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Leyland eyes Zimbabwe bus plant
INDIAN investors yesterday swarmed Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, expressing their interest to do business in Zimbabwe, with one of the leading vehicle manufacturing companies, Ashok...Published: 5 hrs ago | 436 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tasks 2 ministers to address Beitbridge plight
President Mnangagwa has instructed two Cabinet ministers to work together in addressing challenges affecting the teaching of sciences in Beitbridge district. Higher and Tertiary Education, Sci...Published: 13 hrs ago | 536 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo pushes for a Policy Indaba
Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo's initiativeI'm driving a national agenda which has no political affiliation, but to assist on enhancing development. We simply ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 173 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Late Zimbabwe VP exposed for raping Harare school teacher?
With so many rapes going unreported and unprosecuted, victims are instead forced by circumstances to commit paternity fraud. Most have managed to keep their secrets, but the arrival of affordable DNA ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 6717 | by TRT World
Crime in Harare increases
There appears to have been a major increase in crime, including violent crime, in Harare, judging by reports received by Safeguard Security from its customers and other sources.In an update to...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2081 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe cannot outsource its development - it has to fix the fundamentals first
While South Africa believes sanctions should be scrapped in Zimbabwe, analysts indicate that the sanctions narrative has been an easy scapegoat in addressing the real issues affecting the country....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 398 | by Sally Nyakanyanga
Govt deploys psychologist to 'haunted' Bulawayo school
GOVERNMENT has deployed a psychologist to provide counselling services to science teachers at Mandwandwe High School in Bulawayo who are reportedly refusing to use the school's science laboratory, cla...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Government launches Bulawayo Cosmetology Hub
THE Government has officially opened a Cosmetology Hub in Bulawayo to create a necessary environment for youth participation in the mainstream economy for inclusive growth.The Hub, which was c...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks to increase Science teachers
THE Government has spent $3 million on Science and Mathematics teacher training in a bid to improve the quality of students that are churned out to teach the critical subjects.Mathematics and ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Internet key to economic development
IN the article, "The great transformer: The impact of the Internet on economic growth and prosperity" (2011) James Manyika and Charles Roxburgh seek to explain the influence of Information Communicati...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
State-of-the-art facilities for universities
Zimbabwe has set an ambitious path to upgrade its higher learning institutions to world class facilities that are fully equipped with shopping malls, cafeterias, hotels and modern student quarters....Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:34hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Honourable Minister Professor Amon Murwira
Honorable Minister Professor Amon Murwira, I humble submit, now maybe the right time for your Ministry to sponsor a true Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) bill through Parliament, which when it...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1390 | by Enock Jonathan
Optic fibre link - another feather in the cap for Zimbabwe
THE commissioning of the $23,6 million TelOne national backbone fibre link in Beitbridge is a game changer in the telecommunications sector at it will allow for faster, reliable, secure and cheaper in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
The most popular gaming genres
Even if gaming as we know it only got born recently, video games and an earlier form of gaming have been around for quite a while. The earliest form of gaming and gaming communities date as back as th...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:01hrs | 347 | by Tech Reporter
Consumer rights group to lobby Parly over data bundles costs
A CONSUMER rights' watchdog has launched a campaign against high mobile data costs, after recent reports showed that Zimbabwe had some of the most expensive data tariffs on the continent.This ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa to jointly develop Beitbridge, Musina
President Mnangagwa cuts the ribbon during the official launch of the TelOne Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare fibre optic link in Beitbridge yesterdayTHE Zimbabwean and South African governments hav...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3096 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes for broke to lure tech tourists to Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe ICT bosses are pulling out all the stops to use a networking event for tech entrepreneurs and investors here to market its tourist hotspot, Victoria Falls, in a bid to boost the number of vis...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions the National Backbone Fibre Optic Link
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the National BroadBand optic fibre link at TelOne Beitbridge Exchange. The TelOne Optic link will connect Beitbridge with Bulawayo, Harar...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1407 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The amazing history behind live casino games
During the last decade, revolutionary new casino technology has made all the difference in the online casino industry. Someone came up with the idea to feed the so-called "social hunger" that casino a...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 606 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Beitbridge
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the multi-million-dollar TelOne fibre optic link in Beitbridge. The link connects Beitbridge with Bulawayo, Harare, Masvingo and the rest of...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:52hrs | 2903 | by Staff reporter
Joy for Mandiwanzira
HIGH Court Judge, Justice Esther Muremba has ordered a stop to former Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira's trial at the magistrates' court until his application for ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | 3919 | by newzimbabwe
New bank opens in Bulawayo
EMPOWER Bank yesterday officially opened its first Bulawayo branch pledging a $50 000 non-collateral loan package to local entrepreneurs with viable project proposals on a first come and first serve b...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:26hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
STEM redesigned
THE Government has redesigned the STEM programme in universities to be heritage based with focus on the modernisation and industrialisation of the country. The heritage theme focuses on the us...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's newspaper reported
Zimbabwe Election Commission Spokesperson Dr Qhubani Moyo has reported Trevor Ncube's The Standard newspaper to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that appeared on Sunday alleging th...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's mega deal deception unmasked
