HARARE – Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima is adamant that the new curriculum will stay amid strong objections from teachers. At a curriculum review meeting organised by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe yesterday, Mavima said unless learners are taught critical thinking skills, the country cannot compete on the global market. [GoogleAd] The…
MUTARE – Buhera South Zanu PF MP Joseph Chinotimba is angry with his Rural District Council after it failed to utilise more than $335 000 meant for road rehabilitation, highlighting an unacceptable “shame of low absorption capacity” in local government. At least $260 000 remained unspent at the end of the financial year yet roads…
HARARE – Ex-combatants have accused their leaders of blocking them from occupying key positions in the ruling Zanu PF party. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) Mashonaland Central chairperson Sam Parirenyatwa has written to his leader Christopher Mutsvangwa saying the association’s secretary-general Victor Matemadanda is scuttling their political ambitions. “There is a systematic and…
HARARE – American journalist Martha O’Donovan, who was facing charges of subversion and insulting (now former) president Robert Mugabe on social media — was yesterday removed from remand by a Harare magistrate. This followed an application by O’Donovan’s lawyer Obey Shava for refusal of further remand at the last remand hearing in December when prosecutor…
HARARE – A man accused of undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told the court that he was being threaten by unknown visitors in remand prison. Gastaff Kativhu, 46, allegedly entered the venue of the Zanu PF extraordinary congress in Harare and headed to the VIP tent while waving placards accusing Mnangagwa of…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF youth leader Magura Charumbira has made more enemies than friends in the short period President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been in charge. Charumbira became popular after he led a team of disgruntled Zanu PF youths that booed former first lady Grace Mugabe at White City Stadium during the party’s ninth youth interface…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s electricity distributor Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is looking for third party vendors to sell pre-paid electricity meters in a move that could boost the earnings of micro-entrepreneurs countrywide. Zesa has transferred just over 570 000 of electricity consumers to the pre-paid meters and the number is set to grow to 800 000 by…
HARARE – MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe is under attack from the Bulawayo province that criticises her continued opposition to Morgan Tsvangirai’s plan for an opposition alliance to take on Emmerson Mnangagwa in the key presidential election this year. The MDC spokesperson for Bulawayo province Felix Mafa specifically takes on Khupe for continuing to oppose…
HARARE – Former Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidhakwa will appear in court on January 31, following the postponement of his case yesterday. Chidhakwa, 54, is currently out on $300 bail, granted by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande. Sande ordered him to report once every Friday at Highlands Police Station, surrender his passport with the…
HARARE – Government has begun taking steps to curb wanton price increases by retailers to avoid plunging the country’s fragile economy into bouts of instability. The Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) threatened to come down hard on businesses engaged in excessive pricing of goods in a statement released yesterday. [Adz] This is meant to protect…
