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Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in Africa, what stuff and Nonsense!
Even if he (Mnangagwa) were to die, Cabinet meetings would still be held at his grave at National Heroes Acre: the nation was told this today 17.07.2024. Such visceral statements are uttered unchallen...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 14:56hrs | 738 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe slowing getting back to its feet at 43
IN 1893 my ancestors raised the Union Jack in a place they called Salisbury, in the middle of what is now called southern Africa. That is 130 years ago and for the next 87 years this tiny group of whi...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross
Selfish Zanu-PF govt behind our suffering
EDITOR,Zimbabwe is my motherland. My heart bleeds when I see Zimbabwe in such a terrible state. Our elders took over the reigns from colonial masters and we all celebrated because we thought w...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:11hrs | | by E Denhere
Mnangagwa courts Chinese
Chinese firms should take full advantage of the upgrading of relations between Harare and Beijing to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to invest in Zimbabwe where their investments will be given p...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Accept poll results, says Chiwenga
CANDIDATES vying for political office in the harmonised elections set for Monday must accept the outcome of the polls as every race has a winner, Acting President Constantino Chiwenga has said....Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
May the will of Zimbabweans prevail, finally
IT is not far from the truth that the will of the people has been suppressed in the last four decades in which Zanu-PF, under Robert Mugabe, ruled the country heavy-handedly.From the day which...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe has highest literacy rate in Africa
ABOUT 25 percent of the school-going population aged between three and 24 years in Zimbabwe drop out of school with a majority being girls, statistics from the recent Inter-Censal Demographic Survey (...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zimsec scandal
Education sector stakeholders have called for the immediate resignation of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) management after the shameful leakage of a November 2017 English Language exami...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Reflections on education
From 1980 to date, Zimbabwe has made great strides in the education sector. This is one achievement we can exuberantly celebrate together as a country. Despite having a high literacy rate i...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Enock Kwinika
Robert Mugabe - hero, or villain?
As Zimbabwe's economy has gone from bad to worse to disastrous in recent years, Robert Mugabe's political and physical demise has been predicted many times but he has always confounded his many critic...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by BBC
Air Force brings digital age to Gwelutshena
THE Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs, Cain Mathema has urged headmasters and parents to encourage children to adopt information and communications technologies (ICTs)....Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
With Zanu-PF Almighty in power: does God still remember Zimbabwe exists?
I prayed for my mother all night long after she had been involved in an accident but I never saw her alive ever again. She was on the way back from a funeral in Watsomba when the bus she had boarded v...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
More children in Hwange dropping out of school, child marriages
SEVERAL children in Hwange District are dropping out of school owing to early child marriages and lack of school fees.The Chronicle last week visited Luseche village, one of the worst affected...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Report
Zanu-PF youths clean up campaigns commendable
Clean up campaigns countrywide that were recently initiated by Zanu-PF youths in honour of the revolutionary leader and great Pan Africanist, His Excellence President Robert Mugabe's 93rd birthday, is...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:06hrs | | by Tendai Guta
My problem with the analysis of Bikita poll outcome
Bikita West by-election has come and gone and in its wake left a trail of analysts exposed over their confusing and overzealous interpretation of the results. It's quite disheartening that polit...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Muzvondiwa Mago
Vice President Mphoko hails churches
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday lauded churches for complementing Government's efforts in delivering quality education to Zimbabweans.Officially opening Howard High School girls' h...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Brenda Ziga
China hands over school to Zimbabwe govt
THE Chinese Government yesterday handed over China-Africa Friendly Primary School to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education at a colorful ceremony held at the school site in Lupane. The schoo...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Robin Muchetu
Desperate times call for desperate actions
The call by opposition parties for repentance by the ZANU-PF ruling party, as a pre-condition for the nation to receive some rainfall at this trying time when there is a national calamity facing the a...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 12:25hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Teachers are the rock-bed of any nation
I remember the first time I read my father's copy of the best-selling book, 'The Struggle for Zimbabwe', by renowned authors David Martin and Phyllis Johnson, way back when I was in form three in 1989...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 07:51hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Corrupt councillors must rot in jail,' says Mnangagwa
Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison is the right place for corrupt local authorities officials who flout good corporate governance practices and compromise the quality of service delivery in violation o...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 05:29hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Lecturers to have minimum qualification of PhD
Lecturers at State universities must have upgraded themselves to doctoral degrees by 2017 or risk losing their jobs as Government moves to improve the quality of learning at tertiary institutions....Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 23:13hrs | 2 | by George Maponga
8,000 Zimbabwe graduates register for labour export
MORE than 8,000 college graduates have so far registered for employment in other African countries with more still applying, a senior government official said.The government in June this year ...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't mess with Grace Mugabe
During a state banquet in Pretoria, South Africa, in April 2015, I had a brief encounter with Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe. I was asking her husband, Robert Mugabe, about the question of ...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by David Smith
Jonathan Moyo must not pretend to be dull
Pretending to be dull is a survival strategy that is normally abused by cunning and scheming politicians when they either want to avoid responsibility for their work outcomes, decisions or when they s...Published: 25 May 2015 at 11:27hrs | | by Gift Mambipiri
'I don't fear Mugabe,' says Mutasa
Expelled Zanu-PF stalwart Didymus Mutasa has declared that he is not afraid of President Robert Mugabe and has warned him to stop taking the disgruntled masses for granted.Mutasa said Mugabe w...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Jonathan Moyo on state of education sector
This week's Big Issue is about the big disconnect between our acclaimed literacy and our poor state of science and technology.While Zimbabwe has over the years held pole position with the high...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Professor Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's future has always been in Zimbabwean hands
There is no argument that Zimbabwe is not leaving up to its potential nor expectations it had for itself at Independence, an African story but this piece is looking at Zimbabwe in particular. Zimbabwe...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 17:06hrs | | by Bhekuzulu Khumalo
Mugabe: A revolutionary icon who lost his way?
