Politics

Form Three and Five pupils from different schools board buses taking them to their respective schools in Bulawayo yesterdy ahead of the phase two reopening of schools today SCHOOLS reopen today for the second phase that will see Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five classes returning to school for …

ZANU PF Member of the National Assembly for Mwenezi East Cde Jusby Omar has died. He died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Makurira Memorial Clinic. Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira confirmed Cde Omar’s death. The minister …

Government will this week ramp up monitoring of teacher attendance in schools to assess staffing gaps and determine areas that need additional educators to cover for those not reporting for duty. Next year’s examination classes — Grade 6, Form 3 and Lower Sixth — will commence school tomorrow under the …

Government is prepared for the second phase of the schools opening tomorrow which will see pupils in Grade Six, Form Three and Lower Sixth classes going back to school following nearly seven months since schools closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister …

Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira Criminal Investigations Department (CID) boss Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira has been hauled back to the courts on fresh charges of defeating the course of justice. He was granted $10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti and given conditions to report every Friday at Police General Headquarters’ Anti-Corruption …

The English Football League has asked the government to allow its clubs to defer millions of pounds in tax payments as it tries to resolve the £250m funding issue that has sparked fears some may go bust. The government says EFL clubs owe £77.6m in unpaid taxes excluding VAT – …

ABOUT 40 percent of sex workers in Zimbabwe are HIV-positive and have been subjected to some forms of stigma and discrimination which affects their health seeking behaviour. According to Avert — an HIV and Aids data organisation — there are around 44 500 female sex workers in Zimbabwe. Sex workers …

On the 23rd of October 2020, the National Council of the MDC Alliance met in accordance with the party’s constitution. The following matters were tabled for deliberation: Livelihoods: The National Council received reports from all provinces on the deepening crisis of poverty in all provinces that has been caused by …

United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, says the Zimbabwe government should implement the necessary reforms in order for America to lift targeted sanctions imposed on some Zanu PF members over alleged corruption and human rights violations. In an interview, Nichols told VOA Zimbabwe Service the government’s anti-sanctions campaign backed …

The City of Harare has lost vast tracts of land through irregular sales which were mostly conducted by unauthorised offices, with mostly happening during former Minister Chombo’s tenure at the reigns of the local government ministry, Zimdaily has established. The findings were reported in a confidential report which was done …