Dionne Kanyowa AUTHORITIES will carry out inspections in schools this week, as they seek to engender a safe environment for learners ahead of next week’s resumption of face-to-face schooling. This comes amid claims by some teachers’ unions that the government is ill-prepared to deal with coronavirus outbreaks in schools. The director of communication in the…
ZIMBABWE continues to face major political and economic challenges which require the ruling Zanu PF and the opposition to put their heads…
CHURCHES here have called for peace and tolerance ahead of the upcoming by-elections adding that they have already engaged a number of relevant stakeholders to save the country from possible chaos. Election periods in the country have often been marred by violence and political fighting, bringing unrest in the country. Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) director…
RABBIT farmers say they are pinning hope on the government’s five-year livestock growth plan which places greater emphasis on small livestock. The…
TEACHERS’ unions have called for government intervention to capacitate rural schools before the school calendar commences in order to facilitate proper learning in the current Covid-19 environment. Schools are set to open on February 7. The teachers’ representatives said most schools in remote rural parts of the country did not have the required personal protective…
AUTHORITIES further eased the country’s coronavirus restrictions yesterday, while also allowing schools to reopen for face-to-face learning as from February 7— as Covid deaths and new infections continue to decline. At the same time, and in a move that will be welcomed by many people, the government has also reviewed curfew times — which will…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has accused the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of misleading the nation that there had been an attempt to block it from registering its candidates for the March 26 by-elections. This comes after CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa, claimed on Monday that Zec had tried to frustrate the party by demanding…
NOMINATION courts sat yesterday in Harare, Midlands, Manicaland and Bulawayo to register candidates for six outstanding National Assembly seats for the March 26 by-elections. The sittings followed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new proclamation that the Nomination Court would sit yesterday to register candidates for the six National Assembly by-elections following a High Court ruling. The six…
FORMER Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, pictured, and former Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Andrew Mtetwa have been appointed to the Southern African Development…
THE Presidential Cotton Inputs scheme has revived cotton farming with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) expecting US$34 million increase in export earnings…
