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Tax abuse, avoidance affecting gender responsive education funding
ActionAid Zimbabwe director, Joy MabengeOscar J Jeke Education financing in Africa has been affected by tax abuse, avoidance and regressive taxation policies that cause an annual loss of over US$29 bi...
Normalcy returns to St Faith School
Oscar J JekeNormalcy returned to St Faith School following the intervention of the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry.This comes as learners at the school staged a demonstration over school levy...
Court halts evictions
Philemon JambayaA Masvingo court has stopped the eviction of some villagers, who had been ordered to vacate their homesteads after they were convicted for illegally occupying state land.The villagers,...
Govt admits using flawed way in evicting illegal land settlers
Nyashadzashe NdoroThe government has admitted that there are incidents where it incorrectly executed the ongoing forced evictions of people who are illegally settling on urban and rural agricultural S...
Former Slice Distributors employee nabbed for fraud
Michael Mashiri A former accountant of Slice Distributors Private Limited employee was arraigned before the courts charged with defrauding the company of more than US$45 000.Tinashe Zengenene, 30, of...
Man steals satchel with a pistol
Michael MashiriA man, who allegedly stole a satchel which had a pistol with one round of ammunition, has been taken to court.Emmanuel Madzimure, 24, Waterfalls, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mango...
Zela, NECJ call for wetlands protection amid urban development
Local environmental advocacy groups, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association and the Network for Environmental and Climate Justice have called for the protection of wetlands in the country amidst p...
Kenya’s opposition leader Odinga wants to head African Union
 Kenya opposition leader, Raila OdingaKenya’s long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga has expressed his desire to run for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission.The 78-year-old businessman,...
Two SA soldiers killed in DRC, 3 wounded
 Two soldiers were killed and three more wounded at a South African National Defence Force camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.“A mortar bomb landed inside one of the South African military bases...
Sikhala fined US$500 for communicating falsehoods
Michael MashiriFormer Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has been ordered to pay US$500 or serve two months in prison.Sikhala appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts charged with communicating...