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Zanu PF youths endorse Musarara
ZANU-PF youth league supporters in Mashonaland Central province have challenged Tafadzwa Musarara to lead them. "Take us to ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 19:46hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Kazembe hijacks Dokora's function
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's efforts to keep ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Province under his belt are under threat amid fierce competition from former Minister of Education, Lazarus Dokora....Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Shelton Muchena In Bindura
Age of consent stirs debate in Zimbabwe
LEGISLATORS have dismissed reports that they are pushing for the downward review of the age of consent to 12 years, explaining that they were calling for minors who are sexually active to access treat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why digital money makes sense
William Arthur Ward was an American who contributed a lot to the Reader's Digest. His main genres were inspirational maxims and meditations and poems. One of the things he said was: "A pessimist compl...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
President Mnangagwa man of his Word
A wise man is the one who distinguish jokes from sensitive issues and a loving friend maybe a friend for life. While the country is recovering from bootlicking and backbiting mainly orchestrated by fo...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:42hrs | 4 | by Prof Luke Mbune Chakaza
Prof Mavima consults on new curriculum
NEWLY Appointed Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavima, has hit the ground running as he is setting up a taskforce to outline challenges facing the implementation of the ne...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa 'can't speak about bonuses right now'
CIVIL servants will know about their bonuses tomorrow, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Patrick Chinamasa said all will be revealed when he prese...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dokora's education curriculum won't be reversed
THE dropping of Dr Lazarus Dokora from Cabinet does not mean that Government will reverse the new education curriculum introduced early this year, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.President M...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers' unions welcome Dokora sacking
TEACHERS' unions have welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to drop controversial Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Dr Lazarus Dokora from the new Cabinet.Dr Dokora was drop...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party raps Mnangagwa over new cabinet
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it notes with concern the deliberate militarization of cabinet and government by the coup leaders of this country."As well as recycling dead wood, this ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's Command cabinet - 22 ministers, 6 deputies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed a 22-member Cabinet in a move that saw some line ministries with functional duplications being merged.He also brought in some new faces into Go...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 05:07hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet - full-list
The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda has announced the following categories of Ministerial appointments by His Excellency the President, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, in...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 21:06hrs | | by Staf reporter
Dokora dragged to court over debt
A KADOMA businessman has dragged the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the Bulawayo High Court over a debt of more than $56 000 in unpaid rentals at his building.Mr Aleck Mapfumo,...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher 'who proposed love to pupil' gets job back
THE Labour Court has ordered the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to reinstate a Ntabazinduna teacher who was fired last year for ...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora appoints new Zimsec board made up of academics, technocrats
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora yesterday appointed a new Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) board made up of renowned academics and technocrats. Bindura Univers...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dokora accuses Ndebeles of inciting tribalism in Zimbabwe
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has castigated social media users for distorting information on wrong IsiNdebele spellings and accused them of inciting tribalism in the co...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has failed citizens once again
People's Democratic Party faction led by Lucia Matibenga has said President Robert Mugabe has once again, failed the people of Zimbabwe at a crucial moment in their government induced suffering ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe College of Music launches recording studio
In a bid to produce professional musicians, the Zimbabwe College of Music on Monday launched a state of the art recording studio in Harare.The move is in line with the college's investment pla...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
POS machines for schools
Government is making frantic efforts to ensure schools have Point of Sale machines to enable parents pay fees without challenges, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has said. ...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
More schools to be built in Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is set to launch a project to construct more schools in Bulawayo next week in a programme that is set to alleviate the shortage of schools and decongest the existing ones.The Minist...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools management software system launched
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, has launched a schools management software system to improve the administration of schools, with more than 6 000 institutions expect...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP leader angered by reports of war vets intimidating Nkayi villagers
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo on Saturday expressed concerns and anger over reports that villagers in Nkayi were being intimidated and threatened by intelligency security officers for ...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Satanism: Students, teacher appear before headman's court
SIX Nyanyadzi High School students and a primary school teacher appeared before Headman Gudyanga's court last Saturday to answer allegations of their involvement in acts of Satanism.An u...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 11:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Education for Zimbabweans not negotiable,' says Mnangagwa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the right to education for Zimbabweans is not negotiable and is indispensable for the achievement of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio Economic Transform...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora faces contempt of Parly
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora faces contempt of parliament charges for allegedly misrepresenting to the Senate issues to do with his directive for schools to transfer all ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools are not churches, says Dokora
