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- SundayMail
- July 19, 2020
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From ‘Pythagoras’ to ‘Mr Madrid’
AT high school, his classmates nicknamed him “Pythagoras” because he could solve any Mathematics equation, but he possessed another hidden talent which would later earn him the moniker — “Mr Madrid”.
While academic brilliance plucked Abel Chimukoko out of rural Murehwa to Ellis Robbins High in Harare, it was athletics which literally took him to all the continents of the world.
- SundayMail
- July 19, 2020
- 72 views
‘International community has confidence in New Dispensation’
A few weeks ago, Zimbabwe was elected into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), an organisation at the heart of the United Nations (UN) system to advance sustainable development. The Sunday Mail’s Gender and Community Editor Fatima Bulla-Musakwa spoke to Ambassador Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, who was president of ECOSOC in 2016. Below we publish excerpts of the interview.
- SundayMail
- July 19, 2020
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Mthuli refuses to chase inflation
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, presented his Mid-Term Policy Review statement on Thursday and he surprised many people.
Chronicle Editor
- SundayNews
- July 19, 2020
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‘Majalisa never loved anyone after Dan Tshanda’: Singer’s ‘daughter’ recounts her painful last hours
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter DISCO queen Patricia Majalisa struggled to move on from her love affair with Splash founder Dan Tshanda, with the death of her “soulmate” last year…
- SundayNews
- July 19, 2020
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Mining sector production heavily slows down
Nkosilathi Sibanda, Business Correspondent THE partial shutdown of international markets and fall of mineral prices witnessed since last December, has dealt a blow on growth prospects of the country’s mining…
- SundayNews
- July 19, 2020
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Covid-19 claims Triangle FC former VC
Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter TRIANGLE Football Club are in mourning following the death of their former vice-chairman, Goodwill Pfumojena who succumbed to Covid-19 at a private facility in Bulawayo…
- SundayNews
- July 19, 2020
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Airtime vendor in court for refusing $2 bond notes
Mthabisi Tshuma, Court Correspondent A BULAWAYO woman has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday for refusing to accept $2 bond notes which are part of the country’s legal tender.…
- SundayNews
- July 19, 2020
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Byo serial thief breaks into bars, homes
Mthabisi Tshuma, Court Correspondent A MAN who allegedly broke into premises in separate incidents around Bulawayo and stole property worth more than $350 000 has been arrested. Knowledge Ndhlovu (28)…
- SundayMail
- July 19, 2020
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Pressure to develop Covid-19 vaccine on
The advent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and the dynamics of its spread is unprecedented.
- SundayMail
- July 19, 2020
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Masiyiwa in crucial tie-up for Covid-19 drug
AFRICAN UNION (AU) special envoy Strive Masiyiwa has managed to rope in the Bill & Melinda Foundation to supply a critical drug called dexamethasone, which is being used as a therapeutic drug in hospitals in the US and Europe.