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On our way to the river...
There was so much excitement amongst the students as I told them we were going all the way to the river to do our training session there. The boys sang, whistled, shouted and made some slogans as we w...Published: 21 hrs ago | 953 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Varsities PhDs - a farce - Gukurahundi PhDs
IF the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was a human being, it could be wrinkled and grey haired by now. All things being equal, it could be a seasoned citizen, mellowed by maturity; an individual who no lo...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 754 | by Cyprian Ndawana
It's dangerous for schools to collect exam papers on day of writing
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said the move by Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) to say in order to prevent examinations leakages schools are supposed to collect t...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:23hrs | 722 | by Stephen Jakes
Government guarantees industrial attachment
GOVERNMENT has developed systems to ensure that every student who is supposed to be on internship gets an industrial attachment place, a Cabinet Minister has said. Students are required to und...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities to stop taking pride in high enrolment figures and glamorous infrastructure and focus on providing answers to the country's aspirations. He said t...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3242 | by Staff reporter
Youth Governance Hub launched in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) in conjunction with Youth-led Innovative engagement With Leadership and Development Trust (YIELD) recently launched a Youth Governance Hub in Eastl...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:41hrs | 419 | by Lisa Tazviinga
Zimbabwean economy reflects state of governance
IN 2015, I argued that the economy was Zanu-PF's most virulent opposition.The 2016 introduction of bond notes pegged to the US dollar saw the emergence of a parallel market for foreign exchang...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:47hrs | 3053 | by Brian Kagoro
Zimbabwe health minister a medical impostor
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is neither a qualified medical doctor nor a fellow of various international elite societies as stated on his curriculum vitae posted by Chitungwiza Central Hospital (CCH),...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:38hrs | 3751 | by Staff reporter
English made easy by the Language Coach (writing articles)
Articles are magazine and newspaper style essays. As part of your ZIMSEC English Language examination you can be asked to write an article on a chosen topic in Section B of Paper 1. The given topics n...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | 395 | by Language Coach
Dr Mnangagwa to officiate at GZU graduation, while economy burns
President Mnangagwa will today cap over 3 900 graduands during the Great Zimbabwe University's 12th graduation ceremony. It will be his first time to officiate at the graduation ceremony of the instit...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Bank accounts hit six million
Zimbabwe's financial sector now boasts of over six million bank accounts reflecting the rise in the uptake of digital payment systems or transactions by industry and commerce after the introduction of...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 18:40hrs | 2430 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec slam 'Miracle Colleges' as examination session begins
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council wishes to inform the nation that the October/ November 2018 examination session has started. The writing of national examinations will run until 27 Nov...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
UZ in total shutdown amid security fears on graduation day
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) yesterday conferred President Emmerson Mnangagwa with an honorary Doctor of Laws degrees during the 2018 graduation ceremony amid tight security as speculation was rife...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now Dr Mnangagwa
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Zimbabwe and installed as the institution's Chancellor.Speaking during the event...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 13:22hrs | 9410 | by Staff reporter
Why marginalise women in politics?
WOMEN in Zimbabwe continue to suffer from historical marginalisation and structural inequalities that exist in the political, social and economic spheres. Historically, colonisers made sure that women...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 112 | by Linda Masarira
Gweru salary headache woes continue
GWERU City Council has, for the third time running, failed to pay its workers on time, citing cashflow problems as the local authority struggles to improve its monthly revenue collections, a senior co...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec warns against cheating
STAKEHOLDERS should report "Miracle colleges" that allegedly help pupils to "spot" questions in examination papers to curb cheating in this year's public examinations, The Zimbabwe School Examinations...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:17hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube & John Pakanetsa Mangudya have opened a pandora box
Zimbabweans, I greet you cordially. I want to start by apologizing to you (those at home and in diaspora) for misleading you with a wrong information in my previous piece titled 'The Latest Monetary S...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 10:19hrs | 3164 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa caps 1 567 Chinhoyi University of Technology graduates
President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 1 567 graduates at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT). In his address at the institution's 14th graduation ceremony, Vice Chancellor Professor David Simbi sai...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:12hrs | 871 | by Staff Reporter
Nust student kills self
A SECOND-YEAR finance student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Atumisoe Makhurane, who was found hanging in his hostel room at the institution on Saturday was buried on Tues...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3883 | by Staff reporter
Nust student killed at beer drink
A FIRST year Industrial Engineering student from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo died after he was attacked by unknown assailants in Magwegwe suburb, police confir...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Hillside Teachers College enrolment set to increase
Enrolment of students at Hillside Teachers College is set to increase by 300 students from the current figure of 500.This latest development follows the recent discovery of more land which bel...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 20:14hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase number of post O Level- A- Level students in Higher and Tertiary education
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technology Development Amon Murwira has said one of their key policies called inclusive education is to say there is no Zimbabwean brain...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2284 | by Stephen Jakes
Nust student commits suicide
A SECOND-YEAR Finance student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo was found hanging in his hostel at the institution yesterday in a suspected case of suicide....Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:15hrs | 5893 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand payment for exams
