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BY STEPHEN CHADENGA A GWERU-BASED company Mansach Gases yesterday donated food items and other goods to victims of flash floods at Mtapa and Shumba halls evacuation centres. Residents affected by the flash floods that hit the city in the past weeks were moved to various centres established in the Midlands capital after their houses were filled with water. Mansach Gases donated items such as sugar, cooking oil, mealie-meal, salt and kapenta among other items. The company’s managing director, Salimu Mbwana said it was important for the corporate world to assist people affected by the flash floods. “It is now more than two weeks since these families moved from their homes,” Mbwana said. “Some of us might have already forgotten about them but it’s critical that we become each other’s keepers especially in times of need.” He said the company was looking into ways to provide gas to the affected families. Gweru United Progressive Residents and Ratepayers Development Trust (GUPRRDT) sourced the donations on behalf of the victims. GUPRRDT housing portfolio committee member, Maisiri Zindoga appealed to other well-wishers to chip in to support the affected residents. Councillor for ward 6, Godfrey Giwa commended Mansach Gases for the donation saying it would help the distressed families. “This is a timeous donation which comes at a time victims of flash floods lost their property and food items in the past weeks,” he said. Incessant rains that pounded Gweru in recent weeks, coupled with poor drainage systems left many residents particularly in low-lying areas affected by flash floods.
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Aromatic oil extracts for perfumes from Egypt's Gharbiya region make up over half the global supply.
Egypt and India are the leading producers of jasmine extract, making up around 95 percent of supply, according to the International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades (IFEAT).
Egyptian farmers have long complained that the low production costs of their big rival India drive their prices down.
Around 70 percent of the region's floral production is handled by the Fakhry essential oils factory
\"There are some competitors to Egypt (in Jasmine production) such as India and Tunisia, that's why we are trying to produce the best quality we have,\" said Badr Atef ,a manager at the Fakhry essential oils factory.
Jasmine trade is estimated to pull in some $6.5 million annually for Egypt, providing income to around 50,000 people.
The scent of flowers is intense.
According to Atef, factory owner Ahmed Fakhry was inspired to farm jasmine when, as a young student in the 1960s, he visited the town of Grasse, the birthplace of French perfumes, on the Cote d'Azur.
Returning to Egypt, Fakhry introduced his new perfume knowledge and set up commercial jasmine farming and processing.
\"Now 20 tonnes of jasmine flowers are picked daily \" in Egypt, Atef said, estimating that some 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of the scented plant are farmed in the Gharbiya region.
From all those flowers, some five tonnes of dense jasmine paste is finally produced each year.
But the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic has been harder still, with demand dropping sharply, farmers said.
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FORMER Dynamos defender Victor Kamhuka has been called into the Warriors camp after the withdrawal of United States-based duo of goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva and defender Tendai Jirira. BY HENRY MHARA Zimbabwe will play Algeria in back-to-back 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) group H qualifiers between November 12 and 16. The first match is set for the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers on Thursday before the return fixture at the National Sports Stadium in Harare four days later. Kamhuka, now based in Myanmar, is a replacement for Jirira who failed to get clearance from the United States government to travel because of the coronavirus regulations. Mkuruva, who was set to make a return to the team since 2017, has also been affected, and will not make the trip to Algiers. Warriors general manager Wellington Mupandare confirmed that the big defender, who plays for top-flight side Ayeyawady United, has been roped into the squad by coach Zdravko Logarušić. “The coach has said he wants to assess him so he has been called in. If he impresses he will be included in the squad,” Mupandare said. Kamhuka, who moved to Myanmar last year, is in the country and has joined five players already in camp. Mupandare said there won’t be a replacement for Mkuruva, leaving Elvis Chipezeze and Talbert Shumba to tussle for the number one jersey. The inclusion of Kamhuka, who plays in what many consider an obscure league is, however, likely