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FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change senior member Tendai Biti believes Zimbabwe has nothing to benefit from re-joining the Commonwealth, describing the grouping as a ‘‘tea committee’’. Last month, the Commonwealth’s assistant secretary-general Luis Franceschi was in Zimbabwe to assess the situation in the country as Harare seeks re-admission into the grouping. On…

THE government is grappling with the shortage of primary and high school qualified teachers in rural communities amid concerns that the trained personnel were resisting deployment to the countryside. Education ministry permanent secretary Tumelang Thabela told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that while the government was training and recruiting teachers, new recruits were resisting…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa AT LEAST five people are dying while 120 others are being injured daily in deadly road traffic accidents and the government has called for all stakeholders to work together to reduce the carnage in the country. The shocking statistics were confirmed by deputy Transport minister Mike Madiro in Harare at the Traffic…

ZVISHAVANE residents have accused their local authority of failing to service its flats leaving hundreds of dwellers living in squalid conditions. Zvishavane Residents Association chairperson Kamino Simango told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that water, sanitation and security were the most neglected aspects at the flats. “People staying at council-owned flats are living in…

AN INSIZA teenager has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly raping his 15-year-old ‘girlfriend’ on two separate occasions. Cliffort Sibanda, 19, of Mawayilesini Village 4 in Insiza, Matabeleland South province, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Amanda Ndlovu facing two counts of rape. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was remanded in custody to…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has granted villagers in Matabeleland North Province a three-week amnesty period to return all stolen railway equipment or face arrest. This comes at a time the struggling parastatal has continued to experience high incidents of vandalism and theft of key infrastructure, a development that has forced…

DESPITE the government’s efforts in rolling out various pro-women initiatives aimed at reviving the economy, a majority of females are still lagging behind economically owing to a myriad of challenges, a parliamentary committee says. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) forum in Masvingo recently, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Women Affairs, Chipo…