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Mnangagwa's govt under fire over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has been criticised over its decision on Monday to ban vacation lessons saying that learners needed to rest after an undisturbed term.Moreover, authorities added that teaching and l...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bans vacation lessons
GOVERNMENT has banned vacation learning for examination and non-examination classes saying the school term had no disturbances and that pupils needed to rest during the holiday.In a statement ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration period
GOVERNMENT has been commended for extending the deadline for Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees payment to give parents and guardians adequate time to raise the funds.Primary and Sec...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:25hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exam fees deadline is extended
THE Government's extension of the deadline by which Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees should be paid to the first week of May from March 23, has been welcomed by parents and guardians as a ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers call for job action over salaries
THE Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions, (Fozeu), has called for an immediate job action starting from tomorrow after teachers declared incapacitation amid rising inflation and cost of living....Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
'Parents can pay examination fees in Zimdollar'
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council has opened a one week window for parents and guardians to pay examination fees for the June 2024 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations in local currency at ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:09hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for fraud
POLICE arrested a woman for a fraud case in which she used fake Zimbabwe School Examition Council Certificates to secure enrolment at Morgen Zintec Teachers College.In a statement, police said...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court overturns unjust birth certificate denial
Two minor children who were undocumented since birth and rendered stateless after the Registrar General's Office declined to issue them with birth certificates got a reprieve after the High Court orde...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Cop convicted of human trafficking
A 38-YEAR-OLD police officer awaits sentencing following his conviction on a charge of human trafficking after he lured Zimbabwean job seekers to the Middle East where they were subjected to slave lab...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF witnesses contradict police statements
TWO Zanu-PF State witnesses yesterday contradicted the statements recorded by the police in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate Patrick Cheza in last year's elections is alle...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 404 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Self-styled mafia boss Francesco Marconati panics...threatens to sue media
In the wake of widespread media coverage exposing Francesco Marconati's alleged misdeeds across Zimbabwe, the self-styled Italian Mafia boss has resorted to legal threats in an attempt to suppress the...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 17:02hrs | 559 | by George Tshuma
Police, lawyers clash over calling of suspects
IN a world where police enforcement is strict and unwavering, one phenomenon that stands out as peculiar and debatable is whether or not it is right for police officers to phone suspects.This was ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi quizzed over inconsistent statements
TOURISM and Hospitality Industry minister Barbara Rwodzi was last Friday quizzed over inconsistencies in the statements she made in a case in which her political rival, Patrick Cheza, and three other ...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:00hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa breaks silence on his game plan
OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he had personally embarked on grassroots campaigns in villages to map his next political move and distanced himself from any other politica...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 7154 | by Staff reporter
Vendors decry unfavourable conditions at Egodini
VENDORS operating at the newly refurbished Egodini Terminus have expressed concern over what they termed "unfavourable" business conditions after Bulawayo City Council (BCC) allegedly barred them from...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Businessman accused of abusing court system
A Harare businessman James Landon has been accused of abusing the criminal justice system after he filed a theft of trust property report against a consultant whom he gave a motor vehicle for services...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt scraps Cala, introduces school based projects
THE Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) have, with immediate effect, been replaced with the new school-based projects of practical applications with the number of areas covered by the non...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:26hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Benson Matinyarare a threat to national security
In a recent series of claims made by Rutendo Benson Matinyarare against Innscor, Simbisa brands, and Zed Koudounaris, it is imperative to critically analyze the validity of these assertions. These ren...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1792 | by Trevor Nhamburo
Zimbabwean doctor honoured in the UK
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean medical doctor Ronald Manuhwa has been honoured with an Allison Gourdie medal after completing emergency medicine post graduate diploma with Royal College of Emergenc...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers US$6,8 billion trade gap
ZIMBABWE has operated in negative trade deficit of US$6,8 billion for the last four years, a trend which is unsustainable in the long run according to Buy Zimbabwe, a campaign outfit that advoca...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:21hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Father jailed for inserting finger in daughter's private parts
A 36-year-old Makoni village man in Muzarabani was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after he tested her 13-year-old daughter's virginity using his fingers.The father who cannot be named for e...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 18:10hrs | 787 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (77) kills self over goats
A 77-year-old man from Tsholotsho committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over the ownership of family goats early this week.The deceased Hebert Zilawa Tshuma of Diwala Line under Chief G...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1644 | by Peter Matuka
Injiva pour R40 million into Tsholotsho school project
TWO Zimbabwean entrepreneurs based in South Africa have joined hands to invest about R40 million towards the construction of a modern high school in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu in Tshol...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Parents call for a downward review of Zimsec exam registration fees
WITH about a month left before the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2024 examination registration deadline, parents have called for a downward review of the registration fees.Whil...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:51hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Biden fall: 'Even Jesus' would have tripped twice
