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Zimta CEO earns around $10 000 before deductions?
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has come under fire from members of the public after it emerged in a leaked pay slip, alleged to be of its chief executive officer Mr Sifiso Ndlovu that he ea...Published: 12 hrs ago | 411 | by Staff reporter
First private teachers' college opens doors
Zimbabwe is adopting a vibrant education system that imparts knowledge, which is suitable for the exploitation of locally available resources for its transformation towards industrialisation and moder...Published: 12 hrs ago | 592 | by Staff reporter
Govt begins receiving applications for voluntary retirement
Government has begun accepting applications for voluntary retirement from civil servants as authorities move to trim its workforce and reduce costs.Voluntary retirement was identified as one o...Published: 12 hrs ago | 392 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 12 hrs ago | 407 | by Nick Mangwana
Tribute to 'Save' the late Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Somewhere in the communal lands of Buhera Zimbabwe, there is the people's hero.Travelling in the rural areas holding and reading The Daily News tabloid newspaper was a crime, something v...Published: 22 hrs ago | 891 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2005 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Chinotimba disgusted by Mliswa, Nduna 'idiotic' behaviour
ZANU-PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba says he was ashamed of the riotous behaviour of fellow legislators Dexter Nduna and Temba Mliswa who came close to trading blows beginning of this week....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2035 | by newzimbabwe
Record rainfall hits Zimbabe, more predicted
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said a 42-year-old record of heavy rainfall received within a day has been broken and predicted heavy rains that may uproot trees and leave a trail of ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Callistus Ndlovu death shocks Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended his condolences to the Ndlovu family following the death of former Cabinet Minister and Bulawayo provincial chairman, Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu. ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
National dialogue deadlock: Hope keeps eluding Zimbabwe
NATIONAL dialogue meant to unite Zimbabweans around a common vision has failed to gain traction as the leading political parties have taken deeply entrenched hardline positions, plunging the country d...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' union leaders appear in court
Leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) appeared in different courts on Thursday.ARTUZ President Obert Masaraure appeared at Harare Magistrates Court 6 for routine...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 19:12hrs | 2816 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Response to The Patriot: Unmasking Pseudo Communists
The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking do to, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal atta...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:21hrs | 517 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Hillside Teachers College students stage demo over fees top up
STUDENTS at Hillside Teachers' College in Bulawayo this morning staged a peaceful demonstration at the institution premises protesting a $300 boarding fees top up.The students alleged that the...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:31hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
'PTUZ did not sell out'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has defended its decision to call off the strike by educators, saying they were protecting their members who had been put on the firing line.T...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry vehicle sparks parents' outrage
PARENTS and School Development Committees (SDCs) in Chiredzi are up in arms with their district schools inspector, Petronella Nyangwe who they accuse of purchasing a $130 000 Toyota Land Cruiser, usin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda community chases away teachers in satanism scare
TWO teachers from Lumene Primary School in Gwanda have been ejected from the school by irate parents who are accusing them of practicing Satanism after pupils collapsed mysteriously.The incide...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
'No soldiers in Zimbabwe schools'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed as hogwash, claims that the military has been deployed in schools to intimidate teachers. Negative reports from the private media claimed that s...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants strikes, opposition's Trojan horse
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a "strike country" as various civil service arms try and outdo each other in registering their grievances against Government through withdrawal of labour and other forms of p...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:26hrs | 842 | by Nicole Hondo
Riot police sold a dummy
Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests.Apparently, the police were reacting t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over fuel price hikes
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to reverse last month's 150% fuel price hike made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, arguing that the move w...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 5349 | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock teachers over strike
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has broken ranks with other teachers' associations that over the weekend called on their members to end a week-long strike action over poor sa...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5985 | by AFP
Teachers clash over nationwide strike
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has slammed their counterparts the Zimbabwe Teachers Union (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) for calling for the im...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 13:21hrs | 1939 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious deaths rock Mkwabeni schools in Filabusi
THE Vokola community in Filabusi, Insiza district, Matabeleland South has expressed concern over the "mysterious deaths" of pupils in their local schools in the past month. Two pupils have die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Know your Authors in Family and Religious Studies: Wilson Zivave
The New Curriculum in Zimbabwe has seen students and teachers alike struggle to have access to teaching aids particularly reading material, thereby relying on internet sources. In a number of circumst...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 124 | by Brian Maregedze
Teachers cancel nationwide strike
Teachers' Unions yesterday announced that they have suspended the nationwide industrial action that commenced on the 5th of February with immediate effect.In a joint statement by Zimbabwe Teac...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2681 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldiers flood Zimbabwe schools
