COVID -19: Fabric masks should have three layers of different material
Roselyne Sachiti Features, Health and Society Editor The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published an updated guidance on the use of face masks for control of COVID-19. In his opening…
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World Bank projects global economy to shrink by 5.2 pct in 2020
The global economy is on track to shrink by 5.2 percent this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepest recession since the Second World War, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects released Monday.
E-learning and its tragedies
Robin Muchetu Senior Reporter THE introduction of a nationwide lockdown on March 30, 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19 halted almost everything save for a few critical service providers…
Informal sector appeals for phased opening
OPERATORS in the informal sector have appealed to Government to consider phased re-opening of their small businesses as their livelihoods have been greatly affected.
New Zealand lifts lockdown as last coronavirus patient recovers
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will lift its coronavirus lockdown allowing a return to a nearly normal life for the country’s five million people, as health officials reported that the final person known to have contracted the infection had recovered.
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- June 10, 2020
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ZSE nose-dives on profit taking
There were more risers than fallers on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange yesterday as investors took profits from the recent rally which saw the market reach record breaking levels in both volumes and market value.
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- June 10, 2020
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Bailout needs forex to make real impact
Business Writer Government must review some aspects of the $18 billion economic recovery and stimulus package to address negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by putting provision for access to…
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- June 10, 2020
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Small scale miners on professionalism drive
Ishemunyoro Chingwere The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) is forging ahead with its thrust to expand and professionalise the small scale mining sector to optimise economic benefit. Small scale mining is…
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- June 10, 2020
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Craft Properties spreads wings to Masvingo
Business Writer Property firm, Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd, has opened a branch in the ancient city of Masvingo. Chief executive officer and founder of Craft Properties, Kudakwashe Taruberekera, promised to change…
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- June 10, 2020
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RBZ to float interbank market, again
Tawanda Musarurwa The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has indicated plans to revert to a market – based system of foreign currency exchange trading. Such a move will mark the…