Since assuming power President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been engaged in a desperate attempt to attract Foreign Direct Investment.One of the greatest deceptions that Mnangagwa pulled out in May 2...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 13:55hrs | 4634 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No turning back on Rwanda turning around her economy
Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last Ice age. By the 16th century, the inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the 19th century, Mwami (King) Rwab...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1400 | by Enos Denhere
Government aims 5,000 Maths teachers target
GOVERNMENT is targeting to produce 5 455 Science and Mathematics teachers by 2023 following a $3 million intervention to alleviate a shortage of personnel by increasing intake and training institution...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Nust builds temporary lecture rooms to increase learning space
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is building temporary lecture rooms to increase its learning space ahead of a shift in its academic year. The university earlier this y...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Government unveils $150m for students accommodation
GOVERNMENT has secured $150 million for the construction of students' hostels at three local universities to ease accommodation challenges, a senior official has said. Lupane State University,...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:56hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce 5G commercial network
THE Zimbabwe government is working on introducing 5G commercial network to enhance advanced speed in mobile broadband. The 5G broadband is generation of broadband cellular network technology s...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:51hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge optic fibre project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission the multi-million dollar optic fibre link in Beitbridge, which connects the border town with South Africa and the rest of the country via Bulawayo and Masv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 520 | by Staff rpeorter
Gono's jatropha project too small to ease fuel crisis, says Mangudya
FORMER RBZ Governor Gideon Gono's $3 million jatropha project's contribution to the country's fuel demands was too insignificant and cannot be considered as a viable solution to current fuel shortages...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:42hrs | 399 | by newzimbabwe
SA ministers arrive for BNC talks
Three South African ministers arrived in the country last night for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission, with president Cyril Ramaphosa expected to jet in today. ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
SA plans border drone patrols to keep illegal immigrants out
SA may soon turn to drones to help it to protect its porous borders from illegal immigrants.Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Sunday the country could consider using the unmanned ae...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 465 | by TimesLive
55 companies shut down
OVER 50 companies have been liquidated since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in November 2017, throwing thousands of people out of employment.Documents obtained by Standardbusiness ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4283 | by Staff reporter
Government calls for partnership in e-learning drive
THE Government is calling upon private and public companies to take an active role in supporting e-learning in schools so that they continue to bridge the digital divide in the country.Deputy ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Investor injects US$400m into CSC
ONE of the biggest companies in the country, Cold Storage Company is back to life following an affirmed massive capital injection of US$400 million that will be spread over the next five years by its ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flies in tomorrow
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will arrive in Harare tomorrow for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) that is expected to deepen bilateral relations an...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
NUST graduate turns plastic waste into diesel
A National University of Science and Technology graduate is turning Harare's plastic waste into diesel in a pioneering project that could go a long way in addressing Zimbabwe's chronic fuel shortages....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's think tank sets targets
MEMBERS of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) on Thursday pledged to work hard to improve the country's current situation and expected results to start showing by month-end.President Emme...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:26hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Nust redesigns master plan
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has redesigned its master plan to align it with industrial and innovation goals of higher and tertiary education, a Cabinet Minister has said. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners to enjoy more rights
Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the Prisons Act in a move that that will see prisoners being accorded constitutional rights they deserve in line with international norms and standards. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally acquitted
Kuwadzana MP Charlton Hwende (MDC), charged with treason this week, was freed on $3,000 bail on Friday – but a High Court judge ordered that he should stay away from social media as part of his bail...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1250 | by ZimLive
Of useless degrees and of abandoning national mandates
The recent Hardtalk by Professor Amon Murwira, Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development on "Zimbabwe to scrap useless degrees" makes for serious thinking.J...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1350 | by Enock Jonathan
Nurses' body must reform or die
On November 24 2017, President Mnangagwa ushered in the Second Republic with a maiden inauguration speech which was pregnant with pragmatism and divorced from the flowery language his predecesso...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 496 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mandiwanzira being punished for being 'best minister'
FORMER Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira emotionally took to the witness stand Tuesday complaining that he was being persecuted for being one of the best cabinet mi...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1251 | by newzimbabwe
Network disruptions to continue
DISRUPTIONS to telecommunication networks will continue because operators owe millions of dollars to foreign firms for maintaining and upgrading their infrastructure due to the unavailability of forex...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Antiquated equipment cripples Zimbabwe's agric sector
Zimbawe's agricultural sector needs massive retooling to increase production as it is still relying on antiquated equipment.Farming experts said as long as the situation remains like this, the...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 09:32hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe liberalises fuel importation
The government has with immediate effect liberalised the importation of fuel to large companies with free funds, reiterated its stance on the modernisation the mass public transportation system under ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:38hrs | 1707 | by Staff reporter
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