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Whizkid lights up Zimbabwe varsity graduation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his role as Chancellor of all State Universities, presided over Gwanda State University's (GSU) third graduation ceremony yesterday, where he capped 126 graduates at t...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:49hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo whiz-kid creates pothole repair drone
Rahil Bhavan, an 18-year-old student from Christian Brothers' College (CBC) in Bulawayo, has developed a drone equipped with a machine-learning algorithm designed to detect and map potholes for repair...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:07hrs | 6539 | by Staff reporter
Who wanted to assassinate Donald Trump?
Pennsylvania - Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, a shocking act of political violence that threaten...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 4 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Untrustworthy Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
United States President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa - one that has grown wider ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | | by Associated Press
Pomona Project: All thunder, lightning flashes, no strike!
Pomona stink in newsroomsIlliterate newspapers are being pummelled back and forth by buffeted Mafume and his clueless Triple C councillors. It is all thunder, blinding flashes but no strike. A...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree whizkid appeals for financial assistance
A 20-year-old Plumtree whizkid who attained 20 points at A-Level is appealing for financial assistance to further his studies.Vumani Moyo from Khame village in Plumtreewho did his A-level at M...Published: 22 May 2021 at 20:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masamvu succumbed to a disease he feared most
RESIDENTS of the farming town of Marondera, about 74km east of Harare last week woke up to the sad news of the passing on of renowned businessman and politician Luke Masamvu.The late former Mu...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Temba comes to town
When all was well in the white man's camp, farms at peak of colonial production, some blacks like me tried to jump ship. Remember industry and commerce had three categories of remuneration. There was ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:55hrs | 77 | by Tondo
Zimbabwean whizkid (14) enrols at Malawi medical school
TAIDA Mapara, a 14-year-old student from a Harare-based private college, Hilbright Science College, has enrolled for medical studies at the Malawi Medical School after scoring 15 points in the June 20...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born whiz-kid wants to send rockets to space
After coming tops in the essay category at this year's DStv Eutelsat Star Awards last month, Zimbabwe-born whiz-kid Tanaka Chonyera is ready to take the first steps towards achieving great feats in th...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma whiz kid gets scholarship
LOCAL cement producer PPC Zimbabwe has offered a Bulawayo whiz kid who got 20 points at A-Level a scholarship to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe starting this year.Mkh...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers to remain in Harare until 'situation over'
Zimbabwean authorities say the military will remain in the capital until "this situation is over", a reference to opposition protests over alleged manipulation of Monday's election results.Hom...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 11:25hrs | | by AP
How safe is data in 'cloud storage'?
Cyber attacks have become a new menace to the civilised world and seem upping the ante. The physics world appear at loss as how to deal with cyber attacks. Even some small countries in Africa ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:16hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Dare to dream- of 'bullet' trains the MDC Alliance way
There's a reason the "bullet train" train is a predictable pre-election teaser: it's an irresistible idea.With an expansion of rail networks, especially inter-city rail, we could expect the fo...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Chamisa's bullet trains are but an escape from implementing reforms and 'povo's opium for false hope for millennia'
Do not get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with Nelson Chamisa's 800 km/hour bullet trains (faster than the current world record holder 431km/hour maglev train), spaghetti junction at every growth-po...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 17:11hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mawarire roasts Jonathan Moyo
Former first lady Grace Mugabe is at the centre of a vicious war of words between spokesperson of the stuttering National Patriotic Front (NPF), Jealousy Mawarire, and exiled two former Cabinet minist...Published: 23 May 2018 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
12As & 2Bs whiz kid needs help with fees
A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil from Maphisa who scored 12As and 2Bs at Form Four is appealing for financial assistance to clear his school fees arrears amounting to $1 634 and pay for Advanced Level studies....Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scramble for A' Level places
PARENTS are struggling to get A' Level places for their children as some schools are taking students with 10 As and above, it has been revealed.The demands by the schools go against a general ...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Whiz-kid 'Mkhulisi Moyo' gets scholarship
A BULAWAYO whiz-kid who got 20 points at A-Level has received a scholarship courtesy of cement giant PPC, for him to study Medicine at the University of Zimbabwe this year.As reported in our s...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Whizkid appeals for assistance
A 16-YEAR-OLD former Phakamani High School pupil who scored 7As and 2Bs in the recently released Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level Examinations is appealing for financial as...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whizz-kids appeal for financial aid
Two students in Triangle who gained straight As in their ‘‘A''Level results are appealing for scholarships or financial assistance to proceed to university.The two Terry Goss High School s...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whizzkid scores 20 points at A-Level
A PUPIL (19) at Dominican Convent High School in Bulawayo scored 20 points in the Cambridge November 2017 Advanced Level examinations.Sibonakaliso Mkandla who wrote four subjects – Mathemati...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen linked to Arsenal
IN the week that a number of England-based footballers have been drafted into the Warriors set-up, the biggest circulating daily British newspaper, The Sun, have reported that Zimbabwean teenage star ...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bob and Grace Mugabe's Muppet Show is in full swing
Get ready to salsa to the sounds of party-political kongonya when Grace Mugabe takes centre stage at the Zanu-PF special congress scheduled for December. So I hope Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ca...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Bosso, FC Platinum match abandoned
