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Teachers hit back at Mathema
TEACHERS have challenged government to accept responsibility over the poor performance of Grade 7 pupils in the 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council results released early this month, accusing Pr...Published: 6 hrs ago | 701 | by Staff reporter
Amplats warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S decision to compel exporters to surrender more of their foreign currency earnings may leave miners unable to fund operations, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), one of the country's biggest...Published: 6 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA
A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time....Published: 22 hrs ago | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1428 | by Staff reporter
3 000 more schools needed, says Minister Mathema
At least 3 000 more primary and secondary schools are needed to cater for the increasing number of students and to ensure an improvement in the quality of education in Zimbabwe, a Cabinet minister has...Published: 22 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening preps underway
Preparations continue for the "inevitable re-opening" of schools with Covid-19 control measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines being put in place to avoid a spike in infections...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors bemoan licensing delays
BULAWAYO informal traders have rapped the local authority for taking long to license their vending stalls to enable them to resume their operations.The issue came out last Friday during a virt...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
33 arrested at illegal party
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 33 youths from Pelandaba West suburb for hosting an illegal birthday party in violation of national Level Four lockdown regulations.Under Level Four National L...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
BA announces the re-opening of flight bookings for Harare - Joburg route
British Airways (operated by Comair) has announced the re-opening of bookings for daily regional flights between Johannesburg and Harare with one-way fares starting from R995, including surcharges. ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:34hrs | 1599 | by Staff reporter
'Millions going hungry in Zimbabwe'
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says.The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Comm...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown reprieve for customs clearing agents
Government has revised lockdown regulations and classified customs clearing agents and freight forwarders operating inland and at the country's ports of entry/exit as essential service providers in a ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
12 MDC Alliance activists granted $5 000 bail
CHINHOYI magistrate Ms Tracey Muzondo today gave bail to 12 MDC-A provincial leadership members who were arrested last Saturday in Chinhoyi for contravening Level Four lockdown regulations.The...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite
RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Cov...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for ZANU PF cards at Kwekwe offices
Hundreds of Zanu PF members defied Covid 19 lockdown regulations by scrambling for party cards at Zanu PF Kwekwe district offices today....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:17hrs | 1104 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa says Covid-19 vaccines are completely safe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing Covid-19 national inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe.This comes after the country c...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:14hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Soul Jah Love burial
ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love.W...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 183 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwean banks strike forex auction settlement deal
ZIMBABWE's banking system has agreed to settle funds allocated at the foreign currency auction system within two weeks, central bank governor John Mangudya has said.Introduced in June 2020 to ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
Mathema on spotlight over grade 7 results
PARLIAMENT has ordered Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to present a report explaining the drastic decline in the 2020 Grade Seven examination national pass rate by Tuesday....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:01hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials arrested for meeting during lockdown
TWELVE MDC Alliance officials were Saturday afternoon arrested at the opposition party's Chinhoyi offices in Mzari suburb, where they were preparing to hold a strategic meeting.They are part o...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare workers give notice to strike
CITY of Harare workers have given their employer a seven-day notice to strike over poor salaries and non-availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), among other grievances.The move co...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza, bond notes: Mnangagwa's saviour
THE gigantic lake TugwiMukosi is spilling. This is a rare phenomenon for a water body so big to spill less than four years after commissioning.It holds a promise that is too big to hide or ign...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 752 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
ZRP Milking informal traders
The latest lockdown extension by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has opened new avenues for Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to continue milking the public.Most informal traders who spoke to this r...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 2354 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwean expats keep country afloat, remits $1 billion
Diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe jumped a record 58 percent from US$635.7 million to US$1 billion in 2020, the central bank said on Thursday, highlighting the key role played by expatriates in keeping...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:24hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
RBZ projects inflation fall
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector stability.Zimbab...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:16hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has ravaged the globe....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to weaken after lockdown
DESPITE enjoying some illusory stability owing to depressed demand for foreign currency due to Covid-19 lockdowns, which reduced business activity, the Zimbabwe dollar remains volatile with high risks...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Rights defenders engage UN, AU over student activist's detention
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have pleaded with the United Nations (UN) to rein in President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop human rights abuses and end the prolonged detention of student activist Ala...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Police control numbers at Soul Jah Love funeral
Police yesterday dispersed mourners at the late Zimdancehall icon Soul Jah Love's Msasa Park home in Harare after they exceeded 30, the number of people allowed at a funeral in accordance with lockdow...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Beer binge ends tragically
A 22 year-old Mwenezi man paid a heavy price for violating lockdown rules and joining other villagers to drink mukumbi traditional brew after he was fatally stabbed with a home-made knife by his cousi...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls records highest flows for the month of February
Victoria Falls, one of southern Africa's biggest tourist attractions, has hit its highest peak in years for the month of February following heavy rains that have pounded major catchment areas of the Z...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1367 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called upon Zanu-PF structures to gear up for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, which he said will provide the ruling party with the platform to wipe out t...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 14:58hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Youths appeal to mourn Soul Jah Love
Youths have appealed to government to give them a waiver and attend the King of Dancehall musician, Soul Jah Love.This request comes in the backdrop of allowing Zupco buses to carry a capacity...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 13:27hrs | 1427 | by Shelton Muchena
Mob holds police officers hostage
POLICE in Chiwundura, Midlands province, are investigating a case in which a group of beer drinkers mobbed and held hostage three police officers while demanding the immediate release of a colleague a...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 2424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa itches to bury Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged his Zanu-PF party to bury the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance by wresting all urban councils from the opposition and reclaim its former dominance in the country ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4446 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora dares party 'extremists'
THE MDC-T said its leader Douglas Mwonzora was not fretting over threats to take him and the party to court by individuals challenging the December extraordinary congress (EOC) and the appointment of ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 3550 | by Staff reporter
Chinese vaccine given green light
AUTHORITIES have cleared the Chinese coronavirus jabs - which arrived in the country on Monday - paving the way for the government's national vaccination programme that is initially targeting frontlin...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 19:52hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Health experts hail lockdown decision
HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve.This comes after Mnan...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 19:51hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
English Learning: How to study language online effectively
Learning English now is easier than ever before. Many online platforms, applications, courses, and entertaining platforms for English learning, engage learners and improve their skills. Especi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 17:26hrs | 395 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa using COVID-19 to fight political opponents, says Moyo
Opposition Alliance for people's Agenda (APA) party leader Nkosana Moyo has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of using the COViD-19 lockdown period to clamp down on his political opponents....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai book to be launched after lockdown
LATE founding MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's second book 'Service and Sacrifice' is now set for launch end of the national lockdown period, former spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka has revealed....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown extension defers Zapu congress
THE extension of the COVID19-induced lockdown on Monday by two more weeks will affect the holding of the Zapu elective congress, NewsDay reported.Zapu South African provincial spokesperson Kho...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders hail lockdown relief
INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo yesterday celebrated the lifting of a ban on their business operations by the government, saying this was long overdue as the country was highly informalised and people ne...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha turned away at Beitbridge border
THERE was a two-hour standoff between border authorities from Zimbabwe and South Africa when scores of cross-border transporters, commonly known as omalayitsha, were refused entry into the country due...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Appeal against US$2,7m heist ring leader's bail hits snag
The prosecution's appeal against the High Court decision to grant bail to Tatenda Gadzikwa, the ring leader of the recent US$2,7 million heist hit a snag after the Supreme Court refused to accept the ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
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