THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary Education has requested for a stakeholders workshop to deliberate on how to fund tertiary education in the country, as university fees go up and Parliament continues to receive petitions from students regarding the issue. Speaking in the National Assembly, Warren Park MP Shakespear Hamauswa who is also…
CIVIL society organisation, 4-H, says the youth are opposed to political violence and has lined up a number of programmes to fight the vice ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised polls. In an interview on the popular independent commercial television, 3KtV, Vantage programme, 4-H executive director John Muchenje (JM), told Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki (GM)…
AUTHOR Tsitsi Dangarembga escaped jail with a $70 000 fine after she was convicted over her July 31 2020 demonstration. Dangarembga was convicted together with Julie Barnes for participating in gathering with intent to cause public violence and are supposed to pay the fine before October 4, failure of which attracts three months imprisonment. Harare…
By Dionne Kanyowa THE murder trial of High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze’s son, Munyaradzi started on Thursday despite him challenging its commencement. Munyaradzi is jointly charged with Elvin Dongo Saungweme and Dellon David Balani accused of murdering Sipho Ncube who was a cellphone dealer in Harare. Through their lawyers, Thabani Mpofu, Justin Zuze and…
By Brighton Muronzereyi ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) says voter registration ahead of next year’s elections is being derailed by lack of resources. As a result, the elections body has appealed to the public to be patient if they come in numbers to register to vote. This comes amid an outcry from opposition political parties and…
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality works manager has been convicted for allocating land to a Zengeza West constituency development fund committee for the construction of a market without following council procedures has been jailed 24 months in prison. He appeared before regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka on Thursday facing criminal abuse of duty charges and he was slapped with…
GOVERNMENT says it is conducting awareness campaigns with religious leaders to educate them on the importance of taking vaccines to fight measles. This comes after the country has recorded over 700 measles-related deaths out of the more than 6 500 cases. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, spokesperson in the ministry of Health, Donald Mujiri said…
POLICE yesterday said they will conduct physical checks on all premises which they suspect to have unregistered firearms, as the presidential amnesty for people to surrender the weapons ends today. This comes as there has been a spike in armed robberies, a development which has been attributed to the proliferation of guns and related weaponry…
By Rutendo Ngara THE European Union (EU) has concluded its initiative to support livestock value chains in Zimbabwe after running the project for 44 months. The programme, which was part of the broader Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Project (ZAGP), sought to promote poultry value chain from meat and table eggs that contribute to inclusive socially green…
By Ketty Nyoni PREMIER Corporate Gifts reaffirmed its growing status as one of the most growing innovative companies in the country, after…
