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Priority list for vaccination released
Front-line health workers, ports of entry officials and funeral parlour workers will be among the first to be vaccinated for Covid-19 when the doses arrive in the country on Monday as expected, ahead ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:29hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
UZ suspends examinations
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has postponed to next month examinations which were due this month following the imposition of a 30day COVID-19-induced lockdown by government.The university ha...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:53hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
MSU suspends face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures to reduce possible transmission of the deadly coronavirus disease.MSU deputy registrar (academic affairs) I...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:51hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
'UZ defies lockdown'
LECTURERS and staff at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have accused authorities of defying lockdown measures by ordering them to report for duty or sign up official leave days. Lectures who sp...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:30hrs | 2032 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no official language, says Govt
A SECRETARY in the office of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Paul Damasane has made startling claims that Zimbabwe does not have an official language.The top government official said for over 40 ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1997 | by crisisgroup
NUST students stage online demonstration
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (NUST) students last week held an online demonstration against failure by the university to release transcripts and other administrative concerns....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Things no longer looking good at NUST
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNSubject: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYGreetings to you Sir/MadamThings are no longer looking good at NUST. 2020 first year students have i...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 14:18hrs | 13537 | by Tapfuma Muganiwa
Gwanda runs out of Covid-19 isolation space
GWANDA Town is experiencing a shortage of isolation space following an increase in Covid-19 cases that have been recorded in the area.The district has recorded more than 40 cases over the past...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 353 | by Staff Reporter
Colleges suspend lectures over Covid-19
THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda and Kwekwe Polytechnic colleges have indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures after students tested positive for Covid-19 at the institutions. ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 scare at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Poly
A JOSHUA Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic (JMNP) lecturer recently tested positive for COVID-19 while over 50 learners and educators at the institution were put on isolation after they were identified as pri...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Trump camp vows legal fight against 'elections theft' just began
US President Donald Trump's spokeswoman has vowed the legal battle to contest Joe Biden's White House election victory is only just beginning."This election is not over," White House press sec...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:39hrs | 4312 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not accept rights lecture from slave trade America'
ZANU-PF says it will not accept human rights lectures from countries that were involved in the slave trade and have not shown any remorse towards the brutalities to this day.Speaking Thursday ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:27hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Magaya wants clerics to 'Be frank with Mnangagwa on talks'
OUTSPOKEN Zimbabwe Divine Destiny Church leader Ancelimo Magaya says clerics must be frank with President Emmerson Mnangagwa as they push for an all-inclusive dialogue to end the country's decades-lon...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:21hrs | 6796 | by Staff reporter
Colleges to open for face-to-face learning
POLYTECHNICS, teachers' colleges and industrial training colleges will reopen on October 5 for face to-face learning. Authorities will be required to strictly adhere to the health guidelines a...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 769 | by Staff Reporter
Varsities resume face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has reopened for face-to-face lectures for first year students who will be on campus for two weeks before they start online learning.The university has put ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 19:59hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
MSU opens for first year students
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has advised first year students to report for orientation on Monday while dates for returning students will be advised in due course.MSU registrar Tinashe Z...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 3462 | by Staff reporter
GNU best way out of Zimbabwe crisis
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer and blogger Alex Magaisa last month published a list of beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) farm mechanisation programme, that included cabinet ministers, Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
'Malema struggling for significance,' says ZANU-PF Youth League
THE ZANU-PF Youth League says the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is struggling for significance in his native South Africa and he cannot authoritatively comment on Zimbabwe...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:34hrs | 2862 | by Staff reporter
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Universities forced to postpone exams
UNIVERSITIES are postponing their end of semester examinations as a precaution against the spike in local Covid-19 cases with most allowing students already on campus to finish writing.Univers...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:35hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down varsities, colleges
GOVERNMENT has banned face-to-face lectures at all tertiary institutions and ordered students to vacate residences following a spike in COVID-19 cases, most of them local transmissions.As of y...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
Foreign students to produce Covid-19 free certificates
FOREIGN students who are doing final year studies at country's universities are expected to produce Covid-19 free certificates and subjected to the mandatory 21-day quarantine while undergoing testing...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Higher learning institutions ready for reopening: Murwira
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira yesterday revealed in Parliament that his ministry had initiated the process to reopen all public and private institutions of higher learning during...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Hexco results out
Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO) results for March/April 2020 are out and examination centres should start collecting them from their regions next week. In a statement yesterday, H...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:06hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Phased reopening of polytechnics 'imminent'
