Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has said teachers must report for duty today as schools open for the first term while it addresses their salary grievances. Parents and guardians yesterday made a plea to the educators to resume their teaching duties as learners have already lost a lot of time. Government has started recruiting 10 […] …
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Govt cotton investment pays off
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief COTTON farmers in Gokwe North and Gokwe South districts are optimistic of a bumper harvest, with the crop having reached budding stage, thanks to the timely disbursement of inputs and good rains received this summer cropping season. Budding stage is when the cotton plant blooms. About 52 percent of cotton […] …
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Siziba wins Bosso election
Ricky Zililo and Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporters FISO Siziba is the new Highlanders FC vice-chairman after seeing off the challenge of Babongile Sikhonjwa in elections held at the clubhouse yesterday. A total of 253 members cast their vote to decide on two additions to the Highlanders’ executive committee and Siziba collected 202 votes while Sikhonjwa […] …
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Govt approves Gweru City Council budget
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has approved the $4,1 billion 2022 budget for Gweru City Council (GCC), a development that has resulted in domestic tariffs going up by 30 percent and commercial tariffs by 130 percent. Council last year was operating on a $3,2 billion budget whose performance rate closed at just 70 percent […] …
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‘Zimbabwe’s election into AU ‘s Peace and Security Council a great honour’
Kuda Bwititi in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia THE African Union’s election of Zimbabwe into the AU’s Peace and Security Council is an honour that the country should be proud of, at a time when there are growing concerns over insurgencies in a number of countries, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Speaking to Zimbabwean journalists after holding bilateral […] …
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Senegal wins its first African Cup, beats Egypt on penalties
Senegal coach Aliou Cissé was the team’s captain and missed decisive penalty when Senegal lost 2002 African Cup final …
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Government approves budget for IDs blitz
Source: Government approves budget for IDs blitz | The Sunday News Cde Ruth Maboyi Sunday News Reporter THE Government has approved a budget to embark on a national identity acquiring blitz across the country as part of efforts to enable citizens to get the documents so that they will be able to register for next […]
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High Court stops Bulawayo by-election
Source: High Court stops Bulawayo by-election | The Sunday News Tinashe Kambarami Vusumuzi Dube and Thembekile Ntuliki, Sunday News Reporters WARD Three residents in Bulawayo will have to wait a little longer for a by-election to elect a substantive councillor after the High Court granted a provisional order barring the holding of the polls until […]
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75 year-old gogo wakes up at dawn to go job hunting
Source: 75 year-old gogo wakes up at dawn to go job hunting | The Sunday News Photo Credit: VectorStock Sione Amidu, Sunday News Reporter GOGO Selina Banda (75) from what is popularly known as Churu Farm in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province wakes up at the crack of dawn everyday to search for menial jobs, despite […]
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Crisis after crisis – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Source: Crisis after crisis – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 5th February 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/51864640720/sizes/m/ Teachers have threatened to stay away when state schools reopen on Monday. They say they can’t afford to return to work and want to be paid in US dollars because of the collapse in the value of the Zimbabwe dollar (see: https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/teachers-too-poor-to-return-to-work-as-zimbabwe-schools-reopen-20220204 and https://www.newzimbabwe.com/no-us-dollars-no-work-teachers-tell-government/). The currency […]
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