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 HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira says there are nearly 20 000 teaching vacancies in the country, notwithstanding that thousands of trained educators were unemployed. Responding to enquiries by legislators in the National Assembly on Wednesday on why his ministry continued to train teachers the government is not employing, Murwira said jobless graduates from…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Zanu PF women’s league has bemoaned the low participation of women in the general harmonised elections held in August. Speaking during a meeting in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF women’s league secretary Mabel Chinomona said while the quota system was a step in the right direction, more needed to be…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE desperate situation facing cancer patients in Zimbabwe now requires authorities to deal with the growing dis ease as an emergency, and to introduce a national fund to combat it. So says the information and research officer for the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ), Lovemore Makurirofa, who adds that the time has…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have blocked a demonstration that the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) intended to hold on Monday in Bulawayo. According to the CCC party, they wanted to air a slew of their grievances arising from disagreements over the results of the national elections held in August. In a letter dated…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya THE Church has reiterated that dialogue, not confrontation, remains the best way to help end Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. This comes as some opposition parties and pro-democracy groups have lined up mass protests in Ha rare today, which have caused un easiness in the capital. The secretary-general of the…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynew.co.zw THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says more than 6 000 rape cases were brought before the courts between January last year and September this year. This comes amid grave concerns over reports of Zimbabwean girls being catapulted into early motherhood following brutal incestuous rape perpetrated by persons known to them. It also…

NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has warned legislators in the habit of absconding Parliament sittings they risked being penalised for collecting allowances without working. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Mudenda said parliamentarians needed to be in attendance all the time to deliver the mandate for which they were elected.“I see your numbers are…

By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have set new conditions for the 99-year farm leases, stipulating that any farmer seeking the lease should provide annual production records for assessment. This was confirmed by Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka.The move comes as the government has been putting in place several mechanisms to promote productivity and food self-sufficiency in-order…