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Bulawayo doctor earns milestone recognition
Bulawayo paediatric therapist Dr. Precious Madzimbe has made headlines once again, representing Zimbabwe at the esteemed 2024 International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders held ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe, not Covid 19
The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) has identified a severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe as a potent variant of the influenza virus, according to studies conducted by the Minist...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by critical shortage of maths, science teachers
Due to a severe shortage of teachers for critical subjects like mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry, the government has opted to recruit university graduates to fill these positions.A...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 girl passes Cambridge O Level exams
A Form One learner at Atlantic Academy in Harare, Shalom Zingwe, took the Cambridge O Level exams last year aged only 14 and scored three A grades in Computer Science, Accounting and Economics with Bs...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parents kick up dust over exam levy
PARENTS with children who wrote their Advanced and Ordinary Level science examinations last year are up in arms with authorities at St Anthony's High School in Masvingo after the school threatened to ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students shine in Cambridge exams
Zimbabwean students who sat the internationally acclaimed Cambridge Examinations recorded a very high pass rate in 2023, Advanced Level results released this week have shown, with parents excited abou...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:45hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Rescheduled O Level examinations set for this week
THE rescheduled Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level Biology and Combined Science will now be written on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.The subjects w...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Government on drive to recruit STEM teachers
GOVERNMENT is in the process of recruiting Science and Mathematics teachers to address the deficit in schools and close the existing gaps in the education sector, which have resulted in learners in so...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 under-privileged students secure Mnangagwa's ED-UNZA scholarship
NELIA Fundu, a 21 year old young intellect from rural Zvishavane was born in a less privileged family with other five siblings.Her father relies on menial jobs to put food on their table but h...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Vote Zanu-PF for accelerated development'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to rally behind Zanu-PF in next month's harmonised elections for accelerated development and in defence of the country's independence and freedom.He s...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Let's vote to stay our own masters'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to rally behind Zanu-PF in next month's harmonised elections for accelerated development and in defence of the country's independence and freedom.He s...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's full speech at yesterday's Bulilima rally
WHEN Jesus was born the three wise men came from the East, Zanu-PF has wise men, they are the chosen ones who were instructed by Jehovah to fight this war of liberating the country.You who are...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by Dambudzo Mnangagwa
A vote to remain masters of our own destiny
Here we reproduce excerpts of President Mnangagwa's speech to Zanu-PF supporters at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima, Matebeleland South province, yesterday.SalutationsWhen Jesus was b...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 10 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Zimdollar nosedives
By close of business on Thursday, soldiers, police, health workers and other civil servants in Zimbabwe went home with the reality that their salaries could barely buy 30 loaves of bread.This ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK targets Zimbabwe's science, maths teachers
Zimbabwean teachers are in the front row following a call by the United Kingdom for "the very best" overseas teachers to apply for vacancies, sweetened by a £10,000 relocation fee.The UK is t...Published: 31 May 2023 at 20:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts developing its 2.0 One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced updating its antimicrobial resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP) 2023-2027, to replace the previous NAP (2017-2021) which had lapsed...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:39hrs | 5 | by APO
United Bulawayo Hospitals now doing brain operations
A SUPER-SPECIALIST hospital is set to be constructed at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), a move that will reduce the number of locals going outside the country to get specialised surgeries....Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets skin care clinic
A 27-YEAR-OLD business executive Mercy Mabiza has set up a lifestyle intravenous drip clinic in Bulawayo for people who want to make their skin glow.The IV drip therapy treatments are becoming...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Maths & Science Teacher Shines In South Africa
Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwean science teacher based in South Africa has won awards for recording the best results in the neighbouring country.The teacher, Nkosiphile Moyo (34) of Filabusi, teaches Ma...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Surely, why study 10 subjects at school as if unsure of one's goals in life?