Armed soldiers are now a familiar sight at public schools throughout the country in the wake of an on-going strike by teachers, resulting in parents, guardians and learners living in fear.Teac...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:08hrs | 9042 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over private jets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia f...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2916 | by Staff reporter
MPs want action on Matabeleland schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has said four schools in Matabeleland North registered 0% pass rate in the 2018 Grade Seven examinations, a situation which is worrying Parliament....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant Mnangagwa flies with expensive jet again
Mnangagwa has once again demonstrated his lack of care for the mounting economic woes in Zimbabwe.He once again flew in a hired Swiss Dreamliner which will cost the fiscus millions. When...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 13881 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Panicky govt meets striking teachers
TOP government officials were last night locked up in a crunch meeting with teachers' union leaders to resolve the salary impasse and end a crippling strike which started on Tuesday, with about 80% of...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
Government running scared
The teachers' job action has now shaken the corridors of power. The Public Service Commission, PSC, has confirmed that teachers' job action has brought business to a halt in our schools country wide. ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:07hrs | 2283 | by ARTUZ
'A praying bridge of Driekhoek'
A bridge is a perfect symbol of life with hope. It has the beginning, the middle and the end. And when one put the first step on the bridge he hopes to pass to the other side. It carries the significa...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 19:56hrs | 177 | by Eric Shikobela
Teachers' unions tell members to 'intensify' strike
The government on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on striking teachers, saying it will dock their salaries for hours not worked.The government move came on the same day that the two largest uni...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:56hrs | 2694 | by ZimLive
'No Work, No pay' for striking Zimbabwe teachers
Government has warned teachers who have not been reporting for work that they will have their salaries deducted. The warning came after a realisation that there were some teachers who have not been re...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 19:50hrs | 8211 | by Staff reporter
Schools heading towards complete shutdown
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe ( ARTUZ) has warned the government that schools risk completely shutting down if it does not take urgent measures to positively respond to the demands of ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 14:12hrs | 3699 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More teachers join strike
More teachers yesterday joined the countrywide strike which started on Tuesday, despite reports of widespread intimidation by State security agents in some areas.The teachers have downed tools...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2378 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has 20,000 jobless teachers'
ZIMBABWE has some 20,000 trained teachers currently out of work some who have not been engaged since graduation six years ago, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has said.In a statement Monda...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:43hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Government agrees to review teachers' allowances
GOVERNMENT has agreed to increase allowances for teachers and is monitoring the situation in schools to decide on the course of action to take against those who are not reporting for work. The...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2938 | by Staff reporter
Seke One High School Rules the Roost in History Advanced Levels 2018 Zimsec Exams
Seke One High school in Chitungwiza defied the odds in the November 2018 public examinations under the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec), under the tutelage of Shepherd Mundondo popularly k...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2049 | by Brian Maregedze
Pupils selling drugs at school
ZIMBABWE National Association of Mental Health (ZNAMH) has revealed that children as young as nine and 10 around the country are selling drugs in primary schools.The association conducted a re...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 21:32hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dialogue compared to Smith's 'Internal Settlement'
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) vice president Welshman Ncube compared talks initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resolve Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis, snubbed by his party on...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 20:45hrs | 3412 | by ZimLive/Reuters
Mnangagwa threw caution to the wind
President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored advice from a South Africa-based local businessman that a wage hike was the best way to deal with public sector union grievances, and that a failure to award an in...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:41hrs | 6349 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa snubs 'dialogue' with Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, he said, following a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.So...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1053 | by Reuters/ZimLive
Teachers' Job Action gathering momentum despite State Crackdown
Teachers countrywide continue to join the ongoing job action demanding a living wage. A survey conducted by Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe revealed that Matabeleland North province is t...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2232 | by ARTUZ
80% teachers heed strike call?
TEACHERS' unions yesterday described their nationwide strike as a huge success, with at least 80% heeding the call for industrial action, although there were reports of State security agents moving ar...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
UK moots punitive measures on Zimbabwe
THE British government has all but lost confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and yesterday threatened more punitive measures, including adding more names on the sanctions list, ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 508 | by newzimbabwe
Parents withdraw kids from schools
TEACHERS reported for duty yesterday in Bulawayo, Midlands and parts of Matabeleland North but education authorities decried the decision by some parents to withdraw their children from schools. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
'No One is Above the Law'
Through the eyes of the media, many people are said to have been brutalized and raped by security forces. The media also claims that the perpetrators are going unpunished when it is in the public know...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1794 | by Mirabelle Abusha Dlodlo
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