Shamaine Chirimujiri A GLEN-VIEW self-proclaimed prophet accused of raping a church congregant twice has denied the allegations saying the two were lovebirds. Raines Pilinanga was yesterday remanded out of custody to Friday for trial continuation when he appeared before Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. During cross examination, the woman was asked why she only reported the…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education yesterday released this year’s academic calendar ahead of the reopening of face-to-face learning on Monday. This comes as earlier this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, postponed the commencement of face-to-face classes, which were scheduled for January 10, except for examination classes, on account of a spike in…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is now disconnecting water from households, government and the commercial sector, as it bids to recover a staggering $2 billion debt it is owed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, BCC corporate communications manager Nesisa Mpofu said the non-payment of rates was heavily denting the city’s coffers as council…
Shamaine Chirimujiri POLICE have arrested a former member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) for allegedly intruding at State House in Harare…
Andile Tshuma A TSHOLOTSHO woman who killed her new-born baby to conceal an extra-marital affair has been spared the agony of jail after a magistrate sentenced her to community service. Trasia Mathe, 35, from Mhlatshwa Line in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North Province, allegedly delivered the baby alone, before burying it in a shallow grave in her…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya EIGHT Harare schools were beneficiaries of Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories that were commissioned by ICT minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday. The ICT laboratories were part of the governments’ e-learning strategy aimed at equipping all schools in the country with technological advancements that would enable better education for the learners in pursuit of vision 2030 enunciated by…
THE ministry of Home Affairs says it will establish more information archives at district level following the successful implementation of community archives. Home Affairs deputy minister Ruth Mavungu-Maboyi said this during the official opening of the Kariba Community Archives project in Mashonaland West recently. “At the conception of the community archives idea, the goal was…
Andile Tshuma THE ministry of Health has said the schools Covid-19 vaccination drive will resume next week when face-to-face learning finally resumes, following a lengthy delay occasioned by a surge in infections at the beginning of last month. This comes as the government is targeting to vaccinate mainly the 16 to 17 year-old age group, the…
Ahead of upcoming elections in the country, electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) insists that electoral body the Zimbabwe Electoral…
NOW that the government has directed that schools re-open next week, we call upon authorities to look into the welfare of not…
