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In addition, experts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday would like Ncube to remove some of the onerous taxes on commerce and industry, to promote investment and job creation in the country.

RISING Covid-19 cases in schools across the country has resulted in Parliament recommending to the government that it defers end-of-year examinations, the Daily News reports.  

THE ruling Zanu PF is holding a crunch politburo meeting in Harare today, amid high tension over the looming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections and other intra-party contestations.

AUTHORITIES are seriously worried about the rising cases of Covid-19 infections in the education sector, amid growing calls for the temporary closure of schools and colleges to curb the spread of the lethal disease, the Daily News reports.

EDUCATION stakeholders have expressed fears that the teachers’ strike could compromise this year’s Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) results for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates, the Daily News reports.

PANIC has gripped the country’s education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News reports.

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa — after he recently publicly endorsed his boss as Zanu PF’s sole presidential…

HEALTH experts want the government to close all schools to prevent a second Covid-19 wave from spreading after 100 students at a single institution tested positive recently, the Daily News reports. 

MANY Zimbabweans, including ordinary consumers and economic experts, have cautiously welcomed the country’s new five-year economic plan — which authorities say will further improve the lives of long-suffering citizens.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans are set to improve further on the back of a stabilising economy and steadying prices of goods, the Daily News reports.

TEACHERS’ unions have threatened to take legal action against the government if it goes ahead with its plan to take disciplinary measures against educators who are currently on strike, the Daily News reports.

AUTHORITIES could be forced to re-introduce a tough national lockdown to prevent a second wave of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports.

THE government has gazetted an extradition treaty it signed with Russia last year to allow the two countries to bring back criminals to face justice in their respective jurisdictions, the Daily News reports.

THE government’s decision to privatise some public enterprises to improve efficiency and governance is the best way to cut them loose and end their over-reliance on the fiscus.

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been criticised by stakeholders for the way it has been conducting elections amid allegations that the electoral body is subservient to the ruling Zanu PF party.

THE ruling Zanu PF has rged Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, to move with speed to engage with American president-elect Joe Biden — in a bid to mend Harare’s strained relationship with Washington, the Daily News On Sunday reports.

SMUGGLED inferior goods, including second hand clothes and imported used defective vehicles, have flooded Zimbabwe to the detriment of the local industry, according to a recent report by Auditor- General Mildred Chiri, pictured.

THE government and civil servants will meet on Monday after the public employees yesterday asked for time to consult on the 40 percent salary increment offer they described as “improved”, the Daily News reports.

THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was this week forced to suspend the setting of examination papers after examiners downed tools, rejecting a $4 000 payment offer which they deemed too little, the Daily News reports.

THE chaos that has characterised Zanu PF’s run-up to its crucial district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections has now hit President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home province of Midlands badly.

ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) has no power in terms of the law to dictate to the executive when by-elections should be held as it is not mandated to make policy decisions, a top official has said.

ZIMBABWE is among Sadc countries facing an acute shortage of food along with Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.

THE final phase of the re-opening of public schools countrywide got off to a rocky start yesterday, with many teachers failing to turn up for work — forcing some overwhelmed school heads to send learners back home, the Daily News reports.

A GRIEVING Anderson Kudungure, father of the late socialite Genius, is hurting at losing a son who was so popular with nearly everyone but whom he rarely shared his glittering moments with.

THE government is having a hard time over citizens’ resistance to adhere to preventive measures against the lethal coronavirus, including putting on face masks, amid reports the country is set to be hit by a second wave of the pandemic.