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Nairobi. — South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have tested positive for Covid-19.
Traffic, street lights need urgent attention: Survey
Harare City Council should allocate more resources towards traffic and street lighting across the city as most of the lights are not functional, posing a threat to both human and vehicular traffic.
Efforts to revive tourism fortunes gather pace
Zimbabwe’s tourism stakeholders yesterday met in Harare to craft a post-Covid-19 tourism recovery strategy focusing on prioritising the domestic market and product diversification.
Trump tried to kill trade; Covid-19 may just succeed
Today, no government sees defending liberal trade as its first order of business. More urgent matters demand attention. But trade is no sideshow. If governments fail to shape a stronger trade system, and defend it to their voters, a reversal of globalisation is possible. That could end up causing more long-term economic damage than any other consequence of the coronavirus calamity.
CR7 back in training with Juve
TURIN. — Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Juventus in Turin yesterday after an absence of over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ex-cop jailed for killing rhino
A retired police officer, a former scout and a Zambian national have been jailed for nine years for killing a black rhinoceros in Bubye Valley Conservancy near Beitbridge last year.
Call to invest in education post-Covid-19
STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector are appealing to the Government to invest in education in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
US$290k cocaine pusher gets bail
A SUSPECTED Zimbabwean female drug peddler’s ploy to smuggle cocaine worth US$290 000 to Greece and the Maldives through DHL courier and delivery services crumbled spectacularly last week when alert detectives intercepted the parcels during a routine check.
Platinum bars, coins sell off
Platinum bars and coins were snapped up at the fastest pace in more than five years in the first quarter, partly offsetting a drop in industrial demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Positive tests in EPL
LONDON. — There were six positive tests for coronavirus across three Premier League clubs on Sunday and Monday, as the top flight prepares to resume in June.