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister, Dr Lazarus Dokora has said schools are not churches and so all religious beliefs should be given the same respect at all learning institutions.In an i...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt committed to a successful new curriculum
Government is highly committed to the success of the new education curriculum which was rolled out in January after a successful pilot project last year. The Government has recently secu...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 12:05hrs | | by Tendai Guta
Dokora pushes for recruitment of 7 000 teachers
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, is pushing for the recruitment of 7 000 teachers but Government has approved the employment of 2 300 which the Public Service Commis...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Government will not hesitate to fire lazy teachers'
Government will not hesitate to fire lazy teachers and replace them with 16 000 trained teachers on its waiting list as it moves to improve quality service under the new curriculum. This was s...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher fired for demanding kickbacks from parents to secure places
A TEACHER at Coghlan Primary School in Bulawayo has been fired by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education for demanding kickbacks from parents to secure places for their children.The t...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora backs down on Matabeleland South schools closure
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora has said no school will be closed in Matabeleland South province for low enrolment as earlier reported.Dr Dokora said Governme...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa to get boarding school
THE Government has accepted a request by villagers in Mberengwa East constituency in the Midlands Province to upgrade Mbuya Nehanda High School into a boarding school.The school, the only Gove...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Government hire new teachers
Government has started recruiting 2 300 teachers ahead of schools opening for second term next week.However, about 7000 teachers are needed.Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Mi...Published: 05 May 2017 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe clarifies goats for school fees position
Government has clarified that the buzz around the goat payment as fees is a sign that most Zimbabweans failed to understand the context of the noble cause by the ministry which seeks to clear ...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa Mugabe host Children's party
President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady Amai Dr Grace Mugabe are hosting a Children's Party at the City Sports Centre in Harare today.The 37th Independence anniversary celebrations ...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to recruit 2,300 teachers for new curriculum
Government will next month recruit 2 300 teachers ahead of the schools opening for second term to enable full implementation of the new schools curriculum recently introduced by the Ministry of Pr...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wimbo refused to make a prophecy that Kasukuwere would succeed Mugabe?
EMBATTLED Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been accused of being the brains behind problems afflicting Mudzidzi Wimbo of the Vadzidzi VaJeso church after the cleric refu...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dokora cracks whip over new curriculum
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, yesterday threatened teachers with early retirement for failing to understand and appreciate the new education curriculum....Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free holiday lessons for flood-hit pupils
SCHOOL children affected by floods in Tsholotsho District will have a chance to catch up on their studies as the provincial education department is organising free holiday lessons for them....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dokora slapped with $3,5 million lawsuit for piracy
Two software companies - Zim Assist Private Limited and Purple Divine Technology - have slapped the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora with a $3,5 million lawsuit for al...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
New homes for Tsholotsho flood victims
PRESIDENT Mugabe has donated 1 000 bags of mealie-meal and groceries to about 1 000 villagers displaced by floods in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North amid reports that about 2 000 homesteads have be...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe donates 1 000 bags of mealie-meal to Tsholotsho floods victims
PRESIDENT Mugabe has reportedly donated 1 000 bags of mealie-meal and groceries to about 1 000 villagers displaced by floods in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North amid reports that about 2 000 homesteads ...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo schools open today, says Dokora
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora has said all pupils in Bulawayo should report for school today.In a brief response to questions sent to him by The Chronic...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe urges nation to embrace new curriculum
President Mugabe has expressed reservations on one aspect of the new curriculum being spear-headed by Primary and Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora, but said on the whole the syllabus needed to be ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Everything's under control, claim Dokora
Part of the US$1,2 billion paid annually by parents as school levies is being used to implement Phase 2 of the updated curriculum, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has sa...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec to introduce minority languages examinations
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council is this year expected to introduce examinations in minority languages, a move that is in tandem with the provisions of the new curriculum that the Ministry of ...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Parents challenge new education curriculum in court
PARENTS whose children learn at Dadaya High School in Zvishavane have taken Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora to court challenging the newly introduced education curriculu...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribalism rocks Girls College in Bulawayo
Parents at Girls college in Bulawayo have since raised a red flag at the school and are up in arms against the school head Miss Les Ross and her deputy a John Rugoyi for tribalism and racism....Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Early Childhood Development Maths, Science in local languages
Early Childhood Development centres countrywide are teaching learners all subjects using local languages common to their areas to "enable (children) to fully grasp key concepts".This began...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parent sues Whitestone Pr School over SDC
A BULAWAYO man has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel a privately-owned school in the city, Whitestone Primary, to set up a School Development Committee in line with the country'...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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