Review Mines and Minerals Act, govt urged
BY ARNOLD FANDISO
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa on Wednesday said the Mines and Minerals Act must be reviewed in order to ban mining activities near public infrastructure such as dip tanks and homesteads.
He said this in the National Assembly in response to a petition from the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela).
Mkaratigwa said the review of the Mines and Minerals Act will assist in the improvement of service delivery by the Mines ministry through the introduction of the mining cadastre system.
“There was a call that the Mines and Minerals Act should have provisions on the prohibition of mining near public infrastructure such as dip tanks, homesteads,” Mkaratigwa said.
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HARARE – Government has pledged to ensure that all students who sat for the 2020 Grade Seven examinations find a place in secondary school despite results obtained.
The latest development comes after a relatively poor pass rate in the 2020 Grade Seven results that were released recently.
Parliamentarians this Tuesday spoke on some of the factors that might have led to the poor pass rate, imploring the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to enhance e-learning in rural schools in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“What is being done to make sure that there are adequate resources for online learning in rural schools? What is being done to ensure that teachers are well remunerated to avoid industrial actions which affect learning.”
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