Painted dogs, also known as wild dogs, are actually not dogs at all, but represent an evolutionary line of their own that is unique to the African continent. You would be forgiven for confusing these mottled, big-eared animals for hyenas—but they are distinctly different creatures. While hyenas are more closely related to cats, painted dogs…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday. This comes as it has been the tradition since the consummation of the 1987 Unity Accord between Zanu PF and PF Zapu…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have implored Zimbabweans not to let their guard down in the fight against Covid-19, warning that disregarding necessary protocols to manage the disease could lead to a deadly third wave despite the ongoing national vaccination programme. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relaxed the hardened national…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday announced a slightly-phased reopening of schools, with examination classes set to begin lessons on March 15 while the rest of the classes start a week later. This comes as schools and tertiary institutions were closed for the better part of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic….
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw NEWLY-APPOINTED Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava, pictured, has promised to continue with the re-engagement foreign policy in a bid to end Zimbabwe’s two-decade long isolation from the international community. Zimbabwe has been a pariah State since the turn of the new millennium when the late former president Robert Mugabe…
Tariro Sajeni STAFF WRITER sajenit@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE will soon receive 984 000 doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organisation (WHO)-led Covax initiative. The country will receive the vaccines between this month and May in a major boost to the ongoing first phase of the inoculation exercise which commenced nationwide last…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A 50-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo serial fraudster has been jailed for 27 months for allegedly duping a number of people of US$1 500. Elias Phiri appeared at the Western Commonage Magistrates’ Court facing four counts of fraud. Magistrate Jeconiah Ncube suspended six months of Phiri’s jail term on condition he pays back the…
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality’s housing administrator Alex Mukwewa appeared before the Harare Magistrate Court yesterday accused of improperly allocating a commercial stand to his boss’s daughter. Mukwewa, 46, was not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty when he appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje. Prosecutor Ephraim Zinyandu alleges that on December 6, 2019, the…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has rejected bail applications by two of the suspects in the US$2,7 million cash-intransit heist that occurred in January. Trymore Chapfika and Charles Chirara initially applied for bail separately at the High Court, but the applications were later consolidated after the prosecution led by…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE United Nations (UN), through its International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has distributed agricultural inputs to migrant returnees and small-scale farmers in Lupane, Hwange and Gokwe South and North districts. In its latest report on how they are assisting the Zimbabwean government in alleviating Covid-19 related poverty in the southern region…
