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Cain Mathema recovering from a stroke
Vice President Kembo Mohadi visited former Cabinet Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema, who is recovering from a stroke. Mohadi expressed satisfaction with Mathema's recovery, noting that his lef...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:36hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu ousts Zanu-PF primaries winner
Zanu-PF politburo member Obert Mpofu is mired in a nepotism storm after reportedly ousting veteran politician Sibongile Nyoni, winner of a recent Zanu-PF primary election, in place of his losing niece...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 02:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety grips Zanu-PF old guard
Panic and anxiety has gripped many Zanu-PF bigwigs ahead of the party's elective congress this week with most of them unsure where they will stand after the event.Sources said the old guard, p...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'
We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was also known as Cde Mzandeki. Dr Mpofu who joined th...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa Chete Chete! Ndebeles are bamboozled deputies in CCC project
For how long is the region going to be bamboozled by Chamisa and his group of tribalists? We have been saying this time and again that Chamisa does not represent the people of the region of Matabelela...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF excludes ex-Zapu members in new Politburo
ZANU-PF First Secretary President Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled Politburo members with Christopher Mutsvangwa being appointed as the party's Secretary for Information and First Lady Auxillia Mn...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo members reshuffled
Zanu-PF First Secretary President Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled Politburo members, with Christopher Mutsvangwa being appointed as the party's Secretary for Information and First Lady Amai Auxil...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
There is need to audit works of NGOs
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 12 | by Teddy Ncube
Mnangagwa clarifies 'demotion' of Cain Mathema
The new Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Evelyn Ndlovu, replaced Ambassador Cain Mathema because the latter is unwell, President Mnangagwa has said.Minister Ndlovu is the former...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Education Minister hits ground running
NEWLY sworn-in Minister of Primary and Secondary Schools Dr Evelyn Ndlovu has vowed to harness ICTs as enabling learning tools in schools to ensure continuous learning for students under the Covid-19 ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out fourth phase of radio lessons programme
GOVERNMENT will today roll out the fourth phase of radio lessons programme for early childhood development (ECD), primary and secondary school classes as part of an alternative education platform to m...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Teachers' unions welcome new minister
TEACHERS' unions have expressed hope that the appointment of a new Primary and Secondary Education minister will change the education sector for the better.On Wednesday, President Emmerson Mna...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lauded for safeguarding girl child education
ZIMBABWE has been lauded for being one of the African countries that are deliberately safeguarding the right to education for pregnant girls and adolescent mothers through amendments to the Education ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Ndlovu appointed new Education Minister
THE former Minister of State in Vice President Chiwenga's office, Dr Evelyn Ndlovu, is the new Minister of Primary and Secondary Education after she was appointed by President Mnangagwa yesterda...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demotes Cain Mathema
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed former Minister of State in the Vice President Office Dr Evelyn Ndlovu as Minister of Primary and Secondary Education.Dr Ndlovu, who is Bulilima proportional ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 20:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt asked to explain on lost education period
Nkayi legislator Chief Ndlovu has questioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Cain Mathema on what measures his ministry has done to compensate for the lost time for the learners and te...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 10:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cain Mathema is still alive
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema is alive contrary to reports that he has died. News of Mathema's alleged death started circulating on social median after reports said...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 20:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema airlifted to Harare as health deteriorates
Primary and secondary education minister Cain Ginyilitshe Mathema has been airlifted to Harare from Bulawayo after his health deteriorated, ZimLive reported.The 74-year-old was admitted to the...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 20:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema battles Covid-19
Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has been hospitalised after contracting Covid-19.The 74-year-old is "stable" at a private hospital in Bulawayo, a source told ZimLive....Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'98% of schools not ready for reopening'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday said most public schools were not yet ready to open, proposing that they open mid-September when the temperatures would be high to slow down...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to register virtual schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is working on mechanisms to register virtual schools as a means of complementing online classes being held as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools, says Mathema
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema says 3 000 more schools are needed in the country to fully accommodate learners.Mathema made the remarks last Thursday at the United Congr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BaTonga communities sue for lack of development
HAVING been displaced during the construction of the Kariba Dam and now living at the peripheries of Zimbabwe's largest hydro-electric power project, Kariba, it is only logical that the Batonga people...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Schools urged to commercialise, contribute to GDP
