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Teachers unions oppose June exams, schools reopening
While the Government continues working out how to reopen schools in phases, starting with public examination classes, as Zimsec finalises plans for the late June examinations, some teachers unions are...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers square off over schools opening
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has threatened legal action against government over the alleged lack of consultation by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry on modalities for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Opening of schools premature
THE recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding the re-opening of schools to examination classes has left most forward-thinking educationists shell shocked.Re-opening of scho...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 517 | by Zimta information
Opening of schools premature, Period!
Dear Editor,The recent announcement by the Head of State, President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding the reopening of schools to examination classes has left most forward thinking educationists sh...Published: 19 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 2309 | by ZIMTA
Zimta emphasises need for social distancing in schools
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has implored Government to employ more teachers to reduce class sizes and teacher pupil ratio as one of the main pre-conditions to ensure social distancing be...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
June exams pushed back by a month
Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) on Friday announced the postponement of June examinations by four weeks due to the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Schools in Zimbabwe were...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:56hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to proclaim schools opening date
THE President will announce dates for the reopening of schools, but will do so when the conditions are safe for learners and teachers to prevent exposure to coronavirus, Primary and Secondary Educatio...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand PPEs from Mnangagwa
Teachers have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding Personal Protective Equipment for teachers and learners as part of conditions for re-opening of schools. According to the submis...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3251 | by Staff reporter
Cloud hangs over June exams
DATES for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 June examinations will likely be determined at the end of the lockdown period, it has been learnt.Representatives of teacher or...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration period
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for November 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, and will open a window for late entries after the end...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Zimta bemoans teachers' predicament
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has bemoaned the plight of teachers during the three-week lockdown meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.In a statement on Monday, Zimta secretary-gene...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:10hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Postpone June exams, says Zimta
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has proposed the postponement of the June and November 2020 examinations owing to the failure by teachers to travel to their nearest centres to administer the...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Teachers call for postponment of June and November exams
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association has urged the government to consider postponing the June and November Examination until the threat from the deadly Coronavirus has passed. ZIMTA issued a stat...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Postpone exam registration'
TEACHERS have appealed to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to postpone examination registration to avoid the spread of the deadly coronavirus when headmasters travel to provincial and...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Feeding scheme extends to secondary schools
GOVERNMENT is set to extend the schools feeding scheme to secondary schools in line with the country's education policy to improve school attendance and completion rates. The feeding scheme is...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants savage Mthuli Ncube
CIVIL servants have not only rejected the government's plans to introduce a welfare fund- that will see them contributing 2,5 percent of their salary to this pot every month- they have also slammed Fi...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 16:53hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
$15m for science teachers training
Government has mobilised $15 million for training science teachers that would help promote the academic discipline in schools.Learning institutions are often accused of churning out students t...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:32hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Teaching Profession Council draft Bill expected this year
THE drafting of the Teaching Profession Council (TPC) Bill is expected to be completed this year, Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) chief executive Dr Sifiso Ndlovu has said. Speaki...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:44hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Zimta urges teachers to report for work
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the country's largest teachers' body, has instructed its members to resume work with immediate effect.The decision was reached after the association ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:48hrs | 387 | by newzimbabwe
Open letter from teacher 'Brian M'
I would like to convey my most sincere and profound gratitude to all fellow Zimbabweans who have rallied behind and supported the cause on education that was spearheaded by Njube High School Students....Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 11:43hrs | 3093 | by Brian M
Teachers rule out strike
THE Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has ruled out any industrial action saying it is in favour of dialogue with Government to address its members' concerns. In an interview yesterday, Z...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:43hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Zesa over unfair distribution of electricity
Open Letter to Zesa over unfair distribution of electricity in Mutare, particularly the sidelining of HOB House Location.As the national provider of electricity, you will, no doubt, be well aw...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 5834 | by Prof Luke Mbune Chakaza
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 448 | by Staff Reporter
'Schools may permanently close in December'
Schools in Zimbabwe may permanently close this year if the government does not address the challenges facing the teachers who are incapacitated to go to their workplaces of work the Zimbabwe Tea...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:03hrs | 8054 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to attend school only 2 days a week
