HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made history by becoming one of the only two women who occupy the Defence portfolio in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region. According to Southern Africa Today Vol No.6, Zimbabwe and South Africa are the only Sadc countries who currently have female Defence ministers. “…Muchinguri-Kashiri has been…
HARARE – A number of private schools that were contemplating charging their fees in foreign currencies are now backtracking on the idea which could have pushed away some of their learners. In the wake of the pricing madness that rocked the country recently, it has become fashionable for retailers to peg their prices in United…
HARARE – Beverages maker Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited (SZL) is failing to meet demand for its products owing to foreign currency shortages impeding its ability to source adequate raw materials. SZL said the foreign currency allocations it is receiving from banks were inadequate to fully satisfy demand for beverages during the peak summer demand season up…
HARARE – Government is taking the critical step of cancelling registration of motor vehicles operating outside the confines of the law, the Daily News can report. In terms of the law, all motor vehicles in Zimbabwe must be properly registered and licensed for them to ply the country’s roads. Zimbabwe has over two million vehicles…
HARARE – Tertiary institutions in the country are facing hard times as they cannot charge top ups on fees, making it difficult to afford learning basics as prices of basically everything has gone up, an educationist has said. Vice principal of Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Concilia Muswela pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa who…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) will review the content and evaluation process in the Family and Religious Studies (FRS) (6074/1) Advanced Level paper. This comes after teachers wrote a letter of complaint that the November 2018 examination ambushed both the teachers and students, after presented questions did not tally with the new…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will descend on Marondera – the provincial capital for Mashonaland East –where he will hold a rally. “Our president Chamisa will be addressing Mashonaland East people thanking them for their votes. We are going to have rallies around the country,” said the party’s organising secretary, Amos Chibaya. The rally…
HARARE – Newly-formed watchdog group on local government, City Watch said they are going to push for all councillors to declare assets in order to cub corruption in councils. In a statement, City Watch national coordinator Lawrence Tembedza said they will push to end corruption in councils. “In our efforts, our number one enemy is…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has promised to buy vehicles for parliamentarians, although there are still deliberations over the modalities. “I am on the side of making sure that you get your vehicles, but we have been debating as to whether we give you a 100 percent loan, partial loan or zero loans so…
HARARE – Fresh fissures have emerged in opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s MDC – amid damaging allegations of heightened factionalism and the use of “dirty money” to destabilise the party. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
