Mutare schools shine at Grade 7
TRUE to the adage that wise men come from the east, 661 candidates who sat for the 2020 Grade 7 examinations in Manicaland attained five units, with Mutare schools — Chancellor, Mutare Junior and Baring — emerging the best, second and third best performers.
Marovanyati Dam spills
MANICALAND’S most arid district — Buhera — has this year received arguably the highest rainfall in decades, a development that has seen Marovanyati, Ruti and Nerutanga dams spilling for the first time.
Free Covid-19 testing bears fruit
While Manicaland is under the spotlight as the third province with the highest number of Covid-19 cases after Harare and Bulawayo, authorities have stepped up efforts to combat the spread of the virus, including a more vigorous testing approach.
‘Forex enough to stabilise rate’
The exchange rate of the Zimbabwean dollar against the US dollar will continue to hold steady on the weekly auction market because the country is earning enough forex to support critical imports, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says.
Top 10 in Africa, top in the region . . . For the Glamour Boys, these were the days of their lives
TEN years ago, Dynamos were ranked among Africa’s Top 10 football clubs, sharing the elite company of heavyweights like Egyptian powerhouse Al Ahly and Congolese giants TP Mazembe.
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Youth’s fate is in our hands
THE 2020 Grade Seven examination results were announced last week and most pupils and parents are seized with trying to secure Form One places.
Bio burble is not practical: PSL
PREMIER Soccer League (PSL) chairman, Farai Jere, says demanding the bio burble concept to be implemented as a condition for the resumption of football action is as good as saying we will not have football until Covid-19 is over.
Editorial Comment: Parole long term solution to overcrowding
Once again Zimbabwe’s prisons are crowded, with around 20 000 inmates occupying cells designed for 17 000, and with the need to avoid overcrowding during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has petitioned for a clemency order that will reduce the sentences of 5 000 prisoners.
Help in cleaning up urban settlements – ZANU PF
ZANU PF has urged all its structures to cooperate with the Government team set-up to bring normalcy to urban settlements that had become feeding troughs for land barons and some councillors.
Sexual offences on the increase
Several men and youths accused of rape, attempted rape and statutory rape have been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Court this week.











