ANOTHER showdown is looming between authorities and striking teachers.This comes after the educators demanded yesterday that the government withdraws its threat to fire them if they don’t return to work next week.The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) said it would contest in court if authorities did not recant their threats of deeming striking teachers to…
Tamary Chikiwa A 14-YEAR-OLD school boy was slapped with a community service sentence by a Zvishavane magistrate yesterday after he was found guilty of being in possession of 500 grammes of dagga and two 500ml bottles of broncleer in his school bag. The court heard that on November 30 last year, the teenager, who cannot…
EMBATTLED former Cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye, pictured, had something to smile about on Wednesday when a count of fraud involving US$38 500 against her was dropped by the court. The State applied to withdraw the charge in which she was accused of defrauding Vaduku Housing Cooperative after witnesses wrote to it indicating their unwillingness to…
A PLUMTREE woman is in custody on suspicion that she killed her newly-born baby just after giving birth. According to a statement released by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday, Future Maphendu, 35, from Phumza village is accused of intentionally using a broken bottle to cut her baby’s umbilical cord in the early hours of…
BULAWAYO’s ambitious vaccination drive to reach the much needed herd immunity has been hamstrung with authorities yesterday indicating that statistics have, of late, been worryingly stagnant. This comes as the uptake of the Covid-19 first jab in the city has remained subdued, although numbers of people opting for the booster shots are slowly increasing. Speaking…
By Phillipa Sibanda WHEN a person thinks of anything medical, it automatically suggests the dreary picture of being in a hospital or…
Tamary Chikiwa ZVISHAVANE is set to host the inaugural Miss Karat 24 Zimbabwe, a national beauty pageant, on March 5. The pageant, to be held at Pote Hill Hotel, is being organised by Zvishavane Youth Development Initiative chairperson Tupac Chivanga and founder of Bubble Beats Beauty Mukaro both from the mining town.According to the organisers,…
PERIOD poverty stretches beyond the failure to access sanitary wear in Zimbabwe while stigmatisation and shame young girls experience remains a challenge, The Period Company (TPC) said yesterday. TPC, a local reusable sanitary wear manufacturer, is currently on a drive to end the period shame by engaging men to educate and distribute reusable sanitary wear…
TWO prominent politicians from the southern region, Welshman Ncube and Thokozani Khupe, met for surprise talks on Tuesday — to advance opposition interests. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday amid swirling speculation about the motive for the meeting, Khupe’s spokesperson Ntando Ndlovu ruled out her boss joining the rebranded Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) which…
Hazel Marimbiza THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) says it has intensified efforts to attract foreign investors to participate at its 62nd edition taking place in April. This comes as the ZITF officials are currently in Harare where they are meeting heads of foreign diplomatic missions based in Zimbabwe to canvas for their participation.ZITF deputy…