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe turned 91 on Saturday and his ruling Zanu PF party plans to hold a lavish party - replete with musical concerts - in his honour.In power for more than three decades, th...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Agencies
Mugabe happy over long life
President Mugabe thanked God for giving him a long life that sees him turn 91 years today, saying he is happy to reach that age. Answering a question from the media on his birthday message in Pretoria...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe is absent in his presence,' Moyo says
BULAWAYO - Makokoba constituency Member of Parliament, Gorden Moyo says Zimbabweans' much-lauded high literacy rate in Africa has not helped them to resist being oppressed by President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I am not a sell out,' says Dr Mujuru
Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru says with the sacrifices she made in liberating the country there is no way she can be said to be selling out by dining with neo-colonialists.Dr Mujuru made the ...Published: 25 Oct 2014 at 20:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabwean students top Cambridge world rankings
Seven Zimbabwean students made history by scoring the highest marks in the world in the subjects they sat for in the November 2013 Ordinary Level examinations set and marked by Cambridge Universit...Published: 10 Aug 2014 at 20:24hrs | 6 | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Zimbabwe - An enemy within
The time has come for us all to look at Zimbabwe our country the motherland in a completely new and innovative way. It's time to re-liberate ourselves from old and tired ideas. For decades we have...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 23:51hrs | 6 | by Tanaka Karanda
Are we beasts or men?
"The fact that blacks look like human beings and act like human beings, does not necessarily make them sensible human beings."I read with utter despondency that Zanu-PF thinks it does not need...Published: 22 May 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Extra lessons pay dividends
There have been numerous media headlines supporting the extra lessons in schools that Minister Lazurus Dokora unilaterally banned. In most cases, an issue given such media prominence is matched wi...Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 10:12hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
'What skill will be lost if Cuthbert Dube leaves Psmas?' - Prof Moyo
Zimbabwe will not run any loss if indicted corrupt parastatal CEOs left their offices because the country has abundant talent to take up those positions, a Cabinet minister has said....Published: 13 Apr 2014 at 17:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zim@34: time to reflect on the gains of independence
At 34, Zimbabwe has made tremendous strides visible to even the most hardcore critics. Tangible improvements in the nation's well-being have characterized the last three decades, borne from the se...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 10:30hrs | 2 | by Caitlin Kamba
Tsvangirai scuttles Mugabe inauguration
President Robert Mugabe's inauguration following his disputed re-election in the just-ended harmonised polls has been stalled after Morgan Tsvangirai's Friday Constitutional Court (Con-Court) petition...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Robert Mugabe's Heroes Day speech: Full text
Full text of President Robert Mugabe's Heroes Day speech delivered at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on August 12, 2013 (includes off the cuff remarks):...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 12:27hrs | 23 | by Robert Gabriel Mugabe
The Ndebeles who succumbed to a manipulator
It is both funny and irritating. I am referring to current spirited attempts by strange people who had nothing to do with Zanu-PF, nay, who worked against Zanu-PF in its bid for re-election, to now s...Published: 11 Aug 2013 at 09:10hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
At least 300 000 turned away at Zimbabwe polls
At least 305 000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away and 206 000 received assistance from election officials during last week's disputed vote, organisers said on Thursday.The Zimbabwe Electoral...Published: 08 Aug 2013 at 13:51hrs | | by AFP
Mugabe says his promises were genuine, he will honour them
ZANU-PF is going to deliver on promises made to the people during its highly subscribed and successful election campaign, President Mugabe has said. Addressing the party's first Politburo mee...Published: 08 Aug 2013 at 12:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SADC press conference - commends ZEC
At SADC and ZEC press conference. SADC said noted problems with special vote, commends ZEC for steps taken to rectify.SADC: in terms of ZimElections campaign, no incidents of harassment, viole...Published: 01 Aug 2013 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe owes South Africa an apology
Johannesburg - It must have been one of the most difficult statements to make, but one that the Presidency had no option but to make.It was like an editor publishing a front-page apology. It's...Published: 27 Jul 2013 at 21:37hrs | 5 | by Makhudu Sefara I The Star
Zimbabwean Youths Should Learn from the Best in Cde. R. G. Mugabe
As we celebrate the 89th birthday of the President of Zimbabwe and the Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwean youths should draw lessons and inspir...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 17:55hrs | | by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza ZANU PF SA Secretary for Information and Publicity
Maneta delays homecoming
Disqualified Zimbabwean housemate in DStv reality show Big Brother Stargame, Maneta Mazanhi, is angry with herself for reacting to Rockford "Roki" Josphats' provocation.Maneta poured detergent...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Showbis
Zimbabwe's literacy rate disputed
Zimbabwe's much touted literacy rate of more than 90% has been disputed as having been outdated since the figures are based on data collected by UNESCO and the government more than a decade ago....Published: 02 Apr 2012 at 22:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
British NGO donates solar equipment to benefit rural schools and clinics
A British non-governmental organisation (NGO), Lights for Education Solar Network has donated solar equipment set to benefit rural schools and clinics countrywide.Zanu-PF secretary for educati...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 22:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mugabe's journey, thorniest and most difficult outside the biblical narrative
QUITE possibly, President Robert Mugabe's journey has been the thorniest and most difficult ever to be encountered by an individual outside the biblical narrative. All told, it's been an extremely...Published: 18 Aug 2011 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Psychology Maziwisa
Zimbabwe will defend its sovereignty
Yes, it could not have been said in any better way. The time is now, for right-minded Zimbabweans to know who their threat is and deal with that threat once and for all.I have asked these ques...Published: 25 Jun 2011 at 01:13hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Rwambiwa
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