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Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw CLOSE to 70 percent of Zimbabwean households do not have access to water and sanitation services, the Daily News reports. In the latest government five-year economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), Finance minister Mthuli Ncube noted how economic challenges have grossly impacted the ability of local authorities…

STAFF WRITER THE number of Zimbabwean students enrolled in United States (US) higher learning institutions increased by 2,5 percent to 1 377 for the 2019-20 academic year, the 2020 Open Doors report on International Educational Exchange has revealed. The report said Zimbabwe remains the sixth leading country of origin for students in the US from…

STAFF WRITER SETTING up Covid-19 testing centres at borders will be a big risk and could result in an increase in infections, Cross-Border Traders’ Association chairperson Killer Zivhu has said. This comes as Zimbabwe is set to open its borders on December 1, with travellers expected to be tested at the port of exit. However,…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government is concerned at the rising numbers of Covid-19 and might soon reintroduce a strict lockdown after 100 pupils from John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna tested positive. This comes as health and education authorities had closed down the school in Matabeleland North last week after it initially…

HARD-PRESSED civil servants, who had been demanding a significant pay rise, made a surprise climbdown yesterday when they agreed to a 41 percent salary increment, just a week after they had rejected a 40 percent adjustment. This comes as the public sector workers were demanding to be paid at least US$420 or the equivalent in…

RESIDENTS in some parts of Norton, one of Harare’s dormitory towns, have gone for more than three months with dry taps. The town, which gets its water from the Harare City Council, has seen areas like Katanga going for more than three months without the precious liquid. Harare is also failing to adequately provide residents…