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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- SundayMail
- February 24, 2019
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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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- February 24, 2019
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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.
- SundayMail
- 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.
- SundayMail
- 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.
- SundayMail
- February 24, 2019
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CHOPS OF A BOMBSHELL
FORMER national team goalkeeper Peter “Chops” Fanwell has sensationally claimed that a senior Government official forced Armando Ferreira into starting John Sibanda in goal for a swim or sink Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in 1991.
- SundayMail
- February 24, 2019
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Mtukudzi family feud escalates …as Daisy moves to block Selmor
ON Monday February 18 at 6.23pm, a statement appeared on the Tuku Music Official Facebook page, part of it read; “We would like to distance ourselves from any events or gatherings that are being held in the name of the Mtukudzi family as we are still grieving.”
- SundayMail
- February 24, 2019
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RBZ ring-fences pension values
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will continue to help pension companies preserve the value of their funds in United States dollars, the bank’s Governor, Dr John Mangudya, said on Friday.