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ZIMBABWE today celebrates its 41st Independence anniversary amid a flagging economy, political and economic challenges.  The ruling Zanu PF believes the economy is turning the corner after the dramatic popularly-supported coup against the former late president Robert Gabriel Mugabe in November 2017.  The Daily News on Sunday Group Features Editor Dakarai Mashava last week spoke…

Godknows Matarutse MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa last Tuesday called for an urgent all-inclusive dialogue to resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic crises.  He said the talks will not seek power-sharing with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF government, but reforms to future-proof elections from being disputed. Nelson Chamisa Two days later,…

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…

LAST week, two senior MDC officials, former Midlands senator Lillian Timveous and former Kwekwe Central MP Blessing Chebundo, jumped ship and joined President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF party. The development was met with fierce criticism from opposition supporters amid allegations of the two being sell-outs. The Daily News on Sunday Chief Writer Mugove Tafirenyika…

SONIA Ngwenya, 39, wakes up early in the morning to her usual 5.30am alarm that alerts her of her dawn duty of queuing at the community borehole to fetch water for the day. The mother of four, who rents a room in Makokoba suburb together with three other families, wakes her children and they head…