The ZIMSEC Ordinary Level results are out - and, already we are hearing of those outrageous numbers of subjects passed by single candidates. This inevitably leads to the usual debate - is it r...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nust medicine enrolment increases
Destiny Mlilo started his life-long ambition of being a medical doctor on Tuesday as part of 60 first-year School of Medicine students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bu...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe student scores 10 As in A-Level exams
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Ruya Adventist High School learner Tadiwanashe Mavetera shattered academic records after attaining 10 As in the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level exam...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Almost 200 babies born through IVF Zimbabwe programme
The in vitro (IVF) fertilisation programme which was reintroduced in Zimbabwe in 2016 by a team led by Dr Tinovimba Mhlanga has proved a great success with 197 live births recorded so far and more exp...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:06hrs | 7 | by Agencies
'4 700 holders of doctrates in Zimbabwe'
THE country has more than 650 000 people who are holders of higher and tertiary education qualification with diploma holders constituting a majority of the number, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Age...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientist explains rare discovery
A TINY frog called the cave squeaker had not been seen for more than half a century and it had been placed on the international red list of threatened species.Dr Robert Hopkins (80) of Parklan...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ice cream maker a hit in SA
FROM a tender age, Dr Tapiwa Guzha (35), a Zimbabwean based in Cape Town, South Africa, loved cooking and eating indigenous fruits and vegetables from his grandmother's rich nutrition garden in Marlbo...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teen scores 10As in Cambridge exams
A 17-year-old Bulawayo boy, Liyanda Lionel Ncube from Atlantic Academy, has scored all As in the Cambridge November 2021 Ordinary Level exams.Ncube is described by his teachers as an intellige...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public exams resume
THE ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations resumed smoothly yesterday as candidates sat for their first papers after a two-week festive break.O-Level candidates sat for their Biology ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi burial order issued as his family awaits postmortem results
THE late business executive Doug Munatsi's burial order was issued yesterday while further examinations to ascertain the cause of his death continue. Munatsi died early on Monday morning in a "suspici...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mass exodus of science teachers hits Bulawayo schools
BULAWAYO schools have been hit by a mass exodus of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers with 145 having left since the beginning of the year.The skills flight by ST...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Flu outbreak hits Bulawayo
A FLU outbreak has hit Bulawayo resulting in hundreds of children seeking medication, a development which experts say is a result of fluctuating weather patterns.The flu which is an upper resp...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'World's best' uplifts Matabeleland South farmers
When farmers in Matabeleland South province received help on improving yields from a Zimbabwean plant scientist, little did they know that they were in the company of someone who would be recognised a...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole | Alice Mangwara in Harare
Rights-pampered pupils turning classrooms into sex nests
NOW immune to corporal punishment and pampered with an array of rights, school children are turning classrooms into sex nests, developments that have left teachers bemused.Some are even practi...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA rejects Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has not approved the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns that it might lead to higher HIV infection rates among vaccinated males....Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff writer
Abusive teacher pleads guilty, blames toothache
A HARARE school teacher who last week caused a social media stir after he was filmed brutally bashing a Lower Sixth student pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeared in court on Saturday....Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violent teacher found guilty
TALENT Chingwaru, the Mathematics teacher who was last week filmed assaulting a Lower Six student at a school in Harare, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for brutal student assault
A PRIVATE college teacher in Harare was yesterday arrested after a video of him brutally assaulting an 18-year-old student went viral.Police confirmed the arrest of the Harare Einstein Tuition...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'US, Zimbabwe fights not affecting citizens'
THE United States says it will continue to support the country with humanitarian aid in several key areas including the health sector despite political disagreements with the Harare regime of Presiden...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu declared national hero posthumously
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday posthumously declared the late Cdes Rabelani Choeni, Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, Elliot Ngwabi, Professor George Kahari and Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki as national heroes. Pr...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Nust to manufacture Covid-19 testing kits
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has procured a US$87 000 Covid-19 reagents manufacturing machine and it is expected to be delivered in the next two months. The new mac...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean travellers to verify Covid-19 status online
ZIMBABWEAN travellers will now have access to an online facility to help verify their Covid-19 status and only those with certificates obtained on the Trusted Travel platform or verified on the Global...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP teacher accused of raping pupil
A TEACHER at ZRP High School yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of raping his pupil while conducting science extra lessons in the school's laboratory. Charles Ml...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
25 000 more doses arrive from Russia
ZIMBABWE has received 25 000 doses of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V donated by diamond miner Alrosa Group. Speaking while receiving the vaccines yesterday, Deputy Minister of Health and Child...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Sheunesu Mupepereki dies of COVID-19
Renowned academic, Professor Sheunesu Mupepereki has died. A professor, and senior academic at the University of Zimbabwe, Mupeper...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Pathisa Nyathi, the forgetful man who reminds us about our heritage
"HELLO. I will be with you in a moment. I just want to finish this sentence," Pathisa Nyathi told a news crew that visited him at his home in Gwabalanda last week.Nyathi, who was seated in the...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives Russia's Sputnik V
President Mnangagwa has received a consignment of 25 000 doses of the Russian manufactured vaccine - Sputnik V - donated by diamond mining giant, the Alrosa Group, to boost the country's battle agains...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
3rd wave could overwhelm Africa, claims WHO
THE third wave of COVID-19 infections could potentially be devastating for Africa at a time when the continent is experiencing a severe shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has wa...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
25 000 Sputnik V jabs boost for vaccination
Zimbabwe's battle against Covid-19 got a boost yesterday after the country took delivery of the first consignment of 25 000 doses of the Russian manufactured vaccine — Sputnik V — donated by a dia...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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