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Zimbabwe: 61% Pupils Turned Away Over Fees
New Zimbabwe, 20 October 2019
At least 61% of children attending public schools were this year turned away from attending classes for failure by their parents or guardians to pay school fees. Read more »
Majority of Zimbabwe Students Turned Away From School Over Fees
At least 61% of students attending public schools have been turned away from classes for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away, the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee has said. The country's economy is caught in a crisis with shortages of fuel, medicine, and currency as well as hyperinflation which has seen many families living on a single meal a day.
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Zimbabwe: Zim Teachers to Work 2 Days a Week, Vow to Dump Formal Clothing
New Zimbabwe, 19 October 2019
ZIMBABWE'S militant teachers' group, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says its members will from next week start reporting for duty only twice a week as they could no… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Hunger Pushes Chiredzi Children Into Sugarcane Theft
New Zimbabwe, 20 October 2019
School children whose families were displaced by the construction of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam and relocated to Chingwizi area in Masvingo province are absconding lessons to raid NRZ… Read more »
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This comes after the bread price had been continuously going up since 2018 due to a shortage of wheat and foreign currency. Zimbabweans can barely keep pace with the price ... Read more »
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In its latest assessment of the situation in Zimbabwe, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) says the number of food insecure Zimbabweans is projected ... Read more »
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The energy price hike comes at a time of daily rolling power cuts which have plunged parts of the country into darkness for up to 18 hours a day and forced businesses to operate at ... Read more »
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According to a survey carried out by industrial psychology consultants, titled Employee Spending Patterns Survey Report, 80% of Zimbabweans neither have savings nor an emergency ... Read more »
