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THE government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), has launched television (TV) lessons set to benefit learners, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during the launch of the TV lessons in Harare yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said the initiative would ensure learning continuity for learners even when schools…

THE government has confirmed that Chief Justice Luke Malaba, pictured, will continue as the head of the country’s judiciary, following the passage of Constitutional Amendment Number 2 Bill last week. This means that Malaba — who turns 70 this week, which was the age of his retirement before the recent law changes — will be…

Jeffrey Muvundusi  THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approved a 20 percent critical shortage areas allowance (CSAA) for its medical officers to stop a crippling brain drain. This comes as the local authority has revealed that in the past few years it had experienced a high staff turnover in the medical department owing to poor…

THE European Union (EU)-funded Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain for the Future (TranZDVC) project will this Friday hand over 153 in-calf heifers worth US$223 074 to 134 smallholder dairy farmers.   The heifers would be distributed directly to small-scale farmers as follows: 45 percent to existing small-scale farmers, 45 percent to new farmers aligned to…

WOMEN and young girls in Bulawayo are being sexually-abused at water points, as water woes continue mounting in the city, Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) coordinator Khumbulani Maphosa has said.  Maphosa said according to a survey carried out by his organisation in Mzilikazi, Sizinda, Tshabalala, Pumula South, Cowdray Park, Old Luveve and Lobengula suburbs, a…

By BLESSINGS MASHAYA  AND MUGOVE TAFIRENYIKA JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says Zanu PF is not itching to decimate the country’s brawling opposition and neither is the former liberation movement trying to create a one-party State. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Ziyambi also rejected claims that recent changes to the country’s Constitution were meant…

THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has begun rehabilitation works on the damaged road network after receiving $2,2 million from the government under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP).  This comes as the government recently declared all roads a national disaster, before setting aside $33 billion for the second phase of the rehabilitation process, being spearheaded…

TRANSPORT challenges in the capital and other towns across the country continue to put commuters at risk from robbers with the police urging the public to desist from boarding unregistered vehicles.  This follows a series of incidents in which commuters have been robbed by motorists, who would have offered them transport at night mostly in…

INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza says investment in science, innovation and technology is key in sustainable economic development.  Nzenza said this on Friday while delivering her keynote address during a three-day virtual Atlas Convention 2021 that ran under the theme: “Innovation-driven and private sector-led economic transformation bridging industry and academia. Narrative of the private sector-led…

ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association chairperson and Zanu PF politburo member Christopher Mutsvangwa was on Friday involved in a road accident in Harare. Mutsvangwa survived the accident unhurt. The accident reportedly happened between Airport and St Patrick’s roads around lunch time after an oncoming vehicle failed to observe a red traffic light. Mutsvangwa was…