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Radical Economic Structural Transformation (part 6 of 10)
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:25hrs | 1639 | by Vince Musewe
Govt yet to decide on school calendar
THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month.This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the gove...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exam centres moved
Zimsec has established alternative centres for the June 2020 examinations that begin today to replace a handful of schools that were being used as Covid-19 quarantine centres. In a statement o...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema summoned over schools reopening
PARLIAMENT has summoned the minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, junior MPs and the deaf community to share their views on the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus (Covid-19...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:48hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Zupco ready to ferry pupils
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has said it is ready to ferry students across the country back to their various schools in preparation for the June/July examinations, which begin tomorro...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8922 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora is moving forward
An internet definition of cheating is 'act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage'. I think you have heard of examination cheating in colleges and universities. In sporting, there is ag...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 3997 | by Etiwel Mutero
Foreign students to produce Covid-19 free certificates
FOREIGN students who are doing final year studies at country's universities are expected to produce Covid-19 free certificates and subjected to the mandatory 21-day quarantine while undergoing testing...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
400 Covid-19 positive cases from South Africa
RETURNEES from South Africa have accounted for more than 70 percent of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country after 400 locals who were domiciled in the neighbouring country tested positive s...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1294 | by Jonathan Chando
Tinashe stages spellbinding show
UNITED STATES-BORN R&B star, Tinashe Kachingwe, on Wednesday night staged a scintillating live show during the Coke Studio Sessions on #BeApp. Her performance lived up to the promise she made earl...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Pessimism grips forex platform
Business wants more "transparency more than promises" on the foreign currency auction system for the platform to succeed as the parallel market continued unabated yesterday, a day after monetary autho...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm rocks elite Bulawayo school
Petra College Senior in Bulawayo has been rocked by a racism storm after current and former learners at the privately run institution took to social media to share the racist incidents they encountere...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:54hrs | 5126 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3160 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is he really a listening President?
MY family is failing to raise $7 000 needed for my brother to go to college because we are all unemployed. Does President Emmerson Mnangagwa really think he will get my family's votes?Mnangagw...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 3417 | by Collet Ndoro
The latest soccer news you must know about
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, soccer leagues across the world were shut down. Things are starting to change rapidly. The world is starting to reopen and soccer is returning to the center stage. As ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 21:48hrs | 2041 | by Staff writer
Lodges, guest houses cash in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees
SOME lodges and guest houses have been cashing in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees who are desperately trying to evade the long arm of the law, The Sunday Mail Society can reveal.The growing pr...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 908 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Nleya and Sadza
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolence message following the death of liberation war veteran and ZIPRA Commander, Stanely Nleya. He has also extended his deepest condolences to the Sadza...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 19:46hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Is the black American fight ours?
American race relations have once again been the focus of the world's attention after violent riots in the aftermath of yet another killing of a black man by a white policeman. The majority of...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 471 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Bid to regularise illegal mining in national parks hits snag
CABINET on Tuesday shot down a request by environment and Tourism minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu to regularise illegal mining activities inside Zimbabwe's national parks.The government h...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Sexual harassment cases in govt on increase: PSC
PUBLIC Service Commission (PSL) secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe yesterday told Parliament that 19 cases of sexual harassment in government ministries were recorded since last year and 10 of them emanat...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in US, China to return home
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans, stranded in China, the United States, South Africa and other countries after Covid-19 induced lockdowns have registered with Government to be repatriated as quickly as possib...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Phased reopening of polytechnics 'imminent'
Polytechnic colleges are set to reopen in a few weeks, as Government is almost done with the clearing out of returnees that were being quarantined at such institutions across the country. Hara...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Oxford college wants to remove Cecil John Rhodes statue
Oriel College in Oxford has announced that it wants the controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes to be taken down.The governors of the Oxford University college voted on Wednesday to remove the st...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:34hrs | 1810 | by Staff reporter
NUST appoints new Registrar
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Council has appointed Biggy Ngwenya (56) as the new Registrar.His appointment follows the retirement of former Registrar, Fidelis Mhlan...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:44hrs | 3806 | by Stephen Jakes
Social grants beneficiaries unreachable, claims govt
