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Local varsity pioneers road tolling system
Vehicles will spend just seven seconds going through a Zimbabwe tollgate once a new express tolling system developed by Bindura University of Science Education to Zinara specifications, which is alrea...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Former Highlanders rising star turns down Major League for art
IN 2010, Ackim Mpofu was touted as a future star for Highlanders FC and the national team, two years later he was promoted into Bosso's first team.Mpofu captained the national Under-15 boys' t...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 625 | by Stephen Bates
US embassy partners Zimbabwean varsities
THE United States embassy in Harare has entered into partnerships with Zimbabwean universities to help strengthen their research skills.US embassy public diplomacy officer John Hishmeh said th...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:05hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Varsity students 4ED pledge support
The newly formed Varsity Students 4ED has pledged to support President Mnangagwa during the forthcoming harmonised elections in honour of the life-changing programmes such as the Education 5.0. ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities adjust fees structures
STATE universities in the country have raised their tuition fees in line with regional trends to cover operational costs.Lupane State University (LSU) released their new fee's stru...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa greenlights new university fees
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has bemoaned the low uptake of Government facilitated loans by students at the country's tertiary institutions amid reports that only 10 000 students have benefited so far despite ...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:53hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor accused of pampering Mnangagwas at students' expense
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have petitioned Parliament in an effort to crank the heat on the institution to curb wasteful spending and reduce recently announced fees, which they argue are exo...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda State University complex to boost mineral beneficiation
THE construction of an Engineering Laboratory and Innovation Complex at Gwanda State University is set to spur mineral beneficiation and exploration initiatives as the country moves towards attaining ...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Varsity bursar up for $10m fraud
The assistant bursar with the Midlands State University with responsibility for the payroll has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he went on the run and failed to appear at the Gweru Magistra...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Ezekiel Guti University in enrolment scandal
TOP officials at Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) in Bindura have been caught up in a serious enrolment scandal after it emerged that some of them have been selling fake admission letters to as...Published: 22 May 2022 at 09:21hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Let's shut down Zimbabwe!
THE recent university fee hikes would not have been exorbitant if we had a working currency, a listening government and overally a working economy.When the Zimbabwe National Students Union cal...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 466 | by Desire Kateyera
Govt justifies hefty varsity fee hikes
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira has justified the widely criticised university fee hikes as necessary to promote and finance quality education in the country.He issued a mi...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Varsity suspends 21 students for exposing theft of US$1 000 by Dean
GREAT Zimbabwe University (GZU) suspended 21 students representative council (SRC) leaders after leaking paper trail that detailed theft of a US$1 000 donation by the institution's dean of stude...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Parly turns heat on minister over varsity fees hike
MEMBERS of National Assembly have requested Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira to issue a ministerial statement in the House on the escalating fees charged to tertiary students....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch another expo
Chancellor of all State universities, President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Varsity Film Expo taking place at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) on Monday....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Court halts Guti varsity SEC elections
THE High Court yesterday ordered the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) to call off Students Executive Council (SEC) elections at the institution until a matter in which a student is challenging ...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Lupane varsity probed over sex scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has engaged the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry over allegations that female staffers at Lupane State University are being sexually harassed by some top exe...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lad Chipanje secures rugby scholarship
AN opportunity to take his blossoming rugby career to a higher level has presented itself to Bulawayo lad, Nicholas Chipanje who has been offered a scholarship to the University of the Western Cape in...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
SA-bred Mafura set for Sables debut
EXPLOSIVE Pumas utility back Tapiwa Mafura is finally set to make his debut for Zimbabwe's national rugby team after his inclusion in the Sables squad ahead of the upcoming Quadrangular Series to be p...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:07hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Teacher drags Chiwenga to court
A KWEKWE-based primary school teacher, Mercy Mjikwa, has dragged the Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga to court over new Covid-19 rules targeting unvaccinated citizens.In an urgent chamber ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-linked businessman fails to turn around Zimglass
SLIGHTLY more than a decade ago, a drive along Portland Road in Gweru's heavy industrial sites would lead one to the glass-manufacturing giant — and one of the companies that made the Midlands capit...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer Hara distances self from CCC name hijack plot
PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Tavengwa Hara has distanced himself from the shadowy Citizens for Convergence for Change (CCC) that listed him as its lawyer upon notifying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa targets 6 million votes as 2023 campaign gathers momentum
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC Alliance says it has set its sights on mobilising six million votes ahead 2023, with the party refocusing to attract the elusive rural vote.This comes at a time ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Renaming roads fails to convince Zimbabweans
A BID to rename major roads in the country after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some fallen heroes seems to have failed to resonate with Zimbabweans as they are still using old names, while in some ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New Parly lit up as China celebrates National Day
CONSTRUCTORS of Zimbabwe's imposing new parliament building, perched on top of Mt Hampden, north of Harare last night lit up the building, which is nearing completion, to celebrate China's National Da...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt curtails internet freedom
THE Zimbabwean government has maintained a tight grip on internet control, curtailing the basic rights to freedom of expression and information, a report has revealed.According to the Freedom ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political uncertainty hampering energy sector revival, says AfDB
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has cited an unstable political environment and the risk of expropriation as some of the reasons unnerving potential investors from injecting capital in Zimbabwe's ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
US$12 000 compensation can't soothe activist for unjustified imprisonment
AT the age of 28, Linda Musiyamhanje was charged with the murder of a police officer and spent almost a year in prison.She left her two-year-old son in the care of her siblings and together wi...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Authorities unleash sweeping crackdown on forex market
IN a renewed bid to contain the runaway foreign exchange rate - now trading at double the official rate around US$1: ZW$170 - the government has launched a fierce crackdown on currency traders in a mu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
US$4m tender scandal rocks Zinwa
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) awarded Helcraw Electrical (Pvt) Ltd - owned by Harare businessman Farai Jere - a tender worth over US$4 million to supply pre-paid water meters despite t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Judges set wrong precedent by hearing own case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges who overturned a High Court ruling that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's continued stay in office beyond 70 years was illegal despite being cited have set a wrong precedent by b...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lays out 2023 game plan
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's move to reshuffle the top leadership of his party is meant to kick- start preparations for another high stakes election in 2023 against President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the Covid-19 third wave and continues to see a decl...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ignores Zimbabwe 'crisis'
SADC has not responded to a plea by Zimbabwean civil society organisations (CSOs) which last month petitioned the organ to intervene and order President Emmerson Mnangagwa to, among other things, call...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeals for patience
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans not to give up hope in the face of a myriad of challenges as he warned alleged "treacherous" elements against sabotaging the economy....Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZEC commissioner tipped for Insiza seat
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) Qhubani Moyo reportedly plans another try at the ballot box, targeting the same Insiza constituency he twice lost to Zanu-PF when he was a member of the op...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri blames dead Mugabe for govt failure
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri last week said the Robert Mugabe administration had failed the country in the 40 years that it was in power, saying the Emmerson Mnangagwa dispensation had do...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's industry capacity utilisation rises
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry is projected to increase to 58% in the third quarter of this year, an improvement from 54% in the second quarter of 2021.In its second...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Currency crisis alarms Zimbabwe business
BUSINESS has expressed alarm over the free- falling Zimbabwe dollar, warning that the foreign currency crisis could plunge the economy into a deeper crisis.The gap has been widening between th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga in bizarre twist
Former president Robert Mugabe's family says his spirit is fighting back after "mysterious" deaths and illnesses hit families of some traditional leaders that were pushing for the exhumation of the la...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Thousands face eviction from council farm
Harare City Council has secured a court order to evict thousands of families who were settled illegally on its Crowborough Farm's Lot 2 of Parkridge Estate by land barons.The matter has been w...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 11 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Why elections matter in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we ach...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Fay Chung
Spare a thought for Chiwenga's estranged wife
My Dear People,Pictures of the former second lady Marry Mubaiwa struggling to walk while being led to court to face charges of allegedly plotting to kill her powerful ex-husband got everyone t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Harare car dealer in mining row
Prominent Harare businessman and car dealer Paul Chenjerai, popularly known as Paza Buster is embroiled in a bitter mine wrangle with a Mutoko villager after he encroached into his homestead in search...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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