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The politics of water in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Water has always been an important and valuable resource to humanity, which partly explains why most great civilisations were situated near water bodies. The value of water is much more amplified when...Published: 23 hrs ago | 914 | by Craig Tinashe Tanyanyiwa
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 747 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa golf tourney tees off
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made history yesterday by inaugurating the first-ever Presidential Golf Day at Royal Harare Golf Club, marking the first time a Head of State has visited the club in its 1...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:08hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Relax security surveillance, Rwodzi tells Kazembe
Despite this year's Sanganai Hlanganani World Tourism Expo witnessing extreme hotel occupancy and overload, Tourism Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has appealed ...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:03hrs | 4229 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
China offers more scholarships to Zimbabwean students
On Friday, the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe hosted an open house for educators to mark President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state visit to China. During the event, Chines...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:23hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Russia to sign key pacts
Zimbabwe and Russia are set to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) focused on advancing education development, particularly in training teachers. The collaboration will involve online tra...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 09:56hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe critical skills gap set for major boost
The science and technology skills gap in Zimbabwe is set to narrow as the government prioritizes scholarships offered by India and Mauritius. Following a skills audit conducted in 2018 to alig...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 07:57hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Another Brigadier-General declared national hero in Zimbabwe
Brigadier-General (Retired) Elasto Madzingira has been declared a national hero following his passing on August 8 at the age of 65 after a short illness. The announcement was made by Minister of State...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 06:58hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 356 | by Silas Nkala
Start preparing now for next Olympics
The Olympics are a great platform for building national pride and unity. The recently held Olympics games in Paris, France, have exposed the state of our sport in Zimbabwe.It has been revealed...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 19:12hrs | 237 | by Leonard Koni
Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 87 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe sprinter bags US scholarship
TEENAGE sprinting sensation Rujeko Munetsi is riding high after clipping an athletics scholarship at the New Mexico Highlands University in the United States. The 19-year-old was expected to l...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:29hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Former UZ lecturer assists underprivileged students
The University of Zimbabwe's engineering department is experiencing a positive transformation thanks to educational grants from Dr. Peter Ward and his family. The Ward Engineering Science Trus...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
500 benefits from Zimbabwe's Presidential scholarships
The government has sent off over 500 students benefiting from the Presidential Scholarship Programme to study at universities in Cuba, Serbia, Russia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The pro...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga family spearheads rebirth of Ntunte Primary
NTUNTE Primary School in Ward 6, Insiza District, has undergone a significant transformation with the establishment of a new computer laboratory and the refurbishment of its previously dilapidated inf...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Next Generation of Energy Leaders to Drive Transformation at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2024
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - With Africa serving as a dynamic hub for oil and gas, renewable energy and cutting-edge technologies, the participation of youth in the sector is crucial to bringing in new p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:52hrs | 159 | by APO
Zimbabwe students excel at African Leadership University
Recently in Kigali, Rwanda, President Paul Kagame celebrated the graduation of 431 students from 30 African countries at the African Leadership University (ALU), including sixteen students from Zimbab...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:38hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office sues website over presidential scholarships
Vacancy Mail Media (Pvt) Limited, represented by Etinos Mudzamba and Julius Mudzamba, has been taken to court by the Office of the President and Cabinet on charges of fraud. The accusation stems from ...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:14hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Duo in court over govt scholarships
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has taken legal action against Vacancy Mail Media (Pvt) Limited, accusing them of fraud and damaging the OPC's reputation.Representatives of Vacan...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:11hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Overcoming stereotypes about sports and achieving success
Sports are always a looking glass that reflects society. Like all mirrors, however, it is flawed. Preconceived notions about sports tend to become the lenses through which we see things, sometimes unf...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 10:26hrs | 53 | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora calls for Zimbabwe to rejoin the club of ex-British colonies
Douglas Mwonzora, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, has called for Zimbabwe to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations to promote economic prosperity. Speaking in Bulawayo, Mwo...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 10:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 8 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
MK Party emboldened by arrest of Ramaphosa linked IEC official on fraud charge
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says it isn't surprised that a top official of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has been charged with fraud.This simply underlined their belief that some I...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 08:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engineering students get China scholarships
Harare Polytechnic has signed a five-year agreement with China's Shanxi Engineering Vocational College (SEVC) and XinGanglian Group to offer scholarships to 60 Zimbabwean students in Metallurgy and Me...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Statement on voice messages circulating on social media
It has been brought to my attention that there are voice messages purportedly being attributed to me which are circulating on various social media platforms. In these 'voice notes' I am alleged to hav...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Madzibaba Wicknell Munodaani Chivayo
500 Zimbabwean students to get Indian scholarships
A delegation from India is in Zimbabwe to offer over 500 scholarships to Zimbabwean students in various fields such as sciences, law, and humanities. Global Arcus, a leading Indian academic c...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in high level talks with South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol
President Mnangagwa arrived yesterday for the inaugural South Korea-Africa Summit and is set to engage in high-level talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol today, as Zimbabwe continues its en...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission 17 new Govt schools
President Mnangagwa is set to commission 17 new schools built by the government with additional funding from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) next Thursday.These schools, con...Published: 25 May 2024 at 10:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe currency crisis as seen from abroad!
