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- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Cloud hangs over June exams
Dates for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 June examinations will be determined at the end of the lockdown period, it has been learnt.
Learners are worried that the exams might be postponed to pave way for the current fight against the coronavirus, while of teacher representative bodies are split on whether or not the exams should proceed.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
- 101 views
Sadc issues guidelines for cross-border traffic
Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries have agreed to only allow movement of critically important goods and services between regional borders during the Covid-19 pandemic, under new guidelines adopted last week.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Mealie-meal deliveries closer to homes
Shops in most residential suburbs are this week expected to receive stocks of subsidised mealie-meal following a bipartite arrangement between millers and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to enforce order.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Zesa seeks to unlock 550MW
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has opened debt repayment negotiations with Mozambique’s Hydro Cahora Bassa (HCB) with a view of settling the US$45 million debt owed to the regional power generation giant.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Covid-19: Turning hardships into gains
IT is said one must “never waste a good crisis” and that “necessity is the mother of all invention”.
But could anything good ever come out of a situation like the Covid-19 crisis, a disease that has thrown the world’s most advanced health systems into disarray and left the best scientific minds at sea?
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Gospel diva’s project put on pause
SHARON Manyika-Machingura’s debut live video album recording that was scheduled to take place next week has been put on hold due to the coronavirus.
The South African-based songbird joins many other artistes around the world that have been forced to take a similar route.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Women’s role in Zim’s liberation struggle
This is final part of an interview by our reporter Norman Muchemwa with Cde Alice Mazorodze, wife to national hero Cde Simon Mazorodze. The interview is part of a series to mark Zimbabwe’s 40th independence celebrations. We publish the conversation in Cde Mazorodze’s own words.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
- 121 views
The pulpit goes virtual
The coronavirus outbreak has ultimately disrupted the way we live life and carry out business across the world. While brick-and-mortar churches are eerily quiet due to the ban on public gatherings, internet traffic continues to spike.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Covid-19 to clog forex inflows
Zimbabwe has over the years found it difficult to boost foreign currency inflows due to numerous factors — not least the economic sanctions and an under-performing industry – but the situation is likely to worsen due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
- SundayMail
- April 12, 2020
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Of dreary and plush funerals
ALL appeared well on both ends of the telephone until the person on the other side broke the news to Admire of his half-sister’s death.
“Hello, hello, mati kudii? Handisikunzwa — hello, hello,” he could be heard saying, while feigning a poor network connection before switching off the phone, never to switch it on again until he was confident the funeral was done and dusted.