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'Compulsory National Youth Service training for civil servants to be introduced'
ZANU PF National Youth Service have adopted a resolution that all youths intending to work for the government must face attend a mandatory paramilitary National Youth Service Training. The res...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1568 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The President is right
Recent statements by President Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe would not go back to use of multi-currencies should be applauded. The use of in particular the greenback brought misery than benefits...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2506 | by A Kadada
Zimbabwe austerity measures grind to a halt
Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance has declared the austerity measures officially over. Addressing the delegates to the ZANU PF 18th National Conference in Goromonzi Mthuli states that the government coul...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1862 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 19 hrs ago | 574 | by Staff reporter
Dr Mazibisa dies
VETERAN educationist and religious leader, Dr Robson Mazibisa Dube has died following a short illness.He was 75.Mazibisa was laid to rest at Solusi Cemetery, within the church's Solusi...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:46hrs | 4346 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa East MP torches storm
MBERENGWA East legislator Marko Raidza (Zanu-PF) reportedly teamed up with party activists and disrupted a prize-giving ceremony at a local primary school on December 4, where businessman Comings Hove...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Jury still out on Mnangagwa
IF Zimbabwe were a normal country, revelations that ruling party bigwigs and politically-connected land barons, housing co-operative leaders and property developers illegally sold $3 billion worth of ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces a gloomy 2020
IN the three weeks since the 2020 national budget both the economy and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's recovery strategy have drifted closer to the rocks. In their stubborn refusal to heed development...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 694 | by Anthony Hawkins
Helicopter rescues for storm-ravaged communities
The Department of Civil Protection is organising helicopter rescues and helping with money to repair infrastructure damaged by the heavy rains and violent storms that have seen 19 people killed by lig...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to remain Zanu-PF leader after the conference
While Social Media IS Abuzz with the excitement of the conference everyone's still talking about it. And for good reason. In fact, several good reasons. The 18th National Conference of ZANU PF a...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 22:55hrs | 3058 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Farmer loses 10 cattle to lightning
A GWANDA farmer lost 10 head of cattle and two goats after they were struck by lightning. Ward 9 councillor Mozitha Moyo confirmed the incident which occurred in his area on Friday afternoon. ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:58hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 boarding places run out
OVER 70 000 pupils seeking boarding places for Form One next year are unlikely to secure them as the schools can accommodate only 24 000 children. In a statement, Primary and Secondary Educati...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:57hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 places headache for pupils
OVER 70 000 prospective Form One pupils are likely to be left stranded after 100 000 applied for boarding places, yet only 24 000 places are available. In a statement, Primary and Secondary Ed...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:29hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
MSD warns of thunderstorms, flash floods
Heavy rains being experienced countrywide are expected to continue, possibly causing flash flooding while strong winds may cause damage to property, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has wa...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to make own number plates
Following several months of vehicle number plate shortages, Government has tasked innovation hubs at universities to come up with a patent system for local production of plates with adequate security ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's tycoon to set up renewable energy institute in Gwanda
Energy poverty is defined as the lack of adequate modern energy for the basic needs of cooking, warmth, lighting, and essential energy services for manufacturing, services, schools, health centres and...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 3047 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu-PF indaba kicks off today
Deliberations at Zanu-PF's 18th National People's Conference which starts today will mainly centre on the state of the economy, national food security, the provision of social services and development...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:42hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
New High School opens in Bulawayo
The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe has announced that it is opening a new High School in Bulawayo.The school is named Bulawayo Methodist High School (BMHS). In a statement on Monday the ...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 11:34hrs | 7266 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No one has monopoly of civilization
What the West can do for Zimbabwe is pay reparations for colonialism and human rights violations visited upon blacks during that dark era. Germany is paying for its excesses and injustice duri...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:23hrs | 371 | by Thomas Tondo
The culture of reading is dying a little each day
The standard of both spoken and written English in most rural high schools is very disappointing if not atrocious. Remember its the business language in Zimbabwe. Its not that English teachers are not...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:20hrs | 213 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
'MRP not a tribal outfit'
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has insisted that it is not a tribal outfit following accusations that the Matabeleland based opposition party is not only pushing a tribal agenda but cultivating tr...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Santa or no Santa, it's still Xmas
IN years gone by, the festive mood associated with Christmas could be felt from the end of November.The 13th cheque, company shut-downs and Christmas parties for workers were some of the tell-...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:41hrs | 60 | by Veronica Gwaze and Ellen Sanyanga
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 398 | by Staff Reporter
Rains damage 35 Matebeleland South schools
INFRASTRUCTURE in 35 schools in Matebeleland South Province has been damaged by rains. Presenting a report during a Matebeleland South Provincial Drought Relief Committee meeting on Wednesday,...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police warn against vuzu parties
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned teenagers against convening the infamous underground Vuzu parties and abusing drugs after schools closed on Thursday as they risk being arrested. The police said...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1182 | by Staff Reporter
Impact of shona teacher deployment to Matebeleland schools, 0% pass rate
