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‘We should develop a culture of reading and writing’
AFTER discovering her passion to write ten years ago, Shuvai Mpundu (SM) decided never to look back. For her, perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Her book...
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‘Don’t be afraid to take risks or fail’
FOR Maxine Adams of the popular brand “Christian by Hadassah” success takes hard work and dedication, but perhaps more than anything, it takes passion. You need to believe in what you are doing if you...
View ArticleNetflix shares plunge amid fears coronavirus boom is over
Video-streaming giant Netflix has reported a slowdown in subscriber growth, sending its shares tumbling. About 3.98 million people signed up for Netflix between January and March, well short of the...
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine: EU regulator says blood clot very rare side effect
The EU’s drugs regulator has said that blood clots should be listed as a “very rare” side effect of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that...
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Amazon is opening a hair salon in London
Amazon is launching its first high-tech hair salon, as the online retailer makes a surprise move into the beauty sector. The salon, in Spitalfields, east London, will have an augmented-reality mirror...
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Digital launch of Cresta Grande Cape Town
THE magic began in 1958 with the opening of the Jameson Hotel, a legendary four-star hotel built in an economic boom during the Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963. By the...
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Tesla’s Autopilot ‘tricked’ to operate without driver
The Autopilot feature in Tesla vehicles can be tricked into operating without a driver, an influential consumer magazine in the US has found. Consumer Reports engineers looked into claims that...
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Britney Spears asks to address court over conservatorship case
A lawyer for Britney Spears says she has requested to speak directly about her conservatorship in court. The singer’s father, Jamie Spears, was granted control over her personal and business affairs...
View ArticleCovid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission – study
A SINGLE dose of a coronavirus vaccine can reduce household transmission of the virus by up to half, a study shows. Those given a first dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines – and who...
View ArticleApple charged over ‘anti-competitive’ app policies
Apple has been charged with breaking EU competition rules over the way it runs its App Store. European Commission anti-trust regulator Margrethe Vestager tweeted that “consumers are losing out”. It...
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Topline Research Solutions evaluates brand relevance
TOPLINE Research Solutions has launched the first ever Zimbabwe Best Township Brands first quarter report to gauge brand relevance and identify opportunities. According to the report, the best bread...
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Bill Gates’ company transfers $1.8bn of equities to Melinda Gates
Cascade Investment, a holding company Bill Gates created with the proceeds of Microsoft Corp. stock sales and dividends, transferred securities worth more than $1.8 billion to Melinda French Gates, a...
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Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls
In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of global heating on Victoria...
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Murder mystery in Bulawayo
ALL COME to DUST, by Bryony Rheam Reviewed by Diana Rodrigues ‘amaBooks, 463 pp., $20, November 2020, ISBN 978-1-77906-080-8 FORTY percent of the novels in my book club belong to the crime fiction...
View ArticleTwitter adds ‘tip jar’ to pay for good tweeting
Twitter has launched a new “tip jar” feature that lets people send money to others on the social network. The company says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the...
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Cryptocurrency: Musk’s SpaceX to launch dogecoin moon mission
Elon Musk has said his rocket company SpaceX will now accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment. In a tweet he said the commercial space exploration firm will launch the “DOGE-1...
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‘Reading widens our world view’
EVERYBODY walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people do not see any but for Margaret Chideme (MC), there is no greater agony...
View ArticleAmazon has €250m ‘back taxes’ overturned in court
Amazon has won a court battle over €250m (£215m) in taxes it had been ordered to pay Luxembourg. The European Commission had ordered the tech giant to repay the funds as back taxes, alleging that...
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Covid: Serious failures in WHO and global response, report finds
The Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, an independent review panel has said. The panel, set up by the World Health Organization, said the combined response of the WHO and global governments was a...
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Facebook moderator: ‘Every day was a nightmare’
A Facebook moderator has for the first time given evidence revealing the mental toll of the job, to a parliamentary committee. Isabella Plunkett has spoken out about her experience as a Facebook...
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