Polytechnic colleges are set to reopen in a few weeks, as Government is almost done with the clearing out of returnees that were being quarantined at such institutions across the country. Hara...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Nust resumes lectures
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) yesterday resumed lectures for final year students in four faculties as it implemented staggered re-opening to contain Covid-19. Studen...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Nust announces reopening date
The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has postponed the commencement of lectures to next week.Educational institutions in the country closed prematurely on March 24 due to t...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 3978 | by Staff reporter
MSU makes it mandatory for students to stay in campus
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has announced that all final-year undergraduate students would be required to stay in campus when they resume learning this month as part of measures to curb the sp...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims Africa's electoral system is a big circus
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has slammed Africa's electoral system as a "big circus if not an embarrassment to the continent", hence the recurrence of disputed polls.In his 50...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopening date set
Zimbabwean universities will be re-opening from June 1, but only final year students will be on campus with the rest learning remotely using virtual and distance education and most activity online. By...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Govt in free Internet for varsity students talks
THE Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has asked network service providers to offer free Internet to university students so that they access online learning material, as Government moves to enh...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:36hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Student bodies say e-learning is unaffordable and elitist
The adoption of e-learning as an innovative means to continue teaching and learning during the national lockdowns affecting many African countries has been rejected by a number of student organisation...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:07hrs | 886 | by universityworldnews.com
Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture coincides with Zimbabwe's 40th celebration
Zimbabwe's most decorated national hero, the late Joshua Nkomo would have been shattered by the present state of the country, says his daughter Thandiwe Nkomo-Ebrahim.Ahead of the fifth Joshua...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 20:42hrs | 721 | by Mthokozisi Dube
In honour of a selfless leader
On Saturday, Zimbabweans from all corners of the world, are meant to celebrate 40 years of independence!I say 'meant to celebrate' because, at this stage, there is little to celebrate....Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 12:08hrs | 1478 | by Busisani Ncube
Trusts clash over Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture
TRUSTS formed in honour of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo have gone separate ways following the squabbling over this year's annual memorial lecture series of the departed liberation icon....Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Varsities urged to go digital
GOVERNMENT has advised all universities to develop material for online lectures to ensure learning is not disrupted by the national lockdown, while upholding the social distancing principle by minimis...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:34hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture set for CUT
THIS year's edition of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture will be held at the Chinhoyi University of Technology on a date yet to be advised as all public gatherings have been banned...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 256 | by Staff repprter
Zanu-PF, MDC sing same hymn
The ruling Zanu-PF and MDC rarely agree.This time they are singing from the same song sheet: they want their legislators to attend ideological schools to get a grounding of what their parties ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2844 | by Staff reporter
SADC secretariat failing the region
The MDC has lamented that the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has failed Zimbabweans by failing to denounce the misdeeds of the ruling Zanu PF government. In a statement the MDC ...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 15:13hrs | 740 | by Stephen Jakes
MSU lecturers down tools
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) lecturers have joined the growing list of State universities' workers who have downed tools in the past few days following a meeting on February 28.MSU employee...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Prof Murwira promises to resolve Nust strike
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturers yesterday declared that they were incapacitated to work. Incapacitation loosely translates to a strike as workers would be saying their s...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Nust students face disciplinary action
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has said two students who fought during a lecture last week will be disciplined. The university yesterday dismissed claims that the two...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Nust students fight over lecturer
TWO students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo were on Thursday involved in a fight during a lecture amid claims that the row was over a lecturer.The seco...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:15hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
NUST lectures declares incapacitation
The National University of Science and Technology Educators' Association (NUSTEDA) today officially declared incapacitation on behalf of all NUST teaching staff.In a letter addressed to Profes...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 14:41hrs | 3055 | by Staff Reporter
Motivation lectures by Carl Joshua Ncube
Carl Joshua Ncube starts 2020 running by announcing a new book called MOTIVATIONAL LECTURES by Carl Joshua Ncube. The comedian stated that this book which is his 4th self published offering will be av...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:08hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Lecturers boycott parallel classes
LECTURERS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo have stopped teaching parallel classes in fear that they will not be paid.The lecturers have on numerous occas...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Varsities accept payment plans
STATE universities have started accepting payment plans from students for tuition fees in response to an outcry by the learners and parents over the recent fees hike. The Government recently p...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda students turn to gold panning and macimbi harvesting
Female students at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo College in Gwanda have turned to gold panning and mopane worm harvesting in a bid to raise the soaring rental and college fees as the institution has threat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1376 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Lupane State University cut off internet
LUPANE State University (LSU) has reportedly gone for a month without internet access due to failure to pay their Internet Service Provider. Staffers at the institution said the internet black...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
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