By Brendon Josphat AUTHORITIES say police officers and school authorities are the main culprits in leaking Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations. The government said it was working hard to flush out any room of leakages of future public examination papers. This comes as Zimsec was rocked with scandals last year after school authorities and…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES want broadcasting parastatals under the Information ministry to create a result-oriented performance culture and be able to explore resource mobilisation strategies instead of relying on government funding. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa as she signed 2023 performance contracts for board chairpersons of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Transmedia…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest for a woman who accused a local top lawyer, Mwelinkululeko Ncube, of raping her in 2019. The woman, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, did not appear in court where she was set to give her testimony on the case yesterday. According…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will make big changes in government if he wins the forthcoming elections, his biographer and former opposition stalwart Eddie Cross has said. Speaking last week on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also said Zanu PF would likely start looking for Mnangagwa’s ruling…
By Brighton Muronzereyi PARLIAMENT wants Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Zimbabwe’s Health minister, to articulate the government’s strategy on rising teenage pregnancies in the country. This comes as the latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (Zimstat) shows that at least 700 girls, aged between 10 and 14, gave birth in the…
AT LEAST nine people died and several others were seriously injured on Easter Sunday in three separate road accidents in the Midlands Province, bringing the total number of deaths due to accidents to 19 since the start of the holidays. Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the road accidents. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic…
MORE than 30 small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to exhibit at the year’s 63rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, which is the country’s prime exhibition event. This year’s event would run from April 25 to 29 under the theme “Continuous Innovation, Global Competitiveness” and over 500 exhibitors from 16 countries…
A SWEDISH national appeared yesterday before a Harare magistrate after he was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin with a street value of $3.4 million out of the country. Hans Arne Ingemar Petersson appeared before Harare magistrate Sandra Mupindu facing a charge of unlawful dealing…
AMID escalating hikes in the prices of basic goods, as well as the continued weakening of the Zimbabwe dollar, authorities have warned that public sector officials found dealing with blacklisted firms will be punished severely. This comes after the government blacklisted 13 companies last week for allegedly trading on the resurgent parallel foreign currency market,…
ZANU PF has warned its officials who lost in its recent primaries that they will be dealt with ruthlessly if they contemplate sabotaging the party in this year’s crunch national elections. This comes as the former liberation movement has said it will not entertain any further appeals from its disgruntled officials who lost in the…
