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Harare City Council fights court order to fix Mbare flats
The Harare City Council (HCC) has sparked outrage among residents and civil society after filing an appeal to reverse a High Court judgment compelling it to renovate the crumbling Mbare flats - a land...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:37hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican vendors invade Zimbabwe
On January 2, 2025, 18-year-old Castigo Quembo from Matazi village near Manica in Mozambique left home and crossed into Zimbabwe through an illegal entry point close to the Machipanda-Forbes Border Po...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Divorced 'man of god' abuses pupils at Milton High
A TEACHER at the elite boys-only Milton High School has been arrested and suspended from duty following explosive allegations of improper conduct with learners.Tyson Lunga, an Advanced Level c...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Nurses clash with Parirenyatwa over US$150 graduation fee
A storm is brewing at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals as graduate nurses demand clarity and flexibility over a mandatory US$150 graduation and administration fee - insisting that being forced to pay i...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:25hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Churchill High hostel fire displaces 54 pupils
Churchill High School is reeling from a devastating fire that gutted one of its junior hostels on Monday afternoon, leaving 54 boarding students counting heavy losses.The tragedy compounds an ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South to host 2026 independence day celebrations
Next year's Independence Day Celebrations and Children's Party will be held in Matebeleland South Province, while Masvingo Province has been earmarked to host the 2027 edition, Information, Publicity ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:26hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sunk US$10m into chaotic Independence day fete
The Zimbabwean government could have sunk up to US$10 million into the Independence Day celebrations held on Friday, which were marred by a series of embarrassing infrastructure failures and poor work...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:08hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Facelift for Makokoba flats
The government has announced plans to rehabilitate rundown flats in urban areas, including Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare, and Makokoba Flats in Bulawayo, as part of an urban renewal initiative....Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:14hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Law School nears completion in Kwekwe
The construction site of the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School at Midlands State University (MSU) in Kwekwe buzzed with activity last Thursday as workers diligently pushed forward with the ambiti...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School set to open in August
The Midlands State University (MSU)'s Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School in Kwekwe is on track to open its doors in August this year, with construction nearing completion. With over 300 workers on...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:44hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's donation to ZCC builds 5 schools
The Zion Christian Church (ZCC) has embarked on an ambitious project to build five secondary schools in Beitbridge, Victoria Falls, Bulawayo, Beatrice, and Mvuma, funded in part by a generous US$1 mil...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:09hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders urgent overhaul of Mbare flats
In a landmark decision, the High Court has directed the Harare City Council and key Government ministries to urgently renovate the dilapidated Mbare flats, a move aimed at restoring dignity to thousan...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:00hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Hexco fails to pay examiners
Over 300 lecturers from polytechnics, vocational training colleges, and independent colleges affiliated with the Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco) are protesting over unpaid dues. These lec...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:39hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Second fire in 5 days guts Matopo High School
A FIRE has gutted another building at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South, barely a week after a dormitory was razed to a shell by an inferno on Friday morning.In a message to parents, th...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:50hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
UZ student jailed 4 years for theft
Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda, a third-year student at the University of Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to four years in prison for a series of thefts involving laptops and computers from the university's of...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:01hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
UZ student gets 4 years for stealing laptops
Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda (24), a student who stole laptops from University of Zimbabwe offices and hostels, has been sentenced to an effective four years in jail. He was convicted of 14 counts...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 35 | by Nomazulu Thata
Schools defy Mnangagwa govt directive
Some rogue schools, including some in the public sector, are defying a clearly stipulated Government directives banning the exclusive charging of fees in foreign currency and forcing parents as well a...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
15 students expelled for indiscipline
Tranquility has been restored at Gokomere High School, a Catholic institution in Masvingo, following disturbances by Form 4 students. This led school authorities to instruct parents to retrieve all Or...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:03hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Pupil caught with 40 girls' panties
A Gokomere High School pupil has left people tongue-tied after he was found in possession of more than 40 girls' underwear exiting the girls' hostel on September 10, 2023.Masvingo Provincial E...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 18:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Another school under makorokoza threat
FIXED infrastructure and movable property at Kwekwe's Camelot Group of Schools is under threat from illegal mining activities that are taking place within the premises and outside.Worryingly, ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Students complex opens doors in Bulawayo
THE US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo that is expected to house more than 1 000 students is ready for occupation with the Government saying it will ensure the project is replicat...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
If anyone has to withdraw from Zim elections then it should be Mnangagwa!
