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By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the current review of schools curriculum will equip primary and secondary learners with necessary skills for them to be successful entrepreneurs and enhance economic development in the country. This comes after authorities said they would soon introduce more changes to the country`s education system’s Continuous Assessment Learning Activity…

By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE had over 1.4 million registered motor vehicles as of December last year, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. The agency also noted that 50 percent of learners for drivers licence failed to meet their competence tests last year. “As of 31 December 2022, the country had 1 467 955…

THE government says it is seized with efforts to capacitate youth and vocational training centres across the country as part of the broader initiative to curb rising cases of drug abuse. This comes at a time when President Emmerson Mnangagwa has voiced his concern over rising cases of drug and substance abuse. It also comes…

By Brandon Josphat JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena were major casualties of Zanu PF’s primary election re-runs at the weekend. This came as the ruling party’s national political commissar, Mike Bimha, told the Daily News yesterday that the former liberation movement could once again allow some of the fallen…

AT LEAST 12 people have died after the bus they were travelling in crashed along the Chivhu-Murambinda highway yesterday. Posting on their twitter handle, the police said the accident occurred around 0630 hours. Timboom bus, which had 40 passengers, crashed at the five kilometre peg on the highway. “12 people, including the driver, have died,…

SADC is pushing to ensure that the forthcoming general elections in Zimbabwe are free, fair and credible, punctuated by peace and nonviolence in keeping with the region’s principles and guidelines governing democratic elections that were adopted in 2004. This comes as the Sadc Electoral Advisory Council (SEAC); an institutional mechanism meant to ensure that electoral…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) say they have recorded an increase in tobacco sales this season as compared to last year mainly due to the quality golden leaf being sold at the moment. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said the amount of money the…

ZIMBABWE’S ability to achieve food and nutrition security on a sustainable basis hinges on investing in climatesmart agriculture, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement permanent secretary John Basera has said. Climate-smart agriculture involves farming practices that improve farm productivity and profi tability while helping farmers to adapt to the negative effects of climate change….

By Ketty Nyoni AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to slide against major currencies, authorities have been warned that they face a gargantuan task of convincing jittery businesses and consumers to keep faith in the hapless local unit. Speaking last Thursday on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, economist Vince…

By Ketty Nyoni CIVIL servants have vowed to storm government offices next week to force authorities to call for a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting to discuss their welfare. This comes as the government workers last month rejected the government’s 100 percent salary increment saying it was far below what they were demanding, hence…