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- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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The Mbare boxer who ruled Africa
FOR five years, between 1982 and 1987, a heavily built man who boxed his way out of the slums of Mbare ruled African heavyweight boxing with a combination of swagger and ruthlessness.
A master of knockouts, the late Proud Chinembiri earned the nickname “Kilimanjaro” because of his physical built.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Close those damn bars!
LIFE has never been this dull!
In fact, the past days have been very painful to say the least.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Pangolins linked to coronavirus
Smuggled pangolins have been found to carry viruses closely related to the one sweeping the world.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Covid-19 scam: 11 SA firms probed
Eleven firms are being investigated for selling products such as face masks and hand sanitisers at inflated prices amid the Covid-19 crisis, Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel has announced.
Patel was speaking at a briefing media in Pretoria, where a number of ministers from the country’s economic cluster outlined interventions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Call to review land tenure system
THE Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) is calling for a review of the country’s land tenure system with a view to introducing a new practice that facilitates farmers’ access to private finance.
ZLC chairperson Ms Tendai Bare told The Sunday Mail that the current tenure systems on agricultural land, that is, the 99-year lease, the permit system, the customary law for communal land, and the grants and title deed systems need to be strengthened to provide security of tenure supportive of sustainable agricultural production.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Covid-19 fight-back: Ride-hailing firm in the driving seat
The late US Senator, Ted Kennedy, famously said: “What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.”
It is in the most desperate of times, such as in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, that we need to come together and look out for each other.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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RBZ steps up to the plate
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last week announced a raft of measures that are meant to mitigate the devastating impact of the coronavirus on the Zimbabwean society and the economy.
This comes at a time when policymakers globally are implementing a raft of stop-gap measures to ease the impact of Covid-19.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Counting the costs of coronavirus
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will leave many local businesses gasping for breath as it is now beginning to take its toll.
There is need for business survival strategies now and beyond the pandemic as well as protecting workers from contracting the disease.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Massive progress on Hwange 7 & 8. . . first 300 megawatts to come on stream by October 2021
SINOHYDRO, the main contractor executing the Hwange 7 and 8 power expansion, says the project is 40 percent complete.
The US$1,1 billion venture is the largest project under the landmark deals signed between Zimbabwe and China, and is expected to feed 600 megawatts into the national grid — ending the country’s power shortages.
- SundayMail
- March 29, 2020
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Improved water, electricity supplies
RESIDENTS have been assured of a steady supply of water and electricity during the 21-day lockdown.
President Mnangagwa on Friday announced a three-week lockdown to try and contain the coronavirus after the number of infected people rose to seven by Friday evening.