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association have announced that its members will only be able to report for week on Mondays and Fridays only until the government has addressed their salary grievances. I...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2364 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Riot police block civil servants demo
CIVIL servants have threatened to completely down tools and escalate their fight for better wages after police yesterday blocked their march to hand over petitions to Finance and Labour ministers....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:49hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Government, civil service find each other
Cases of absenteeism and non-performance by civil servants have markedly declined following the increased frequency of impromptu inspection visits by the Public Service Commission (PSC).Public...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants declare strike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and his Labour ministry counterpart Sekai Nzenza are in a quandary as civil servants yesterday declared a massive demonstration next Wednesday over unfulfilled promises b...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 4054 | by Staff reporter
100% bonus for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has resolved to pay civil servants full bonuses for 2019 pegged on gross income, a departure from last year when the 13th cheque was based on pensionable salaries only. In an interv...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 5761 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants demand US$ wages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been pushed against the wall by its restive workers who have tabled a new salary demand of at least US$475 or its equivalence of $7 267 at the prevailing ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants demand urgent meeting
THE Apex Council has requested an urgent National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting tomorrow, to map a way forward on salaries that correspond with the continuously escalating cost of living. ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Police warn on carjackings
Police in Mutare have issued a strong warning to motorists following an increase in cases of carjackings.This comes in the wake of two incidents where motorists lost two vehicles in separate i...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:28hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Student teachers complain over 'measly' $150 stipend
Student teachers last week slammed their employer for awarding them $150 monthly stipend, saying the money was a mockery and an insult to their profession.Speaking to NewsDay yesterday, the studen...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers' unions pursuing political agenda'
Teachers' unions that are saying their members are incapacitated and cannot continue reporting for duty are now pursuing a political agenda to destabilise the education sector, Primary and Secondary E...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:00hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Doctors threatened over strike
Suspected state security agents have allegedly been sending threatening messages to leaders of unions representing doctors in a bid to force the medical professionals to drop plans to go on strike on ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe demonstrations - like sanctions - are not targeted
IT is hoped that several developments in the past week or so will finally open people's eyes to see that party politics is the only game in town; that politics is not the only thing worth concerning o...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 807 | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa govt pay offer divides civil servants
SHARP divisions have emerged within the civil service following the decision by the Apex Council to accept a paltry 76% pay hike from their employer at a time the workers wanted an over 400% pay hike....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3269 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants in Mnangagwa salary U-turn
ZIMBABWE'S impoverished civil servants yesterday made a volte-face and embraced a 76% salary adjustment made by their employer, hardly a week after they scoffed at the offer, describing it as falling ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 2113 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants accept Mnangagwa pay offer
THE National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) yesterday provisionally agreed that Government would pay civil servants a cost of living adjustment (COLA) ranging from 50 percent to 76 percent of their ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to put price control measures: ZIMTA
Civil servants have pleaded with Government to set a control framework that safeguards the value of salaries following the latest adjustments.Government has tabled a 76 percent salary adjustme...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:48hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Government, labour back to negotiating table
GOVERNMENT will this week bring its employees under the auspices of the Apex council to the negotiating table to discuss the August to December cost of living adjustments.This comes after Gove...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:38hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Let's not mistake gifting votes for vote-rigging
IT'S easy and convenient to shift blame from yourself.After losing two by-elections recently, the main opposition MDC has been pointing fingers in the direction of the ruling Zanu-PF party, al...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 678 | by Conway Tutani
Teachers appeal for wages above poverty line
TEACHERS unions, represented by the Zimbabwe Teachers' Union (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), yesterday demanded that government pays salaries above the poverty datum li...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU's money-spinning scheme exposed
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)s' continuous calls for protests in the country have been exposed as a way of trying to position the body for the UNI Global Union's Breaking Through Award,...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar comeback divides civil servants
THE reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender has widened divisions within the civil service, particularly teachers, who are now accusing each other of colluding with government t...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:28hrs | 7220 | by Staff reporter
Big retail shops comply with forex directive
A snap survey conducted yesterday revealed that several retail shops in Bulawayo had already complied with the new policy and were selling their products in local currency. Although others had adjuste...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand just US$200 pay package
TEACHERS have petitioned Parliament demanding that Government immediately releases a teacher salary rescue package of US$200 on top of their RTGS salaries saying earnings have been eroded by inflation...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
ILO panel summons Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to appear before an International Labour Organisation (ILO) panel in Geneva, Switzerland, today amid allegations that the State was failing to protect civil servants as demanded by Con...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
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