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Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE continues to grapple with thousands of tragic cases of child marriages and pregnancies. The chief director in the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Kwadzanai Nyanungo, told Parliament yesterday that although the drop out rate of affected learners was decreasing, it was still very high.Testifying before the parliamentary committee on gender and…

THE bloodletting between supporters of the country’s major political parties continues unabated, blighting the run-up to this year’s crunch national elections. This comes after fresh barbaric scenes were witnessed between supporters of the ruling Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Gokwe and Masvingo this past weekend. In the aftermath of the…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa has accused his colleagues in government of frustrating investigations on land scandals as they connive with land barons to cover the corrupt activities. Speaking during the commissioning of Aspindale Park and Aspire Heights Housing Development project in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said he was concerned with illegally constructed houses, most…

By Rutendo Ngara THIS year’s tobacco marketing season will commence on March 8, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. TIMB acting chief executive, Emmanuel Masvaire yesterday said contract tobacco sales would open a day later. “All stakeholders are advised that the 2023 auction tobacco marketing season opens on Wednesday March 8, 2023. Sales…

FORMER Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Christopher Mushowe has died. He passed on at his Harare home yesterday. Mushowe (69) was serving as the executive director of the Presidential Scholarship programme. Zanu PF Manicaland chairperson Mike Madiro confirmed his death last night. “It is true that we have lost one of our own. A…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned Harare mayor Jacob Mafume to improve on service delivery, especially on refuse collection or he would not hesitate to fire him. Speaking during the commissioning of the Aspindale Park and Aspire Heights housing complex in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said if the local council continued failing to deliver…

By Brendon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe says authorities are on the trail of a number of high-profile Zimbabweans who are allegedly involved in the trade of drugs and other illegal substances in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Kazembe said among the alleged drug dealers were politicians and…