PHYSICAL Education and Arts (PEA) has been introduced as an examinable subject at Grade 7 with effect from this year, bringing to six the number of subjects written by final-year primary school pupils. Since 2015, the subjects taught at Grade 7 were Agriculture, English, Mathematics, General Paper and Ndebele or Shona and were written in…
ZIMBABWE borrowed US$1,4 billion from the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) since 2017 to finance acquisition of strategic commodities, currency reforms and prop up the economy. According to an extra-ordinary Government Gazette published at the weekend, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) contracted three loans with Afreximbank since 2017 that were guaranteed by the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has added two more weeks to the Covid-19 lockdown as authorities prepare to inoculate 60 percent of its citizens after receiving 200 00 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from China earlier today. MORE TO FOLLOW…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, yesterday urged the country’s political leaders to work in the interest of all Zimbabweans and emulate the spirit of magnanimity that was a hallmark of the late founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai. Speaking on the third anniversary of Tsvangirai’s death, Mwonzora also…
Loyd Matare STAFF WRITER matarel@dailynews.co.zw THE government must formulate policies to support and increase the participation of women and girls in science, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said. ZLHR made the call on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science which is celebrated once every year on February…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PEOPLE with disabilities have been ranked the most vulnerable in Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 era as their monthly incomes have shrunk by 50 percent, putting them much lower than the poverty datum line, the United Nations has said. This comes as the government has been struggling to fulfil its…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A TSHOLOTSHO man is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed with a knife several times in the stomach, leaving his intestines protruding. The man, whose identity was not revealed, told the Tsholotsho Magistrate’s Court that he was stabbed when he tried to stop his attacker, Ndabezihle Matrabuli, 42,…
ZANU PF says the MDC is now operating from “the last chance saloon” to work with the former liberation movement and other political parties in the interests of the country and its long-suffering citizens. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the influential Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, also warned opposition leaders…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zimbabweans against coronavirus complacency, in the mistaken belief that vaccines will be a panacea to the local spread of the deadly respiratory disease. This comes as the country is set to receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines tomorrow from China, with more doses expected in March. Speaking during the…
ZIMBABWE will hold a population and housing census in August ahead of the 2023 elections, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has announced. Zimstats director-general Taguma Mahonde said the agency had begun field mapping and house-listing in preparation for the census, which is expected to gobble up US$85,5 million. The census is held every 10…
