Shurugwi rapist jailed 30 years
A Shurugwi man has been jailed 30 years for turning a girl into a sex slave for over three years. Ernest Kwekani (28) appeared before Gweru regional magistrate Mrs Phathekile Msipa facing several counts of raping the complainant, now 12-years-old, who is his friend’s daughter.
DDF engages in rural developmental projects
THE District Development Fund (DDF) is working to ensure that President Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is Open for Business” policy benefits everyone through rural and urban infrastructural development. Speaking at a National Integrated Result-based Management Strategic Planning Workshop in Darwendale last week, secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet in charge of the DDF and related infrastructure, Mr James Jonga said the new dispensation will not prosper without proper infrastructure facilities.
Register for pension benefits, workers urged
Daniel Mhonda Mutare Correspondent Workers in the education sector have been encouraged to register for pension benefits with insurance and assurance companies countrywide to reduce the incidence of poverty after…
Satellite schools record poor pass rates
MOST satellite schools in Mashonaland West Province are recording poor pass rates in national examinations amid concern that the situation is compromising education in the province.
There are 429 satellite schools — 232 primary and 197 secondary — in Mashonaland West Province, with several recording zero percent pass rates in the 2017 and 2018 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council exams.
Govt expects to receive $145m from PEPFAR
GOVERNMENT is this year expected to receive $145 million from the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) for HIV and TB prevention and treatment, support and transition.
Free cervical cancer screening clinic opens
Herald Reporter Citimed Hospital in Chitungwiza has opened a cervical cancer screening clinic, which will see women in the town being screened free of charge. The clinic is being administered…
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ED rallies youths for development
The country’s youth should emulate the life of ingenious and innovative luminaries such as the late national hero, Professor Callistus Ndlovu in channelling their creative prowess and innovation “to leapfrog the country’s industrialisation and modernisation agenda,” President Mnangagwa has said.
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Botswana President Masisi heads for Zim
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi will be in Harare this week for the inaugural Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC), as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration ratchets up diplomatic re-engagement efforts designed to unlock mutually beneficial relations.
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- February 24, 2019
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Fairly priced goods by April
Government is presently developing the framework for providing basic commodities at fair and affordable prices within the next two months.
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- February 24, 2019
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Reclaiming the economic levers
The local market waited for what seemed to be an eternity for the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), which was eventually delivered on Wednesday.