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- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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When the ant felled the elephant
NOTWITHSTANDING the ill-willed and unremitting prayers of doomsday folks who so desperately want the coronavirus to devastatingly announce itself in Zimbabwe, thank God most of us are still safe — at least for now.
By all their dystopian accounts, we should all be history.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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No room for complacency with Covid-19
“AFRICA should wake up, my continent should wake up,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week.
This comes as coronavirus cases surpassed 300 000 with nearly 13 000 deaths recorded worldwide by last night. Cases in South Africa, Africa’s most advanced economy, had surpassed 200 and Zimbabwe reported its first two cases of Covid-19 on Friday and Saturday.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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Manyuchi bout KO’d
CHARLES Manyuchi’s title defence fell victim to the deadly coronavirus late last week but that was not before the calibre of his opponents had once again been thrown under the spotlight.
Manyuchi was set to defend his World Boxing Federation middleweight world title against unheralded Muhamad Seybala of Uganda at the Harare International Conference Centre on April 4, but the event has now been postponed.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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Millers ditch roller meal for refined product
LOCAL millers are now prioritising production of refined mealie-meal in a bid to dodge Governments’ roller-meal subsidy programme, The Sunday Mail Society has established.
This is despite the fact that Government continues to supply millers with maize to guarantee success of the subsidy scheme.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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Zim talent impresses Croat
WARRIORS coach Zdvravko Logarusic may have spent just a few weeks in the country but the budding talent that he has already seen on show here has won his admiration.
He also believes the abundance of talent stands Zimbabwe in good stead to become a force in African football.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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Tobacco auctions hang by a thread
This year’s tobacco marketing season is currently up in the air as the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) — the industry regulator — is still uncertain on how the auctioning of the golden leaf will be conducted in the wake of new restrictions on gatherings.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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Vic Falls sneezes as airlines baulk
VICTORIA Falls faces a massive knock on tourist arrivals as major international airlines suspend flights or reduce frequencies into the resort town due to the continued threat of coronavirus.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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The women of velvet and steel
WOMEN in the arts industry are certainly among the most courageous people that we have in this country.
They have for long been subjected to all forms of sexual harassment, demeaning insults and are generally looked down upon mostly by male chauvinists, yet they still keep their heads high.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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‘I wanted revenge’
AROUND 1975, many people left the country for military training to fight the Ian Smith settler regime. Among these recruits was Cde Christopher Mawomberere (CM). The former freedom fighter chronicles to our reporter Norman Muchemwa (NM) his journey to Mozambique where he joined others for military training with the aim of fighting for Zimbabwe’s independence.
- SundayMail
- March 22, 2020
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The godfather of hockey
FROM the minute you walk into the Manolios home in the Mount Pleasant suburb of Harare, you are immediately greeted by a collage of hockey memorabilia that includes pictures, trophies, hockey balls and sticks, most of which belonged to the late domestic iconic figure Mark Manolios.