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Zimbabwe targets 65 000kg of crocodile skin

THE government is targeting to produce 65 000kg of crocodile skin for export during the 2021/2022 agricultural season under the Presidential Community Fisheries Scheme. With Zimbabwe ranked the world’s second-largest exporter of the reptile products after the United States, a Lands ministry report on the state of preparedness for the 2021/2022 agricultural season showed that…

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Two ‘bogus CIOs’ up for attempting to defraud army colonel

TWO suspected fraudsters have been nabbed on allegations of intending to defraud an army colonel of US$10 000, misrepresenting to be State spies capable of allocating him a farm. Joseph Banda, 67, and Prince Mandende, a soldier, were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday. The State opposed their admission…

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Teen rapes niece (14) for ritual purposes

AN 18-year-old Zvishavane teen allegedly raped his 14-year-old mentally ill niece several times at their rural home for ritual purposes.  The juvenile from Vengesa Village under Chief Masunda, whose name cannot be revealed to protect the minor, told the court that he was directed by a traditional healer in Shurugwi to rape the girl in…

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Nkomo’s son cleared for Zapu presidential race

ZAPU leadership has finally cleared Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, to contest the party’s presidential elections at its congress at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre later this month.  This comes as efforts to block Sibangilizwe, through a National People’s Council’s (NPC) recent resolution which stated that a presidential candidate should have…

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Prisons embark on massive farming

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) is embarking on farming activities across all its prisons with a view to contribute a significant percentage to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Speaking while conferring badges to promoted commissioned officers in Harare on Tuesday, ZPCS commissioner general Moses Chihobvu said they had a crucial role to…

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‘Political foes free to invest in Zimbabwe’

ZIMBABWE Ambassador At Large to the Americas and Europe, Uebert Angel, says the country is open for investment from any country across the globe, including those that have political differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Speaking recently during the on-going Africa-Dubai Investment Business Summit in the Arab nation, Angel said political differences must not stand…

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Ex-Harare mayor freedom bid flops

FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba has lost his bid to have his criminal charges quashed after Harare regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna threw out his application for exception. Gomba is jointly charged with suspended Harare City Council acting town planner Samuel Nyabezi and town surveyor Munyaradzi Bowa in a case in which they are accused of…

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ICTs in schools is new minister Ndlovu priority

NEWLY-APPOINTED Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu, wants to ensure that all schools around the country have the capacity to utilise information communication technologies (ICTs) in delivering lessons.  Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe in March 2020, it is now paramount for learning institutions to embrace digital learning due to the physical distancing protocols…

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‘Cala to revamp education sector’

THE government says the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (Cala) in schools is meant to provide inclusive and quality modern education that will leave no learner behind. The initiative, which is part of the revised curriculum, would see learners getting marks for tasks and projects given by their teachers during normal learning, with Cala constituting 30…

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