INVESTING in public education should be every government’s responsibility. Public education should be affordable. In one of our main stories in today’s edition, parents lament the cost of uniforms, books, and fees. They are worried stiff that public education has become dire. To complicate the situation, some of the public schools are now demanding fees…
LABOUR has pleaded with the government to urgently resolve the crippling power cuts to avoid retrenchments of employees across different sectors due to low production. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the current load-shedding could lead to job cuts due to below-capacity production…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has added its voice to calls by some opposition parties to have this year’s harmonised elections postponed so that much-needed national dialogue can take place first. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, ZCC president Ignatius Makumbe said such envisaged inclusive engagement still…
BY KETTY NYONI & BRANDON JOSPHAT STRESSED parents say they are struggling to buy required uniforms and stationery for their children who are returning to school for the first term as from tomorrow due to rising prices and exorbitant fees. In snap surveys in Harare and Bulawayo by Daily News On Sunday teams yesterday, parents…
BY SYMPATHY SIBANDA GETTING into a New Year takes a little getting used to, how are we doing with those New Year…
ZIMBABWE is set to hold its harmonised elections this year. This election could see the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) extend its rule to 48 years. Historically, the African Union and Southern African Development Community (Sadc) continue to take up the regional burden of disputed Zimbabwean elections. Consequent political instability and violence in…
By Rutendo Ngara CONSTITUTIONAL law watchdog, Veritas, says the government breached the country’s Constitution by tabling the preliminary delimitation report on the 11th day instead of seven days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa received it from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The watchdog said the delay would give Parliament a limited period to review and deliberate…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE death toll from the heavy rains the country is receiving has risen to four, leaving a trail of destruction with roofs of homes and schools blown off in most parts, the government has confirmed. An unidentified female head at Bare Secondary School, Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central, died on Friday after a…
BETTER Brands Jewellery (BBJ) cemented its position as the country’s biggest buyer of gold after delivering 18 tonnes of the 35 tonnes…
POLICE in Mpumalanga have arrested a 43-year-old undocumented Zimbabwean national, and charged him with kidnapping, extortion, armed robbery, and illegal possession of…
