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400 ELEPHANTS FOUND DEAD, 800 TUSKS LYING UNGUARDED AND POACHING FEARS, after Hundreds of elephants have mysteriously died over the past two months in Botswana, from a possible disease or toxin in the area in the Okavango Delta by conservationists, with fears more could die from a possible disease or toxin in the area. Botswana has the largest population of elephants in Africa, around one-third of all elephants on the continent. Laboratory test results are…

OPPOSITION NELSON CHAMISA MDC ALLIANCE ‘S Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka (46), who had been missing for three days, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night at Chabudapasi Gold Mine near Yorkes business centre but was only found after searching for three days.

AFRICA, DOES IT THE NATIVE WAY AS VILLAGERS invigilate O and A level exams in Karoi, Zvishavane, Mberengwa, Mutare, Uzumba, Maramba and Pfungwe,CHAOS rocked the start of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June “O” and “A” Level examinations which started yesterday, with teachers’ unions claiming government hired “villagers and ancillary staff” to invigilate the public examinations after most of their members boycotted over poor working conditions. The unions said in addition to having to…

MDC-T LEADER THOKOZANI KHUPE HAS EXPELLED EIGHT SENATORS from parliament as they no longer represent the interests of the MDC-T party with effect from June 30 June 2020The expelled Senators are :Keresencia Chabuka (Manicaland Province),Spiwe Ncube (Bulawayo),Phyllis Ndlovu (Matabeleland North),Meliwe Phuti (Matabeleland South),Gideon Shoko (Bulawayo),Bhebhe Sinamupande (Matabeleland North),Tapfumaneyi Vunganayi (Mashonaland East),Hellen Zivira (Bulawayo).This is a powerful message to anyone who does not tow the rope and chooses to align themselves with any other faction, that…

PAKISTAN-180 PASSENGERS RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE, RELIEVED AFTER ‘MAZAMBURA RURAL BUS SERVICE’ -a.ka.a Air Zimbabwe’ 8767-200 ER aircraft with 17 crew and 2 passengers emergency landing,-this time it had not run out of fuel, just the left engine shut down! Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 ER made an emergency landing on Wednesday after it developed an abnormal engine parameter on its flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. The plane was on its…

OVER 42 NURSES AND TWENTY SIX STUDENT NURSES AT THE UNITED BULAWAYO HOSPITALS (UBH) have been quarantined following the death of a 79-year-old woman who succumbed to Covid-19 last week.The placement of the UBH nurses and students under quarantine follows the isolation of nearly 200 Mpilo Central Hospital nurses two weeks ago after they came into contact with a positive colleague and three patients.14 of the Mpilo nurses tested positive for Covid-19.On Monday, one Covid-19…

A GWANDA miner(31) , allegedly strangling his workmate and dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initially treated as a suicide case after deceased’s body was later run over by a goods train. Albert Ncube (31) of Spitzkop Suburb was not asked to plead when he appeared before Gwanda magistrate, Miss Lerato Nyathi facing a murder charge. He was remanded in…

After 500,000 deaths, WHO warns worst of coronavirus pandemic is “yet to come”WHO chief say six months since the new coronavirus outbreak, the pandemic is still far from over.cbsnews.com

ZIMBABWE SWITCHES TO SUBSTITUTE ARV drugsfor the second line drugs for anti-retroviral treatment (ART) which is currently in short supply. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, deputy minister of Health John Mangwiro said Ritonavir or Kaletra drugs were in short supply not only in Zimbabwe but the world over. In 2016, the ministry of Health and Child Care launched new ART national guidelines which recommended the use of Atazanavir/Ritonavir by both adolescents and…