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US$2,7m heist: Duo denied bail

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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…

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IOM rescues returnees, small-scale farmers

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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…

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Opinion & Analysis

To be vaccinated or not to be vaccinated

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AN ANIMATED debate is raging in our country and around the world regarding the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. In this light, it was not surprising to read a story in the Daily News late last week titled ‘Vaccine uptake pleases doctors’ — as discussions around Covid-19 and vaccines centre around a current issue touching on…

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Diaspora bond for restoration of infrastructure on the cards

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EDITOR — The Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ) Party which was formed in January 2021 by Zimbabweans in the diaspora and at home, has developed as part of its economic policy, a genuinely Zimbabwean solution to financing capital projects in the country. Currently, the country’s infrastructure such as highways, railways, aviation, dams, water supply and sanitation and…

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‘Covid-19 a threat to peace, security’

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the Covid-19 pandemic as a threat to world peace and security, calling on African countries to revamp their health delivery systems. Addressing other African leaders during the virtual meeting of the Aswan Forum on Sustainable Peace and Development, Mnangagwa said countries must work together to deal with post Covid-19 effects….

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Under the cosh Mohadi resigns

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IN A surprising development that also marks the first time in the history of independent Zimbabwe that a sitting vice president has quit his or her job, Kembo Mohadi resigned with immediate effect last night. The development immediately sent Zimbabwe’s rampant rumour mill into overdrive regarding both his likely successor and the “real” reasons behind…

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Gvt untightens hard lockdown

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday relaxed the country’s hard coronavirus lockdown that has been in place since January — thereby opening up the economy and allowing freer movement of people. The easing up of the lockdown restrictions come as Zimbabwe has had 36 089 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 1 463 deaths as at the weekend. Most…

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‘Schools must prepare for re-opening’

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on public schools and universities to prepare for re-opening after he relaxed most of the national Covid-19 lockdown measures. Schools and universities across the country were closed for most of last year after the lethal pandemic broke out in March and are yet to open for the first term this…

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‘Zimbabwe to address gold leakages’

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Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw MINES minister Winston Chitando says the government is working on curtailing rampant smuggling of gold out of the country by amending the Gold Trade Act. This comes as Zimbabwe has been losing billions in foreign currency as some miners are teaming up with cartels that smuggle gold to places…

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Life & Arts

Franco Slomo defiant

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SUNGURA musician Francis Dhaka, popularly known as Franco Slomo in music circles, has vowed to keep pushing ahead with his solo career despite the challenges he is facing in the wake of the Covid-19 national lockdown. This comes amid swirling rumours that the celebrated dancercum-vocalist was pining for another chance to rejoin Alick Macheso’s Orchestra…

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