to divide opinion among the Warriors supporters. A section of supporters has already raised questions over the inclusion of some players including vice-captain Ovidy Karuru who is currently clubless after leaving a modest South African club, Stellenbosch. Some have also questioned the inclusion of Jirira who plays for Detroit City in the third tier league in the US. Logarušić has also given first national team call-up to the England-based defending duo of Jordan Zemura and Adam Chicksen. Striker David Moyo, who previously featured for the team in a friendly match, has also been called and will be looking to make his first appearance in a competitive match. Five players who had already joined camp by yesterday are Karuru, Chipezeze, Devine Lunga, King Nadolo and Alec Mudimu. The majority are expected to arrive today ahead of the trip tomorrow night, posing a huge problem for Logarušić who will not have enough time to assess the players. It will be the Croat’s first competitive assignment since taking over the Warriors’ top job last year. Zimbabwe are second going into the third Group H qualifier on Thursday with four points, two behind log leaders Algeria. Botswana with one point are third while Zambia anchor the group with zero points. Two top teams from the group will qualify for the finals next year. Warriors squad: Goalkeepers: Elvis Chipezeze, Talbert Shumba Defenders: Jimmy Dzingai, Alec Mudimu, Jordan Zemura, Teenage Hadebe, Divine Lunga, Tendai Darikwa, Adam Chicksen Midfielders: Marshall Munetsi, Ovidy Karuru, Butholezwe Ncube, Tafadzwa Rusike, Kuda Mahachi, Knowledge Musona, Terrence Dzvukamanja,
Crusader Staff Report Voter registration drives have swung into high gear in Chicago’s Black neighborhoods as the General Election on November 3 nears. On Friday, September 18, The National Urban League and BET Networks kicked off the inaugural National Black Voters Day to boost voter turnout in the upcoming General Election on November 3. The […]
US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps on Sunday towards taking over the White House but Donald Trump showed no signs of being ready to admit defeat.
As congratulations poured in from world leaders and supporters nursed hangovers after a day of raucous celebrations, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter account.
While Trump is refusing to concede Tuesday's election and most Republican lawmakers are adopting a studied silence, former President George W. Bush said the \"outcome is clear.\"
Bush, 74, the only living Republican ex-president, said he had called \"President-elect\" Biden and Harris to extend his \"warm congratulations.\"
While Trump has the right to request recounts and pursue legal challenges, Bush said \"the American people can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair, its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear.\"
\"Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country,\" Bush said in a statement. \"We must come together for the sake of our families and neighbors, and for our nation and its future.\"
The transition website lists four priorities for an administration led by Barack Obama's former vice president: Covid-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change.
\"The team being assembled will meet these challenges on Day One,\" it said in a reference to January 20, 2021, when Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
Biden, who turns 78 on November 20, is the oldest person ever elected to the White House. Harris, 56, the junior senator from California, is the first woman and first Black person to be elected vice president.
Biden planned to name a task force on Monday to tackle the coronavirus pandemic which has left more than 237,000 people dead in the United States and is surging across the country.
He has also announced plans to rejoin the Paris climate accord and will reportedly issue an executive order on his first day reversing Trump's travel ban on mostly Muslim countries.
Biden has vowed to name a cabinet that reflects the diversity of the country although he may have some trouble gaining Senate approval for more progressive appointees if Republicans retain control of the Senate -- an outcome that will depend on two runoff races in Georgia in January.
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Biden, after John F. Kennedy just the second Catholic to be elected US president, attended church Sunday morning in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, and visited the graves of his son, Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015, and his first wife and daughter, who died in a 1972 car accident.
Trump, 74, was playing golf on Sunday at his course near Washington, the same place where he was on Saturday when the US television networks delivered the news that Biden had secured enough Electoral College votes for victory.
