WEEKLY NEWS ROUND-UP

Monday

THOUSANDS of mourners from all walks of life gathered to pay their last respects to the late Namibian President, Dr Hage Geingob, who was buried at the Heroes Acre here yesterday. Among the mourners was the late Namibian leader’s friend and brother, President Mnangagwa, who came to bid farewell to a counterpart he had known since the days of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle.

Tuesday

THE Government of Zimbabwe is committed to the provision of securitised decent accommodation and infrastructure for its citizens as outlined in Vision 2030, a Cabinet minister has said.

Briefing journalists after a tour of the media centre at the New Parliament building in Mount Hampden yesterday, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere, said President Mnangagwa valued people’s lives.

Wednesday

THE continuous assessment learning activities (CALAs) have, with immediate effect, been replaced with the new schoolbased projects of practical applications, with the number of areas covered by the non-examination process reduced from about eight to one for each subject.

Learners in primary schools will now be offered a maximum of six learning areas instead of a minimum of 27, which they used to do. Zimbabwe National Road Administration

THE (Zinara) will begin rolling out e-tolling

Thursday Friday

PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA has assured the nation that no one will die from hunger and that his administration has put in place adequate measures to guarantee food for all communities.

This comes as the nation is experiencing one of its driest years in history as crops wilt under the scorching sun while water sources are drying up, threatening livestock.