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By Rutendo Ngara DISGRUNTLED teachers say they are not ready to invigilate the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations which commence today. Unions that spoke to the Daily News yesterday said they were unhappy about their conditions of service. Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads (ZINUSH) spokesperson Munyaradzi Majoni said the whole teaching…

A BULLISH deputy Finance minister, Clemence Chiduwa, has projected further stability in the prices of goods in the country, while also predicting that it’s now a matter of time before once ubiquitous foreign exchange dealers go completely bust. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Chiduwa said the government had found the…

YOUNG people in the country are less likely to participate in next year’s harmonised elections in which at least 67 percent of the people interviewed by Afrobarometer indicated that they will vote. The pan- African research institute Afrobarometer, represented in Zimbabwe by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), interviewed 1 200 adult citizens of Zimbabwe…

THE Harare City Council has reached an agreement with the central bank allowing it to charge for services in local and foreign currency. The move, announced in a statement on Friday, marks a reversal by the Harare City Council of an earlier resolution that had required residents to pay for some services exclusively in foreign…

By BRANDON JOSPHAT AUDITOR-GENERAL Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in local authorities across the country characterised by poor governance around issues of contract management and mismanagement of assets, among others. In her 2021 Financial Year report on local authorities presented to Parliament last week, Chiri said local authorities were signing contracts in which the…

BY HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE World Bank (WB) says Zimbabwe can largely benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if trade barriers are removed. This comes after Zimbabwe was recently among four member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) which received WB capacity building support aimed at eliminating non-tariff…

By Brandon Josphat THE debate around high nomination fees for candidates seeking public office in next year’s elections has spilled into Parliament after the Institute for Young Women’s Development petitioned the august House to intervene. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently hiked nomination fees, which will see presidential candidates paying US$20 000…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BUPRA) yesterday petitioned the city fathers over exorbitant rates, estimated bills and United States Dollars-pegged rates. This comes at a time residents have in recent weeks demanded from the municipality justification of the exorbitant bills which they have been charged since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic….

LEGISLATORS have urged the government to give title deeds to people living in rural areas as is the case with their urban counterparts. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change MP for Harare East Tendai Biti said people in rural areas were being displaced against their wish but they are unable…