zambia, were the major drawcards to the local elite football matches.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Improve journalists’ welfare: Mutsvangwa
Media houses have to improve the welfare of journalists through “life-rewarding salaries” and decent working conditions, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.
In a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day, which is commemorated on May 3 every year, Minister Mutsvangwa said Government was committed to ensuring a safe working environment for media personnel.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Homes turned into booby traps
Some houses in high-density suburbs have literally been turned into booby traps, as vendors whose illegal business structures were demolished by local authorities have now come up with the most desperate and dangerous way to store their wares.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Three suitors eye WMI stake
At least three local suitors (names supplied) have submitted bids to acquire the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ)’s 74 percent shareholding in car assembler Willowvale Motor Industries (WMI).
Sources with knowledge of the matter told The Sunday Mail Business that a leading car dealer, a funeral assurance company and a local tobacco processor are among companies that have submitted bids for the stake.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Virus no match for global political thuggery
Clearly, the world has been turned upside-down, inside out.
The new coronavirus — Covid-19 — has made possible what we previously thought unimaginable.
It has weaned sports junkies from that which they thought they could not live without.
- SundayMail
- May 3, 2020
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Errant schools to be deregistered
SCHOOLS that have unilaterally hiked fees and those charging foreign currency without approval risk deregistration, Government has warned.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema yesterday said schools should strictly adhere to current regulations.