KENYA – The northern white rhino could be extinct in the next few days if the world’s last male does not regain health, its keepers at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta conservancy have warned. A statement said that the rhino, named Sudan, is ailing. It added that everything was being done to help the rhino regain health….
GERMANY – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping for another term after more than a decade in power, but she’ll have to get past one major obstacle: a sneaker-wearing 28-year-old named Kevin Kuehnert. Kuehnert is the millennial behind the NoGroKo campaign, short for No Grand Coalition, which has turned Germany’s normally staid politics upside down….
HARARE – A number of council clinics are still refusing to attend to pregnant women who are not registered with them notwithstanding the existence of a directive issued by government late last year. In December 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration scrapped user fees for children under the age of five years; all maternal cases and…
HARARE – Harare City coach Mark Harrison is delighted with his team’s return to the Castle Lager Premiership as he declared themselves ready ahead of the pending 2018 season. The Sunshine Boys were relegated from the Castle Lager Premiership last season after finishing in 15th place which ultimately cost coach Philani Ncube his job. However,…
BULAWAYO – Veteran football administrator Ndumiso Gumede has ruled the Bulawayo giants Highlanders out of this year’s championship race saying the newly assembled youthful side probably needs time to develop before they can fight for honours. Bosso’s last league title came just over a decade ago under the guidance of former player Methembe Ndlovu and…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has been plunged into fresh turmoil as civil servants threaten to down tools with only a few months left before make-or-break polls to be held before July 31. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – The late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s estate is causing sparks to fly, with the family of the former prime minister accusing his wife, Elizabeth, of tinkering with his valuables and attempting to grab his plush $3 million mansion in Highlands, Harare. This comes after Elizabeth registered her late husband’s estate with the High…
HARARE – Convicted rapist and former Member of Parliament for Bikita West Munyaradzi Kereke has had three years of his 10-year sentence cut by prison officials on account of good behaviour, the Daily News can report. The businessman has also been removed from the D Class section at Chikurubi Maximum Prison to Connemara Open Prison,…
NAIROBI – Staff from nurses to the CEO have been suspended at a Nairobi hospital after the wrong patient underwent brain surgery. One patient needed surgery for a blood clot on the brain, the other only non-invasive treatment for swelling. But a horrifying mix-up of identification tags saw the wrong man operated on, reports say….
HARARE – Harare businessman Rodney Dangarembizi appeared in court yesterday accused of penning a speech read out during a press conference last year, denigrating now Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Dangarembizi was represented by Alec Muchadehama when he appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande. He is being charged with publishing false statements prejudicial to the State…