FC Platinum 1 - 1 HighlandersOVERZEALOUS policemen recklessly fired tear smoke at the fans deep into the referee's optional time causing the abandonment of the FC Platinum and Highlanders matc...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn underlined their dominance over Highlanders
Highlanders 0 -1 Chicken InnCHICKEN Inn underlined their dominance over Highlanders when defender Moses Jackson headed in a well taken corner kick two minutes before full time in a Castle Lage...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Sports reporter
5-year old whiz kid now in Grade 2
Zimbabwe may have another academic record breaker in the making as 5-year old whiz kid at Widdcombe Primary in Hatfield, Harare is exhibiting a rare intellectual capacity with an above average int...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church founder rapes, infects whizkid with STI
A self styled prophet from Govere Village under headman Kwenda, Chief Neshangwe in Sadza District has appeared in court after he allegedly raped and infected a form four whizkid with an STI on the gui...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Whizz kid 'Mbongeni' thank you message
13-year-old Mbongeni Masuku has sent a thank you message to all Zimbabweans who helped him go back to school.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7XM9t8IphM...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 19:51hrs | | by Moyo Roy
WARNING: Unkown person opens GoFundMe for Whizz Kid
Please be warned, someone started a GoFundMe campaign for Mbongeni Masuku without the Masuku family being informed therefore not giving permission.Link: ...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 13:29hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Science whiz-kid scores 20 points at A-level
A 18-YEAR-OLD whiz-kid from Goromonzi High School attained 20 points in the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) November 2016 A Level examinations.Thubelihle Tshuma, from Hatclif...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whizz kid goes to school
Bulawayo whizz kid whose dream of becoming a doctor almost came to a standstill after his former school could not give him the his grade 7 results slip as he owed $442 has finally geared up for new be...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Whiz kid fails to get results
A BULAWAYO whiz kid who aced his Grade Seven examinations with four units is failing to proceed to Form One after his former school held on to his results for non-payment of fees.The boy -...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawaba whizzkid offered bursary
BULAWAYO - Nkosana George Mazibisa, the School Development Committee chairperson of Mawaba primary school has disclosed that he has helped Mbongeni Masuku - the boy who was initially denied results by...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 18:17hrs | | by Divine Dube
Bulawayo boy achieves 4 units, denied Grade 7 results: Plea for Help!
BULAWAYO - ONE of the city's brightest pupils recently scored four units at the 2016 Grade Seven exams administered by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council but sadly, the whizzkid cannot continue ...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Divine Dube
Meet the nerd from Nketa
CALL him a nerd, a geek, whizkid or any of the many stereotypical names overly intellectual people are often pejoratively called.The 19-year-old Ronald Shereni seems not to care. Instead he ha...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:31hrs | 10 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Whizkids score As
TWO whizkids from Bulawayo scored 30 points and 15 points in the November 2015 Cambridge A-Level examinations.Emmanuel Zhou of Killarney suburb who did his A-Level at Riverton Academy in Masvi...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Whiz-kid scores 29 A- Level points
Eighteen-year-old St Faith High School of Rusape student, Munashe Elton Mandizvidza, scored 29 points in the 2015 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced level examinations.Mand...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Tuku, friends light up carnival
Star musician Oliver Mtukudzi and his musician friends on Friday showcased delightful melodies at a packed Harare International Carnival music concert held at the Glamis Stadium in Harare....Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 16:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Whiz kid attains 11As, 2Bs in 2014 O level exams
A DAVID Livingstone Memorial Secondary School pupil got 10 As while another from Msiteli Secondary School in Bulawayo attained 11 As and two Bs in the 2014 Ordinary Level examinations.An ecsta...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Molline Gagare and Emily Mbewe
Beyonce's Zim connection
ZIMBABWE has done it again! Right on the international scene where the glitz and glamour of the music industry dazzles the world!And who has thrust the country at the epicentre of the world's...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Andrew Moyo
Bulawayo's 5-year whizkid
WHEN most one-year-old babies could only cry and giggle, she could count and read numbers. When she was 20 months old, she enrolled at pre-school where she was the youngest tot but the only one who co...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 11:24hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Profile on 'Bulawayo Hustler' designer
Name: Tererai Tich Ziwenga-KomboraNickname: Bulawayo HustlerBorn June 1992 in Chivhu...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
More woes for 'Baba Jukwa'
Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi, who stands accused of banditry, inciting the overthrow of a constitutionally-elected government, insurgency, terrorism and sabotage, has been remanded in custody to ...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
A Level whizzkid heads to Harvard
A Zimbabwean student who scored five As at "A" Level is heading to Harvard University in the US in August.Terrens Muradzikwa achieved top grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,&nbs...Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amazon unveils drone delivery plan
Washington - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed on Sunday that his company is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes....Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 09:18hrs | 6 | by AFP
One on one with Gugulethu 'Berita' Khumalo's mom
ZIMBABWE-BORN South Africa-based award-winning Afro pop songstress, Berita Gugulethu Khumalo, rebelled against her parents after they advised her not to pursue music as a career, revealed her mother ...Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 08:53hrs | 21 | by Leisure Reporter
Why bad days are good for us
What you didn't know about bad days Having a bad day? Don't worry; your bad day can do wonders for your health. Not only can being late help you get a ...Published: 22 Apr 2013 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Realbuzz.com
Whizz-kid (15) scores distinctions at the University of Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe whizz-kid Maud Chifamba, who became the youngest student at 14 the college last year, continues to dazzle.The 15-year-old prodigy became the youngest student at universi...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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