AN ONLINE organisation – BrainCentral – has launched an e-learning platform for school children in an effort to cushion them from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as the government recently gave thumbs up to the e-learning strategy with 1 500 schools from across the country set to be connected to the broadband this…
AUTHORITIES have arrested a policeman for negligent driving which they say led to the death of an outrider in First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s motorcade on Good Friday. The policeman, Tinotenda Esau Mutandiro — who is based in Harare — was allegedly at fault in the fatal crash which claimed the life of Freddy Chipato of…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this week pronounced a number of new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during the Easter Holiday, including stopping boarding school students from…
IN A move which shows the government’s growing concern with the rising abuse of social media in the country, authorities will treat all such cases as a threat to national security. Giving a lecture at the National Defence University in Harare yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe also complained that legislators were “taking too long…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week impose Covid-19 Easter and Independence holidays measures to curb the spread of the lethal coronavirus, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, said last night. This comes amid fears the holidays could become Covid-19 super spreaders if complacency is allowed to creep in. It also comes after the government has so…
OVER 27 000 people have been arrested as police intensify efforts to stop illegal operations by artisanal miners across the country. This comes after the police launched a crackdown aimed at eliminating unlawful mining activities in January dubbed “Chikorokoza Ngachipere/Isitsheketsha Kasiphele” following a surge in illegal mining and violent crimes perpetrated by machete gangs. …
Godknows Matarutse AUTHORITIES are now taking steps to decongest vaccination centres due to the huge numbers of people coming through to be inoculated during the second stage of the first phase of the programme. This comes as over 68 000 Zimbabweans have received the first dose of either the Chinese-manufactured SinoPharm or SinoVac vaccines, while…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw IN A movie-style robbery, eight armed gangsters on Sunday night pounced on a Harare private high school, Gateway, blew up a strongroom with dynamite and got away with US$250 000. This comes as cases of armed robbery have been on the increase across the country in recent months. National police spokesperson assistant…
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni says the government is concerned by the increasing cases of gender-based violence (GBV) across the country and has since moved to ensure perpetrators do not escape the long arm of the law. This comes as a number of organisations have claimed a surge in the number of domestic violence cases…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday announced that voter registration will now resume starting next month after having suspended the exercise due to Covid-19 pandemic. Zec chief executive officer Utloile Silaigwana said all the registration activities will be held in line with the Health ministry’s Covid-19 measures. “Zec would like to announce that following the…
