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Zanu-PF women's league hounds school head
Zanu-PF Women's League members in Chirumhanzu Ward 10 recently led a community protest aimed at removing Tonias Mushayi, the head of Chengwena Secondary School, over allegations of misconduct, includi...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:44hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Cops acquitted of rape
Three police officers from Tshitulipasi Police Station in Beitbridge East - Courage Majoni (32), Jabulani Museba (33), and Enock Nyamupandu (35) - were acquitted by Regional Magistrate Innocent Bepura...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe investigative journalist released without charge
Prominent investigative journalist and director of the Information for Development Trust (IDT), Tawanda Majoni, was released without charge on Tuesday after being summoned by police over his work. Maj...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
60% of pupils hungry, feel El Niño pinch
At least three million out of 4.9 million pupils across Zimbabwe have been severely impacted by the El Niño-induced drought, with the government facing significant challenges in consolidating its sch...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:07hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2479 | by Tawanda Majoni
Anglican bishop acquitted
BISHOP Eric Ruwona of the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland, and his standing committee members were yesterday acquitted on charges of violating the Education Act.Ruwona, Walter Majoni, Daphine M...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 12:59hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
'Rape cops' released on bail
Three police officers from Chituripasi Police Base in Beitbridge East have been accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on multiple occasions last month. Courage Majoni, Jabulani Museba, an...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:26hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
'Rapist cops' remanded in custody
Three police officers from Chituripasi Police Base in Beitbridge East, accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on three separate occasions in June, have been remanded in custody until July 23. ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
3 Beitbridge cops up for rape
Three police officers from Chituripasi Police Station in Beitbridge East district are accused of repeatedly raping an 18-year-old woman last month. The officers, Courage Majoni (32), Jabulani ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools defy govt fees policy
Several public schools are disregarding a government directive instructing them not to deny entry to students due to unpaid fees, according to a survey conducted by NewsDay.Despite a recent ci...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:03hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell is bumping with the big boys
HE dropped out of school just before he turned 15 and went straight into employment as a wages clerk for a bus company, when, around 1997, he could barely read or write— let alone manage company rec...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 19:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa been bought?
IN early 2008, Simba Makoni, with the covert but obvious backing of the late powerful ex-general, Solomon Mujuru, sprung up to the podium and made the brave announcement to stand against Robert Mugabe...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:28hrs | 4 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa government's game of darkness
NOW, if you put President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube and Kuda David Mnangagwa-the Finance minister and deputy minister, respectively—what will you get?Correct. Darkness. Lots of darkne...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe athlete Moleen Majoni clinches victory at 2024 Outeniqua chair challenge
Zimbabwean Athlete Moleen Majoni Clinches Victory at the 2024 Outeniqua Chair ChallengeGeorge, South Africa - Moleen Majoni, a remarkable Zimbabwean athlete, has emerged victorious at the ...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 16:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why Mnangagwa could be seeking a third term
IN 1990 to 1991 when Fredrick Chiluba was hot on a campaign for multi-party democracy that finally ushered him in as Zambian president to replace founding nationalist Kenneth Kaunda, he was so emphati...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe police name, shame drug lords
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has resorted to naming and shaming convicted drug dealers as part of efforts aimed at addressing the scourge.In a statement accompanying the names of 28 conv...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt is getting crazier
IF you are a Zimbabwean citizen or resident and still want to live on, you need super strong shock absorbers because the Mnangagwa administration is capable of crazy things that can easily kill you....Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siblings bludgeon brother to death over witchcraft accusations
A GOKWE man died after being attacked by family members who accused him of bewitching them.Collen Bheka (39) died on the spot after four family members armed with machetes and axes teamed up a...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Headmasters confront govt over Zimdollar salaries
HEADMASTERS from government schools across Zimbabwe have put their employer on notice to press for United States dollar salaries starting from the forthcoming term.School heads and teachers ar...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to dollarise pensions
THE Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads (Zinush) has pleaded for the dollarisation of pensions as inflation continues to eat away the life savings of educators, condemning many to poverty after ye...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police systems are crumbling
I don't know about these days, but one of the most shaming things back in the days was when a learner was sent back home because he or she didn't have a uniform.It was shaming on the learner a...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 13 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe police thwart attempt to announce parallel elections outcome
A SUBVERSIVE attempt by some Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) to illegally announce the results of the 2023 harmonised elections has been thwarted by police who on Wednesday night swooped on some pr...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
The pitfalls of Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:22hrs | 10 | by Tawanda Majoni
