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NEWLY-APPOINTED Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu, wants to ensure that all schools around the country have the capacity to utilise information communication technologies (ICTs) in delivering lessons.  Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe in March 2020, it is now paramount for learning institutions to embrace digital learning due to the physical distancing protocols…

THE government says the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (Cala) in schools is meant to provide inclusive and quality modern education that will leave no learner behind. The initiative, which is part of the revised curriculum, would see learners getting marks for tasks and projects given by their teachers during normal learning, with Cala constituting 30…

THE business community in the Midlands Province has called upon the government to speed-up the Zvishavane-Rutenga road rehabilitation exercise, saying it is a key route to some business destinations.  The place is strategically linked by road and rail to major towns such as Zvishavane, Mberengwa, Harare via Masvingo and Bulawayo as well as South Africa…

A SUSPECTED bogus cop, who allegedly beat a commuter omnibus conductor to death, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court. Watson Mutondo, 23, is facing murder charges after an alleged attack on Luke Zuze. Mutondo will be back in court on October 18 and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. It…

ONE of the country’s leading funeral parlours, Moonlight Funeral Services (MFS), has hailed the government for facilitating the easy processing of burial papers in Covid-19-related deaths, especially at the height of the pandemic’s third wave. Under the third wave, the country battled plus or minus 100 coronavirus-related deaths daily, but the swift processing of papers…

TWO cattle buyers in the Midlands province have lost over US$12 000 and mobile phones to an armed robber who posed as a cattle seller, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said. ZRP said the robbery took place after the cattle buyers were called by the suspect, who has not yet been identified, claiming he…

A POLICE officer Tirivangani Isdor Tapfuya has filed a High Court application challenging a 14-day jail term at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, following his conviction for stealing an unspecified amount of money from a security firm. In the application filed last week, Tapfuya cited commissioner general of police Godwin Matanga and chief superintendent Smart Matongo…

Shamaine Chirimujiri  HIGH Court judge Slyvia Chirawu-Mugomba has filed a criminal complaint against Frank Hwenhira, a Harare lawyer, who attempted to represent a client without a practicing certificate. Hwenhira, who is facing charges of unlawful use of title, was on Saturday freed on $5 000 bail by Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi. He will be back…