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STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have hailed the government for scrapping the Continuous Learning Assessment (Cala), replacing it with the School Based Continuous Assessment saying the new model of learning will foster specialisation. This comes after last week the cabinet received and approved the Heritage-Based Education 2024- 2030 curriculum, which seeks to foster critical thinking,…

BY NYASHA KUNYISWASenior Staff Writer NATIONAL Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) collected 4 379 blood units during its Valentine’s month campaign last month as they target to build stocks that cover five days. Speaking to Daily News on Sunday yesterday NBSZ chief executive officer Lucy Marowa indicated that the blood stocks that they currently have were…

A POLICE neighbourhood watch committee has apprehended two men suspected of stealing copper cables in Cowdray Park yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said they arrested Lesley Ndlovu, 24, and Evans Maqonda, 25, after they were apprehended by the neighbourhood watch committee with copper cables. “On the March 1, 2024,…

Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE newly appointed chief executive officer of Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association (ZBCA) Joyline Zindanga has pleaded with the government to timeously disburse their payments before they lose value to inflation. This comes as contractors have been complaining that the delay in the disbursement of funds was negatively impacting on the construction of…

PANASONIC Holdings Corporation, through the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), has donated more than 300 solar lanterns to students and parents in Mashonaland West in order to light up their communities. ADRA is the official humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church “existing to demonstrate God’s love and compassion”. In a statement yesterday, ADRA…

FOUR teenagers have been charged with rape after they allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl while at a birthday party in Harare. The accused include two minors, aged 14 and 16, Tapiwanashe Marufu, 19, and Tapiwa Mlambo, 18, who were arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday. The two minors were placed into…

By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GERMANY yesterday unveiled a 22 million Euros funding in Harare to be shared among Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia to lessen the effects of climate change. This comes as most Sadc countries are reeling from the El Nino phenomenon which is associated with below normal rainfall and drought. Speaking to…

A HARARE woman is facing fraud charges after she allegedly diverted US$49 200 that belonged to her late friend’s daughter. Chiedza Kambasha, who is employed as a consultant for the African Union’s Peace and Security Directorate, appeared before Harare magistrate Lynne Chizhou before she was released on US$300 bail and remanded to March 28. The…