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60-year-old granny enjoys primary school
It is at dawn and dawn is the obvious prelude to day. It is damn cold and a 60-year-old granny wakes up to prepare her grandchildren for school. At first she is slow moving, yawning, scratchin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:09hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa commissions 138 Army Cadets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the commissioning parade of 138 officer cadets held at the Zimbabwe Military Academy in Gweru on Friday.The officers received diplomas and certi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:29hrs | 2567 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CSOs indaba seeks to tackle Matebeleland problems
CIVIC society groups (CSOs) in Matebeleland are organising an all-stakeholders' convention to come up with answers to a myriad of socio-economic and political problems that have plagued the region....Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:03hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Schools, colleges no longer isolation centres
Schools, colleges and universities will no longer be used as Covid-19 quarantine centres for returnees since they will soon partially re-open, while hundreds of buses and kombis have joined the Zupco ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Shifting Attitudes on Higher Education: A Radical Approach to Bridging the Critical Skills Gap
Young people are Africa's most valuable and the single most important key to unlocking sustainable economic growth. The United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG 4) commits countries to ensure ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:05hrs | 561 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 391 | by Fay Chung
Community broadcasting remains a strategic missing connection in Zimbabwe
It is a fact though debateable that the new generation of our children can hardly read the vernacular or mother tongue and are not even inclined to write properly because we still believe it's backwar...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 457 | by John T Chirinda
Zimbabwe mobile operators get free frequencies
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has allocated the country's three mobile network operators free frequencies until the end of the year as part of its thrust t...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Potraz moves to reduce data costs
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has allocated the country's three mobile network operators free frequencies until the end of the year as part of measures to ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
'Give us a signal Mwazha'
Paul Mwazha's church has for six decades defined and redefined the African Christian's religion and religiosity, the art and the belief, the belief and the execution of the belief. Like the te...Published: 09 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to conduct local research on Covid-19
An Africa-led health initiative Tackling Infectious Diseases for the Benefit of Africa has partnered with researchers drawn from local universities, (NUST and UZ) and another newly formed IamBYO initi...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:18hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Digital library implementation and roll out - Case for Zimbabwe
There are basically 2 routes to do this. Do it your self or hire a pro. Which ever way you opt for a few things remain the same;(1.) If you choose to implement your own library, the first step...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 166 | by Robert Ndlovu
Bridging the digital divide - Digital libraries - Case for Zimbabwe
"If you can't visit the Web, the Web can be brought to you. "The challenges that face ICT development in Africa have to be tackled at the same level at which they occur .The digital divi...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 142 | by Robert Ndlovu
4 000 Diasporans troop back home
CLOSE to 4 000 Zimbabweans are trooping back home from countries all over the world to escape lockdown-induced hardships and inconveniences in their adopted home countries, it has been learnt....Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:55hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Africa, the sleeping giant must wake up
I am a firm believer in the concept of the African Renaissance, i.e. African people and nations shall overcome the current challenges confronting the continent and achieve cultural, scientific, and ec...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:09hrs | 806 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Premature to reopen schools, says Parly
Schools should reopen when it is safe for pupils and teachers and in the meantime e-learning needs to be tailored so that children can benefit, chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 information hub now available through SMS
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care in conjunction with Unicef, has partnered mobile network provider, Econet, to launch a Short Message Service (SMS) platform to circulate information about Covid-1...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:37hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Home is best; one of the COVID-19 lessons
THE past few weeks have been tough and the next weeks or months promise to remain so, as the world grapples to contain the novel coronavirus. Without efficient and effective suppression and precaution...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 1221 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe is not a family company
PEOPLE with little minds do not know the difference between a constitutional democracy and a monarchy. In a constitutional democracy, leadership is by election. It is not bequeathed like in a monarchy...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 4347 | by O Gutu
Our 1980 Independence celebrations have turned out to be the bullet on the head: Zhou
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has said the independence celebrations that characterized the country in 1980 has turned out to be a bullet on the head for the cit...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 327 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare's chickens coming home to roost
FOR the umpteenth time, Harare City Council is trying to restore order in the city. It is taking ad-vantage of the COVID-19 crisis and the void created by the lockdown to destroy illegal structures. ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 12076 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Student bodies say e-learning is unaffordable and elitist
The adoption of e-learning as an innovative means to continue teaching and learning during the national lockdowns affecting many African countries has been rejected by a number of student organisation...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:07hrs | 855 | by universityworldnews.com
40 years of independence has been a period of wasted years
MDC Midlands chairperson Takavafira Zhou has lamented that 40 years of Zimbabwe's independence has been a period of wasted time.He said the veritable paradise promised in 1980 when we attained...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:48hrs | 404 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 903 | by Seán Muller
Bookshop plans online academic channel
With schools having closed early and learners under lockdown, a bookshop in Bulawayo, Dingani Bookshop and Stationery has come up with an online academic channel meant to assist secondary and high sch...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:59hrs | 383 | by Agencies
