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Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Unfair Labor Practice: ZIMSEC's Unpaid Invigilation Policy
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has been criticized for its controversial policy of forcing teachers to invigilate public exams without compensation, while exam markers receive payme...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:10hrs | 1622 | by Nkomah Isaac
Thieves vandalise region's heroes acres
BULAWAYO, Matebeleland North and South provincial heroes acres are being targeted by thieves who are stealing plants, flower pots and floral tributes from graves.The shocking incidents have be...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen among 3 Bradford men found guilty of killing compatriot
THREE Bradford men along with one other have been found guilty of killing a teenager by stabbing him 14 times in a tragic case of mistaken identity.Karl Belinga, 20, of Brendon Walk in Holme W...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec scouts for examination markers
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has called for applications from potential markers ahead of this year's training course for marking Ordinary and Advanced Level Syllabi....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 13:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fire burns part of Luveve Cemetery
A portion of Luveve cemetery was burnt by a veld fire which destroyed grave markers and some of the tombstones.The cause of the fire is unknown but some residents blamed the Bulawayo City Coun...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
French revolution brewing
France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a 17-year-old youth was shot by police near Paris on Tuesday, sparking a ban on demonstrations in some cities, travel warnings and reigniting a debat...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 17:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum plucks Chicken Inn
FC Platinum 2 - 0 Chicken InnTWO goals in the either half was all FC Platinum needed to condemn visiting Chicken Inn to their second defeat of the season in a match played at Mandava Stadium...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 17:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem at National Sports Stadium
REFEREE Jimmy Makwanda left the pitch with a heavily bandaged head yesterday after a section of incensed CAPS United fans ran amok at the end of their drawn game against Simba Bhora, unhappy with the ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More troubles brew for Zimsec
TEACHER unions have urged parents of Ordinary Level students whose results were nullified last week to sue the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for presiding over flawed examinations....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Missing ECD teacher found dead
Budiriro 4 Primary School ECD teacher, Josephine Magdalene Mandivei, who went missing nearly a week ago, was Saturday found dead in a maize field by a hill in Mufakose high density suburb, Harare....Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa, Nyanga by-election environment should replicate at next year's elections
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has deployed six static observers in Mberengwa ward 15 and Nyanga ward 27 as well as observers at the ward collation centres and a roving team to the local...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Zesn
Mkoba Teachers' College starts producing liquid fertilisers
Mkoba Teachers' College (MTC) in Gweru, Midlands Province has started producing vegetable and fruit pickles, herbs and liquid fertilisers in line with Education 5.0 philosophy.The liquid ferti...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Where is Generation Z age group born 2000-2004? The missing '1.5 million voters'
More than 1.5 million people turn18 since the last general election, and these youngest eligible Generation Z (Gen Z), Gen Zers or Zoomers form a diverse, active, and potentially decisive voting bloc ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zimsec, markers in fresh row
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) and script markers are heading for a fresh collision as the latter complain that the value of their payouts has been eroded by inflation.Zimse...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
South Africa flagging fake IDs, passports
The net is closing in on syndicates manufacturing and selling fake South African passports and IDs.Following the arrest of a kingpin who allegedly sold fake IDs and passports, the Department o...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Schools complain over exam fees collection
SCHOOLS are left financially poorer every time they collect examination fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) through bank and transport costs charges and have appealed t...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec yet to pay O, A-level markers
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) is yet to pay some examiners who marked the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, almost seven months after completing the exercise.E...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Benjani suffers first PSL defeat
Ngezi Platinum Stars 0 - 1 Harare CityBENJANI MWARUWARI's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League honeymoon came to an end yesterday when a determined Harare City stopped his three-match unbeaten start...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec standoff leaves students, varsities in limbo
A STANDOFF between markers and the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has resulted in the examination board failing to release the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level results in time.I...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland region Zimsec markers allege discrimination
TEACHERS marking the 2021 Ordinary Level ("O" Level) and Advanced Level ("A" level) examinations in the southern region have claimed that the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) paid t...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deadline set for Zimsec O, A Level exams marking
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it is targeting to finish marking of O and A- Level examinations this week with results expected to be released shortly after.This comes ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams marking almost complete
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it is targeting to finish marking of O and A- Level examinations this week, with results expected to be released shortly after.This comes...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
O Level exams now being marked at gunpoint
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has deployed a team of heavily armed riot police officers at the Midlands State University (MSU) to keep a close eye on disgruntled examiners marking Zimbabwe School...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec markers down tools
ZIMBABWE Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools in dispute over allowances, which could delay the release of the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level results.The teach...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Riot police beat up O level Examination makers
