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TANZANIAN Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes President John Magufuli’s place to serve the remainder of Magufuli’s second five-year term, which does not expire until 2025. She will become Africa’s only current female president – except the Ethiopian presidency, which is a largely ceremonial role – and join a small group of women on the continent who play an administrative role. herald

SWARMS OF three indigenous locust species destroy 8 000 hectares of crops in Chiredzi and Mwenezi with small grain being the worst affected, a senior plant protection official said on Friday.Swarms of three indigenous locust species have damaged nearly 8 000 hectares of crops in Chiredzi and Mwenezi with small grain being the worst affected, a senior plant protection official said on Friday.Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Protection Research Institute told the Herald that…

Actress Anne Nhira, who was granted a State-assisted funeral, died a painful death after she was attacked by robbers in South Africa last week while coming from morning prayers in a mountain where she had gone with her brother Juan.Family spokesperson and Anne’s cousin, Mrs Florence Ziyambi, yesterday said a day after the attack, Anne started spitting blood and her body was swollen.“It is very painful. My sister was mugged while coming from a mountain…

THE battle to reposition Bulawayo as the heartbeat of Zimbabwe’s industries appears to be hitting a brick wall.Just when national manufacturing output is reportedly rising, Bulawayo’s industrialists told Standardbusiness that up to 75% of combined industrial capacity in the former industrial hub is idle.This means companies in Zimbabwe’s second-largest city are only utilising a tiny portion of their machinery, about 25%, as they grapple to access affordable long-term loans to acquire advanced technologies and take…

The government is mulling yet another amendment to the constitution to effectively nationalise commercial farms owned by foreign nationals in Zimbabwe, barely a year a after making concessions on the matter, it has emerged.Processes are already afoot to amend section 289 of the constitution and repeal Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 to effectively ban freehold title deeds for farms covered by Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPAs).Under the new proposed laws drafted last…

AUSTRALIAN AIRLINE Qantas boss has told the BBC that “governments are going to insist” on vaccines for international travellers.Coronavirus vaccines are seen as crucial to reviving an industry that saw worldwide passenger numbers fall 75.6% last year.Chief executive Alan Joyce said many governments were talking about vaccination as “a condition of entry”.Even if they weren’t, he thought the airline should enforce its own policy.“We have a duty of care to our passengers and to our…

Boris expected to push through extensions to coronavirus legislation that give far-reaching lockdown powers to ban protests, detain citizens, close ports, to late September 2021, despite being “hopeful” there will be a lifting coronavirus restrictions on June 21. Plans to give police “the most draconian detention powers in modern British legal history” for another six months have been condemned by Conservative MPs.Boris Johnson is expected on Thursday to push through extensions to coronavirus legislation that…

Emotionally-charged final farewell for veteran actor Menzi Ngubane, as mourners gathered to pay their respects at the indoor sports centre in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. IT was an emotionally-charged final farewell for veteran actor Menzi Ngubane, as mourners gathered to pay their respects at the indoor sports centre in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.Menzi died on March 13 after suffering a stroke at his home, aged 56.Ever since news of Menzi’s death was confirmed, there’s been…

WHAT COVID, Zimbabweans resume camping outside the Harare’s passport offices, raising the spectre of coronavirus infections, as standard health protocols are not being strictly observed.Since the resumption of issuance of passports and identity cards, multitudes have been thronging the Registrar-General’s (RG) Makombe Government Complex.Opportunists such as vendors, street photographers and the odd lot of those who live on the streets are also part of the melee. The Sunday Mail Society saw a sea of people…

Suspected land baron Felix Munyaradzi who is facing fresh new charges of defeating the course of justice and interfering with State witnesses was arrested yesterday, hours after police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit announced that they had launched a manhunt for himMunyaradzi was first arrested last year on allegations of duping stand seekers in Sandton near Westgate in Harare but was released on bail.Munyaradzi is being accused of obstructing the course of justice and interfering…