THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is cracking down on private learning centres that are operating illegally. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ministry’s permanent secretary, Moses Mhike, confi rmed the blitz — adding that authorities were also going after unqualifi ed teachers who were employed at these institutions. He said Zesa currently…
JUDGMENT in a matter in which former MP Job Sikhala and ex-Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko are facing disorderly conduct charges has been postponed to February 16, for a second time this month. The ruling was initially set down for January 12, but was pushed to last Friday after magistrate Yeukai Dzuda revealed that she was…
ZIMBABWE’S in-store exchange rate was “an albatross” for formal retailers that are also tightly squeezed for taxation, Meikles Limited, the Pick n Pay Zimbabwean-listed partner in the TM Supermarkets chain, said last week. Meikles operates Pick n Pay and TM branded stores across Zimbabwe and competes against Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed OK Zimbabwe. The big Zimbabwean…
FRESH headwinds emanating from depressed commodity prices and low agricultural productivity expected will likely suppress consumer demand this year, Zimbabwe beer brewer…
AMID growing concerns over the prospects for the local economy going forward, a top economist has warned that it will be disastrous if authorities cave in to demands to abandon the under-siege Zimbabwe dollar. Instead, says the chief executive of the CEO Africa Roundtable, Kipson Gundani, the country should persist using both the local currency…
By Ketty Nyoni AT LEAST 38 people have been killed across the country in rain-related incidents since the start of the 2023-24 rain season. During this same time, more than 2 200 households, 100 schools and 11 clinics have been damaged by bad weather. The principal administrative officer of the Civil Protection Department, Nyararai Mutikuwe,…
POLICE officers are undergoing training on the use of new technologies to curb the influx of drugs and other crimes in the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Home Affairs secretary Raphael Faranisi said the government would also continue importing the latest technologies to fight crime. ‘’The government is on a drive…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI THE cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, that has led to the death of over 400 people since February last year, seriously affected the country’s economic growth as unbudgeted resources are being channelled to fight the disease, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday. He was addressing thousands of Prophet Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD)…
BY KETTY NYONI SPEEDING by motorists has been flagged as the major cause of road traffic accidents, which last year saw over 2 100 people dying on the country’s roads. This was confirmed by the police staff officer — traffic, Chief Superintendent Clever Maramwidze while he was speaking at the national civil protection committee meeting…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs are plotting the way forward after the sudden departure of their leader Nelson Chamisa from the party on Thursday. CCC notables who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said while they regretted, and had been taken by surprise by Chamisa’s departure, “life will go on”. In this regard, they…