Citizen Coaliation for Change (CCC) official Job Sikhala has claimed that riot police has been deployed today to beat up O level Examina...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 14:27hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimsec exam makers scoff at paltry allowances
TEACHERS yesterday described the $16 500 that the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has offered them for marking examinations, as paltry and an insult to the profession.In a statem...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC says Grade 7 results not out
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) on Thursday denied reports that the 2021 Grade 7 results had been released.A WhatsApp message circulating on social media appeared to have foo...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exam markers clash with ZIMSEC
TEACHERS marking 2021 Grade Seven examinations have vowed to resist the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)'s decision to demand Covid-19 test certificates.ZIMSEC last week wrote a m...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Distributor moves to stem Zimbabwe's fake whiskey 'pandemic'
IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery, the old adage goes, but when it comes to alcohol, high-end whiskey in particular, this is not strictly true.Recently, according to an anonymous sou...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec registrations decline
THE number of pupils who registered to sit for public examinations fell sharply this year, declining to nearly half of last year's numbers on account of the Covid-19.About 643 000 pupils are s...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths mourn hero Sandiyani
The Zanu-PF youth league has joined the nation in mourning the late national hero Wereki Sandiyani, who was buried on Saturday at the National Heroes Acre.Sandiyani died on September 26 at the...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
What good is Mutambara prosperity pentagon if buffoon can, once again, rig elections and impose voodoo policies
Dear Nomazulu Thata, Thank you for your thought provoking article "Professor Arthur Mutambara, Dr Nkosana Moyo and Advocate Nelson Chamisa are speaking" in Bulawayo24.com. I agree that...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Professor Arthur Mutambara, Dr Nkosana Moyo and Advocate Nelson Chamisa are speaking
I have dwelt a lot regarding Chamisa's infantile approach to politics and his policies that do not make too much sense. However, I wish to commend Chamisa's visit to Matabeleland South two days ago. T...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 17:20hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Winning elections, fighting corruption not enough
YES, we must expose and fight corruption. Yes, we must win elections by:- registering to vote en masse- voting in large (unriggable)numbers- protecting the vote.However, all th...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 5 | by Arthur Mutambara
We are not abandoning Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa
To be a woman activist in Zimbabwe is totally different from being an activist in the comforts of Germany. I have come to terms with this fact. Women activism especially in our societies does not mean...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 14:56hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimsec markers demand outstanding allowances
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has failed to pay teachers who marked the 2020 "O" Level and "A" Level examinations.Markers are said to be owed $35 000 each and are reportedl...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps mid-year final examinations
Zimbabwe has scrapped mid-year final examinations citing coronavirus disruptions to learning.Final year students sitting the ZIMSEC Ordinary Level and Advanced Level exams normally have two bi...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should've learnt how to run country from Rhodesians, not the wearing of colonial wigs
If ever there is anything in Zimbabwe that infuriates me to the core, it is the sight of a once prosperous nation - whereby (irregardless of the numerous glaring racial injustices) the economy was so ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil servants push for better salaries
CIVIL servants have implored the government to go back to the negotiation table after the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting last week failed to reach a consensus on a cost of living ad...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec arm-twisted us to return to work, claims markers
STRIKING markers yesterday accused the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) of armtwisting them to go back to work before receiving their full allowances.They alleged that Zimsec used...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec markers down pens over allowances
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools demanding transport and subsistence allowances two weeks after commencing duty.The striking markers were marking 202...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Boycott the marking of exams,' says PTUZ
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has told members to boycott the marking of exams to protect themselves from Covid-19. "Use your brains rather than your stomach. Life is far more imp...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Invigilators paid with plates of isitshwala
THE country's examination body, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week allegedly paid some "O" Level examination invigilators with plates of isitshwala instead of cash, which has ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
200 exam markers test positive, claims Unions
Teachers' unions have made sensational claims that at least 200 of their members currently marking recently completed public examinations have tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the un...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paternity cheat exposed
A Bulawayo woman was exposed as a paternity cheat after results of a DNA test showed that the child was not fathered by the man who she claimed was her daughter's dad.The bombshell came to lig...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum edge Simba SC
FC Platinum 1 - 0 Simba SC ATTACKING midfielder Perfect Chikwende turned on the show with a beautiful strike that gave FC Platinum a narrow win over Tanzania's Simba S.C. in the first leg of the C...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University v Student (an analysis of this case)
Dr Tapiwa Mudyahoto has a premafacie case against his former student. However, the substantial amount which he wants as compensation, might not be afforded by his former student. Again, the court may ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
SA Home Affairs probes close to a million 'blocked' ID documents
The Home Affairs Department is investigating close to a million "blocked" identity documents that were found to be suspicious, duplicate or fraudulently issued with falsified supporting documents....Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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