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Gift Muzadzi suspended from Dembare
SUSPENDED Dynamos goalkeepers' coach, Gift Muzadzi, claims he is a victim of circumstances and has challenged the basis of his sanctions. Muzadzi was suspended from the club this week. Dynamos spokesp...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ship in turbulent waters
HARARE giants Dynamos' preparations for the 2021 season were yesterday thrown into disarray following the shock suspension of goalkeepers' coach Gift Muzadzi while goalkeeper Simb...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:05hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails MTB revival
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended Management Training Bureau (MTB) for taking a leading role towards the attainment of Vision 2030 by adopting new education methods.Speaking while rel...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:56hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has nothing to hide, says Murwira
Zimbabwe is prepared to volunteer and expose itself to peer review for continuous improvement of good governance. This was said by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Tr...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's President Masisi arrives in Zimbabwe
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has arrived in Zimbabwe for a meeting with his Zimbabwean counterpart President Mnangagwa.He is lobbying for Botswana to takeover the position of SADC Exec...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 18:39hrs | 2266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabweans against COVID-19 conspiracies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who received his first Covid-19 jab at a momentous occasion attended by different religious and political leaders yesterday, has called on the nation to shun conspiracy theories a...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:28hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Tanzania for Magufuli memorial service
President Mnangagwa flew to Tanzania yesterday to join other African and world leaders for today's memorial service for former Tanzanian President John Magufuli who died in office of a heart ailment o...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Tanzania
President Mnangagwa left for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this afternoon where he is set to join other African and world leaders in mourning the passing on of Tanzanian President John Magufuli (61), due to...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 14:51hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 65 at Defence University
President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 65 graduates at the second graduation ceremony of the Zimbabwe National Defence University. The ceremony was supposed to be held last year but was postponed due to...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
250% fees hike for varsities
Government has approved fees increases of up to 250 percent for universities, following proposals by tertiary institutions. Some State universities have announced their new fees structure which will s...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still experiencing vehicle number plates shortage
GOVERNMENT has acknowledged that shortage of vehicle number plates countrywide is causing inconveniences to motorists who are sometimes arrested for driving unregistered cars. Transport and In...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has a huge skills gap'
A Government commissioned audit shows that the country has a serious skills deficit of up to 62 percent despite having one of the highest literacy rates in the world.The audit reveals that alt...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
'95% skills deficit in medicine'
THE country is grappling with a 95 percent skills deficit in the medical fraternity and 94 percent skills deficit in the engineering sector, a development which has been hampering optimal service deli...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Man kills stepson over $50 airtime
A CHITUNGWIZA man has been arrested for smashing and killing his 11-year-old stepson with a hammer after the boy mistakenly bought $50 airtime instead of $20.Owen Nyamukachi allegedly grabbed ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet hiatus highlights Zimbabwe leadership crisis
AT a time when the surge in Covid-19-related deaths is dramatic, amid new rampant cases of the pandemic, the Zimbabwean government's primary policy-making body – cabinet – has not been meeting, Th...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend AU virtual summit
President Mnangagwa will be virtually attending the 34th African Union Ordinary Session Assembly of Heads of States, which starts today and runs until the end of day tomorrow. Key issues expec...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets US$234m pledge for Covid-19 response
Development partners have pledged US$234 million towards the country's Covid-19 response as Government warns that the pandemic is set to stretch the health sector. In a joint statement yesterd...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is in a fix!' advised Magaisa - it's Zimbabwe in the fix, thanks to you
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess and there are many reasons why we are in this mess. One of the reasons why we are in this mess is our propensity to make mountains out of a mole-hi...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:07hrs | 1564 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa in a fix
The recent spate of deaths of top government officials, including ministers who succumbed to Covid-19, have left President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a predicament.Well-placed sources yesterday sai...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:12hrs | 8845 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown extension latest
The Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19 will make deliberations on the extension of the Level 4 national lockdown announced by the Government early this year.Health experts are reco...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:19hrs | 13293 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches scholarship programme
President Mnangagwa has launched a personal bursary programme – the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa University of Zambia Scholarship Programme (ED-UNZA) – that is set to benefit students from both Zim...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:18hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Govt official in planes tender storm
A senior civil servant who recommended that a cloud-seeding tender be awarded to a company with faulty planes unsuitable for the purpose has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday on corruption...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aides barred from boarding public transport
Health care givers are the heroes of our time and everyone must play their part in helping them do their jobs in the difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Cabinet Minister has said. Gover...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
Murwira blocks varsity fee hikes
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister, Amon Murwira has refused to approve proposed fee hikes by local universities until the obtaining Covid-19 pressures have eased.This comes after governme...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:32hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
47 die of Covid-19 in 24 hours in Zimbabwe
FORTY-SEVEN people died of Covid-19 yesterday to take the total number of deaths to 636, while 1 112 tested positive. All the positive cases are local transmissions, with 467 from Harare. Five...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in key post-Brexit UK investment indaba