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has urged schools to commercialise their projects so that they can contribute to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Mathema made t...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Schools will reopen as directed by Mnangagwa
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told Parliament that schools will reopen as directed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, adding that he would soon issue a ministerial stat...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet to decide on reopening of schools
CABINET is today expected to announce its decision on the issue of reopening of schools after Government postponed the start of the second term following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Schools were schedu...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rolls out jabs for all adults
BULAWAYO Province is today expected to start mass vaccination of all adults. The jabs will be accessed at all council clinics and hospitals across the city as the country received two million Sinovac ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Row over farm seizure deepens as owners produce deed of title
HOLDERS of Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Limited - which legally owns Kershelmar Farm currently at the centre of a fierce row between politicians in Matabeleland North province and its lawful property owners...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rape scandal at boarding school
PARENTS with children at Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matobo District, Matabeleland South are up in arms with school authorities following the "disappearance" of the assistant boarding m...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 10:56hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Textbook shortages hit Bulilima schools
Benson Dube, a retired primary school teacher, remembers with nostalgia the "good old days" when the student-textbook ratio was 1:1."For me, that is what made teaching exciting," Dube said....Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools not allowed to withhold exam results
Schools are forbidden from withholding examination results for students whose parents still owe fees and must instead take action against the parents to recover debts, Primary and Secondary Education ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Incentives must be stopped to equalise students'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has revealed that teachers said to be reporting for duty were charging up to US$10 per pupil per week for private lessons.This is despite a go...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt on drive to promote marginalised languages
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a nationwide drive to promote previously marginalised indigenous languages.Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told journalists at the la...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff writer
TV lessons for primary pupils
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in conjunction with UNICEF has rolled out the first phase of television lessons as part of the alternative learning platform for primary school pupils. ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Government enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19 implosion in Zimbabwe schools
HEALTH experts have warned of a COVID-19 implosion at boarding schools with unvaccinated pupils at a high risk of catching the deadly virus during the third wave of the pandemic. The warning c...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers are not enemies of State
THE government exposes its true nature with each pass-ing moment and not only does it make bold, dumb, illegal and reckless statements, but it does it with so much lack of thought and arrogance. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe
Chamisa's MPs demand farms
MDC-Alliance legislators yesterday demanded that they be allocated farms under the historic land reform, despite the opposition party consistently denouncing the programme at home and abroad for...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to govt bullying, says teachers
TEACHERS' representatives yesterday described government as a heartless employer and vowed that their members would not be coerced to teach, despite threats to withhold their benefits.Primary ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt ups COVID-19 tests in schools
GOVERNMENT says it has intensified measures to contain the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in schools around the country by ensuring daily testing of all learners and teachers.In a statement yeste...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers will lose benefits
Teachers going on strike or conducting extra lessons will be fired or at the very least face suspension of pay after activation of systems to track the malpractices. President Mnangagwa is on ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh Covid-19 outbreak hits boarding schools
At least 212 children have tested positive to Covid-19 at two boarding schools in Zimbabwe since Friday as the government appealed for help to combat the disease.Information secretary Nick Man...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why ZAPU's Parliamentary Recalls will fail, Legally
NewsdzeZimbabwe on Sunday reported that Iphuthile Maphosa who is the spokesperson for ZAPU announced that the party had recently taken the decision to recall former PF ZAPU members from the current pa...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:57hrs | 4 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Cain Mathema agrees with Mthwakazi
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has reiterated the need for children in primary school to be taught by teachers conversant in local languages which is a rallying point for Mthwak...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to 'recall' Zanu-PF ministers
OPPOSITION party Zapu says it will this week write to Parliament seeking to recall its former members, who are now part of the ruling Zanu-PF.Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, said the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to decide on Khaya Moyo, Mathema's fate on Parly recalls Saturday
ZAPU will Saturday hold its National People's Council (NPC) meeting where the proposed recall from Parliament of former senior party members who are now Zanu-PF MPs will be top of the agenda.T...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 000 schoolgirls impregnated in January, February
When schools opened their doors for the new year on March 15 and March 22, a significant number of female learners did not turn up for classes, and there are now disturbing reports explaining why....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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