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Student gets car for 8As at O'level
A student who achieved eight As in his 2024 O-Level examinations has received a car as a reward for his exceptional academic performance, thanks to a unique initiative by Emmanuel Fellowship Church....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 15534 | by Staff reporter
515 students graduate at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic
A total of 515 students graduated yesterday from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, marking a significant milestone in the institution's efforts to contribute to Zimbabwe'...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:55hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe decentralises teachers' recruitment
The government has announced a significant decentralization of the teacher recruitment process to district levels, aiming to address the pressing need for more qualified educators in the country. This...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:30hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
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 | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zim teachers frog-marched to administer iron and folate supplements, Govt evasive
School teachers in Highglen District have raised red flag over alleged compulsory administration of iron and folate supplements amongst learners in schools without the presents of health officials or ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 08:18hrs | 13 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Teacher exodus threatens the future of Zimbabwe's education system
KUDZAI Chideme, 42, stepped into the teaching profession after completing her diploma in marketing and failing to secure a job in the private sector. It was 2008. At the time, finding work in public e...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2024 school fees gazetted
Tuition fees for Government schools for next year were gazetted yesterday by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo with those for primary schools ranging from US$5 a term for P3 rural...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Teachers vote in new Zimta executive
Veteran educationist Akuneni Maphosa has been elected the new president of the Zimbabwe Teachers Association at the ongoing Zimta 39th Annual Conference in Harare.Maphosa won the post after po...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to participate in CAF African Schools Football Championship
Zimbabwe is set to mark its debut in the CAF African Schools Football Championship next year, a significant achievement after missing the inaugural edition of the competition due to the country's susp...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Africa a victim of Western brainwashing'
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira has highlighted the need for Africa to break free from the psychological conditioning imp...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's teacher-to-learner ratio straining education system
THE country is grappling with significant educational challenges, demanding immediate attention and action.With over five million learners in both primary and secondary schools across the coun...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rural school teachers petition govt over Zanu-PF terror
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has written to the government recommending the closure of schools next week so that teachers are spared political victimisation by Zanu-PF act...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 08:19hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Teachers dragged to pro-Mnangagwa workshops
School teachers in Matabeleland say they have been forced to attend what unions feel are Zanu PF indoctrination workshops organised under the partisan #Teachers4ED banner.The workshops, accord...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC sweats over staff turnover at 'worst school'
IN an effort to retain teachers and address the poor pass rate at its perennial worst-performing school, Aisleby Primary School, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to provide staff accommodation...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Phase out single-sex schools in Bulawayo'
EDUCATION authorities are considering transforming single-sex Government schools in Bulawayo into mixed ones as part of measures to address gang-related violence in learning institutions.Bulaw...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing doctors, nurses and teachers to British hypocrisy
THE United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among other countries, its former colony Zimbabwe for key public s...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Ashlet Simango
ZIMSEC battles to plug question paper leakages
Zimbabwe's school examinations system is under siege from cheats who are getting access to question papers prior to the date of writing, prompting authorities to rope in the police to fight the scourg...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets bashing for buying Sandra Ndebele's album for US$8,500
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has taken some social media bashing after buying musician Sandra Ndebele's newly launched album for US$8,500.The treasury boss was a conspicuous dignitary among a...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stanford University student and community activist killed in road crash on Zimbabwe visit
Tinotenda "Tino" Nyandoro, a junior with a passion for expanding education access, died on Sept. 12 in a car accident in his native Zimbabwe. He was 23 years old.Friends and faculty remembered...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 6 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
IsiNdebele teaching in Buhera/ Buyela excites chief
THE Ndebele community in Buhera, Manicaland Province, has commended Government for reintroducing isiNdebele teaching at their local school, saying it is important for cultural preservation.The...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Maybe Zimbabweans are okay with their suffering!