AS we go to press, US financial news media has become aware of the Zimbabwe financial crisis.Bloomberg news agency and the Financial Times have reported authoritatively on the events surroundi...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Diplomatic tiff between Botswana and Germany: the magnificent ELEPHANT
The president of Botswana was not angry per se. He should never be angry if he is aware of the global positioning of states: which country is at the top of the other: who is the big brother and what a...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:10hrs | 11 | by Nomazulu Thata
King Lobengula fate mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding the fate of 19th century Ndebele King Lobengula - son of the nation's founder King Mzilikazi - is still a moot historical event to Ndebele people, some Zimbabweans and scholars...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 10:30hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo gifts Mnangagwa's ally US$1million
The flamboyant entrepreneur, Wicknell Chivayo, has escalated his extravagant displays by generously donating a staggering US$1 million to the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mbungo, led by a prominent all...Published: 01 Apr 2024 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos and disarray in Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife
The Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife is embroiled in a web of chaos and disorder, with allegations of conflict of interest and unethical behavior swirling around one of its key figures, ...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 14:38hrs | 177 | by Walter Tsungirwa
Kenya's William Ruto to open ZITF
KENYAN President Dr William Ruto will officially open the 64th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair next month with 25 international exhibitors from 21 countries confirming their participa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa desecrates constitution
ZICOMO operates as a grassroots citizens' initiative, uniting diverse stakeholders across all 10 provinces of Zimbabwe.The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, through its Zimbabwe Constitutional Mov...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 19:50hrs | 6 | by Tapiwa Zivira
Why an uprising against Zanu-PF will fail
I SEE some people advocating an uprising against Zanu-PF Have you people thought this through? If you really provoke a crisis, with the populace on one side and the machinery of the Zanu-PF go...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:32hrs | | by Kumbirai T Nhamo
Nust lecturer collapses, dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, Professor George Shava has died. He was 59. Prof Shava succumbed to heart disease on Saturday at ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines
In August 2023, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa inaugurated a lithium processing plant in the eastern province of Manicaland, aiming to support operations at the expansive Sabi Star lithium mi...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mbare boy scales high to rule Google
ZIMBABWEANS are well-known for their resilience and undying desire to overcome obstacles in their way.Tech guru, Dr James Manyika, the senior vice president of research, technology and society...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe student heads for US
AFTER conquering China at the Asian nation-sponsored 7th Belt and Road Teenage Maker Camp, a Peterhouse student this time heads for the United States (US).Tayamika Mandiwanzira, a lower-six st...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
125 Zimbabwean students get Russian scholarships
RUSSIA will award 125 scholarships to Zimbabweans, as Harare and Moscow continue to deepen bilateral ties.The scholarships, the majority of which will cover STEM (science, technology, engineer...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor honoured in the UK
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean medical doctor Ronald Manuhwa has been honoured with an Allison Gourdie medal after completing emergency medicine post graduate diploma with Royal College of Emergenc...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga denounces gay elements
The Government has denounced some elements who are luring youths into homosexuality through offering educational scholarships for those who are into Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) act...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt against underhand plot to entice children into devilish sexual activities
The Zimbabwean government has expressed outrage against the local LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community for offering young students scholarships to study at tertiary institutions, s...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkomo fumes over PVO Bill
OPPOSITION Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has rapped the Zanu-PF government for pushing for the enactment of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill that he described as retrogressively against...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to support Zimbabwe's education
CHINESE ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding has pledged China's support to the country's education sector saying the two countries have maintained good relations that can be traced back to the pre-coloni...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zimbabwe govt invites applications for Presidential Scholarships
GOVERNMENT has invited disadvantaged but academically gifted university students to apply for the Presidential scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate programmes amid calls for learners from ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 girl passes Cambridge O Level exams
A Form One learner at Atlantic Academy in Harare, Shalom Zingwe, took the Cambridge O Level exams last year aged only 14 and scored three A grades in Computer Science, Accounting and Economics with Bs...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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