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'Jonathan Moyo preparing for life after Mnangagwa'
THE open letter of apology by self-exiled former ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao - addressed to Zanu-PF members - shows that the two politicians may be preparing for life after Emmerson Mna...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Some Zimbabwe embassies so broke they can't afford a flag'
Some of Zimbabwe's embassies around the world are so broke they cannot afford flags to display outside, diplomats said on Thursday.Responding to information minister Monica Mutsvangwa's commen...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga now a registered lawyer
ZIMBABWE's Ambassador to Sweden, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, was yesterday admitted as a lawyer of the High Court, taking the oath of loyalty and office before Justice Happias Zhou with 14 other ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa use divide and rule tactic to force Chamisa to abandon #PRICECAMPAIGN
Divide and rule, it is a tried and tested tactic as old as human history that has worked, particularly in conquering those easily divided!Talk of easily divided, it really does not take much t...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa appoints Misihairabwi-Mushonga as the Ambassador to Sweden
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Bulawayo proportional representation Member of Parliament (MP), Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga as the Zimbabwe Ambassador to Sweden.Misihairabwi-Mus...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 19:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt tells private schools to reimburse parents
Government has said private schools that increased fees without seeking approval must reimburse parents and guardians, as those behind the illegal hikes risk being jailed. Some private schools...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
24% of pupils fail to return to school
TWENTY-FOUR percent of pupils have not returned to school following the reopening of learning institutions due to early pregnancies, school boys venturing into artisanal mining and failure to pay fees...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Address the plight of teachers urgently, says Parly
PARLIAMENT has urged the government to cushion teachers from the harsh economic environment and waive tuition fees for their children.The House also urged government to urgently increase teach...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
School fees to go up 33%
THE Government has given schools the green light to increase fees through a prorata system that will see some classes pay an extra 33 percent to cover for the extra days of the term, as schools open f...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't politicise engagements with teachers, Parly tells govt
PARLIAMENT has urged the government to negotiate with teachers on their demands without politicising issues and come up with a favourable outcome that will restore the dignity of the educators in orde...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private schools demand own calendar
PRIVATE schools are reportedly insisting on sticking to their own calendar, arguing that their pupils have been attending lessons online during the period public schools were closed.Earlier th...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police face resistance in girl's death probe
Police are facing resistance from the Johanne Marange Apostolic community in Bocha in their investigation of the recent death of a 14-year-old girl, Memory Machaya, at a church shrine, legislators hea...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Banana's wife
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding First Lady Janet Banana and Mrs Angela Haritatos, the mother to Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor network leaves Mangwe isolated
"To access internet connectivity for my Zoom meetings, I have to climb a mountain and use my Botswana mobile number," says Gilbert Masuku as he explains the network challenges in Mangwe."Alter...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Parliament must closely monitor security sector'
PARLIAMENTS have been urged to strictly monitor the security sector in their countries especially in times of conflict to avoid human rights violations.This came up during debate last Thursday...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I’m disappointed with ZESA' Biti tells Gata to his face - still, it’s Chihuahua barking at marauding elephant
"ZESA Holdings executive board chairperson Sydney Gata yesterday struggled for answers after he was cornered by the Tendai Biti led Public Accounts Committee to explain how the parastatal secured a US...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 19:29hrs | 7 | by atrick Guramatunhu
Schools yet to receive $750m COVID-19 support
TEACHERS yesterday dismissed claims by government that it had released over $750 million to schools for procurement of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE).Schools are set to open on M...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Parliament raises alarm over school pregnancies
PARLIAMENTARY investigations at selected schools over their preparedness to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed that the lockdown period resulted in a sharp rise in pregnancies among pu...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt told resolve teachers' grievances before schools open
THERE is an urgent need for government to improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Education has said.This is one of its reco...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite
RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Cov...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Official school calendar next week
GOVERNMENT is expected to make an announcement regarding the opening of schools by next week. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana posting on his ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga fumes over 0 % grade 7 pass rates
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has urged government to allow pupils who failed their 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Grade 7 exams to rewrite the crucial test....Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
50 school heads test positive to COVID-19
TEACHER unions yesterday claimed that about 50 headmasters and several teachers tested positive to COVID-19 when schools reopened on Monday for examination classes.Zimbabwe went on a strict lo...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money for pregnant schoolgirls out soon
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it will soon start providing money to enable pregnant girls to continue with their education after Treasury allocated $123 million for the prog...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MPs slate Mthuli Ncube's national budget
PARLIAMENT has poked holes into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 budget allocation for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry after he allocated $55 billion towards education, 73% of which w...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Worry over high pupil pregnancy during lockdown
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday said Bulawayo has a relatively high number of pupils who fell pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown and if nothing is...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans demand US dollar budget
ZIMBABWEANS have expressed mixed feelings on the 2021 national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Parliament yesterday, saying it should have been configured in United States dollars...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Improved salary offer tabled for teachers
There is no possibility that teachers can be paid the US$520 they are demanding, since doing so would reverse the economic gains seen so far, but the Government could afford a minimum teacher's salary...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala grills Mathema over sex orgies, drugs in schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema was last week grilled in Parliament by Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) over alleged sex orgies and drug abuse in schools across the cou...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Idle pupils turn to sex orgies, drugs
Some of the pictures making rounds on social media of students kissing or standing next to each other in sexually suggestive positions at school. The authenticity of the images could not be immediatel...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heroic mother who saved baby from crocodile grip honoured
CHIREDZI woman Morina Musisinyani (30) who, in April this year saved her three-year-old son from the jaws of a crocodile, was honoured on Friday by a feminist organisation.Whispers, whose lead...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC wants looted funds to be repatriated home
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday urged Parliament to tighten legislation to ensure that all illegally-acquired wealth siphoned out of the cou...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers turn to 'chikorokoza'
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to "chikorokoza" as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woza engages Parly over schools opening
WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country's readiness for the re-openi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools declare readiness to resume classes
ADEQUATE measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines have been put in place to ensure schools and colleges reopen safely in the proposed phases without risking a spike in Covid-19 ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's dangerous to open schools now'
TEACHERS yesterday told Parliament that they would only resume their duties during the COVID-19 period after government has met their demands for better working conditions and guaranteed their safety....Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs pressured to declare assets
THE Zimbabwean chapter of the African Parliamentarians Against Corruption (APNC) has revealed plans to make public an inventory of legislators who have complied with the asset declaration policy....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP demands Mnangagwa appears before Parliament
WITH Zimbabwe's economic crisis seemingly deepening following the announcement of new fiscal measures that include scrapping of a ten year old multi-currency regime, an opposition MP has demanded that...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs demand regular ministerial updates
LEGISLATORS yesterday demanded Cabinet ministers to regularly bring ministerial statements before the House explaining the economic challenges affecting the country.Zvimba North MP Marian Chom...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly in heated debate over pregnant school girls
THE Education Amendment Bill, which is currently in its second reading stage in the National Assembly, has attracted heated debate on whether pregnant girls should be allowed to continue with class....Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government lays out Gukurahundi exhumations & reburials procedure
GOVERNMENT has said no Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials should be carried out until the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) completes consultations on how the process should be un...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Legal think-tank trashes Zimbabwe's Education Bill
LEGAL and parliamentary think-tank Veritas has criticised the Education Amendment Bill, describing it as a flawed document which has been carelessly drafted because it failed, among other provisions, ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in frank discussions with Matebeleland civic groups?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday held frank and robust discussions with Matebeleland civic groups at the State House in Bulawayo, stressing the need for national cohesion and collective efforts in taking...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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