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BY SHAME MAKOSHORI REGIONAL airline, Airlink said on Monday it had moved its planned Harare-Cape Town flights to March following new changes to Johannesburg’s lockdown regulations, as a fresh wave of infections shakes Zimbabwe. Three weekly frequencies had been planned for January 18. But Airlink did not jet into Harare on Monday last week as planned, leaving passengers that had booked for the flight stranded. The airline confirmed the mishap on Monday, with managing director and chief executive Rodger Foster apologising. The new route will be the latest of a string of new connections recently launched by the ambitious passenger carrier across southern Africa, although flights into at least one of its key destinations have been halted after the regional COVID-19 spiral. “We will launch with three return flights a week, increasing to daily flights from April 1, 2021 to provide customers with more choices and greater convenience,” said Foster. “Airlink had intended to commence the service in mid-January, but changes to South Africa’s curfew obliged us to revise its schedule, which unfortunately also pushed back the launch of the new service to March 3. We apologise to ticket-holders for the postponement and any inconvenience or disruption to their business and travel plans. “We have been looking forward to launching this important new route, which will provide convenience to business and leisure travellers, saving them precious hours transferring via Johannesburg and also limiting their exposure to potential touch-points, which is a key consideration as we adjust our travelling habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The flights are expected to boost trade, commerce and tourism between Harare and Cape Town, two of the region’s key cities that have not been connected since Royal Dutch Airlines briefly serviced the route before pulling out in 2014. In December, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) said one of the biggest developments for the US$2 billion industry this year would be Airlink’s launch on the new route. Acting ZTA chief executive Givemore Chidzidzi said Airlink’s flights would rekindle business and leisure travel between Zimbabwe and South Africa after many flights were grounded by the global health crisis. There is significant business travel between Cape Town, one of the region’s richest cities, and Harare because many of South Africa’s big corporations have units running in Zimbabwe. But travellers had to connect via Johannesburg. In addition, thousands of South Africans based in Cape Town troop to Zimbabwean leisure destinations frequently, while international tourists seeking a quick scan of the region’s best attractions from the South African city required direct flights into Harare. “There has always been that desire to have the two cities connected,” Chidzidzi said. “Direct flights between cities like Cape Town and Harare, and Cape Town and Victoria Falls bring convenience. The traffic is there and I am sure their statistics are showing that. The major attractions in southern Africa are Cape Town and V
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NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in…
The Doobay’s Medical and Research Centre has reduced the cost of kidney dialysis while continuing to seek donations to subsidise the cost of the treatment.
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Zimbabwe has reported 1,713 cases, up from about 50 two months ago, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday evening announced a night curfew, banned political, religious and social gatherings, and reduced business operating hours in order to try to slow the spread of the virus.
Mnangagwa said the “curtailing of freedoms we have always enjoyed, and had grown accustomed to” was necessary, although some claim the banning of political gatherings is aimed at suppressing an anti-government protest planned for July 31.
According to the president all business are to operate from 8 am – 3 pm local time, with only essential service providers exempted from the curfew. He added people will only be allowed to go out of their homes to buy food or get medical treatment.
Inter-city travel and gatherings of more than 50 people – whether festive, religious or political – remain prohibited. The curfew and stringent lockdown will be enforced by the country’s security forces.
In an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, President Mnangagwa initially introduced a 21-day lockdown on March 30, banning large gatherings and ordering the closure of most businesses, except food stores.
The accelerating spread of COVID-19 in South Africa could be a precursor to what will happen in the rest of Africa, said World Health Organization executive director of emergencies, Dr. Mike Ryan.
“I think this isn’t just a wake-up call for South Africa, We need to take what is happening in Africa very seriously,” said Ryan at the WHO weekly news conference in Geneva on Monday. “Many of those countries exist in the midst of fragility and conflict, many of them need external help support.”
While California's raging wildfires have sent smoke billowing as far away as Kansas, the Biden-Harris ticket would extend its political power to the Midwest, too.
\tKINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Jul 18, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded three new cases of the coronavirus (COVID019), with officials indicating that two of the cases were nationals who returned home on an American Airlines flight...
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Abiy Ahmed left Ethiopians breathless when he became the prime minister in 2018, introducing a wave of political reforms in the long-repressive country and announcing a shocking peace with enemy Eritrea. The young prime minister was cheered as he toured Ethiopia in his feverish first days, including when he visited the powerful Tigray region, whose leaders had dominated the national ruling coalition for decades. The international community, dazzled, showered Abiy with praise. Not even two years after taking power, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now — a year later […]
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Joe Biden, the man, has had a difficult life, facing personal tragedies and more than a few family crises. But Joe Biden 3.0, the political candidate, is leading a charmed life. Let's be honest—COVID-19 has been a Godsend for this poor man who can barely string together a coherent thought.
