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THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called on the government to urgently prioritise the establishment of specialised Gender-Based Violence (GBV) courts, argu­ing that survivors continue to face major obstacles in accessing justice. While the government has im­plemented laws like the Domestic Violence Act, challenges remain, including underreporting, weak en­forcement, and systemic inequalities that exacerbate…

PARLIAMENT has called for an ur­gent investigation into local authori­ties evicting residents from council-approved land after two decades. Raising a point of national interest in the National Assembly on Tuesday, government chief whip Pupurai Togarepi called for urgent government intervention to protect affected households. “I met a lot of people who were allocated stands, built…

Takudzwa Dhambu THE ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has moved to standardise the country’s teacher-training system through a harmonised curriculum that will align programmes across all colleges and make student mobility significantly easier. Speaking at the Vice Chancellors’ Transformative Teacher Education Curriculum Validation Workshop in Harare at the University of Zimbabwe yesterday, Director for…

THE Emalahleni Regional Court in South Africa has convicted and sentenced a Zimbabwean pastor and two of his family members for the brutal assault and amputation of a young man’s hands after accusing him of stealing batteries and other items from their church in 2024. Pastor Solomon Mahlangu and his son Enock Mahlangu were convicted…

THE country risks falling behind in the global artificial-intelligence (AI) race if it fails to urgently reform its education system, invest in data infrastructure, and strengthen skills training for emerging technologies, an expert has warned. Speaking at an AI conference on peace and security in Harare yesterday, technology entrepreneur and founder of Astro Mobile, Munyaradzi…

BULAWAYO town clerk Christo­pher Dube will remain at the helm of the city’s administration for another five years after council­lors endorsed the renewal of his contract during a special meeting held yesterday. Dube was approaching the end of his current term, which was set to expire on November 30 2025. During the vote, 17 councillors…

THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has unveiled a special payment plan to help corporations, including large fleet operators, clear outstanding fees and toll arrears. In a keynote address at the 2025 edition of Delta’s Driver of the Year competition recently, Zinara chief executive Nkosinathi Ncube said the beverages company had transformed the event into…

Takudzwa Dhambu THE government says community involvement must take centre stage in the country’s push to strengthen healthcare delivery. Speaking on behalf of Health minister Douglas Mombeshora during the launch of the Community Health Equity Fund (CHEF) in Hopely yesterday, Chief Director of Policy, Planning, and Health Economics in the Health ministry Steven Banda said…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE is escalating efforts to curb corruption in public procurement through the adoption of an electronic government procurement (e-GP) system, a reform hailed as a “major milestone” in promot­ing transparency, fairness, and accountability. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing Char­tered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Zimbabwe conference in Bulawayo,…