Teachers demand regular re-grading
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has written to the Public Service Commission and the Primary and Secondary Education ministry demanding regular salary reviews and promotion of teache...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 exposes, heightens inequalities
Not so long ago, just before lockdown, a man reported to human resources at his workplace that he was not coming to work because he was experiencing flu and malaria-like symptoms. Because he had not b...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 324 | by Gloria Ndoro Mkombachoto
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia, as there's clearly nothing for me in Zimbabwe
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989 - at the age of 16 years, whilst still doing Form Three at Kwekwe High School in Zimbabwe - this is probably ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 59054 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Open letter to President Ramaphosa - Voice of the voiceless
Dear Mr PresidentI humbly greet you SirSouth Africa is one of the most blessed and beautiful countries in Africa, however at this time whilst we are facing this giant called covid-19 t...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:00hrs | 439 | by Eric Shikobela
Rural communities conform to lockdown regulations
RURAL communities are conforming to the lockdown regulations albeit struggling in terms of observing social distancing, a key factor in terms of safeguarding against the spreading Covid-19 while tradi...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Varsities urged to go digital
GOVERNMENT has advised all universities to develop material for online lectures to ensure learning is not disrupted by the national lockdown, while upholding the social distancing principle by minimis...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:34hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
1981-2020: Does life really begin at 40? - In memory of Zimbabwe's Uhuru
Siboza Business Centre my homelandThere is a lovely road that leads from Zvishavane going South to Shurugwi and finally to Gweru. That road leads you past s...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:38hrs | 1114 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Mthuli Ncube yet to release COVID-19 funds
GOVERNMENT's incapacity to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country was exposed in a case currently before the High Court where the Health ministry disclosed that Treasury has not yet ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to scrap school holidays to salvage 2020 academic year
School holidays may be scrapped in order to recover lost time as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga contemplates the best way to salvage the 2020 academic year.This is one of the proposa...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 20:08hrs | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Postpone June exams, says Zimta
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has proposed the postponement of the June and November 2020 examinations owing to the failure by teachers to travel to their nearest centres to administer the...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Did Welshman Ncube copy thesis from student?
A simple google search leads to a Nehanda Radio article of November 14, 2011 which claims that almost 9 weeks after attacking Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as an "uneducated person who has no capac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 10:57hrs | 4348 | by Staff reporter
You can now watch 16 channels for free on DStv Now - even if you're not a subscriber
In March Multichoice made DStv Now available for non-subscribers giving them access to 24-hour news channels.The service has become very popular during the Covid-19 lockdown with the company a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:38hrs | 11935 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's movement offers solution to fighting Coronavirus
Tyson Wabantu Movement has issued a statement urging the government of the day to implement tough measures in fighting the dreaded Wuhan virus that seen positive cases rise to nine in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 2451 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa briefs traditional, religious leaders on Covid-19
President Mnangagwa yesterday met national executive members of the Zimbabwe Chiefs Council and representatives of religious groups to update them on Covid-19 and Government's efforts to curb the spre...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Re-imagining the post-COVID-19 political scene in Zimbabwe
There is no denying that the global pandemic figuratively known as COVID-19 has disrupted our everyday lives. Even our economies have ground to a halt. Our educational institutions have been for...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 223 | by Admire Mare
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement MLF President Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza said ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 683 | by Stephen Jakes
Covid-19 Taskforce targets rural folk
THE Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the Covid-19 outbreak is set to engage village heads in the country through mobile phones to spread educational messages about the disease, a member of the ta...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
'Health workers turn away patients'
FEAR and ignorance have led healthcare workers at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to neglect patients that suffer from other ailments, as they now believe that every ill person who walks through th...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe suspends South Africa flights
AIR Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Air Zimbabwe) has suspended flights to South Africa, due to that country's 21-day lockdown as a preventative measure to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.This...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes digital to avert COVID-19 spread
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended manual clearance processes in favour of digital services as it moves in to operationalise the Government's national responsiveness plan to contain ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers suspends printing of publications
ZIMPAPERS has with effect from next week suspended the publication of five newspapers including B-Metro and uMthunywa as the country's largest integrated media house goes into semi-lockdown in an effo...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
What is educational technology and how it helps in student learning
Ever since the emergence of educational technology, it has brought developments in teaching and learning methods. According to the study of ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:07hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
'It takes more than just Closing Schools and Tertial Institutions,' Mnangagwa told
ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the closure of all schools and tertiary institutions in the country on Tuesday 24 March as a precautionary measure to curb the widespread of COVID-19....Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 09:58hrs | 3056 | by Prince Njagu
Coronavirus - Mnangagwa shuts down schools and varsities
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shut down all schools and tertiary institutions in the country to try and combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus....Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 16:00hrs | 6103 | by Moyo Roy
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