Dominican Convent suspends students for drug possession

Dominican Convent, an all-girls elite school has suspended eight Form Six students for drug possession In a statement by the school, the incident happened while pupils were at a leadership camp in Nyanga last week “I write on a sad note to notify you that the 8 girls we had put on suspension pending investigations on an incident that took place at the 2023 U6 leadership camp which was held in Nyanga from the 12th to the 15th of January, have been excluded from the school with immediate effect,” a statement by the school head Sr Kudzai Mutsure reads “The disciplinary committee exercised all principles of procedural fairness and found the girls guilty of violating the school drug policy.” The school urged parents to monitor their children to minimise pervasive behaviour In July last year, the Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) revealed that 30% of Zimbabwean youths were abusing drugs “At least 30% of youth in our country are on crystal meth or Gukka However, there are no official statistics on the prevalence of drug use in the country, and 75% to 85% of bed occupants in mental health institutions are due to substance use,” said ZCLDN chief executive officer, Wilson Box The war in Ukraine had magnified the slowdown in the global economy, which was now entering what could become “a protracted period of feeble growth and elevated inflation,” the World Bank said in its Global Economic Prospects report, warning that the outlook could still grow worse Last month German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, a leader of the Green Party, which entered a coalition government last fall with Prime Minister Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, pledged that Germany would stop importing oil from Russia by the end of 2022, and wean itself off Russian natural gas as soon as possible In the short-term, that may mean finding alternative suppliers for fossil fuels, including the United States BY BART STAR-JAMES United States President Joe Biden does not seem to know where he is as history slowly turns its wheels of fortune to the east A talking head of him or an acolyte frequently appears on our screens spewing out threatening diatribes of vindictiveness and sanctions against Russia completely oblivious of the imminent […] Just 10 days ahead of a runoff that will determine who will lead the European Union’s second-largest economy for the next five years, polls show the centrist president is slightly ahead of his far-right rival, but the contest promises to be tight Source: The Standard Zimbabwe All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com. Source: Thestandard