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Police allegedly assault Mahetshe Primary School children in Matobo
Police in Matobo, Matabeleland South, are alleged to have assaulted children at an Early Child Education school in Mahetshe.This was exposed by Mthwajazi Republic Party in a statement....Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 17:21hrs | 649 | by Stephen Jakes
Tribalists defend Mnangagwa's actions
A DEPUTY minister's demands for the transfer from a primary school in Bubi of an early childhood development (ECD) teacher with a Shona name has been met with mixed feelings, underlining the sensitivi...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:42hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Coltart engages Cincinnati, Cologne for twinning opportunity with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO Mayor David Coltart has unveiled initiatives aimed at fostering partnerships with the American town Cincinnati and Germany's Cologne, as part of several developments. These plans include a me...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits accident scene
Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga this morning visited the accident scene where four children died in a road traffic accident which occurred along the Harare-Masvingo Road on Wednesday....Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe faces total collapse into mine tunnels
AN environmental catastrophe looms in Kwekwe, a gold mining city about 200km southwest of Harare, where properties are being swallowed by mine tunnels underneath them.Unregulated exploration b...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thousands turn out for ZANU PF by-election campaign in Tjankwa
It was a hive of activity at Nyabane Primary school Primary School on Saturday where thousands of ZANU PF supporters turned up for a rally to show support for Kossam Ndlovu who will represent the part...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 18:47hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nonica Mutsvangwa Foundation donates chess boards
It was all smiles and cheers at Haig Park Primary school in Harare as students received a donation of chess boards and pieces from the newly formed Nonica Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa Foundation.The f...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 13:20hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under pressure as drug abuse cases spike
GOVERNMENT is under intense pressure to establish rehabilitation centres accessible to ordinary drug users owing to the growing demand of people in need of professional mental health care.An i...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warren Park family abandons house after sewer burst
SERIOUS sewer bursts in Warren Park 1 suburb of Harare have resulted in a family having to evacuate their home as raw sewage flowed over their premises, the neighbouring yards and a car park.M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
We are in far greater danger from the Zimbabwean regime than from COVID-19
I am sure most of those in my age group can still remember those weirdly strange questions we would ask each other whilst we were still primary school children - "Who would hurt you the most were they...Published: 06 May 2021 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
80% pupils fail to access education
OVER 80 percent internally displaced persons' children in cyclone prone areas in eastern Zimbabwe have been struggling to access education, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has said....Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge English On The Go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by The Language Coach
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by The Language Coach
Zimbabwe govt neglect driving citizens across borders
RURAL communities in southern Zimbabwe are bearing the brunt of government neglect, 39 years after independence forcing them to turn to neighbouring South Africa for greener pastures and general upkee...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa takes dig at Wadyajena's Lamborghini acquisition
Outspoken Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa has taken a dig at Zanu-PF Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena who recently imported a US$210 000 Lamborghini Urus in a show ...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 17:46hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyathi
Goat-herder's attack on Chief Ndiweni outrageous, uncivil and un-African!
The daringly outrageous, uncivil, abusive and un-African article of the 28th of May 2019 by The Chronicle, viciously attacking Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna smells goaty and belongs t...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 3 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 21 | by PUMA
Parents face fees dilemma
Thousands of pupils, especially boarders, could fail to return to school when the second term begins on Tuesday due to skyrocketing fees, parents have said.A number of schools increased fees s...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
How prioritising Quality over Kwariti, would make Zimbabwe Great
In a World where the best are measured by success, Zimbabwe would excel if we learnt the art of prioritising quality in everything. Quality distinguishes the mundane from the best. Best educated, best...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 12:09hrs | 5 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by The Language Coach
Agenda to destroy Ndebele language
Teachers from outside Matabeleland who can't speak Ndebele language deployed in Infant & primary schools in Bulawayo. How and why should this happen unless there is an agenda to destroy Nd...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | | by Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 13:10hrs | 15 | by The Language Coach
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 07:31hrs | 15 | by The Language Coach
Parent involvement helps students to do well
To date, quality education has become one of the important points in the development of a social individual. But no one is born with good academic skills. So some students need more attention and guid...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:31hrs | 49 | by Agencies
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 13 | by The Language Coach
Samahuru Primary School children receive new shoes from local organisation
On Friday the 6th of July 2018, children at Samahuru Primary School in Tsholotsho Rural District received some new shoes from a local organisation Shoes2School Zimbabwe. ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 19:54hrs | 14 | by Agencies
Let's stop separating primary school children according to their marks
Yesterday, I was shocked to find out that there is a primary school which - in 2018 - used the previous year's marks to shuffle kids. The obvious result is that the ones with the highest results - tho...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Joyline Maenzanise
To make Zimbabwe great again: bring back the full fat milk, french toast and wild honey
I absolutely loved the 7 years I spent learning at Hallingbury Primary School in Harare. One particular delight I enjoyed indulging in back then still warms my soul: drinking full fat fresh milk. The ...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 12:34hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Free holiday lessons for flood-hit pupils
SCHOOL children affected by floods in Tsholotsho District will have a chance to catch up on their studies as the provincial education department is organising free holiday lessons for them....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by The Language Coach
Drill Hall based traffic cop detains school kids up to 8pm
On 30 January 2017, there is a police officer who arrested a vehicle that ferries schoolchildren from western suburbs that include Cowdray Park, Emakhandeni and Entumbane to Mguza Adventist primar...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 15:39hrs | 12 | by whatsapp reporter
Why pupils fail O-Level English
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and 10 years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O-L...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | 9 | by Theodora Chirapa
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
David Coltart defends the recently-launched national pledge?
