THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in Masvingo Province is targeting to formalise at least 30 schools this year out of 262 satellite schools. Masvingo Provincial Education Director, Shylatte Mhike, responding to questions that had been raised by local authorities during the stakeholder meeting last week, said it was the duty of the responsible…
THE government has called upon political parties to respect the work of journalists and ensure their safety during the upcoming general elections. In a speech read on his behalf in Harare yesterday during a dialogue on the safety of journalists covering elections, deputy Information minister Kindness Paradza said the government envisaged a safe working environment…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa National Aids Council (Nac) yesterday said it is worried over the increase of cervical cancer, adding that women living with HIV are 10 times more likely to develop disease. This comes after the country achieved 95-95-95 percent of 2025 target to end new HIV/Aids infections by 2030.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday…
By Yvonne Ncube THE government says it has come up with strategies to boost rural education through promotion of a flexible recruitment exercise which allows teachers to work in their own rural areas. This comes at a time many teachers have been shunning rural areas owing to a number of reasons, working conditions included.Speaking to…
WOMEN have been implored to contest for political office in the harmonised elections, due later this year, to ensure their issues are…
By Yvonne Ncube PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Mwelinkululeko Ncube, 42, is back in court on allegations of raping his widowed client who had sought his legal services in 2019. Ncube was arrested the same year and appeared in court then. He was back in court yesterday after being served with summons. He appeared before Bulawayo regional…
THE government has warned civil servants against leaving their workplace before completing their working hours in order to secure shuttle buses for cheap transportation. Civil servants are provided shuttle buses by the government where they pay token fares which are more advantageous than using public transport. In a circular dated March 15 addressed to all…
By Yvonne Ncube THE Education ministry has urged school teachers to consider minimising costs on learners in the implementation of the Continuous Assessment of Learning Activity (Cala). This comes as parents and guardians, with children in primary and secondary schools, raising concerns over the Cala programme, saying it was both elitist and expensive. Speaking to…
IT NEVER rains for businessman Ofer Sivan after his business partners wrote to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for him to be arrested…
LAWYERS who are representing Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala in a matter in which he is accused of obstructing the course of justice told the court yesterday that they would be presenting an expert witness next week. The opposition legislator appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for the continuation of his trial case which began…
