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Masowe woman in record breaking home deliveries
AT 30, Vongai Matara Gondo, a midwife of the Johanne Masowe ye Chishanu apostolic sect, has helped 157 women to deliver.Vongai says midwifery is her calling.Despite the high risks that...Published: 8 hrs ago | 206 | by Staff reporter
Free primary education law coming
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that his government will soon be introducing a law that will make primary education free.Addressing ZANU PF supporters at a thank you rally in Mwenez...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3145 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joshua Nkomo was a dictator?
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo may have been a rigid leader who did not agree with anyone disagreeing with his ideas, it has emerged.A top leader of the Alliance for People's Agenda (AP...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4052 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Record rainfall hits Zimbabe, more predicted
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said a 42-year-old record of heavy rainfall received within a day has been broken and predicted heavy rains that may uproot trees and leave a trail of ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
English made easy
THE ART OF WRITING Many of us struggle with composition which is a core component in any English Exam. As a result this is our topic for the day. My ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:18hrs | 813 | by The Language Coach
Education ministry vehicle sparks parents' outrage
PARENTS and School Development Committees (SDCs) in Chiredzi are up in arms with their district schools inspector, Petronella Nyangwe who they accuse of purchasing a $130 000 Toyota Land Cruiser, usin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda community chases away teachers in satanism scare
TWO teachers from Lumene Primary School in Gwanda have been ejected from the school by irate parents who are accusing them of practicing Satanism after pupils collapsed mysteriously.The incide...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees remain unchanged
LOCAL examination fees will remain unchanged after Cabinet resolved to retain the 2018 fee structure. Advanced Level exam fees were pegged at $26, while Ordinary Level pupils paid $15 per subject, wit...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:51hrs | 3104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet approves AIPPA repeal
The government has finally considered repealing the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), with three separate bills on the cards as replacements.This was revealed by the...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:23hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Passports backlog hits RG's office as dollar crunch bites
Delays in the processing of passports have hit Zimbabwe, with Registrar General Clemence Masango blaming a worsening foreign currency crisis which has sparked the downsizing of operations fearing a st...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe running out of passport paper
REGISTRAR-General Clemence Masango yesterday told Parliament that the demand for emergency passports was now so high that his department might soon run out of passport paper.Masango made the d...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 6107 | by Staff reporter
Zim students in Russia turn to prostitution for survival
Zimbabwe Students in Russia have written a damning Twitter thread exposing how the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has abandoned them in the Eastern European country.The students wh...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3265 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsvangirai's wife almost considered suicide just like her mother in-law
The wife of the late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said Valentine's Day is a poignant time for her, struggling to deal with the pain and grief of losing her husband.Still a tall,...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2636 | by Staff reporter
No fees hike at UZ
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has announced that their tuition and accommodation fees remain unchanged from the August-December 2018 semester. In a statement yesterday, the institution said ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo film Another Wedding? to premiere on Zambezi Magic
A ROMANTIC drama Another Wedding? which features a mix of veteran and up-and-coming actors from Bulawayo including Sarah Mpofu, Precious Makhulumo and Memory Kumbota, is set to premiere on Zambezi Mag...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:49hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious deaths rock Mkwabeni schools in Filabusi
THE Vokola community in Filabusi, Insiza district, Matabeleland South has expressed concern over the "mysterious deaths" of pupils in their local schools in the past month. Two pupils have die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers flood Zimbabwe schools
Armed soldiers are now a familiar sight at public schools throughout the country in the wake of an on-going strike by teachers, resulting in parents, guardians and learners living in fear.Teac...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:08hrs | 9041 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over private jets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia f...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri, Magaya and the gospel of prosperity
IT was perhaps the most striking picture that came from the spectacle that accompanied Shepherd Bushiri's appearance at the Pretoria Special Commercial Crimes Court last week.It was the pictur...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant Mnangagwa flies with expensive jet again
Mnangagwa has once again demonstrated his lack of care for the mounting economic woes in Zimbabwe.He once again flew in a hired Swiss Dreamliner which will cost the fiscus millions. When...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 13881 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
'A praying bridge of Driekhoek'
A bridge is a perfect symbol of life with hope. It has the beginning, the middle and the end. And when one put the first step on the bridge he hopes to pass to the other side. It carries the significa...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 19:56hrs | 177 | by Eric Shikobela
Marriage breakdown: Woman absolves Pastor
A WOMAN who has been caught in the middle of a fight between a popular city pastor Anglistone Thembani Mthiyane Sibanda and Nketha Dlamini, who accuses the pastor of causing "tension and confusion" in...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
More teachers join strike
More teachers yesterday joined the countrywide strike which started on Tuesday, despite reports of widespread intimidation by State security agents in some areas.The teachers have downed tools...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2376 | by Staff reporter
Pupils selling drugs at school
ZIMBABWE National Association of Mental Health (ZNAMH) has revealed that children as young as nine and 10 around the country are selling drugs in primary schools.The association conducted a re...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 21:32hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
80% teachers heed strike call?
