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THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3324 | by Staff reporter
Jesse Nyakudya: Teenage drumming sensation
All she saw four-year-old toddler pummel her pots as though they were a musical drum set. None of it made sense at that point. But as the boy grew, it became clear Jesse Nyakudya was a drummer-in-the-...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:13hrs | 712 | by Busisani Ncube
Zimbabwean twins heading to Harvard University
ZIMBABWEAN rowers, identical twins Rory and Patrick Plunket are ecstatic after being accepted at the prestigious Harvard University in the United States of America.The two 19-year-olds finishe...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopening date set
Zimbabwean universities will be re-opening from June 1, but only final year students will be on campus with the rest learning remotely using virtual and distance education and most activity online. By...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Government still to approve online school fees
NO private school has been granted permission to charge fees for online lessons as virtual learning does not translate to the start of the second term, an education official has said. Governme...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers square off over schools opening
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has threatened legal action against government over the alleged lack of consultation by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry on modalities for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Govt set to stagger reopening of schools
GOVERNMENT will in the next three weeks announce more than 820 examination centres for candidates sitting for the deferred June public examinations while it prepares for the staggered opening of schoo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
O and A Level June examinations ready
TIE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) yesterday told Parliament that examination papers and other logistics were ready with around 66 000 students expected to sit for 'O' and 'A' Level Jun...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Financial literacy: Why it matters the most
Imagine not ever having to worry about money or that bills being due ever again. It is most people's dream but one that few people ever achieve. Financial literacy is understanding money and being abl...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:53hrs | 715 | by Nobuhle Zondo
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 | 560 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Army generals pay tribute to national hero Masuku
THE late national hero, Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku has been described as a steadfast, humble and hardworking soldier who gave his life to the country.The Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Sex predators roaming online
Now more than ever, online child sexual predators are preying on unwary kids the internet. With school calendars, world over, suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, children are depending on o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 12:55hrs | 1199 | by Busisani Ncube
Zimbabwe delays opening of schools due to COVID-19
Schools and colleges in Zimbabwe will remain closed as many institutions of learning are being used as quarantine facilities for visitors and returning residents.Chief coordinator for National...Published: 16 May 2020 at 08:59hrs | 2919 | by Xinhua
Govt to use warehouses, churches as isolation centres
GOVERNMENT is in a quandary to find alternative infrastructure for quarantining returning citizens from neighbouring countries and the overseas whose numbers are expected to increase.NewsDay W...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF missing the target
MDC-AlliAnCe leader nelson Chamisa is simply a face representing an ongoing struggle against a multifaceted catastrophe that has been ravaging the livelihoods of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe for fa...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1294 | by Gumisai Nyoni
'Lockdown set to fuel child marriages'
A CHIKANGWE High School Upper six student in Karoi has warned that the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown, which cut household incomes impoverishing many families, would result in increased ch...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
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 | 452 | by John T Chirinda
Govt threatens to deregister ‘extortionist' private schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has threatened to deregister private schools demanding "extortionist" fees for e-learning programmes, taking advantage of the current lockdown....Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
A new voice in the face of the old guard
Before the 2017 coup and for decades, this country had been referred to as "robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe". Now with the late former president gone and his former lieutenants in charge, we need new names a...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 599 | by Maxwell Zeb Shumba
Zimta emphasises need for social distancing in schools
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has implored Government to employ more teachers to reduce class sizes and teacher pupil ratio as one of the main pre-conditions to ensure social distancing be...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
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
Online lessons fees illegal, says Govt
SCHOOLS must not charge extra money for conducting online lessons or increase their fees for Term Two without seeking approval from the Government and those that will ignore the directive risk being d...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 545 | 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 | 227 | by Staff reporter
Stop complaining and get involved!
IT would be remiss to not ac-knowledge the outpouring of responses to last week's article entitled What are Zimbabweans known for. It touched a raw nerve with many people, especially those who deliber...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1043 | by Miriam Tose Majome
June exams pushed back by a month
Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) on Friday announced the postponement of June examinations by four weeks due to the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Schools in Zimbabwe were...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:56hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Will Tendai Biti and job Sikhala join Zanu-PF as MDC MPs are recalled?
