By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have urged the public to remain vigilant and to get used to living with Covid, as the respiratory disease is still a major threat that is likely here to stay. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the chief coordinator for the…
By Yvonne Ncube THE Education ministry has urged school teachers to consider minimising costs on learners in the implementation of the Continuous Assessment of Learning Activity (Cala). This comes as parents and guardians, with children in primary and secondary schools, raising concerns over the Cala programme, saying it was both elitist and expensive. Speaking to…
THE first of Al Jazeera’s four-episode documentary on alleged rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe aired yesterday. This came a day after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ordered a probe into the allegations against businessman Ewan Macmillan and preacher Uebert Mudzanire, popularly known as Uebert Angel. Macmillan and Angel featured prominently in…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government says it is most likely going to miss its target of being able to provide clean water and sanitation to all by 2030 owing to increased demand for the precious liquid. Speaking on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the United Nations 2023 water conference in New York on Wednesday,…
BUSINESS and ordinary consumers are reeling under worsening power cuts as Zesa has in recent days enforced punishing 15-hour daily outages across the country due to low power generation. According to daily updates by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, the power utility on Wednesday produced 361 megawatts (MW) and 810MW yesterday against…
By Ketty Nyoni INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa has urged women to lead by example and exercise their right to vote regardless of which party they support as this year’s elections fast approach. Addressing female journalists at the Zimbabwe Wan-IFRA Women in News Alums skills Building and Networking Conference held in Harare yesterday, Mutsvangwa said there…
IT NEVER rains for businessman Ofer Sivan after his business partners wrote to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for him to be arrested…
LAWYERS who are representing Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala in a matter in which he is accused of obstructing the course of justice told the court yesterday that they would be presenting an expert witness next week. The opposition legislator appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for the continuation of his trial case which began…
FORMER Zanu PF Kambuzuma MP Tinashe Maduza, who has been on the run since August last year after he allegedly sodomised his employee, has been hauled before a Harare magistrate’s court. Maduza, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday facing charges of aggravated indecent assault and another count of failure to renew a firearm…
DIVERSIFIED international financial services group, Old Mutual, is training 700 women and girls in Bulawayo in financial literacy for them to make informed monetary decisions. Speaking at the Women’s Month celebrations organised by the group yesterday, Old Mutual and CABS regional manager Crispen Nemunyadzo said financial skills were crucial for women and girls as they…
