AUTHORITIES are escalating their bid to rehabilitate all damaged roads in the country after heavy rains pounded the region this past rain season. Speaking yesterday at the newly-constructed Karanda Bridge in Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the government was targeting to refurbish at least 10 000km of the road infrastructure. “In…
PARLIAMENT has warned school heads against sending away learners over fees, but urged them to engage parents and negotiate flexible arrangements to ensure uninterrupted access to education by the students. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda said it was illegal for headmasters to send away school children over non-payment of fees….
ZANU PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. Debating the proposed law in the National Assembly on Tuesday, MDC MPs criticised the bill gazetted in December 2019, saying…
DEFUNCT Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) is looking for new investors in a bid to revive the firm, which at its peak employed over 8 000 people in Redcliff and Kwekwe. The firm, considered to be strategic to the country’s economic revival, stopped production in 2008 owing to operational and financial challenges. Several efforts…
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) is set to review its frequency allotment which will enable it to accommodate nine new community radio stations. This comes as the government last week announced that it plans to licence more independent players in the television and radio broadcasting sector. It also comes after Zimbabwe awarded licences to…
THE government says it is doing its level best to improve conditions in most rural schools through acquiring information technology gadgets (ICT) to bridge the digital gap with urban institutions. This comes as Covid-19 has brought to the fore the need for E-learning after Zimbabwean schools spent the better part of last year closed due…
RESTIVE civil servants have resolved to go on a partial strike which will see them work just two days a week after insisting their current earnings can no longer sustain their livelihoods. This comes as recent meetings between the government employees and their employer under the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) failed to find a…
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of an imminent Covid-19 third wave due to citizens’ indiscipline and the approaching winter season. This comes as the government at the start of March relaxed the lockdown regulations to open up the economy, but Zimbabweans have become complacent. Physical distancing, wearing of masks and sanitising protocols have been thrown out…
THE government is enforcing security measures in schools to make sure Covid-19 protocols are observed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the viral disease in all learning institutions, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Speaking in Senate last week, Mutsvangwa said despite challenges, the government was working hard to facilitate Covid-19 tests in…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country’s airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state. Zimbabwe has eight major airports namely; Robert Gabriel Mugabe International, Victoria Falls, Joshua M. Nkomo International, Masvingo, Hwange, Kariba, Charles Prince and Buffalo Range. “The committee on its visit to…
