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Resolution plans, engagements with foreign governments and troubleshooting for producers of export goods will be a mere e-mail away if the Ebrahim Patel-led Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s newly…
Climate change threat to World Heritage Sites
Sifelani Tsiko The Interview Climate change is now the biggest threat to Africa’s World Heritage Sites, according to the latest Africa chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change’s sixth…
Early exit shocks Idols SA hopeful
JOHANNESBURG. — Idols SA hopeful Vhudi Mamphwe promises to keep the fire burning with his song My Yoki Yoki after his journey was cut short on the reality TV competition.…
African water and sanitation projects critical to preparedness for COVID-19-like pandemics
Wambui Gichuri As the prevalence of COVID-19 accelerates across Africa, over 40 percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to clean water and are unable to…
Root left out of England T20 squad
LONDON. — England Test cricket captain Joe Root has been left out of the Twenty20 squad for the three-game series against Australia. Root is in the one-day squad with Chris…
Airports reopening to jumpstart tourism
THE Cabinet received an update on the steps that are being taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri-Kashiri, chairperson…
Tshisekedi-Kabila tensions threaten to boil over
KINSHASA. — Since early 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been governed by an uneasy coalition built around President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, who ruled the…
Tenants baffled by five-fold increase in Zimasco rentals
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Ferrochrome producer Zimasco has hiked rentals for its properties in Shurugwi more than five-fold and is threatening to evict those who do not pay. Zimasco closed its…
Tea producers urged to diversify, add value
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Small-scale tea producers have been urged to diversify and add value to their crop to enhance their earnings, which remain low despite rising prices on the global…
EU to contribute €400m to WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine facility
Lucy Parsons The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will contribute €400m to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine facility, COVAX. The COVAX facility is co-led by Gavi,…