LOCAL online content creators have been urged to desist from publishing fake news amid calls for them to undergo training on ethical standards.

Government announced on Tuesday that Cabinet had approved the principles of the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022.

Mnangagwa said the party needed “co-operation” of all teachers for it not to “lose the game” in next year’s polls

Zimbabwe National Editors Forum chairperson Njabulo Ncube said Zanu PF’s decision was against its government’s calls for free and independent media.

The central committee (CC) said to counter this, there was need for the ruling party to strengthen its strategies to gain victory in the 2023 elections.

Chamisa said prison officers had told him that Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had instructed them to deny him entry.

There has been underinvestment in funding for projects that promote gender equality.

The PCC has remained engaged with the unjust pretrial detention of Members of Parliament Job Sikhala, Godfrey Sithole, and 1(3) others.

The government also embarked on in-house training programmes to upgrade extension officers’ skills and knowledge.

In 2021, seed companies recorded 45 cases of counterfeit seed, an increase from the number of cases reported in 2014 and 2016, where government reported 10 cases in each of the years.

GOVERNMENT is reportedly failing to timeously pay seed producers for Presidential Inputs Scheme supplies, threatening the viability of the companies.

The report revealed that of the 46 new varieties, 24 had special features such as drought and heat tolerance, early maturity and nutrition-enhanced.

He also claimed that Mnangagwa was Mugabe’s preferred successor but was pressured by power-hungry allies to stage a coup in November 2017.