At the beginning of 2019, the government has apologised after teachers who cannot speak Ndebele were recruited to take infant classes in Bulawayo....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 08:28hrs | 4289 | by Staff reporter
MDC in Harare turning into Mthuli cousins
DIFFERENTIATING Zanu-PF and the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not an easy thing, particularly for people who are not swayed by political rhetoric, and rally optics, but those who slowly and methodicall...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2296 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Political power is key to Matebeleland's existence
Ever since Zimbabwe attained it's independence in 1980, the Southern region popularly known as Mthwakazi has never known peace. There has been an attempt by Shona supremacists to destroy the diverse p...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:04hrs | 1336 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Matabeleland North is open for business
Matebeleland North is open for businessZimbabwe is endowed with several majestic wonders and investment opportunities which require an open mind that sees beyond the negative media onslaught a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1292 | by Nicholas Ncube
School demands 200 bricks and maize for Form 1 intake
A Rio Zim Mhondoro High School flyer for 2020 Form 1 intake has shown that the school demands each prospective pupil to bring the following materials before they are registered:RTGS 293.00...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Not time for sloganeering, says Zanu-PF MP
A ZANU-PF legislator has urged people in his constituency to put aside sloganeering and focus on national development.Beitbridge East MP Albert Nguluvhe on Saturday said national development k...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:26hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
4 Bulawayo schools under probe for bullying, drug abuse
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry last week called for a meeting with parents and stakeholders to root out bullying which has gone out of hand at Bulawayo schools.Ministry officials...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 468 | by Staff rpeorter
Don't politicise development issues, says MDC MP
MDC-Alliance Member of Parliament for Bulawayo Central Mrs Nicola Watson has said if political parties continue to be in an election mode the country will not develop. Speaking at a stakeholde...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 134 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF diaspora to launch orchard project
THE Zanu-PF Diaspora Youth League is set to launch its fruit tree orchard project during the party's Annual People's Conference to be held in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East this month.The fruit o...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:17hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Outcry as boarding school fees soar
Some parents are in shock after a number of schools hiked fees for next year's first term to as high as $12 000, although Government yesterday said it had not approved any increases. Form Ones...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Ncube: Farewell to a gallant liberator (1939-2019)
Zimbabwe has lost yet another illustrious fighter for the country's independence and freedom. This is Canaan Ncube, born in Nkayi District of Matebeleland North in Zimbabwe on 19 October 1939 in Dolah...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:17hrs | 1593 | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
Zanu PF to slaughter 150 beasts
ZANU PF has secured 67 of the 150 beasts to be slaughtered during the annual conference to be held in Goromonzi next week, where it expects to spend over $5 million to feed at least7 000 delegates...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1441 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's riches to be made public
Former President Robert Mugabe's wealth will be revealed in a few days, putting to rest much speculation and conjecture.This week the Master of the High Court is expected to give the full list...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:57hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Govt brutality on citizens bad example for nation
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Government to avail buses for school children
GOVERNMENT is working on availing special buses to transport children to school and back in response to a request by junior Parliamentarians. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister, ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:37hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zim company in SA fundrasie to bail out Zim Cyclone Idai victims
A Zimbabwean firm, Zororo-Phumulani based in South Africa has managed to raise 150 000 Rands through fundraising event held in South Africa recently with the aim to assist Zimbabwean schools seriously...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:11hrs | 150 | by Stephen Jakes
Is Zimbabwe's e-nurse recruiting scandalous?
Following an outcry over the selection process of student nurses at Mpilo and UBH Central hospitals that were published by this paper, the Ministry of Health and Child and Care (MOHCC) claimed tha...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 07:43hrs | 3264 | by Robert Ndlovu
'Pirate taxi drivers prey on young girls'
Pirate taxi drivers and driving school instructors in Marondera are topping the list of men who are sexually exploiting young girls after luring them with money.This was revealed at a workshop...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Oliver Mandipaka wins peace advocacy award in UAE
DIRECTOR in the Zanu-PF Women's League Department Oliver Mandipaka won an award for peace advocacy and social impact at the Pan African Humanitarian Summit and Awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi (United Ara...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 21:55hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors to get 'mushikashika' cars from govt - can this absurdity ever get any worse?
As the Zimbabwe government ups the ante in its concerted efforts in dehumanizing and degrading the people of this country - through its brazenly heartless and cold-hearted economic policies that have ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 18:37hrs | 1385 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo schools post best results for Grade 7 exams
BULAWAYO Province was the best performing nationally once again in the 2019 Grade Seven public examinations and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has hailed the province for hard work. ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 4338 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for violent storms
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned Zimbabweans to expect heavy rains and violent storms this week.Particularly heavy rains are expected in Manicaland, Matabeleland South, ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:49hrs | 4745 | by Staff reporter
Govt closes 4 schools over water crisis
Government has temporarily shut down four top schools in Wedza District for health reasons after they failed to supply water to students following power supply problems.Students at Catholic-ru...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:31hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Government to address teachers' plight
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema yesterday said the welfare of teachers should be addressed if they are to effectively deliver on their mandate. Amb Mathema mad...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
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