MATABELELAND North Province has taken an initiative targeted at weeding out child marriages, particularly in rural areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, minister of State for Matabeleland North Province, Richard Moyo, said authorities were forced to make a move after realising that early marriages were on the rise in the province. “The government through the Youth…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT says it is taking steps to comply with European Union (EU) restrictions following the country’s ban on exporting fruits to that bloc, because it did not satisfy its criteria to fulfil the biosecurity needs of the West. To protect humans, farm animals, other animals, or the safety and quality of a…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has addressed all the issues which marred the party’s recent candidate selection process for this year’s harmonised elections. CCC deputy secretary for elections, Ellen Shiriyedenga, also told the Daily News yesterday that a number of party notables were being challenged by…
AUTHORITIES will soon introduce more changes to the country’s education system, as part of a broader national strategy to empower learners. Speaking at a media engagement workshop in Harare yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Tumisang Thabela, said this would be in keeping with the new education curriculum that…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday that his government will continue to implement policies that attract foreign investors and stabilise the economy. He said this while commissioning the Varun Beverages water and bottle closure projects (phases 4 and 5) at the Varun Beverages Plant in Harare yesterday. “My government is continually working towards…
A POLICE officer who allegedly neglected and abused his one-year-old baby girl before abandoning her at a local police station has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate court. Muchazepi Samunderu, 31, who is stationed at the Chikurubi Support Unit in Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, facing a charge of deliberately supplying false information….
By Yvonne Ncube VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has cautioned the country’s youth against being manipulated for political purposes by those aspiring for positions as the country draws closer to this year’s general elections. Speaking during a drug and substance abuse youth awareness campaign in Bulawayo on Wednes – day, Chiwenga said the youth should ensure…
THE Cabinet has approved a new draft law aimed at improving the country’s examination standards and ending the shameful scourge of rampant cheating by learners in many public schools. The proposed new law, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill, will entail far-reaching reforms that include the taking of oaths of secrecy by officials handling…
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), a group comprising some of the losing candidates in the 2018 presidential election, is still pushing for electoral reforms ahead of the country’s upcoming harmonised polls. Polad member and president of the National Constitutional Assembly(NCA), Lovemore Madhuku, told the Daily News yesterday that the group had been having regular meetings…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revisited its shoot-to-kill policy on all stray dogs that have been menacing in the second capital as it moves to curb increasing cases of dog bites and rabies. Rabies is currently prevalent in Bulawayo with the council saying it recorded 11 cases of rabies last year and residents were complaining…
