By Hazel Marimbiza PARENTS and guardians have been challenged to play a leading role in the protection of children following a surprise rise in their abuse and violence perpetrated by the caregivers. Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said on Friday at an event commemorating 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence that it is a shame that…
THE Inter-Ministerial Committee on Drugs and Substance Abuse is intensifying efforts to tackle the menace with a team having been sent to…
ZIMBABWE is set to host at least 48 African countries in 2024 after winning the bid to host the 7th Constitutional Jurisdiction of Africa (CJCA). In a statement yesterday, the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) said the country had been nominated to host the CJCA congress by participating countries at the just ended CJCA 2022 congress…
By Black Edward AFTER overhearing two ladies, clad in their graduation regalia, discussing Kant’s concept of duty, I promised myself that I’d google it when I got home. The two ladies, walking in front of me after alighting from a Zupco bus on Friday, were obviously coming from their graduation ceremony. Firstly let me take…
PAN-AFRICAN bank, Ecobank has relaunched its ‘Ellevate’ program that supports women-owned and led businesses with accessible financial products. The relaunch comes at…
By Rutendo Ngara AS PART of new measures to combat Zimbabwe’s crime wave, the government has ordered the training and retraining of all private security guards to meet basic Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) standards. Speaking during the post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said that professional security guards were critical, and he…
By Memory Chirere, University of Zimbabwe THE UK-based Zimbabwean author, Andrew Chatora, has come up with a new novel, the third in three years…
POLICE in Chiredzi, Masvingo Province have adopted the public-private partnership (PPPs) model in policing as part of an initiative to reduce crime in the district. Public-private partnership in policing involves government entities, the private sector and the community working together to combat crime. Masvingo province police assistant commissioner Shelton Dube said the PPPs were implemented…
By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has stated that he is willing to engage in genuine and credible dialogue with all political parties in order to improve Zimbabwe’s chances of being readmitted to the Commonwealth. In pursuit of mutual cooperation and national interest, he said that Zimbabwe must normalise relations…
GOVERNMENT has advised legume farmers to apply rhizobium bio-fertilisers as they are cost effective compared to traditional Ammonium Nitrate (AN) and Compound D fertilisers. Legume crops include soybeans, groundnuts, roundnuts and sugar beans. There has been a significant increase in fertiliser prices with a 50kg bag of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser shooting to US$65 compared to…
