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- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Matobo channels devolution funds to clinic construction
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter DEVOLUTION funds are filling a social development gap which local authorities could not finance due to low revenue collections. The outbreak of Covid-19 disrupted economic activities…
- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Zim ref fails fitness test at Cosafa tourney
Harare Bureau ZIMBABWEAN female football referee Thanks Nyahuye returned home prematurely from the ongoing Caf Women’s Champions League Cosafa qualifier in Durban after she failed a physical fitness test. Nyahuye,…
- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Mental patient fatally stabs mother
Midlands Bureau Chief A 24-YEAR-OLD suspected mentally challenged Mberengwa man allegedly fatally axed his mother and buried her remains in a shallow pit in their garden. Police have since launched…
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- businessweekly
- August 31, 2021
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Powell says US taper could start in 2021, with no rush on rate hike
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank could begin reducing its monthly bond purchases this year, though it won’t be in a hurry to begin raising interest rates thereafter.
- businessweekly
- August 31, 2021
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Nigeria’s UAC to buy minority stake as Tiger Brands exits
Nigerian conglomerate UAC plc has signed an agreement to acquire the minority shares of its unlisted subsidiary UAC Foods from South Africa’s Tiger Brands next month, it said.
- businessweekly
- August 31, 2021
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Fintech investment in Africa – a big-picture perspective
As a listed Pan-African equities portfolio manager, I am fascinated by the enormous amount of private capital that African financial inclusion (fintech) companies have attracted over the last five years. Venture investors have, mostly, paid no heed to the most common risks cited by South African institutional investors such as currency stability and/or availability.
- businessweekly
- August 31, 2021
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Botswana lifts 2021 economic growth forecast to 9.7 percent
Botswana now expects economic growth of 9,7 percent in 2021, compared with the 8,8 percent forecast in February, helped by higher diamond sales and a recent rebasing of GDP accounts, Finance Minister Peggy Serame told Reuters on Monday.
- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Seven killed in Honde Valley truck accident
Harare Bureau POLICE yesterday confirmed the death of seven people in road accident which occurred on Sunday, in Honde Valley. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the bodies…
- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Vital bridge awaits repairs, 7 years after destruction
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter Bubi bridge linking communities living along the Sengwe Corridor stretching from Beitbridge district to Chiredzi district which was destroyed by floods seven years ago, is yet…
- Chronicle
- August 31, 2021
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Masca pledges to support basketball
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter IN its quest to promote healthy lifestyles among local athletes, a medical aid insurer, Medical Aid Society of Central Africa (MASCA), has pledged to support the…