Sundaymail Editor
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- September 15, 2019
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‘It all started in school’
Cde Parker Chipoyera’s connection with politics can be traced to his childhood days in Rhodesia. Our Deputy News Editor, Levi Mukarati, chronicles the political life of Cde Chipoyera who, this week, begins by narrating his childhood and his brush with politics during his school days.
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- September 15, 2019
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‘The West is upset about land’
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.
From 1960 to 2017 – 57 years – he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimbabwean politics.
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- September 15, 2019
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Xenophobia: SA must rethink stance on Africans
Xenophobia-motivated attacks on foreign citizens by South Africans have become an annual occurrence, but the orgy has potential to cost the country billions in lost trade opportunities.
The violence has claimed lives of many foreigners, most of who contribute meaningfully to the growth of South Africa’s economy to become a powerhouse.
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- September 15, 2019
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South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.
He has also told them that “we are all South African, Zimbabwean, Mozambican or any other nationality of Africa”, but of course, all this has fallen on deaf ears.
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- September 15, 2019
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An ‘avoidable’ double loss
ON August 16 2019, Mr Taurai Matsiwe took three and half weeks’ excuse from work to look after his pregnant wife as her time to deliver was drawing close.
Then on August 28, he accompanied his wife Mrs Sharon Munyonho for a hypertensive check at Rujeko Polyclinic in one of Harare’s oldest suburbs – Dzivaresekwa. There, the couple was referred to Parirenyatwa Hospital.
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- September 15, 2019
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Zim hockey team flourishes
EARLY cold mornings and late chilly nights continue paying off for the Zimbabwe women’s field hockey team that is enjoying a place among the world’s top 50 teams.
Ahead of the Olympic qualifiers in South Africa in August, this team lived by the mantra ‘push to the podium’.
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- September 15, 2019
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Teen entrepreneur inspires community
“IF you want to change the mindset of a people, catch them young.” This popular line aptly describes Amos Gutu’s situation, who is already an employer at just 15 years of age. After being encouraged by his brother to venture into the brick-making business a year ago, Amos, a start-up Kadoma-based entrepreneur, is not looking back.
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- September 15, 2019
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‘Foreigners can now invest in restricted sectors’
Government has reviewed the ownership of restricted areas by making it permissible for individuals, who are not Zimbabwean citizens, to invest in previously “reserved sectors” of the economy.
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- September 15, 2019
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Romance amongst in-laws
MAKADINI amai? I am a woman aged 24 and I work as a receptionist and personal assistant at a small company that does bathroom renovations. I started working there in 2017. I got to know of the vacancy from my sister and I applied and fortunately I got the job. The boss later on explained to me that they recruit young people that cannot afford tertiary education and in the process one can better themselves and save to go further with their education. I thought zvangu zvaita not knowing it was the beginning of a painful journey for me. I am so unhappy amai, almost every day I am insulted and constantly humiliated.
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- September 15, 2019
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NAC intensifies the response to HIV in Zvimba District
Zvimba District in Mashonaland West Province recorded over 710 HIV related deaths and 800 new HIV infections cases last year, according to 2018 estimates.
In an interview on the sidelines of the National AIDS Council (NAC ) media tour at Herbet Chitepo Clinic in Zvimba District, NAC’s District AIDS Coordinator Mr Douglas Mwinga said the district 2018 statistics indicate that there are 41 850 people living with HIV and AIDS up from 29 111 the previous year.