By Regis Chingawo AUTHORITIES are lobbying for a review of current legislation in a desperate bid to end worsening leaks of examination papers, which have seriously dented the credibility of Zimbabwe’s once highlyregarded education system. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), Thandiwe Mlobane, said the…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has expressed concern over the shortage of medical practitioners in the country, claiming that it is affecting citizens’ access to healthcare. He stated that the government was fully aware of this area of great concern, and that substantial provisions would be made to meet this pressing need beginning…
By Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 39 students from various schools after raiding a Vuzu party in the Khumalo suburb. Vuzu parties are mainly held during weekends when most children with parents in the diaspora offer their parents’ houses as venues. In some cases, older men allegedly sponsor parties or provide venues in…
GLOBAL electronics brand TCL on Thursday launched its greatness further into Zimbabwe, and in partnership with WRS Switchgear. Switchgear is a well-established…
By Emmanuel Marambe AS THE Fifa World Cup kicks off in Qatar today, football fans say Zesa should revise its load-shedding schedule to allow them to enjoy the biggest global sporting showpiece during its monthlong run. This comes as the football jamboree is being held at a time that the country is experiencing brutal power…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE government has lamented the failure of local businesses to comply with Zimstat in providing critical data for the compilation of industrial statistics. In his address yesterday at an event to mark African Statistics Day, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said while response rates on household surveys are exceptionally good and always above…
BY REGIS CHINGAWO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local authorities to up their game in terms of service delivery, saying the central government has put in place a blueprint to transform rural areas. Speaking at the burial of the late national hero, Kenneth Manyonda, at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said…
THE apology to Zanu PF members by former ruling party politburo members and alleged Generation 40 (G40) kingpins Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao is a significant boost for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of next year’s crunch elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said the conciliatory tone of the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE family of the late national hero Kennedy Manyonda says the former governor had wanted to express his dissatisfaction with the country’s healthcare system before he died. Speaking during the burial of the former governor of Manicaland Province at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Manyonda’s son Isaac said his father…
MORE and more prominent people are adding their voices to the growing calls for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the 2023 polls to help end Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwig, Tendai Biti, and exiled former Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, are the latest heavyweights to say openly that elections…
