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Business Reporter African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has implored African leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the continent as Covid-19 continues to claim lives…
Corporate deals bring relief for artistes
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Senior Arts Writer Artistes and local creatives have hailed their partnerships with the corporate world in pushing brands, particularly at a time the Covid-19 lockdown has made it…
Let’s jump-start Africa’s industrial revolution
Ivor Ichikowitz Correspondent The push to increase the Covid-19 vaccine supply in Africa, restarting economic growth in a post-coronavirus world and concurrently, the need to end conflicts in the Sahel…
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‘Portugal capable of beating France in group finale’
PORTUGAL defender Pepe said the defending champions can recover from a heavy loss to Germany and beat Group F leaders France today to clinch their spot in the last 16…
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Spain pardons jailed Catalan separatists
MADRID – Spain’s government yesterday pardoned all nine separatist leaders jailed for their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid in 2017, expressing hope that the gesture might help end a…
Doctor nails drug dealer
Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter A South African national, Sheila Khumalo, was found guilty of smuggling cocaine worth $7,8 million into Zimbabwe from Brazil. Khumalo (50), was arrested on May 10…
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IPEC launches capital risk framework
Oliver Kazunga , Senior Business Reporter THE Insurance Pension Commission (IPEC) has launched a new solvency framework that will capacitate insurers to withstand any risk they get exposed to and…
Filipinos refusing the jab threatened with jail
MANILA. – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send people to prison for refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as the government placed the country’s border controls on…
Namibia battles oxygen shortages
WINDHOEK. – The Namibian government is doing its best to resolve the current shortage of oxygen in hospitals, opposition leader McHenry Venaani said on Monday. “President [Hage Geingob] assured me…
Mutambara hails Covid response
Roselyne Sachiti in OKADA, Edo State, Nigeria Zimbabwean academic and former Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Arthur Mutambara, has hailed Zimbabwe’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said the Government was…