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THE Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations and Residents Trust (ZNOART) has challenged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the police to up their game in dealing with corruption in local authorities, saying the scourge is compromising service delivery countrywide. Speaking during a training workshop of resident associations’ representatives in Gweru at the weekend, ZNOART chairperson…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will soon embark on a mass polio vaccination campaign as the country is putting all measures to curb the transmission of the disease from Mozambique which is currently facing an outbreak. Zimbabwe has been polio-free since 1989, but now the country is at high risk…

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the government respects the separation of powers and they have nothing to do with the issue of judiciary refusing to give bail to opposition MP Job Sikhala after he was arrested on allegations of inciting violence. This comes as opposition political parties and civic organisations are calling for the judiciary…

By NYASHA KUNYISWA GOVERNMENT says it is working with the private sector to promote brand Zimbabwe to the international community. Speaking during the brand Zimbabwe meeting on Friday in Harare, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Zimbabwe branding would help to strengthen national identity, social cohesion and help the country to focus on national priorities and…

TEN-YEAR-OLD Simba Mulezu was driving cattle home from his mother’s corn fields when the ground gave way under his feet, plunging him into burning coal underground. The incident left him with permanently deformed limbs. “I spent several months in hospital and Hwange Colliery Company did not assist me with hospital bills and other necessities,” Mulezu,…

THE Midlands State University (MSU) has hiked tuition fees by 400 percent with the institution demanding 50 per cent payment by early next month, in a new development that has been dismissed by the students as “unfair and unjustified.” Deputy registrar Academic Affairs at the State institution Kudzaishe Mudzingwa, said undergraduate students would now pay…

BY DIONNE KANYOWA PARENTS of two St Christophers High School, Harare, students, who were allegedly overheard plotting to kill a girl and rape the corpse afterwards, have lost a High Court case in which they sought to challenge the expulsion of their children from the learning institution. The students were doing Form 4 at the…

PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged university students to be innovative in order to promote industrialisation and employment creation in the country. Speaking during the inaugural Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences (MSUAS) graduation yesterday, Mnangagwa said graduates should come up with innovations that will address challenges being faced in the country. “It is most opportune…