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- August 7, 2021
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Messi’s Barcelona exit is about much more than Messi
ON the surface, Joan Laporta’s press conference relays a stark acceptance that Barcelona just can’t afford the greatest player in their history. There is even a fair argument that this…
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- August 7, 2021
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COMMENT: Keep up vaccination momentum
Zimbabwe, Egypt, Lesotho and Morocco are the four African countries leading in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Health Organisation (WHO) Covid-19 vaccine supply tracker says…
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- August 7, 2021
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Prevent rural corona bumper tears
Stephen Mpofu THE sudden, dizzying coronavirus upsurge in this country threatens to turn ululations and whistling of women and men singing and dancing around heaps of small grains being thrashed…
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- August 7, 2021
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A child is not a bride
Andile Tshuma A child is a child and should never be a bride. This week our sister publication carried a tragic story of a 14-year-old girl, who died in labour…
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- August 7, 2021
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Father impregnates 15-year-old daughter
Freedom Mupanedemo, Midlands Bureau A 15-year-old girl from Shurugwi has been admitted to the district hospital’s maternity ward after delivering a baby from a pregnancy she only revealed was rape…
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- August 7, 2021
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Curbing Covid-19 spread in the workplace
Dr Tatenda Simango GREETINGS to you all, I trust you are in good health and keeping well. Each employer has a critical role to play in the protection of their…
Ashly Dhani
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- August 7, 2021
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Hezbollah launches rocket fire in response to Israeli air raids
The Lebanese group, Hezbollah, has said it fired rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in response to Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon, drawing retaliatory Israeli strikes. In a…
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- August 7, 2021
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Jailed Zuma admitted to S Africa hospital for medical observation
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma, jailed for contempt of court last month, has been admitted to a hospital outside prison for “medical observation”, according to officials. “Everyone who is…
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- August 7, 2021
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Central Asia’s leaders meet as Taliban makes gains in Afghanistan
The leaders of five Central Asian countries have gathered for talks in Turkmenistan, with the spiral of war in neighbouring Afghanistan topping their agenda as the United States-led foreign forces…
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- August 7, 2021
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Tigray rebels seize UNESCO site of Lalibela in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region on Thursday seized Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the neighbouring Amhara region famed for its 12th-century rock-hewn churches, residents told AFP. The…