Bernard Chiketo

THE government’s policy to deploy a teacher for every 40 learners is one of the main reasons behind the poor performances in most rural schools where, on average, three teachers are in charge of seven classes, a senior education official…

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is pushing for stiffer penalties against people who leak examination papers that are costing the body millions of dollars in resets and at times rewriting of national examinations.

FOUR robbers armed with machetes, a pistol and an axe robbed a Sakubva couple of US$1 600, $40, a smartphone and car keys in their home in Chimera suburb.

FIVE armed robbers raided a Nyanga businesswoman’s home and supermarket last Friday and got away with US$1 300 and several gadgets.

WITH infrastructure rehabilitation taking ages to complete and hundreds still living in camps 10 months after tropical Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani, it is not surprising that the current wet spell has put locals on the edge, fearing another…

FACED with the embarrassment of not enjoying Castle Lager Premiership action despite having two top- flight teams — Manica Diamonds and debutants Tenax FC — Mutare residents have joined hands with the local authority to push for the…

A PENHALONGA woman has been arrested on attempted murder charges after she stabbed her husband’s teen lover after finding her in her matrimonial bed.

RUSSIAN mining corporate Alrosa’s top geologists have been arrested for illegally prospecting for gold in the Nyanga National Park as they washed gold ore in Nyangombe River.