Venson-Moitoi mum as AG is called in to mop up the mess

Minister of Education and Skills Development, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, is mum on the scandal that rocked her ministry recently only saying that she is waiting for a report from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) investigators.

 In an interview last week, the minister said that preliminary investigations found that the number of students on government sponsorship was far above the officially placed on such sponsorship. She said that the ministry recently inspected tertiary institutions locally and communicated with education attaches abroad after they discovered that the number of students far exceeded that on official record.

The ministry has re-registered all the students because of the discrepancies.  In some instances, she said, there were 15 students sponsored by government at a particular institution while the official number should be 10.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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