US President Joe Biden tripped twice on Tuesday as he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California. Although the White House has insisted he is in excellent health, the 81-year-old Democrat has pe...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 2163 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes hubby for coming home late
A 27-year-old woman from Barbourfield high-density suburbs in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of physically abusing her husband.Patience Nkiwane pleaded guilty to the charge whe...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1256 | by Stephen Jakes
War vets lose ZWL$300m to soldiers
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday accused of defrauding the War Veterans ministry of close to ZWL$300 million.Nzuzo Tshuma (3...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec opens registration for June and November 2024 examinations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has announced the opening of registrations for the ZIMSEC June and November 2024 Examinations.The registration fees are now pegged in USD but ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 16:03hrs | 2209 | by Staff reporter
Two nabbed in Lupane for unlawful ivory possession
Police in Matabeleland North Province apprehended two suspects at Fatima Business Centre in Lupane for the illegal possession of ivory.Appearing before the Hwange Magistrate Court on Saturday ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 08:05hrs | 540 | by Peter Matuka
BCC orders vendors to vacate 5th Avenue by tomorrow
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has issued a stern warning to vendors who are operating illegally along 5th Avenue. They have until tomorrow to leave the road or have their wares confiscated b...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Parents plead for reduction of exam fees
PARENTS and guardians have implored the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to consider reviewing downwards the June and November examination fees for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates,...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets registration dates
Dates for the registration of those sitting the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations in June and November this year have now been set and parents and guardians need to be in cont...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
2 elite schools in soup for withholding exam results
TWO Zimbabwean elite schools - Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi and Gateway High School in Harare - have been taken to court for withholding students' results over outstanding fees.The two affect...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 17:16hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 604 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Zimsec announces 2024 exam fees
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has unveiled the examination fees for the 2024 Ordinary and Advanced Level exams. The government will subsidize 55 percent of the total cost for stude...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:36hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle Examination Department examiners arrested for corruption
Three officials from the Vehicle Examination Department (VED) stationed at the Chinhoyi depot have been apprehended for engaging in corrupt practices. They are accused of granting a driver's license t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes hubby for coming home late
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo is nursing head injuries after his 27-year-old wife set upon him with slaps and stones for coming home late from a snooker game.Patience Nki...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:52hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec 'fails' to pay exam transporters
OWNERS of vehicles hired to transport the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2023 examination papers are still to paid, five months after they rendered their services, it emerged this week....Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:31hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
HEXCO results out
Higher Education Examinations Council (HEXCO) National Foundation Certificate (NFC) to Higher National Diploma results for November/December 2023 have been released, the Ministry of Higher and Tertiar...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:24hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Diplomat dragged to court over Ponzi scheme
A DIPLOMAT linked to an Asian country has been dragged before the Harare Magistrates' Court accused of swindling his countrymen in the diaspora of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme.This em...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:12hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
JZ High School continues with 100% A-level pass rate
SITUATED in Gwanda District in the sprawling Matebeleland South Province, Jason Ziyaphapha (JZ) Moyo High School is not only named after a revolutionary luminary whose legacy cannot be bloated, but th...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:35hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Man strikes wife with burning firewood
A 30-year-old man from Hwange struck her wife using a burning log for refusing to accompany him to their matrimonial homestead on Sunday last week.Jingilison Mupande was sentenced to pay a fin...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 11:39hrs | 1066 | by Peter Matuka
State opposes bail for Mbudzi fraud accused transport director
THE deputy director in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Enerst Shenje, who allegedly made a US$1 million fraudulent claim for compensation of a property affected by the const...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Grandfather jailed 20 years for rape
A 63-year-old Hwange man was last week sentenced to 20 years behind bars for raping his 15-year-old cousin.Hwange Regional Magistrate Mr Mark Dzira jailed Finias John Nyathi whilst conditional...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 22:25hrs | 964 | by Peter Matuka/Simbarashe Sithole
BCC moves to stem dirt, chaos and decay in CBD
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given informal traders, kombi, bus and pushcart operators, and those involved in illegal car wash business in the city centre an ultimatum to cease their illegal activi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi School of Nursing closed
THIRTY-THREE trainee primary care nurses at Nkayi District Hospital have been moved to other nursing schools in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces following the temporary closure of the institution, wh...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:53hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Prison guard's illegal bid to free armed robber flops
A HARARE prison officer forged a medical report in a bid to free a suspected armed robber. The prison officer, Takawira Taderera (42), appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday faci...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's poor betrayal and selfish strategy
His desire for power at times eclipses his sense of reasoning and judgment. Today you dump your MPs and Senators because of Tshabangu and form another political party and yesteryear you dumped...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | 810 | by Matthew Mare
Man rapes, impregnates 2 daughters
A 40-year-old Rushinga man was yesterday sentenced to 20 years behind bars for raping and impregnating his 17-year-old stepdaughter. The man is facing a second charge for allegedly raping and impregna...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 18:52hrs | 920 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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