By Brandon Josphat THE government has started recruiting university graduates without pedagogy as Advanced Level teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology in order to address shortage of skilled personnel in the education sector. In a notice yesterday, the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education invited candidates with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and…
LANDS ministry officials are corruptly evicting farmers across the country, particularly widows and children of war veterans. This was revealed in a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Albert Nguluvhe-chaired portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs after the Children of War Veterans and Heroes’ Dependants Forum petitioned Parliament, urging authorities…
SUNDAY was the Day of the African Child that serves as a poignant reminder of the struggles and challenges faced by African children. The day annually commemorates the 1976 Soweto Uprising in South Africa, where thousands of children protested against the oppressive apartheid regime, demanding equal education and rights. The Day of the African Child…
FORMER freedom fighters are digging in their heels over their delayed elective congress, which they want to go ahead as soon as possible. This has seen the war veterans’ executive calling for an urgent meeting on the issue in Harare tomorrow, after the struggle stalwarts rejected the latest proposed date for the congress — July…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE country has seen a sharp decline in cholera cases with the daily statistics for the past one week showing cases at or below two per day. The decrease marked a shift from the peak of the outbreak when daily cases soared into hundreds. According to the daily statistics on cholera…
AT LEAST 18 heads of State and government — including President Emmerson Mnangagwa — as well as three former heads of State…
EIGHTY Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists arrested on Sunday for allegedly convening an illegal gathering in Avondale, Harare, yesterday challenged their placement on remand as unlawful. The activists, who include former Mt Pleasant MP and CCC administrator Jameson Timba, told Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo that they were unlawfully detained for more than 48 hours…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has distributed royalties to the tune of US$200 000 to their over 4 000 members with the highest paid artiste pocketing about US$1 000. According to Zimura executive director Polisile Ncube-Chimhini, the distribution process which started on Monday, will be done again in August. “We…
GHANA-BASED rising Afro-fusion musician Crispen Sibanda has released a new single titled Mafaro as he strives to make inroads towards international stardom. This comes a few months after releasing Happiness, another single that was well received in West Africa. “Mafaro is a tale of struggles, pain and jubilation and triumph. Mafaro meaning enjoyment in Shona,…
THE Warriors are set to face Kenya for the second time in three months after the East African giants were invited to take part in the annual Hollywoodbets Cosafa Cup set for Gqeberha, South Africa. The tournament is set to run from June 26 to July 7 with the Warriors beginning their campaign against Comoros…
