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Zimsec pushes for stiffer penalties

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THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is pushing for stiffer penalties against people who leak examination papers that are costing the body millions of dollars in resets and at times rewriting of national examinations. Currently, convicted offenders get away with lenient sentences like community service. Zimsec director Lazarus Nembaware told a parliamentary portfolio committee on…

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GBV costing Zim big time

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AS THE country’s economic woes continue to bite, it has also emerged that Zimbabwe is losing billions of American dollars yearly due to its high incidences of sexual and other gender-based violence (SGBV), the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is struggling to meet its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets — which were adopted…

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Ending conflict key in achieving sustainable development

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THE United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed has called for regional collaboration in ending armed and non-armed conflicts, saying they are an impediment to the achievement of sustainable economic development. Mohammed said this during the regional coordination mechanism dialogue session with African Union representatives at the 6th session of the Africa Regional Forum on…

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Wealthy goons funding machete gangs: Govt

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GOVERNMENT says machete-wielding artisanal miners going by the moniker MaShurugwi, who are wreaking havoc in various mining towns around the country, are sponsored by wealthy individuals. Giving oral evidence to the joint sitting of parliamentary portfolio committees on Mines and Mining Development and Defence as well as the thematic committee on Peace and Security yesterday,…

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Govt appeals for help to boost coronavirus preparedness

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THE GOVERNMENT has called on public and private companies to help boost the country’s preparedness against the deadly coronavirus, which has killed 2 625 and infected more than 79 000 people worldwide. Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo made the plea in Harare yesterday following a donation of eight state-of-the-art thermo-scanners from Mimosa Mining…

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Parly sets police on top miller

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PARLIAMENT has directed police to ensure Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara, pictured, appears before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands today to explain how he and other millers used the US$27 million from the RBZ for wheat importation and the other money meant for refurbishing GMB silos. This comes after Musarara…

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Matutu questions Mpofu degree, wealth

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FORMER Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has questioned the party’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PHD) qualifications and his source of wealth while responding to a $10 million defamation suit filed against him by the senior party official. Mpofu initiated litigation against Matutu in June last year, after…

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Ecobank awarded ISO certification

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ECOBANK Zimbabwe Limited has been awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification giving it a competitive advantage above other financial institutions in the country. The ISO certification given by the British Standards Institution (BSI) are according to Ecobank’s Regional Executive for Central and Southern Africa Cheick Travaly a reflection of the bank’s legal and…

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Zinara hunts down unlicensed vehicles

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THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will be hunting down unlicensed vehicles in the country in collaboration with the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) and the police. In a statement the organisation has urged motorists to get their vehicles licensed to avoid clamping. “Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), in partnership with Zinara and VID, would like to…

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Unions push for salaries in forex

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UNIONS have re-ignited their bid to have workers’ salaries paid in United States dollars, following the recent decision by the government to allow oil companies with access to foreign currency to sell fuel in forex, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is escalating its push to have the Zimbabwe dollar as the…

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