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare secretary Clemence Masanga yesterday said his ministry was facing difficulties in identifying vulnerable people to benefit from government social grants....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Sam Phiri poised for Lions move
FORMER Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby team captain Sam Phiri is closing in on a big move to the Johannesburg-based South African rugby union franchise Lions after announcing his departure from the Cape Town-...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo probed over coronavirus deals
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is in the dog box after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opened a docket to probe his qualifications and controversial coronavirus deals following a complain...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:14hrs | 3013 | by Staff reporter
'Fraudster' links self to Mnangagwa
A HARARE woman has appeared in court on allegations of fraud with the State alleging she was linking herself to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Chirambe Chikafu, 44, allegedly used the name Chant...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:26hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
11 escape Bulawayo Covid-19 quarantine
ELEVEN people have escaped from Bulawayo's quarantine centres while a total of 169 returnees have escaped countrywide, posing challenges in efforts to reduce the number of local Covid-19 transmissions...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clears quarantine centres
Another 285 returnees went home yesterday after testing negative for Covid-19 in mandatory quarantine facilities, with 115 more set to get their test results tomorrow. The continued quarantini...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:35hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget the commander in the Covid war general Dr Obadiah Moyo
As Zimbabwe starts to ease the lockdown sounds of car and bus horns hooting the lockdown silence away. This is the sound of thanks and start of victory in a long battle against coronavirus. Let us car...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1617 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo: Lupane's untapped poetic talent
AT first glance, his demeaner deceives one to think Jonathan Moyo (29) is a mere villager fixed on rural life, devoid of ambitions. But once he takes to the stage and starts speaking, all assumptions ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Zimbabwe students as Cassava Edutech launches Akello E-library
Cassava Edutech has launched the Akello E-library, an online library platform offering hundreds of school curriculum books that are set to strengthen Zimbabwe's education sector by providing learners,...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 538 | by Agencies
7 quarantine escapees taken back to centres
SEVEN of the 18 returning residents who escaped from Mkoba Teachers' College quarantine centre in Gweru two weeks ago have been taken back to quarantine. The 18 allegedly escaped from the coll...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
The dangers of face masks
The Zimbabwean government and indeed many governments have made it mandatory to wear a face mask in public as a health intervention to control the spread of coronavirus. It has not been explained full...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 06:05hrs | 4017 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Soldiers, police set camp at restive quarantine centre
Soldiers and riot police are now a constant sight at Masvingo Teachers' College quarantine centre as a response to the increasing restlessness among people who are being kept there.On May 29, ...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Police officer assaults woman at quarantine centre, bites her finger
A male police officer assigned to Masvingo Teachers College quarantine centre allegedly punched a female inmate and bit her finger after a misunderstanding over Covid-19 test results.The incid...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks big eight fuel monopoly
THE 2020 licensing of fuel-import companies has taken a dramatic twist after the High Court declared null and void the Zimbabwe Energy and Regulatory Authority (Zera)'s decision last month to licence ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Horror at quarantine centres
RETURNEES who have exceeded the 21-day mandatory quarantine period at various centres in Harare have recounted horrific experiences at the hands of government officials and security agents.The...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
Doctors poke holes in govt COVID-19 response
HUMAN rights doctors have laid into government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they had noted a "sad scenario" where the fight against the dreaded pandemic was being hampered by the...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:58hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Schools gear up for phased reopening
Schools are now producing personal protective equipment as they gear up for the phased reopening which requires several steps to ensure pupils and teachers are safe when lessons resume. Speaki...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
MSU makes it mandatory for students to stay in campus
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has announced that all final-year undergraduate students would be required to stay in campus when they resume learning this month as part of measures to curb the sp...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
Govt must investigate spike in COVID-19 cases
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wants the government to investigate a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in quarantine centres where returnees are held for a mandatory 21 d...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:31hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Returnees riot over poor conditions
POLICE were yesterday called in to stop dozens of returnees quarantined at Belvedere Teachers College from protesting over poor living conditions.When NewsDay arrived at the centre, the protes...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:30hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
George Floyd murder: Violence erupts across US on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many p...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1446 | by BBC
Zimbabwe licenses private quarantine facilities
THE hotel and catering industry is poised for a restart following government's licensing of private quarantine facilities countrywide, particularly targeting self-sponsoring returnees, the NewsDay can...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo returnees sharing buckets, crowded facilities'
RETURNING citizens housed at the United College of Education (UCE) and the Bulawayo Polytechnic College are sharing buckets, crowded bath facilities, not observing social distancing during meals and h...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
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