Tune in to any international news channel, and one encounters citizens of various nations around the world taking a firm stand against their pain and suffering endured as a result of unbearable econom...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:04hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We have to break Zanu-PF yoke
THE only way to restore the teachers' dignity is by voting out President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF in 2023.Mnangagwa is insensitive to teachers plight. Teachers are slaves under Zanu-PF g...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Patriotic Papa JC
Over 960 teachers to benefit from ProFuturo Teacher Development Programme
Over 960 secondary school teachers in Chivi, Mudzi and Mutoko are set to benefit from the ProFuturo Teacher Development Programme being implemented by Teach For Zimbabwe in Chivi, Mutoko and Mudzi Dis...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:24hrs | 64 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Action, not rhetoric, Sir
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, if truth be told, Zimbabwe ought not have been in a persistent vegetative state. She was the jewel of Africa at independence in 1980. Yet, eve...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Teachers trooping back to work after sack ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has claimed that school teachers have started returning to work and expects everyone back by the time its ultimatum forcing them to end their strike lapses on Tuesday next week.Teac...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers vow not to return to class over poor salaries
SCHOOL teachers have once again threatened to boycott classes unless government addresses the outstanding issue of their salaries and other education related allowances before the opening of schools n...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 school gangs unearthed in city
AN investigation has revealed disturbing insight into gangs in the Emganwini and Nketa areas that have become a threat to the safety of both teachers and pupils at schools within the areas.Sun...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers plot crippling strike
SCHOOL teachers are planning a full-scale nationwide strike over poor salaries and working conditions.This was revealed by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education system is outdated
Former Education minister Fay Chung says Zimbabwe's education system was designed to last for at least 20 years, but now has been in use for over 40 years, rendering it outdated.Chung (FC), wh...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Technological boost for Chiredzi, Mutoko learners
Teach For Zimbabwe, a not-for-profit organisation is set to give mp3 players to Mutoko and Chiredzi secondary school learners to address the challenges experienced by learners in marginalised communit...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
African education in Zimbabwe is credited to Christian missionaries
The history of Christianity and African education in Zimbabwe is the history of Christian missionary work and achievements. Dr David Livingstone, a member of the London Missionary Society, travelled e...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 64 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
380 Zimbabwean teachers commit suicide
EVEN though suicide is considered the 19th most common cause of death in Zimbabwe, a slew of suicides by teachers have shocked the country.According to the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimba...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt tells teachers to borrow money to go back to work
GOVERNMENT has told school teachers that they have no excuse failing to turn up for work and asked the financially constrained workers to borrow money to go be able to report for duty.This com...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will fall with a thud
As I prepared to leave Sydney and its congestion and retreat to a quieter place this past Sunday morning, my curiously inquisitive eye caught a disturbing news report in one of the weekend newspapers ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Mutsa Murenje in Alice Springs, Australia
Chaos as schools reopen
CHAOS characterised yesterday's schools reopening as dozens of teachers failed to travel to their workstations citing incapacitation.Teachers' unions attributed the chaos to poor planning by g...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:10hrs | | 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
Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher threatens villager with death over exposee
Dear Zimbabweans, This serves to inform you Zimbabweans of the threat of loss of life made by a lady teacher to a mere villager following the publication of a story titled School teachers beat...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | | by Murowa Ward Zvishavane
Recipients of govt/ZANU PF handouts must still punish ruling elite during elections as they're the authors of our suffering
Whilst it is undeniably exciting, and quite frankly a huge relief, receiving much needed assistance in a time of great need and desperation - nonetheless, when that aid comes from the people who autho...Published: 19 May 2021 at 09:13hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimsec markers down pens over allowances
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools demanding transport and subsistence allowances two weeks after commencing duty.The striking markers were marking 202...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
New teachers' union formed in Bulawayo
SCHOOL teachers in Bulawayo have launched a new union claiming the existing ones were no longer serving the educators' best interests.The new union, Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) was forme...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Teachers tells govt to revert back to 2017 salaries
The Zimbabwe National Teachers' Union (Zinatu) has called on the government to prioritise the welfare of educators before rushing to open schools saying their salaries should be reverted back to the 2...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers push for 2-term school calendar
TEACHERS have slammed government for compressing the school calendar by resorting to the traditional three-term system, instead of two terms, to give students more learning time after losing almost a ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 vaccination starts with health staff
The country's Covid-19 vaccination programme begins today in Harare with frontline health workers expected to be among the first to be inoculated. This follows the arrival on Monday of 200 000 vaccine...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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