THE Cabinet has approved a new draft law aimed at improving the country’s examination standards and ending the shameful scourge of rampant cheating by learners in many public schools. The proposed new law, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill, will entail far-reaching reforms that include the taking of oaths of secrecy by officials handling…
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), a group comprising some of the losing candidates in the 2018 presidential election, is still pushing for electoral reforms ahead of the country’s upcoming harmonised polls. Polad member and president of the National Constitutional Assembly(NCA), Lovemore Madhuku, told the Daily News yesterday that the group had been having regular meetings…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revisited its shoot-to-kill policy on all stray dogs that have been menacing in the second capital as it moves to curb increasing cases of dog bites and rabies. Rabies is currently prevalent in Bulawayo with the council saying it recorded 11 cases of rabies last year and residents were complaining…
By Yvonne Ncube GOVERNMENT is reported to have injected $500 million under its drug and substance abuse mitigation fund for the construction of patient psycho-social support centres across the country for people recovering from drug misuse. This was confirmed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at the “Creating a young people-led economy by 2030 through fighting…
By Brandon Josphat POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga has challenged senior police officers to come up with new crime fighting strategies as the country is witnessing a new wave in vice, especially robberies, murders and rape. This comes after the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) says Bulawayo Province, followed by Harare recorded the highest crime rates…
THE European Union (EU) — a political and economic alliance of 27 countries — bloc will be participating for the first time at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo this month, in a move seen as thawing relations between Harare and the West. This comes at a time when the government has been…
By Brandon Josphat CONSUMERS have once again called for greater engagement between authorities and other key stakeholders over Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic situation. This comes amid the country’s relentless power cuts and the worsening volatility of the Zimbabwe dollar — both of which are contributing to sharp rises in the prices of basic goods. Speaking to…
A THIRD State witness in Marry Mubaiwa’s attempted murder trial yesterday made statements that contradict the statements made by the first two witnesses during cross-examination at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Mubaiwa, a former model, is currently on trial for allegedly attempting to murder her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, while he was receiving medical…
By Brendon Josphat AUTHORITIES say police officers and school authorities are the main culprits in leaking Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations. The government said it was working hard to flush out any room of leakages of future public examination papers. This comes as Zimsec was rocked with scandals last year after school authorities and…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES want broadcasting parastatals under the Information ministry to create a result-oriented performance culture and be able to explore resource mobilisation strategies instead of relying on government funding. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa as she signed 2023 performance contracts for board chairpersons of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Transmedia…