FORMER Minister of Education, Sport and Culture David Coltart has defended the recently-launched national pledge saying it is principally correct but wrongly implemented.The pledge was launche...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:39hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
The day Mugabe brought Masvingo to a standstill
UNCOMPROMISING security personnel stood guard at the point where the road takes a sudden upward turn to scale a hill leading to the Great Zimbabwe Monuments, to usher all vehicles.The order, i...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Andrew Kunambura
Curriculum revives Tonga culture
THE practice in Zimbabwean schools of limiting the teaching of local languages to Isindebele and Shona only is now a thing of the past. Languages previously undermined by the school curriculum...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Kamangeni Phiri
Cops teargas school kids in demo over playground
Nairobi - Kenyan police on Monday teargassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school's playground, which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, said a Kenyan hum...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by AP
Chinamasa exposed
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday ruled as null and void an attempt by Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to smuggle in a supplementary budget as part of his Mid-Term Fiscal Pol...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Big dreams for Rwanda's ICT sector - Success story is grabbing global attention
"The Internet is a needed public utility as much as water and electricity," declared President Paul Kagame at the Transform Africa summit, held in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, last October to di...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | 17 | by Nirit Ben-Ari
Uproar over non-Ndebele speaking teachers
ACADEMICS and the Bulawayo Provincial Education office have expressed concern over the employment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in primary schools in the Matabeleland region saying this was contr...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Post GNU performance in Zimbabwe
(A speech delivered at the public meeting organised by the Mass Public Opinion Institute, Ambassador Hotel, Harare 27.03.14)Since the stolen July 31, 2...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Douglas Mwonzora
Obert Mpofu's empire
"AT the end the acquisition of wealth is ignoble in the extreme. I assume that you save and long for wealth only as a means of enabling you the better to do some good in your day and generation," wrot...Published: 23 Mar 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
BBR donates personalised lightweight blankets to Jairos Jiri children
Beitbridge - Bulawayo Railway (BBR), which built and operates the railway between Beitbridge and Bulawayo, on Friday presented personalised lightweight blankets to 139 children at the Jairos Jiri ...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by MHPR
Coltart praises British government for $10 million BEAM fund
Former Education minister David Coltart has praised the British government the $10 million funding for the Basic Education Assistance Module set to benefit 250 000 primary school pupils this year...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
1 million pupils priced out of school
Nearly a million pupils risk dropping out of school this year owing to financial constraints after the Government and donors cut funding for the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), an official i...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwe an nurse on a mission to build a school for poor children
A poor rural primary school in Zimbabwe is set to benefit from the proceeds from a Zimbabwean nurse based in the UK whose book launch and fundraiser scheduled for 9 November 2013 in Bristol, UK. ...Published: 20 Oct 2013 at 15:35hrs | 10 | by Muzvare Betty Makoni Empowerment Initiative
Tsvangirai threatens Zimbabwe elections body
Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday warned the body overseeing this month's presidential election he will be "closely monitoring" it to ensure a fair vote.He sai...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by AFP
Teacher beats to death two primary school children
Two boys have died after they were beaten by a member of staff at a primary school in southern China, state media report.The boys, who attended a private school in Yulin City, in the Guangxi Z...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 11:39hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
ZUPA bids to recruit temporary teachers for Government
Bulawayo - On the 1st February 2011, ZUPA started a campaign to have teaching assistants or temporary teachers reintroduced in Zimbabwe. The campaign was in line with our objects as a non-political...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ndibali | ZUPA President
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