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Huawei Zimbabwe partners local varsities
Global telecommunications giant Huawei Zimbabwe has joined forces with five local national universities in a groundbreaking initiative aimed at closing the skills gap in the information and communicat...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 758 | by Van Vodloza
Dexter Nduna did not graduate from UZ, but attended ceremony in gown
Former Zanu-PF Chegutu West MP, Dexter Nduna, did not graduate with a law degree from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) on Friday, despite his claims. Nduna, who currently serves as the chair fo...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna law degree under spotlight
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), a cornerstone of higher education in the country, faced significant controversy during its graduation ceremony on Friday. The celebration of academic excellence was ma...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 11:27hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna graduates with law degree from UZ
Former Zanu-PF Chegutu West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna, graduated this Friday with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). However, his achievement was clouded by ...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:31hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
UZ churns out first Education 5.0 graduates
President Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Chancellor of all State universities, presided over a landmark event at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) yesterday, capping a record 6,778 graduates. This cohort...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:06hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
UZ graduation scandal explodes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to preside over a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) graduation ceremony this morning at the main campus sports ground in Harare. However, the event is overshadowed by a s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 13:54hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Harare, ZOU forge degrees partnership
The Harare School of Excellence, a council initiative, has recently partnered with the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) to introduce degree programs aimed at enhancing the skills of local authority...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF pushing for one-party State in Zimbabwe'
Experts have raised concerns that the ruling Zanu-PF party's initiative to have professionals and government employees undergo re-orientation at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology is aimed at crea...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:47hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
The State of Zimbabwe's Education System and the Need for Industrial Placements for Unexperienced Lecturers
Education is often heralded as the cornerstone of national development, a tool that empowers individuals, fosters innovation, and drives economic growth. In Zimbabwe, a nation with a rich history of e...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 21:35hrs | 179 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
UZ Vice Chancellor frog marches lecturers to SADC Summit clean-up campaigns
Despite having employed a legion of general hand cleaners as part of its neatening labourforce, the University of Zimbabwe's Vice Chancellor, Professor Paul Mapfumo has this Friday summoned and frog m...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 2407 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Former UZ lecturer assists underprivileged students
The University of Zimbabwe's engineering department is experiencing a positive transformation thanks to educational grants from Dr. Peter Ward and his family. The Ward Engineering Science Trus...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 163 | 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 | 240 | by Staff reporter
Did we confuse generation Z?
ONE of our former lecturers reminded us that change is the only constant factor in our lives, whether we like it or not and whether it is good or not.It was not so much breaking news because e...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:16hrs | 134 | by Tapiwa Gomo
ARTUZ political ploy threatens the planned ZUAWU strike
Opposition-affiliated Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is allegedly scheming to exploit the forthcoming strike being organised by the Zimbabwe University and Allied Workers Union (...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
College lecturers flag govt over poor salaries
COLLEGE lecturers have warned the government of possible disruption of service delivery in tertiary educational institutions amid government's failure to pay decent salaries.According to Colle...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cuban VP expected in Zimbabwe
Cuban vice president Salvador Valdes Mesa is expected to jet into Harare on Thursday for a three-day official visit as Zimbabwe and Cuba seek to cement the relations between the two countries....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe littered with zombie firms'
ZIMBABWE is littered with "dogs and zombie companies" that are stagnant and have moribund prospects, limited cash-flows and low market share, according to the strategic advisory firm Mark & Associ...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe varsities lowly ranked on uniRank 2023
Zimbabwe’s citadel of higher learning - the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) - continues to languish in the bottom half of the Top 100 best universities in Africa, according to uniRank 2023.It is...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 08:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak forces Mkoba Teachers College closure
Health authorities have temporarily suspended lectures at Mkoba Teachers College after a diarrhoea out break at the institution.In a statement, Midlands provincial medical director, Dr Marry Muchekeza...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe college lecturers threaten strike over low pay
The College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ) has officially informed its employer, the Tertiary Education Service Council (TESC), that their members cannot report to work due to a drastic red...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 21:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors, nurses to undergo training in Zanu-PF ideology
Zimbabwe public hospital doctors and nurses are set to enrol at the Hebert Chitepo School of Ideology which was ostensibly opened to teach citizens as well as re-align them to the ideals of the countr...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 22:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
HEXCO results out
The Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Ministry has announced that the Higher Education Examinations Council (HEXCO) results for June 2023 examinations have ...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZOU part-time lecturers sing the blues
ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) part-time lecturers have gone for two semesters without being paid their allowances, NewsDay has established.The lecturers have not received their allowances for...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Student teachers revolt against lecturers
STUDENTS at Madziwa Teachers College in Shamva have accused their lecturers of abusing the institution's resources.According to the students, their lecturers are also in the habit of fleecing ...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hails church partnership
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has hailed the Roman Catholic Church for partnering Government in human capital development towards meeting the demands of ...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UZ lecturers declare incapacitation
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers have declared incapacitation, joining a growing list of workers in the private and public sectors pushing for United States dollar salaries.In a letter ad...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud culprits warned
A NETWORK aiding academic fraud charging up to US$1 000 to do dissertations for individuals has been unearthed with Government warning students participating in the scam will be disqualified.A...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lecturers go on strike
LECTURERS at tertiary institutions are now expected to go for industrial attachment to enable them to troubleshoot what is obtaining in industry and produce quality graduates, with the University of Z...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University probed over alleged corruption
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is still investigating reports of nepotism and corruption levelled against Lupane State University (LSU) authorities since last year.LSU, which i...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only PhD holders should lecture at university
WHEN I completed my Master of Philosophy in Linguistics degree, I was a teaching assistant at the University of Zimbabwe. My two colleagues and I celebrated because we had spent four hard years resear...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Jairos Kangira
Zimbabwean lecturers told that their services are no longer required in SA
Several Zimbabwean and Lesotho lecturers on exemption permits that allow them to live and work in SA, have been told their services are no longer required by the Department of Higher Education (DHE)....Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister Murwira summoned over poor salaries
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development minister Amon Murwira has been summoned to appear before Parliament over the poor working conditions of university workers...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:53hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Dismissed Zimbabwean lecturers refuse request to withdraw their court case
Four immigrant lecturers dismissed from Port Elizabeth TVET College have refused the college's request that they withdraw their court case.On Wednesday the Labour Court in Gqeberha postponed t...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer resigns after sleazy video leak
The Midlands State University (MSU) is topping the Twitter trend after sleazy videos and pictures involving one of its lecturers and students leaked on social media last Friday.The lecturer Re...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands slot in schools' leadership
Zanu-PF has been roping in civil servants including teachers to campaign for Mnangagwa's re-election.Zanu-PF is reportedly meddling in the running of schools in the Midlands province, after it...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA Labour Court sets aside dismissal of three Zimbabwe immigrant lecturers
The Labour Court in Gqeberha has granted four lecturers, who are foreign nationals, an interdict to set aside their dismissals by the Port Elizabeth TVET College's Iqhayiya Campus.In the written r...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe university lecturers to attend Zanu-PF's ideology classes
UNIVERSITY lecturers are set to undergo Zanu-PF's commandeered ideology classes under the tag Academics for Economic Development this week.Invitations have been sent to universities across the...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hexco results out
Higher Education Examinations Council (HEXCO) for November/December 2022 classes results have been released with a marginal increase of a 61 percent pass rate compared to 60.9 percent the previous yea...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs for sale, damnable loans
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, the Legislature ought to have felt unease about the impropriety of accepting housing loans from Treasury at a time hospitals are...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Dearth of college lecturers spells disaster
IT is indisputable that our otherwise very beautiful country Zimbabwe is going through some really trying times, adversities which citizens have endured for many years now.And each passing yea...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ exam paper leaks under probe
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has taken a keen interest in reports that rich and politically exposed persons are bribing their way to obtain law qualifications at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Staff shortage hits Zimbabwe universities
THE country's institutions of higher learning have been hit by acute staff shortages caused by mass exodus of academics due to poor remuneration and working conditions, NewsDay has been informed....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic bans short skirts, cleavage in new dress code
The Bulawayo Polytechnic has published a controversial new dress code which appears to target female students wearing skimpy or revealing clothing.Students will be barred from lecture rooms fo...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates tractors to farmers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated tractors to two farmers from Filabusi who granted 106 hectares of land to Gwanda State University (GSU) to enable the institution of higher learning to conduct agricult...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russian scholarships, language lessons offered
Zimbabweans now have the opportunity to study in Russia and learn Russian as a foreign language under a scholarship programme to be implemented by various partners.The Presidential Office for ...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates farming equipment, bus to Solusi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday donated an assortment of equipment that will help transform the Seventh Day Adventist-run Solusi University in Figtree, with the consignment including tractors with ploug...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Staff exodus hits State universities
A MASSIVE brain drain has hit the country's State universities with lecturers leaving the country in droves in protest over poor salaries, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.Great Zimbabwe Uni...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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