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press/BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal investigators have unspecified evidence linking the killing of a men's rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday. The evidence allegedly connects Roy Den Hollander, another men's rights attorney who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after an attack that killed the judge's son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci in San Bernardino County, California. FBI officials in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday would not describe the […]
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as close to the entire state was under…
BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE A CATHOLIC University chief security officer, Brighton Tangwanda, has been arrested for stealing a mattress at Bulawayo Catholic campus and giving it to his girlfriend Morleen Mufandaedza, Southern Eye Weekender has learnt. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday confirmed the arrest of Tangwanda (30). Ncube said the incident occurred between August and November this year and Tangwanda was arrested Thursday. “The value of the goods stolen is not yet known, but the incident occurred between August and November. Tangwanda took advantage of his position as the chief security guard and stole the mattress at Catholic University,” the provincial police spokesperson said. “He stole a single mattress and gave it to his girlfriend, Mufandaedza. “So far, the mattress has been recovered, but investigations are still ongoing to see if there are other things which had been stolen during that period.” Ncube urged institutions to employ professionally trained security people as guards. “My plea is that, organisations and institutions should employ security guards with a track record so as to avoid employing thieves,” he said.
PUMA announced that Young Simba's basketball kick's popular colorway is coming back for an encore. For the re-up, PUMA enlisted its newest signature athlete and possibly this year's NBA rookie of the year, Lamelo Ball, model the kicks.
ZANU PF has been forced to shelve its original plan to have polling officers in the district coordinating committee (DCC) elections due to financial and logistical constraints, it has emerged. BY MOSES MATENGA As a result, the ruling party has now resolved that the teams to supervise polling will comprise of senior leaders from the politburo, a commissariat commissioner, a provincial chairperson and a team from the province. The ruling party has also demanded that the registers that were used for the 2018 general elections must be used for the DCC polls slated for December 5 and 6 in eight provinces. In a letter addressed to provincial chairpersons from the party director for commissariat, Davison Gomo dated November 28, the ruling party polls will now be supervised by senior politburo members, who will be deployed in provinces as the new plan was “no longer sustainable”. “Due to logistical and financial constraints, the original plan where all polling officers were meant to come from a supervising province is no longer sustainable,” Gomo’s letter read in part. “The supervising team will be made up of senior leaders from the politburo, one commissariat commissioner, provincial chairpersons and a team from his or her province, from whom the presiding officer will be appointed. “Consequently, the polling officers, at ward centre level will be selected from senior members of the party.” In another letter of the same date, Gomo asked the provincial chairpersons to “facilitate the provision of district executive registers that were used in the 2017/18 polls for the general election of 2018”. “The leadership determined that the forthcoming DCC elections will be conducted on the basis of the registers referred to above and therefore, there is urgent need to make these available to us at the earliest convenience possible.” Only four provinces, Gomo said, had availed their registers by Sunday ahead of yesterday’s deadline. The DCC elections will be held this week amid reports of divisions and tussling to control the districts. There were reports of name-dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga by candidates as they jostle for positions. l Follow Moses on Twitter @mmatenga
Two Lysol products — Lysol Disinfectant Spray and Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist — have been approved for use onhard, nonporous surfaces by the Environmental Protection Agency to help combat the novel coronavirus.
The deadline to complete the 2020 Census is drawing near as citizens across the city, state and country can submit their responses through Wednesday, September 30th. The Census consists of a short, nine question survey that takes mere minutes to complete. For the first time ever the Census can be done completely online by visiting […]
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In late March, Congress approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, setting aside $376 billion in funding for American workers and small businesses.
Eligible business owners could apply for a $10,000 advance through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan, or EIDL, program or obtain forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, known as PPP.
Banks approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration to issue loans gave large companies funding, leaving little for smaller enterprises.
Only 5% of small businesses that had applied for an economic injury disaster loan received money; just 25% got cash under PPP, according to a recent National Small Business Association survey.
Funding Circle, an online lender that specializes in loans for small businesses, said tens of thousands of those businesses won’t have access to funding before the money runs out.
