December 2023

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government intends to recruit an additional 2 000 teachers before the commencement of the 2024 school year to lower the teacher-to-pupil ratio. In a letter dated December 21 addressed to all provincial education directors, secretary in the ministry of Education Mike Mhike said the ministry intended to recruit 2…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ALL church leaders should support their local Catholic counterparts who have taken a strong position against actions that erode Godly principles. So says cleric and youth empowerment advocate, Peter Mapise, who believes that recent pronouncements by Pope Francis that sanctioned the conditional blessing of same sex unions were…

By Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is edging closer to finally removing capital punishment from its statutes, following the recent gazetting of a Bill to make this possible. This comes after the Clerk of Parliament, Kennedy Chokuda, published the Death Penalty Abolition Bill in an extraordinary government gazette last week, which seeks to…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has warned retail outlets using a dual pricing model to maintain appropriate pricing on all commodities as well as adhere strictly to the foreign currency auction system. This comes at a time when consumers have been complaining that major retail establishments around the country…