The pitfalls of the 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 10 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe's August 23 elections are already rigged
Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz) is, in deed, a new kid on the block, even though it's not that new.It's new in the sense that while it was established as a trust way back in 2012, it hasn...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:36hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Bosso scores major deal
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has scored a major deal ahead of today's blockbuster Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Dynamos, which will save the club thousands of dollars.Bosso and...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe parents brace for tough times as schools reopen
PARENTS and guardians have been warned to brace for tough times ahead of schools opening on Monday next week over demands for exclusive fees payments in United States dollars and skyrocketing prices o...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Junior teachers out-earn their bosses
TEACHERS' representatives have accused government of employing "divide and rule" tactics by paying junior teachers more than their seniors, NewsDay can report.The senior teachers and administr...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel's PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering usin...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Teachers defy ban on extra lessons
GOVERNMENT officials and teachers are engaged in cat-and-mouse games over extra lessons.Government banned extra lessons in 2021, while the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) in the sam...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How the gold mafia scandal will affect Mnangagwa
The Al Jazeera investigative unit last week served the second episode of a four-part documentary, Gold Mafia, that makes interesting— albeit unsurprising — watching.The exposés have spawn...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:04hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Job Sikhala's case is exposing the opposition
In three months' time, Job Sikhala would have clocked a full year in jail for allegedly inciting public violence and attempting to defeat the course of justice.They say, among other things, he...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Zanu PF is rigging 2023, it's normal and CCC must be hard-hat equipped for it!' It's insane and must be stopped, now
In an interview with AFP Nelson Chamisa admitted that Zimbabwe's electoral process has "always attracted controversy" and is "littered with rigging, manipulation" and it is his reaction that we should...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 16:54hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Lower 6 classes begin today
Lower Sixth classes start today, with boarders having travelled yesterday to their respective schools, following the release of O'Level results last week.Zimbabwe National Union of School Head...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jail has cost Job Sikhala a fortune already
Just before the presidential elections of early 2002, two young MPs from the united MDC, Job Sikhala and Tafadzwa Musekiwa, arranged a meeting with the late Perrance Shiri, who was then commander of t...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:15hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimsec yet to decide on leaked papers
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) says it has no plans to order the rewriting of three leaked Ordinary Level examination papers despite that this may dent the reputation of the country...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'School heads cash in on Form One places'
SCHOOL heads are reportedly fleecing desperate parents, demanding as much as US$300 in bribes for 2023 Form One placements.Parents have started applying for Form One places through the g...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prisoner breaks prison precast wall with head in escape bid
A suspect recently caused a stir at Harare Central Police Station after he exhibited ‘supernatural-like powers' and broke a jail wall using his forehead in an attempt to escape, court heard on Frida...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers4ED swoops on school heads
THERE is discontent within the education sector after school heads and inspectors were ordered to attend a two-day workshop beginning today by TeachersforED, an obscure grouping with suspected Zanu-PF...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa is just not serious
Slightly into the second week of last month, CCC's Nelson Chamisa said something that, by the end of the same month, he was already contradicting, practically.In the first instance, he was in ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe army, political elites negotiate shady, corrupt mining deals
COMMUNITIES across the country are being neglected in negotiating mining contracts with foreigners as the military and political elites take centre-stage for personal gain, an expert has said....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 20:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to embark on a go-slow
TEACHERS say they will embark on a go-slow when schools open today as opposed to a full-blown strike, citing victimisation by State security agents.Schools open today for the final term of the...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools third term opens
IT was a hive of activity for boarders across the country yesterday as they returned to their schools for the third term that starts today.Pupils and a representative of national school heads ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Schools reject Zimdollar fees
SEVERAL schools across the country are demanding fees exclusively in United States (US) dollars owing to rising inflation, a development that has left parents and guardians in quandary ahead of school...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in U-turn on teachers' salaries
GOVERNMENT has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to dock teachers' salaries.This follows salary cuts on teachers that had not reported for duty citing incapacitation.A circular dat...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over US$ school fees
PARENTS have expressed concern over a decision by some schools to peg half of their school fees in foreign currency, mainly the United States dollar (US$).Schools open on September 3, 2022 for...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt education policies inconsistent'
TEACHERS have castigated government for policy inconsistency after it cancelled its ban on holiday lessons.Yesterday, most schools were enrolling pupils for two-week vacation lessons. In a cir...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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