The old saying that "if you stay in the glass house do not throw stones." It goes on to say if stones are to be thrown back you must not cry the loudest. MDC in all its shapes has been masquerading as...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:40hrs | 6799 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | 591 | by Staff reporter
School charges US$2,5k for online lessons
ARUNDEL School in Harare is demanding fees of up to US$2 500 (or alternatively $139 975) for online classes drawing the ire of parents. The announcement came after Government last week warned ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1479 | 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 | 291 | by Staff reporter
Recalled MDC MPs had turned into rebels, says Mwonzora
REINSTATED MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has said he was left with no option but to write to Parliament ordering the recall of four top party MPs as they were leading other legislators into...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3961 | by newzimbabwe
Ban on second-hand clothes to be enforced
The ban on second-hand clothes imports must be strictly enforced after Cabinet was briefed on smuggling rackets in south-eastern Zimbabwe that could see more Covid-19 cases as a result. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Kudos to Minister Shiri and his team
IT pains a lot when a person knows swimming is the only way to survive drowning or being carried away by a flooded river, but denied by a stagnant log that pins one of his legs against the surface. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1371 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
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
Is COVID-19 the final blow to Zimbabwe?
WITH a bleeding heart, I watched Robson Chihera, a member of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe highlighting the obstacles they are currently experiencing in their innovative and noble e...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:22hrs | 619 | by Boniface Manjeya
Why Bulawayo is coming together
A group of prominent Bulawayo residents has taken the lead in helping to prepare the city's health facilities to handle Covid-19 patients at a time the government is struggling to put together a coher...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa: A whole-brained leader
AS Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence, it is prudent to pay tribute to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and his economic blueprint, Vision 2030.The subject o...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 366 | by Hon Joe Biggie Matiza
Zimbabwe not yet in position to re-open schools, universities, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is "not yet in a position to re-open schools, colleges and universities," President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday as he announced an easing of a coronavirus national lockdown.Zimb...Published: 02 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3073 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdown goes into Stage 2
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has extended the Covid-19-induced lockdown by a further 14 days and announced an $18 billion Economic Rescue and Stimulus Package to scale up production in all sectors of the econo...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beauty, eyes Miss Joburg crown
NEW kid on the block, South Africa-based model Kim Kay (real name Kimberly Dube) has her eyes set on the Miss Joburg City 2020 crown which she is training hard for. The 20-year-old who was rai...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 6055 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 has disarranged the education system: PTUZ
PROGRESSIVE Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has lamented that the outbreak of Covid-19 has disarranged the education system and the end results will be devastating.Zimbabwe has since enforce...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 738 | by Stephen Jakes
FULL TEXT: Dominican Convent to teach pupils online?
A letter purportedly written by Domican Convent has been widely circulated on social media informing parents and guardians that online classes will commence on 18 May 2020 – 21 July 2020.Acc...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 13:06hrs | 956 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to proclaim schools opening date
THE President will announce dates for the reopening of schools, but will do so when the conditions are safe for learners and teachers to prevent exposure to coronavirus, Primary and Secondary Educatio...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand PPEs from Mnangagwa
Teachers have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding Personal Protective Equipment for teachers and learners as part of conditions for re-opening of schools. According to the submis...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3251 | by Staff reporter
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 | 634 | by Staff reporter
Govt in free Internet for varsity students talks
THE Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has asked network service providers to offer free Internet to university students so that they access online learning material, as Government moves to enh...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:36hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Teachers want COVID-19 risk allowance
TEACHERS have demanded to be paid a COVID-19 risk allowance when schools eventually open, according to submissions to the Education ministry by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)....Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:36hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Parliament of Zimbabwe under fire for dereliction of duty
THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has come under fire for failing to play its oversight role on the use of public resources, amid indications that several decisions have been made by the government without i...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:34hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce schools opening day
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is yet to announce the date when the schools are going to open in Zimbabwe, a government official has said. Speaking to the media recently Primary and Secondary Ed...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 21:05hrs | 5575 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe pupils to receive lessons through radio
THE Government is finalising modalities that will see primary and secondary school learners receiving lessons through radio in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted the school calendar ...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus: Schools opening put on hold
PREPARATIONS for the second school term have begun but opening will now be delayed as authorities roll out changes to how the academic institutions will operate in view of the Covid-19 scourge....Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:45hrs | 2897 | by Staff Reporter
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