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Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AS THE country braces for schools opening next week Tuesday, parents and guardians have expressed concern over the rising prices of uniforms and stationery. This comes amid complaints that some schools were forcing parents to purchase uniforms from them at exorbitant prices even when they are of poor quality. Speaking…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE government is moving to privatise water for all local authorities amid their failure to supply potable water. This comes as Zimbabwe is grappling with the effects of El Nino-induced drought and as a result local authorities have been found wanting in terms of providing clean water to their residents….

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO MORE than 12 700 children across the country were treated for acute malnutrition last year due to the El Niño-induced drought. So said the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) in a recent report, adding that the drought had especially exacerbated malnutrition among children in drought-prone regions. Acute malnutrition, also known…

THE ruling Zanu PF is crafting a social media policy to regulate how its members use and interact on such platforms. This is being done, in part, to allow the former liberation movement to deal with its followers who abuse social media to foment divisions in the party.  It also comes as security agents are…

Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 65 percent of the maize crop in the country is in a good condition following recent rains, but farmers have been encouraged to be on high alert of armyworm. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the Agriculture and Rural Development Advisory Services (Ardas) chief director, Leonard Munamati, said…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs’ visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Kwekwe, which was scheduled for yesterday, was postponed at the last minute. CCC chief whip Charles Moyo confirmed that the visit was postponed to a later date and they were not given specific reasons.  “We received the communication from Mnangagwa’s…

POLICE have warned school authorities not to keep large sums of cash generated from fees ahead of the opening of the first term of the new year next week. This comes as the country last year witnessed a surge in armed robberies in which gangs of robbers raided schools, getting away with large sums of…

AUTHORITIES are being urged to take more measures against the abuse of, and unbridled consumption of alcohol in the country. The secretary general of the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) in Zimbabwe, Aadielah Maker Dierdericks, said at the weekend that the 2017 draft national alcohol policy contained a number of such needed measures. “Zimbabwe,…