TEACHERS' unions yesterday described their nationwide strike as a huge success, with at least 80% heeding the call for industrial action, although there were reports of State security agents moving ar...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from schools
TEACHERS reported for duty yesterday in Bulawayo, Midlands and parts of Matabeleland North but education authorities decried the decision by some parents to withdraw their children from schools. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Riot police guarding classrooms
Zimbabwe's school teachers were Tuesday alleging intimidation as they tried to launch a nationwide strike for better salaries."Some teachers are in class but there is no meaningful teaching go...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 14:37hrs | 4047 | by Agencies
Guidelines for A-Level recruitment set
Government has put in place operational guidelines for enrolment of pupils into Lower Sixth Form for 2019, to ensure all learning areas are well subscribed and all classes are viable. In a sta...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Nehemiah Mutendi offers no miracles, preaches hardwork
THE brass band, with musicians clad in immaculate khaki apparels, abruptly cuts its otherwise captivating tune.In unison, band members place their trumpets by the right side of their legs and ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Concern over using of children during riots
CHILDREN are considered as the voiceless and innocent and are often susceptible to various forms of abuse by social misfits and political vultures who use them in skirmishes for their selfish gain and...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 249 | by Peter Matika
Luveve High School maintains prestigious standards
RATED among the best schools and with a current Advanced (A) Level pass rate of 77 percent, Luveve High School in Bulawayo has managed to maintain its prestigious status as one of the most sought afte...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 2656 | by Staff Reporter
The growing addiction of mobile gaming in Africa
In contemporary society, interacting with mobile devices and engaging with the variety of activities that can be played on them - such as gambling, social networking and games - has become increasingl...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 550 | by Moyo Roy
Students hail Zimsec for online results portal
Parents and students have hailed the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) for introducing an online portal to access Ordinary Level results.The online portal, which was lau...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Body set up to oversee violence trials
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed the Judicial Service Commission's secretariat to set up an all-stakeholder tactical committee to ensure speedy prosecution of public violence cases with due resp...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:37hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
School uniforms scam under probe
THE Competition and Tariff Commission has warned schools against forcing parents to buy uniforms from specific outlets or individuals. In a statement yesterday, the commission said such practi...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:07hrs | 2718 | by Staff reporter
Unethical uniform suppliers warned
THE Competition and Tariff Commission has warned businesses and schools engaging in anti-competitive practices in the supply and distribution of uniforms that the body will not hesitate to invoke the ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:49hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Competition Commission goes after distribution of school uniform
The Competition and Tariff Commission is a statutory body established under the Competition Act [Chapter 14:28)]. The functions of the Commission, as provided for in the Act, are the prevention and co...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:19hrs | 142 | by CompCom
Blow for Warriors
Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambga's hopes of using some of the England-born Zimbabwean players for the decisive Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Congo Brazzaville could have suffered a m...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2125 | by The Guardian
Boy kills self in mock suicide game
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy from Lupane died last week after hanging himself in a mock suicide game he was playing with friends, Southern Eye has learnt.The incident happened on Tuesday last week in L...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Fungisai concerned over social media abuse
GOSPEL musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has expressed concern over what she described as "abuse" of children featured on several video clips circulating on social media platforms.A vict...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:54hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Police arrested 36 children over recent violence
POLICE have confirmed arresting 36 children for allegedly taking part in the recent violence that rocked Harare, Bulawayo and some parts of the country.Addressing the media Tuesday, national p...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 753 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chombo's bid to halt criminal action on tomorrow
THE High Court is tomorrow set to hear an application to permanently halt criminal proceedings against former Finance minister Augustine Chombo, charged on suspicion of corruption, including trying to...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 18:22hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Looting protests: Vendors feel the heat
THE ongoing crackdown against perceived opposition activists following recent riots in Harare and other parts of the country has left vendors vulnerable. Most of them lost their wares, while trading i...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 101 | by Limukani Ncube
Bulawayo lady shakes media industry in UK
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you are passionate about something, then you are willing to take risks. That is the story of Sakhile Khanye, the founder of Classique Q...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:04hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Prosecute people who rope in children in violent protests
Organisers of last week's violent demonstrations abused children they used as human shield. A number of children are among the hundreds of violent protesters that have been arrested for looting of goo...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:01hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's journey was not rosy
Tuku, it was a great honour for me to share that small portion of your journey of life. Yours was a very long journey in those short 66 years that you lived. It was a journey full of ups and d...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:56hrs | 914 | by Chirikure Chirikure
Mawarire to spend more days in remand prison
PROMINENT activist and #This Flag leader Evan Mawarire will spend more days in remand prison after the High Court on Friday reserved judgment on his bail application.Justice Tawanda Chitapi sa...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 1242 | by newzimbabwe
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 13:10hrs | 2392 | by The Language Coach
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