Rumbidzai Ngwenyangwenyar@dailynews.co.zw The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over the rise in bullying incidents in schools, particularly in high schools.This week, four cases were reported to the law enforcement agency in Harare. This comes at a time when numerous recordings of schoolboys being bullied and physically assaulted by students from rival schools have…
LAWMAKERS have urged the government to work harder to find long-lasting solutions to the country’s power crisis which is badly affecting both consumers and business. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs united in calling for more concerted efforts by authorities to end Zimbabwe’s brutal load-shedding.CCC…
AT LEAST 157 public schools in Matabeleland South province have benefited from the government’s digital connectivity project. Speaking at the launch of ICT laboratories in Gwanda yesterday, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete said the government is on a drive to equip all learners in rural schools with digital skills….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday that Zimbabweans should shun any acts of political violence as the country heads to the general elections. He was speaking at the burial of Retired Brigadier General Walter Kanhanga at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. He was 72.“As the 2023 harmonised general elections draw closer, I call upon all…
DEPUTY Finance minister Clemency Chiduwa says the government owes cotton growers US$28 million and the Treasury has committed to pay by the end of March this year. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Chiduwa said the government had two forms of payment, the local currency and foreign currency, for all agricultural produce. “We have…
LOCAL Karate organisation IKO Nakamura Zimbabwe has set its sights on a first ever appearance at the All European Championship tournament scheduled for Poland later this year. After a successful 2022 season during which the organisation made big strides locally and internationally, IKO Nakamura’s Zimbabwe branch chief Shihan Tawanda Mufundisi yesterday told the Daily News…
TOP Zimbabwean professional golfers Scott Vincent and Benjamin Follett-Smith made fair starts to their respective bids for glory on the international circuit yesterday. Vincent, who wrote his name into the history books after becoming the inaugural International Series Order of Merit winner last year, earning an exemption into the premium LIV Golf events for 2023,…
THE ongoing countrywide police blitz targeting drug-trafficking syndicates and drug dealers needs to be enforced with more vigour. While we are encouraged by reports that the blitz has so far netted 636 suspects, we feel that the operation in its current form can only be effective against small drug dealers and not well-resourced syndicates that…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu GLOBE-TROTTING musical outfit, Mokoomba will return to their home town of Victoria Falls tonight for a performance at the River Brewing Co. Mokoomba, which performed in 10 countries last year, was formed in Chinotimba Township in the world-famous resort town almost 14 years ago.Comic Pastor, Nigel Tha Slick Pastor date…
ECONOMIST and former member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe(RBZ)’s monetary policy committee, Eddie Cross, has reiterated his strong belief that the country should ditch the United States dollar to spur the improvement of the lives of poor citizens. Speaking last night on 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross said the renewed…