So, political commenter Jonathan Moyo believes that, for the good of the Cowdary Park (Bulawayo) constituency, possible opposition CCC candidate Thokozani Khupe should withdraw her bid, and allow the ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 13:57hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ED Mnangagwa Law School takes shape
Construction of the ED Mnangagwa Law School at the Midlands State University (MSU) Kwekwe Campus has recorded massive progress with the state-of-the-art multipurpose structure on course to meeting the...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga promised swimming pools, but Mbare residents swim in sewage
OVERCROWDING, poor water reticulation, obsolete sewer systems, uncollected refuse and old inhabitable homes is the story of Mbare.It is also the story of Matapi Flats in the same suburb, built...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Tatenda Manyinyire
Mpilo junior doctors move into new quarters
JUNIOR doctors in Bulawayo have moved into reconstructed Mpilo Central Hospital residence quarters which were destroyed by fire, a development that is expected to improve the delivery of health servic...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupils help classmate give birth during lessons
A FORM 3 learner at Loreto High School in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, shocked all and sundry when she delivered a baby in a classroom during a lesson. The 15-year-old pupil, who cannot...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nust students complex awaits Mnangagwa commissioning
THE Government, through the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), has completed constructing the massive US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo.The multi-purpose...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium
HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke s...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' quarters rehab complete
GOVERNMENT has completed the rehabilitation of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' quarters that were razed by fire last year.Ministry of Health and Child Care secretary Jasper Chimedza told South...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube adds impetus to Nust projects
GOVERNMENT is placing special attention on construction works at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as it is poised to be a bedrock of the country's industrialisation and mordeni...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' quarters await commissioning by ...
THE construction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' quarters is now complete and will be commissioned before the end of the year.Government was renovating three apartment buildings housing doc...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm blows off hostel roof at Jameson High School
SCORES of learners at Jameson High School in Kadoma escaped unhurt after a hailstorm swept off the roof of a girls' dormitory Wednesday afternoon.Sources told NewZimbabwe.com the heavy rains a...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 online enrolment begins
Online applications for the enrolment of Form One pupils at public boarding schools for the 2023 school year will begin on Tuesday, when the Electronic Ministry Application Platform goes live....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU accuses Chinese companies of rights' abuses
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has expressed concern over alleged continued disregard of labour laws by Chinese-owned firms operating in the country.The ZCTU raised the concerns ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council turns beerhall into factory shells
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is transforming Inkunzi Beer Garden in the Belmont industrial area into factory shells for residents to undertake several income-generating projects.Renovations...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
16 UZ students arrested for staging fees protest
SIXTEEN University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested Monday for participating in a protest that erupted at the Mt Pleasant campus to press for a cut in tuition fees.The group is expected...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ situation, a mere tip of the iceberg
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) hiked its tuition fees last week, sparking protests from students at the institution of higher learning. The students have since resolved to boycott lectures until the ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF influence in ZBC programming, coverage is a myth, claims Information ministry
THE ministry of information has disputed claims the ruling Zanu-PF has a direct hand in programming at State broadcaster, ZBC, and said opposition parties invited by the institution do not respond pos...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop crashes into Chief Zvimba's car
AN un-licenced police officer has been convicted for negligent driving after he lost control of his speeding vehicle and rammed into a traditional leader's car.Nomatter Enock (35), who is at Z...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime unmitigated failures, and yes, Smith was far much better!
I do not even understand what the whole debate is all about, because there are some matters that are undeniable and can not be contested!For starters, we never had to fetch our water for domes...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:09hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Jamwanda
Zweli Mkhize irks Ramaphosa's boot lickers
The ANC's veterans' league and party national executive committee (NEC) members have warned party members, including embattled former health minister Zweli Mkhize, against making declarations of willi...Published: 23 May 2022 at 08:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Universities to copy Nust accommodation model
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) will replicate the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student accommodation model at other universities to curb shortages at te...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt should act urgently on tertiary students accommodation
TERTIARY institutions should make sure they recruit students they can accommodate in their hostels so that everyone is equally and decently accommodated.Government should enter into partnershi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:55hrs | | by Poor student
Riot police crush UZ students demo
BATON wielding police officers have descended on University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were protesting against fees hike WednesdayThe University's authorities recently substantially increas...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ukraine war: Zimbabwean students relive horror
It has been six days since she left Ukraine, but 19-year-old Blessing Mushipe is still terrified.The medical student at Karazin National University in Kharkov, Ukraine's second largest city, s...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Student shares bed with giant snake
FEAR gripped students of Novena University, Ogume Delta State, in Nigeria, after a python invaded a female hostel in the school.The python was found early morning on the bed of an unnamed fema...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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