Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw TEACHERS and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education are not singing from the same hymn book on the new curriculum which kicks in today. The secretary general of the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (Zimta), Goodwill Taderera, was among the educators who said yesterday that they were not conversant with the…
THE State-owned National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) distributed drugs worth US$240 million in 2024 to public health institutions across the country as it bids to improve availability of medical supplies. This comes as the curative services chief director in the ministry of Health, Maxwell Hove, told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health last year that MPs…
RETAIL giant OK Zimbabwe has assured its customers that its stores are open for trading amid reports of closure of some branches across the country. This comes as there are growing concerns over the future of major retail shops in the country in the face of the ubiquitous and unregulated informal sector. In a statement…
THREE people died while three others were injured on Wednesday in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, after a landmine exploded when a car they were travelling in drove over it. The government has since deployed a demining team from the army to the area. The Matabeleland North provincial minister, Richard Moyo, confirmed the incident to the…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE government is offering psychological and emotional support to Tinotenda Pudu, a seven-year-old boy who survived five days in Matusadona Game Park in Kariba last month. This comes after Tinotenda disappeared on Christmas Day while herding cattle with other boys, and wandered 23km into the game park full of dangerous…
SCHOOL authorities say they are engaging the police and security companies to assist in moving cash collected as fees to banks as schools open for the 2025 calendar year next week. This comes as the country last year witnessed a surge in armed robberies in which robbers raided schools across the country, getting away with…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is appealing for donations of hospital admission beds for its drug rehabilitation centres amid growing cases of drug and substance abuse in the country, especially among the youth. This comes as the government has set up an inter-ministerial committee on the Elimination of Drug and Substance Abuse which is…
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….
SMALL-SCALE miners are this year targeting to increase gold production and deliveries to the Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) to 40 tonnes from a record 36.48 tonnes produced last year. This comes as last year’s production marked a 21 percent increase compared to 2023, figures released by the FGR last week show. According to the Zimbabwe…
BETTERBRANDS Jewellery (Betterbrands) continues to underline its position as the country’s biggest gold buyer after it delivered another major haul to Fidelity Gold and Refiners (FGR) in the just ended year. The company, which has become a major industry value chain player, contributed 15, 862 tonnes to the overall national tally of 36,48 tonnes of…