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organizations that have been mobilizing Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban voters turning out to oppose President Donald Trump also worked in Biden's favor. But what that means for the future of Democratic candidates and how the party can capitalize on these gains will be tested in 2022 and 2024 — especially because there wasn't […]
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Everglades Farms, the Hussey-owned operator of Long Pond and Hampden sugar estates, has locked horns with the All Island Cane Farmers Association (AICFA) over the latter’s move to lease parcels of former sugar cane lands to small farmers. With the...
Reuters - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called for a reduction in the number of clubs in the Premier League and English Football League to improve the quality of competition amid talk of a breakaway European Super League. The concept of a European Super League, as an alternative to European soccer governing body UEFA’s flagship Champions League, has been floated for years but speculation has increased in the past two years. The Times newspaper said it had seen a proposal for the Super League that outlined plans for a competition with 15 founding members and five other clubs qualifying annually. The plan envisages the 20 clubs being split into two groups of 10 and playing between 18 and 23 European matches a season. But Guardiola declined to be drawn into a discussion about it and said it was important to strengthen domestic leagues. “I have the feeling that we cannot lose what local leagues mean - what it means to play the FA Cup … what it means to play in the leagues,” Spaniard Guardiola said ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup clash with fourth-tier Cheltenham Town. “What we should do is make every league in Europe stronger than what it is, less teams, better championships, better League One, better League Two, better Premier League with less teams in every competition. Go to quality over quantity. “You have to make a super Premier League … for that you have to reduce teams. But we can’t kill lower divisions or the Premier League. “That’s something that is so important. It’s not about other benefits, it’s about how important sentimentally it is having your own league for every country.” Soccer’s global body FIFA said that players who feature in any breakaway European Super League would be banned from FIFA competitions, including the World Cup. - Reuters
THE WEST INDIES have started the ball rolling for their second Test tour this year,...
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BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala spent another night in remand prison yesterday pending verdicts on their bail applications. Chin’ono and Sikhala were both remanded to today for ruling on their bail hearings. Chin’ono appeared before magistrate Lazini Ncube on allegations of publishing falsehoods after he allegedly posted on his Twitter handle that a Harare police officer had killed a baby with a truncheon following a video which went viral on social media. Police, however, dismissed the report, saying the child was alive and both the mother and the child had not sustained injuries following a scuffle with a police officer. Through his lawyer Harrison Nkomo, Chin’ono, who was out on bail on two other matters, challenged his placement on remand, arguing that he was being charged under a law which did not exist. But the State insisted that Chin’ono had committed an offence, adding that his statements which were published on social media, undermined public confidence in the police. Ncube rolled over the matter to today after Chin’ono’s lawyers indicated that they had other grounds to oppose his placement on remand. Chin’ono complained of police failure to provide him with hot water while in prison cells after he had indicated in court that he had had contact with COVID-19 positive persons. Nkomo also complained that Chin’ono was being treated as a dangerous prisoner as he was being brought to court in leg irons. Journalists covering Chin’ono’s case were initially ordered out of the courtroom by the police, but Chin’ono told them that they were “overstepping” their mandate. He implored the police to allow the magistrate to make a decision on whether journalists were permitted in the courtroom. Sikhala, who was initially part of Chin’ono’s defence team on his initial appearance on Friday, also challenged his placement on remand when he appeared before magistrate Ngoni Nduna. He is being charged with publishing statements prejudicial to the State. His lawyers, led by Jeremiah Bhamu, argued that his arrest was malicious. Sikhala has several other cases pending at the courts. Meanwhile, Fadzayi Mahere, who is MDC Alliance spokesperson, was arrested on allegations of communicating false statements prejudicial to the State. “(I have been) arrested. This regime will never break my spirit,” Mahere wrote on her Twitter handle yesterday. l Follow Miriam on Twitter @FloMangwaya
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MANCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — After hiking over 200 miles (320 kilometers) on the country's oldest long-distance trail, Rob Mullen had just 3 miles (5 kilometers) to go in the rain to meet up with his wife and father for a break. He kept dry with his foul weather gear as he walked down the trail with a backdrop of trees sprouting fall's orange and yellow leaves and carrying trekking poles and a big stuffed blue pack on his back that held his precious painting kit. Mullen, a 64-year-old wildlife and wilderness artist, is hiking the […]
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