adminGovt to set up specialised schools
GOVERNMENT is introducing technical high schools and science academies to promote the development of specialised skills in secondary schools, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima said yesterday.
Filling stations closed for rejecting EcoCash
Government yesterday came down hard on errant service stations countrywide, closing them for refusing electronic modes of payment and only accepting hard cash.
Musician wants book adopted for schools
Sweden-based musician and cultural author Makandire Chezhira “ManLuckers’ Chikutu has expressed wishes for his new book “Flashback Identity” to be part of the local education curriculum.
Midlands congratulates President on Sadc post
MIDLANDS Province has sent a congratulatory and solidarity message to President Mnangagwa on assuming Chairmanship of Southern African Development Committee (SADC) Organ for Politics, Defence and Security.
City council workers demand $2 000 basic pay
Harare City Council workers’ representative unions have proposed a minimum salary of $2 000 and called for a review of hygiene allowances.
ED signs 2 Budget laws
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last week assented to two laws, Finance (Number Two) Act and Appropriation (Supplementary) (2019) Act to give effect to proposals by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube in th ae 2019 Mid-term Budget Review Statement early this month.
‘Consider financing renewable power generation projects’
Government has urged the private sector to consider financing renewable power generation projects, as the sector has high returns due to the power deficit that has dogged Zimbabwe and Southern Africa in general.
Five more contractors for road dualisation
Government has contracted five more companies to undertake the Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation and its subsequent dualisation, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Matiza has said.
Rape-accused cop vanishes
A 46-year-old policeman stationed at Chikato Camp here is on the run after he allegedly raped his 16-year-old stepdaughter on several occasions between 2016 and this year.