Zimbabwe's engagement and re-engagement drive continues to bear fruit after the United Kingdom invited local businesses to participate in next week's Africa Investment Conference along with companies ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 screening at roadblocks
Healthcare workers will soon join the security services at roadblocks to screen those intending to pass through for Covid-19 and carry out awareness campaigns on mitigatory measures to reduce the spre...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt enforces strict movement controls
Strict control of people's movements will be enforced as Zimbabwe returns to Level Four lockdown from today, with the Government seeing the 30-day tightening of the lockdown as the best way to rein in...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:01hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Decision on schools out today
A DECISION on the reopening of schools and final dates on the resumption of classes following a surge in Covid-19 infections and the threat posed by new and more contagious variants of the disease wil...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler wrestled down in a shop
A fugitive cattle rustler was pinned down on the ground by a brave junior officer at Suoguru shops, Mvurwi on Monday.Patrick Rateyiwa (29) of house number 450 Suoguru Mvurwi was elusive to the...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 15:13hrs | 1294 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Uniforms for all universities - fake news
HIGHER Education Minister Amon Murwira has allayed fears the government was working on implementing uniform curricula across all similar degree programmes offered by local universities.However...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
WHO warns Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans must not loosen their guard against Covid-19, President Mnangagwa and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned, while the Government wants people to forgo or at least seriously mini...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF goes after nurses
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused nurses of working with the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, saying their tendency to go on strike from time to time was meant to distabilise President Emmerson Mna...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Minister blames COVID-19 for spike in drugs prices
HEALTH stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry have called on the country to seriously consider local production of medicines as medical costs and drugs continue to skyrocket.This came o...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Repentant nurses reinstated on payroll
More than 1 000 nurses removed from the monthly pay sheets for not working standard hours are being reinstated after apologising to the Government and reverting to normal duty shifts. Last mon...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flown out for treatment
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for treatment - just months after declaring that the government was banning health tourism.The 64-year-old former army general has n...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 07:49hrs | 7597 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe nurses apologises to Chiwenga
Nurses at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital have publicly broken with the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina), resolved to resume normal shifts and most have apologised to the Government for disruptions in...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Re-imagining education in the Second Republic
OUR education should produce goods and services and it's not doing so. It should produce solutions to our challenges, but it's not. It should produce job creators, but its producing job seekers. So th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:40hrs | 142 | by Nick Mangwana
Zanu-PF officials in kidnapping storm
FIVE Zanu-PF members, among them a Zimunya-Marange district political commissar candidate in the party's district coordinating committee elections to be held at the weekend, have been arrested for kid...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
MSU degrees chaos divide government
THE discontinuation of the Midlands State University (MSU) media programme has reportedly divided government with stakeholders alleging that the move was political, ill-advised and meant to weaken the...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:19hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3500 at MSU
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 3 507 graduates at Midlands State University (MSU)'s 21st graduation ceremony held at its main campus in Gweru.Due to Covid-19-induced restrictions, 3 397 ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | 638 | by Staff Reporter
Minister summoned over crisis in schools
PARLIAMENT has summoned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to appear before it next week to explain measures the government has put in place to address the crisis in the education s...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
No going back on public exams, says Murwira
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira yesterday told Parliament that there was no going back on public examinations set to start next week despite fears that students had lost the bulk o...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Minister denies abuse of office charges
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has denied interfering in the bidding process for the supply of Covid-19 related materials by Young Health Care to the National Pharmaceutical Co...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:53hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 447 HIT graduates
A total of 447 students at Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) graduated yesterday at a colourful ceremony in the presence of HIT Chancellor President Mnangagwa. The bulk of the students grad...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa and wife arrive at heroes acre with maximum security
A picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa arriving at heroes acre accompanying by high level security to attend the burial of the late national hero Brigadier General Ruphus Chigudu has gone viral on ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 15:50hrs | 9951 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man strikes son to death with hoe
As the country is still in shock following the murder of a seven-year-old child in Murehwa, police have arrested a 43-year-old man from Zvimba for allegedly striking his son to death with a hoe while ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 685 | by Staff Reporter
Food aid centres used for condom distribution
THE Health Ministry and its development partners have turned food distribution points into sexual and reproductive health centres in order to bring the service closer to communities.Since the ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Minister tells striking lecturers to ' Pack your bags and go'
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Amon Murwira has blatantly told incapacitated state university lecturers to leave the profession if they are unhappy with their current salaries....Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 4820 | by Staff reporter
Varsity workers declare incapacitation
WORKERS at State universities have declared incapacitation and threatened to return to work only after government reviews their salaries.Institutions of higher learning were set to reopen on O...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
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