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Zimbabwe's teacher shortage crisis worsens
Zimbabwe's education sector is facing mounting pressure as the teacher-to-pupil ratio has climbed to an alarming 1:45-far above the recommended standard of one teacher for every 20 learners in early c...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's malnutrition crisis worsens
AS Zimbabwe is facing a severe drought, families in rural areas are unable to feed their children. The government and international agencies are falling short of addressing this growing crisis....Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 07:02hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa was supposed to be in crashed chopper
The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that the helicopter which crash-landed at an airstrip in Masvingo on Sunday was initially meant to transport President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The President, who wa...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price
Villagers across Zimbabwe are facing severe hardships due to a sharp rise in mealie-meal prices, exacerbated by drought conditions. Traditionally, a 20-litre bucket of maize, costing US$3, now transla...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:50hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beam has failed, says Artuz
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) says government has failed to fund vulnerable children under the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) programme.This year, $4,1 bil...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupils to receive amacimbi fortified porridge
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a school feeding programme for pupils aged between seven and 11 years who will receive mopane worms fortified porridge in a bid to address the pupils' nutritional challe...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Teachers trained to combat
SCHOOLS reopened smoothly yesterday for examination classes with over 63 percent of teachers having been trained on standard operating procedures, as Government mulls training auxiliary staff includin...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly urges govt to address challenges in schools
PARLIAMENT has implored government to, among other interventions, increase allowances for rural teachers to incentivise them to stay in marginalised communities as well as provide schools with ablutio...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 3 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Compressed syllabus introduced in schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced a Catch-up strategy for primary and secondary school pupils that will see learners who were affected by prolonged non-academic activity b...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube heaps praises on WFP
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has heaped praise on the World Food Programme (WFP) for providing clean and safe water for schools in support of the government's School Feeding Programme ahead of school...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge records 520 drought-related animal deaths
BEITBRIDGE district has recorded at least 520 drought-related animal deaths while children in the district face stunted growth due to food shortages.This comes at a time food distribution to d...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bans school feeding programme
Bulawayo City Council has temporarily banned the school feeding programme amid reports that the number of suspected cholera cases in the city has risen to 21.Speaking during a Zimbabwe Medical...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sekai Nzenza: burial society leader-turned-politician
LEADERS come from the people, and this aptly describes how Zanu-PF candidate Sekai Nzenza defeated six male contestants to represent her party in Parliament for Chikomba East come the harmonised elect...Published: 26 May 2018 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 21 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
School feeding programme a success in Chipinge
Chipinge district registers progress in the implementation of the school feeding programme with government delivering over 8 000 metric tonnes of maize and rice after the programme was expanded to fee...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Old Mutual roped in to fund new education curricular
GOVERNMENT has roped in financial services company, Old Mutual, to fund its irrigation and fish farming projects at 2 500 high schools across the country as part of the new education curricula...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt struggle to kick-start school feeding project
The much talked about Government sponored National school feeding scheme scheduled to kick start this second term did not materialise.On paper the project is primarily aimed at reducing school...Published: 04 May 2016 at 21:23hrs | 4 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe accuse youth of moral decadence
President Robert Mugabe has bemoaned moral decadence among youths, saying some are just searching for pleasure and nothing else.ZBC reported that addressing youths who graced the 36th independ...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Maize dealers secure foreign markets
ORGANISED black market maize dealers in Manicaland have penetrated the foreign market where they are importing truckloads of grain for sale in drought stressed parts of the province at a cost of $7 pe...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:35hrs | 1 | by Samuel Kadungure
President Robert Mugabe's Heroes Day speech: Full text
Full text of President Robert Mugabe's Heroes Day speech delivered at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on August 12, 2013 (includes off the cuff remarks):...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 12:27hrs | 23 | by Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Parents protest the deaths of 23 pupils who ate poisoned school lunch in India
Gandaman - Grieving parents rampaged through a village in eastern India to protest the deaths of 23 pupils who ate a poisoned school lunch and the perceived slow police response to the tragedy, offici...Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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