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Mliswa defends Mnangagwa, says Susan Mutami not raped
NORTON independent Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has leaped to defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other government officials named dropped by Susan Mutami when she poured out her rape saga, c...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:31hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Shona community votes for the first time in 50 years
They stood out as they queued to vote in various polling stations in Kinoo ward, Kikuyu constituency, in Kiambu County.Shona community women clad in white dresses, white headgear, and children...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Is this the Zimbabwe our Heroes and Heroines fought for?
From The 1964 Zidube farm battle in Kezi & The 1966 Senoia Battle in Chinhoyi, though others may beg to differ, the muzzle of a gun sounded its arriva...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 23:43hrs | 438 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Fallen heroes' spirits speak out
SPIRITS of freedom fighters, who died during Zimbabwe's 1970s war of liberation, have reportedly expressed their displeasure at how those in Zanu-PF have forgotten their promises to the fallen heroes....Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:24hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school dropouts skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:23hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
School, parents clash over US$ fees
PARENTS and guardians of pupils at Nyamuzuwe High School have threatened to stage a protest against school authorities who they accuse of demanding United States dollars exclusively for fees, in contr...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Businessman locks horns with top judges
A Harare businessman has accused deputy chief justice Elizabeth Gwaunza of abuse of office in a case where he lost a property worth over US$230 000.Tendai Mashamhanda, who is fighting to regai...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:54hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt okays US$ school fees
GOVERNMENT has given greenlight for schools to charge fees in United States (US) dollars, leading to calls for formal dollarisation as the majority of the country's workforce earn in Zimbabwe dollars....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 19:26hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | 2390 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parents cry foul over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has refused to bow down to pressure from parents who want children to attend holiday lessons, saying the practice was long outlawed.Holiday lessons have long been banned because gov...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Police called in to defuse pupils gang violence
POLICE in Bulawayo were yesterday called to escort some pupils to prevent gang fights that characterise closing day at some schools.Learners at Sobukazi High in Mzilikazi and Msitheli in Mpopo...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Youths shoot down national service
YOUTH organisations say they do not want to partake in the National Youth Service (NYS) programme which they say is associated with lawlessness and terror.The youths, who took part in the NYS ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Stress-related suicide cases triple in Bulawayo
THE number of people attempting suicide has almost tripled in Bulawayo since last year with concerns that residents are failing to cope with stress, which drives them to the edge leading to suicide....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
The effects of bogus Zifa actions on Zimbabwe youth
As Zimbabwe remains suspended from international football, players in the country – from a very promising rookie who made his national team debut as a schoolboy to the established professionals plyi...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Councilor caught pants down with school pupil in own lodge
Masvingo Provincial Councilors for Ensuring Development (Councilors 4ED) chairperson who is Chiredzi Urban's ward 2 councillor Obert Ngwenya was allegedly caught pants down with a lower six Hippo Vall...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends examinations registration
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates to next Friday giving examination centres a week-long window ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
UZ hikes accommodation fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) has hiked accommodation fees from $71 000 to US$616 or the equivalent in local currency for the August to December semester.Accommodation fees for the semester that...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:53hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans who are truly suffering have no time for Jonathan Moyo and elitist activism!
