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Zanu-PF pays tribute to nationalist Aaron Milner
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to the late Aaron Michael Milner, a prominent freedom fighter who played a crucial role in the liberation of several Southern African countries. Milner passed away from pneumo...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:21hrs | 38 | by Staff reportyer
Zimbabwe parents cry foul over forex fees
SCHOOLS open for the second term of the year today amid high hopes of smooth learning while parents have expressed concern over the increase in prices and fees by some boarding schools, which are now ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers report for duty
AT least 70% of teachers who reported for duty yesterday when schools opened for the third term did so out of fear of suspension or having their salaries docked, teacher unions claimed.Teacher...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga chuffed by international recognition
Theatre doyen Cont Mhlanga is on cloud nine as his play Nansi Le Ndoda is set to be translated into English. A short piece of the IsiNdebele play was staged on the Eve of World Theatre Day in London o...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kwekwe lockdown extended
Kwekwe's intensified localised lockdown, which came into full swing on May 24 has been extended by Government for a further two weeks following a surge in active Covid-19 cases in the city and its sur...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons at schools banned
Holiday lessons at schools banned Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa addresses a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday while Chief Secretary t...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 cases in schools drop
ONLY 41 Covid-19 cases remain active in the country's schools as mandatory quarantining of some boarding schools to prevent the deadly pandemic is lifted, allowing learners to return home.The ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | | 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
Mnangagwa's govt admits low teacher attendance rate
GOVERNMENT has admitted that teachers are not reporting for duty and the few that are going to work are not conducting lessons.In a post-Cabinet Press statement yesterday, government insisted ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets second jab today
President Mnangagwa will today receive his second dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine in Kwekwe as the national vaccination drive continues to gain momentum. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting S...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school tests ALL pupils
COVID-19 tests for all the 800 pupils enrolled at Mzilikazi Primary School started yesterday after eight teachers tested positive two weeks ago. Health officials have also started initiative c...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | | 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 | | 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
Ariel 'Mangoye' Sibanda gets new 'kit'...and transfer prophecy at new Masowe
Highlanders' Ariel "Mangoye" Sibanda is a man who is destined to keep goal for a foreign club very soon!This is according to a prophet from Bulawayo.And as he received this prophecy an...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
DD: The man, soldier, pacifier
The light of the armed liberation struggle icon has been extinguished. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, affectionately known as DD, passed on 23 May 2019.There was grief and anguish when news about his dea...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Phathisa Nyathi
Luveve High School maintains prestigious standards
RATED among the best schools and with a current Advanced (A) Level pass rate of 77 percent, Luveve High School in Bulawayo has managed to maintain its prestigious status as one of the most sought afte...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Ariel comes full circle at Bosso
MADINDA Ndlovu was in his first stint as Highlanders head coach when goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda made his senior bow for the Bulawayo football giants in 2009 after graduating from the team's development ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court reverses schoolboy expulsion for praying
THE High Court has ordered Roman Catholic Church-run Embakwe High School to re-admit an Ordinary-Level pupil who was expelled from the school for praying in an "unacceptable" Pentecostal way.T...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil expelled from school for praying
A 17 year old Embakwe High School pupil Promise Mpala (17) has been expelled for praying.The form four pupil was punished for praying in an "unacceptable" Pentecostal way.The schoo...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
O-Level exam candidate sues school
AN Ordinary-Level pupil sitting for public examinations has taken Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora and the Roman Catholic-run Embakwe High School authorities to court follow...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa's Plumtree speech - Full text
Speaking notes: ZAPU meeting for Bulilima Districts, Plumtree, Matebeleland South 30 July 2016Comrades and FriendsDistinguished GuestsFor those who may not be aware, this ...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 00:13hrs | | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Fierce contact with the Rhodesian forces
IN our last week's Lest We Forget Column we were talking to former Zipra Deputy Commander of the Northern Front which stretched from Bulilima up to Nyamapanda Border Post Nicholas Gibson Nkomo whose p...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:54hrs | 6 | by Staff write
Boarding schools turn away pupils
BOARDING schools in Matabeleland region were yesterday turning away pupils for non-payment of fees ahead of today's opening of the second school term. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus ...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:29hrs | | by Noleen Makhurane
Girl misrepresents age to get sex
A 14-YEAR-OLD Mangwe teenager misrepresented her age to her 19-year-old boyfriend in a bid to lure him into engaging in sex with her. The juvenile told Plumtree magistrate Mr Gideon Ruvetsa that she h...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 17:09hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Ajay Motorways plunges into river
SEVENTY five passengers were pulled to safety when an Ajay Motorways bus they were travelling in plunged into a river in Mangwe District following heavy rains in the area this week.Passengers ...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Students brew beer with cereals, schools enforces a ban
BOARDING schools in Matabeleland have reportedly banned pupils from bringing certain types of breakfast cereals after discovering that pupils use them to brew opaque beer.Schools o...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa announces a 10 hour power supply interruption schedule - list of affected areas
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has announced a 10 hour power supply interruption for areas serviced by the Plumtree 33Kv feeder.ZEDTC released an advert a...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 15:47hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Teacher suspended over sex with Grade 6 pupil
THE teacher from Roman Catholic-run Embakwe High School who is facing allegations of bedding his wife's Grade 6 niece has been suspended for three months pending investigations.His counter...Published: 25 Oct 2014 at 12:21hrs | 2 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Married teachers in pupil-sex probe
TWO married teachers at Roman Catholic schools in Mangwe district, Empandeni and Embakwe, are set to appear before a disciplinary committee tomorrow for allegedly having sexual relations with pupils. ...Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Embakwe 'denying pupils food' as punishment
The government has launched a probe following complaints that Embakwe High School in Mangwe District is denying pupils food as punishment for outstanding fees.Sources said for more than a week...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The British engineered Gukurahundi Massacres
I understand how people hate Robert Mugabe but, to publish this report as a factual report is a horrible crime against the people of Zimbabwe. I can only assume you were neither witnesses to the t...Published: 26 Apr 2014 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Brian Sherif
Bus plunges into flooded river, 50 passengers escape death
MORE than 50 passengers on Monday narrowly escaped death by drowning when an Ajay Motorways bus they were travelling in attempted to cross the flooded Embakwe River in Mangwe following a three-day...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
School circumcises pupils without parents knowledge
EMBAKWE High, a boys only school, allegedly allowed their pupils to be circumcised without the knowledge and authorisation of parents, Radio Dialogue reported.This was discovered by parents wh...Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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