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Tarisai Machakaire  SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO farmers are demanding foreign currency payments for their crop ahead of the upcoming 2021 marketing season. This comes as the farmers, represented by Tobacco Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (Tofuz), are complaining that inputs and labour were being charged in foreign currency yet they received Zimbabwe dollar payments for…

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have cleared the Chinese coronavirus jabs — which arrived in the country on Monday — paving the way for the government’s national vaccination programme that is initially targeting frontline workers to get under way this week. The national chief Covid-19 co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, confirmed…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve. This comes after Mnangagwa on Monday extended the lockdown as authorities prepare to vaccinate 60 percent of its citizens after receiving 200…

Tariro Sajeni STAFF WRITER sajenit@dailynews.co.zw MEMBERS of the white garment apostolic churches have pledged their  support for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, adding they too want to be inoculated against the killer disease. This comes as the country is set to roll out the vaccination programme this week  after it received its first batch of …

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE heavy rains that the country is experiencing are disrupting food distribution of food aid to vulnerable communities as many roads are flooding, the United Nations (UN) has said. In an update on how the international organisation is addressing Covid-19-related issues in Zimbabwe, the UN said most bridges and roads to…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, yesterday urged the country’s political leaders to work in the interest of all Zimbabweans and emulate the spirit of magnanimity that was a hallmark of the late founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai. Speaking on the third anniversary of Tsvangirai’s death, Mwonzora also…

Loyd Matare STAFF WRITER matarel@dailynews.co.zw THE government must formulate policies to support and increase the participation of women and girls in science, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said. ZLHR made the call on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science which is celebrated once every year on February…