There have been those who have asked me for a comment on statements by Professor Jonathan Moyo, and his relentless attacks on the main opposition CCC party - disparaging its lack of a constitution and...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 22:55hrs | 1320 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Panic over Zimsec exams deadline
THOUSANDS of pupils and parents throughout the country are in panic mode after failing to secure registration fees for the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations whose deadlin...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reviews schools curriculum
GOVERNMENT is reviewing the skills-based schools curriculum amid concerns over the implementation of continuous activity learning assessment (CALA) by parents and guardians. The Ministry ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 378 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
CCC to challenge Zec appointments
ZIMBABWEANS must not fret over personalities in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) but focus on the reform of the election mother body ahead of the 2023 elections, says opposition CCC leader Nels...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora defends Mohadi's daughter
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has defended the appointment of former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's daughter Abigail Mohadi Ambrose as a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner.Abig...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Slain Moreblessing Ali's family goes into hiding
THE family of slain Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali have been hounded out of their Chitungwiza house by Zanu-PF activists while suspected state security agents are perio...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Council sues 400 defaulters per month
NEARLY 400 people are sued monthly by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and some end up having their property auctioned by the Messenger of Court after failing to settle their debts. Last Friday...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Pupils possessed by Satanism
In a bizarre incident, pupils at Amhlophe High School in Phumula East, Bulawayo were allegedly possessed by a mysterious spirit on Thursday forcing ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:42hrs | 2299 | by Desmond Nleya and Shelton Muchena
Platform One says Zimbabwe is second home as they lament bad treatment in SA
It was in 1992 at Pimville Square in Soweto when then teenagers Nani Tengo, Sonto Dladla and Neli Gwala, dressed in their Zulu maiden garb, danced while some passers-by looked on and others joined in ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to control private hospitals
GOVERNMENT has moved in to control the operations of private hospitals, including setting service charges after gazetting the Medical Services Amendment Bill.The Bill gives the Health and Chil...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar exam fees announced
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yesterday announced the local currency fees for the November public examinations."The exchange rate to be applied for ZWL payments will be $45...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
23 high school pupils fall into a hysteria, lessons suspended
TWENTY-THREE pupils at Amhlophe High School in Bulawayo yesterday fell into a hysteria, prompting the school to suspend lessons and Government to commit to providing counselling services to the learne...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams registration begins
The registration window for the 2022 primary and secondary school examinations opened on Friday and will close on July 29, with exam fee payments being accepted in both foreign and local currency, the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:26hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets exam fee exchange rate
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has set the exchange rate to be used for payment of examination fees for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates at $454,7 to US$1, applying u...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | 442 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Inflation wipes out govt budget
GOVERNMENT says it has failed to recruit teachers required to minimise the shortfall of educators at the country's public schools because inflation has wiped out the budget for theexercise....Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
2022 Zimsec examination fees gazetted
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has gazetted the 2022 examinations fees payable in United States dollars or the equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate as at July 22.In a...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 3798 | by Staff reporter
1 200 primary and secondary schools built in last 4 years?
AT least 1 194 primary and secondary schools, averaging about 300 per year, were built countrywide in the last four years in line with the Government's quest to reduce the distance learners walk to an...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:08hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
New details of 'Passion Java accident' emerge
FIFTY-seven-year-old Tangai Tandi gazes into the sky with tear-filled eyes as if to ask the heavens why."Nature has it that children bury their parents. It's painful and difficult for a parent...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
300 Bulawayo couples seek divorce in 6 months
MORE than 300 couples have applied for divorce in the High Court in Bulawayo in the first six months of the year, translating to about an average of 50 cases every month, a worrying trend observers bl...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
There's no one better placed to educate our children over ED regime abysmal failures than parents!
The opportunity to help our children with their learning, especially in light of the more demanding CALA (continuous assessment learning activity) curriculum - which requires much research and analyti...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:13hrs | 419 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is ED honestly proud of his five years in office?
All too often I encounter disturbing media reports of ordinary Zimbabweans being callously arrested and hauled before the courts for ostensibly "undermining the authority of/or insulting the president...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 2476 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boy child vulnerable to sexual abuse too
POLICE in Bulawayo have put on spotlight sexual abuse perpetrated against the boy child after five boys were sexually assaulted within five months compared to zero cases that were recorded in the same...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Parents worry about exam fee payment dates
Parents and guardians of children writing national public examination in November are concerned over the day when the local currency fees are set and the very narrow one-week window given to pay these...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe team crowned European Moot Court champions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has congratulated the Zimbabwe Moot Court team after it was crowned champions for beating the Netherlands in the final of the European Moot Court Championships held in Romania yest...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe men soon on the pill
Scenario 1: "Hello, pretty, I want you to have a feel of what I possess. Don't fear, I'm on the pill. I'll give you lots of cash to buy the things you want and show off to your friends." An inveterate...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 244 | by Stephen Mpofu
Zimsec clears air on forex exam fees
SCHOOLS that are pegging examination fees exclusively in foreign currency are flouting regulations set by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 3644 | by Staff Reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2936 | by Staff reporter
Goblins shut down school
REPORTED mysterious manifestations have shut down a school in Matabelealnd North's Bubi district.Villagers in the area are currently up in arms after an apostolic sect prophet popularly known ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
'4m children in Zimbabwe failing to pay fees'
FOUR million children are failing to pay fees and are now clamouring for government's Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) programme, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has s...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:12hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Family of 6 now requires ZW$110,550 for monthly expenses in Zimbabwe
THE cost of living for a family of six has shot up to a whooping ZW$110 550 for monthly expenses, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) latest data for June 2022 has revealed.During th...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
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