TEACHERS have demanded payment for invigilating the Zimsec public examinations that start tomorrow.Grade Seven public examinations starts tomorrow while O and A-level public examinations start...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:12hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda offended by nickname
The Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda had to call two lawmakers to order on Wednesday after they called him by his nickname.This was after MDC chief whip Prosper Mutseyami and ind...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
MRP Applauds MTHWASA Formation
It has become the norm that everything that comes from Matabeleland is regarded as tribal. We are now used to this line of thinking and we are not concerned at all about this type of propaganda....Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 10:24hrs | 1051 | by Mbonisi Gumbo MRP Secretary for Information and Publicity
Jonathan Moyo's problems mount
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is studying a forensic audit report on Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) amid indications that more than $3 million could have been taken from the fund in suspic...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 12548 | by Staff reporter
'Teacher training numbers to double'
Government will double the number of teachers it is training and the failure by the economy to absorb them at the moment is only temporary, a Cabinet Minister has said. Higher and Tertiary Edu...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Gay Zimbabwe teacher resigns after death threats
A gay teacher at a top Zimbabwean boys' school has resigned after death threats and pressure from parents.Neal Hovelmeier, deputy head for St John's College's sixth form, came out to his stude...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 20:40hrs | 8778 | by BBC
'Mpilo, Ingutsheni relegate nurses training to Zanu-PF'
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani Maphosa has accused Mpilo Central Hospital and Ingutsheni Hospital of allegedly relegating the recruitment of nurses training to only Zanu PF linked students....Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2777 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa postpones MDC anniversary, again
The MDC party has yet again postponed its 19th anniversary celebrations which had been scheduled for the weekend. MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya confirmed that the party's anniversary h...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to lead clean-up campaign after anniversary celebrations ban
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to lead a clean-up exercise in Harare's cholera-ravaged suburbs on Saturday after police, for the second time, banned his party from holding its 19th annivers...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Students educate soldiers
Herentals 4 - 1 Black RHINOSHerentals steered themselves further from the relegation zone when they recorded an emphatic victory over army side Black Rhinos in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
St John's College sued over 'gay' teacher
LAWYERS representing parents and guardians with children at St John's College yesterday demanded the immediate resignation of board members after one of their teachers went public about his sexuality....Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:44hrs | 3373 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over St John's gay storm
Stakeholders in the country's education sector have been left speechless, following St John's College deputy headmaster's revelation last week that he is gay.Neal Hovelmeier, the second in cha...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: St John's School parents demand the resignations of gay teacher
A parents' meeting at a Zimbabwe elite school descended into chaos on Monday, after a teacher came out as gay.Videos from the event shared on social media showed several heated confrontations,...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 4311 | by Staff reporter
Nust students stage demo over buses
TEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students in Bulawayo were arrested after their protest over buses threatened to turn ugly. Students have, for a long time, been at logg...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Why push Zimbabwe schools into gay agendas?
Schools, by their nature, have always been and remain institutions of learning.Recent developments at a top Harare boys' high school when a deputy head at the institution - revealed his gay st...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:49hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Churches back ED on Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to officially recognise MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, has seen civic organisations and churches throwing their weight behind his gesture by urging the oppos...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:55hrs | 2378 | by Jasper Hloka
Calls to combat Zimbabwe graft grow louder
INDICATIONS from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government currently show that he has taken a tough stance against corruption, a cancer that has done significant damage to the country's socio-economic...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Churches, CSOs press panic button
Churches and civic society organisations have expressed concern at the rate at which Zimbabwe is plunging into political and socio-economic decay following the disputed July 30 elections and slammed c...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Dembare reach second round as FC Platinum, Ngezi bow out
Dynamos reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 Chibuku Super Cup after edging out Bulawayo Chiefs 1-0 in a match played at Rufaro Stadium on Saturday.Yadah, Chapungu and Herentals also progress...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:36hrs | 2608 | by Staff reporter
Church slams Zimbabwe gay teacher
The church says the public announcement made by a deputy headmaster from a local private high school where he divulged his sexual orientation is unfortunate and overboard.The pastors concurred...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:30hrs | 4237 | by Staff reporter
Nust shut down
STUDENTS and staff at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) were yesterday ordered to return home after the institution ran dry following a water pipe burst. Nust Communicat...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Forex crisis vexes Mnangagwa
AROUND mid-day on Tuesday, a decorated procession blasted off State House, its lash green lawns and flowering jacaranda trees complimenting to give breathtaking scenery.It was a long processio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5214 | by Staff reporter
Nust 'takes over' unused firms
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has identified 20 hectares of land and empty factory shells in Bulawayo, which it is targeting to use to design industry driven prototypes. ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Parent involvement helps students to do well
To date, quality education has become one of the important points in the development of a social individual. But no one is born with good academic skills. So some students need more attention and guid...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1182 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1247 | by Daniel Ngwira
Zinasu slam MSU over fees squeeze
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has slammed the Midlands State University for charging daily penalties on outstanding student tuition fees.The university is charging a $2 daily p...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
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