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Public schools ordered to display approved fees

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has issued a directive requiring all public schools to publicly display approved tuition fees, School Development Association (SDA) levies, and their local currency bank account numbers at ad…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 12:32hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter

Public demand tough jail terms for Zimsec exam leaks

Bulawayo residents have called for a mandatory 10-year prison sentence for Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) employees found guilty of leaking or facilitating the leakage of examination material.The proposal, made during a publ…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter

Police block Gukurahundi public meeting

Police in Bulawayo have barred Matabeleland-based political parties and civic groups from holding a public meeting to discuss the region's 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.The gathering, which was scheduled for Sunday at Stanley Square in Makok…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:49hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt gazettes public service amendment bill

Government has gazetted the Public Service Amendment Bill, which will compel civil servants to resign upon assuming political office, grant female employees 98 days of fully paid maternity leave without restrictions, and prohibit industria…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:09hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF driver faces public violence docket

Zanu-PF driver Esau Mutanho, already facing a US$150,000 letter of demand for allegedly disrupting a book launch in Masvingo, is now under further pressure after a docket for public violence was opened against him by the author of the disr…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter

Govt should fix public health, not meddle in private medical practice

This week, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi announced that the government will keep a close eye on private medical practices, particularly concerning issues of pricing. Predictably, this pronouncement drew …

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:31hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter

Zacc's roadblock searches face public resistance

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has expressed frustration over reports of the travelling public refusing to be searched at roadblocks in its anti-corruption drive.Zacc pleaded with motorists, transporters and the public to c…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter

U.S Embassy orders visa applicants to make social media accounts public

The United States Embassy in Harare has issued a new directive requiring all individuals applying for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas to adjust the privacy settings of their personal social media accounts to "public" to allow for enhanced …

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:27hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF factional fights spill into public

Deepening factional tensions within Zanu-PF's Manicaland women's league were on full display during a Provincial Co-ordination Committee (PCC) meeting held in Mutare, as rival camps clashed over leadership positions and jostled for dominan…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:29hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter

Public transport overloading increases road accidents

Paul Makiwa, Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Passengers Association, has called on the government to ban public transport operators who overload their vehicles, citing their role in the surge of fatal road accidents. In a recent statemen…

Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Storm over public toilets commercialisation

HUMAN rights watchdog, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR), has criticised government's plans to commercialise public toilets as a measure to promote sanitisation and hygiene.The Local Government and Public Works minister Winsto…

Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe transport operators 'fleece' travelling public

ZIMBABWEAN commuters struggling with economic hardships face a double blow this festive season as transport operators have doubled bus fares on some routes, squeezing travellers' already strained budgets.A survey by NewsDay showed that man…

Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi whitewashing hearings begin

PUBLIC hearings to document and resolve civil disturbances that transpired in some parts of the country in the 1980s are set to begin early next year, marking the commencement of a historically significant national healing and reconciliati…

Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Scrap December 22 public holiday

ANY nation has its own historical landmarks, political or otherwise, that are peculiar to its survival and embedded in its heritage.Such landmarks are revered in certain ways, in the form of public holidays or otherwise.Such national occas…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 5 | by Vivian Siziba

19 police recruits arrested for public violence in Harare

POLICE in Zimbabwe have said 19 recruits were arrested for a spate of violence that rocked Harare on Friday evening.In a statement, National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the 19 will face the full wrath of the…

Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Public toilets shortage blamed for filthy Bulawayo alleys

THE shortage of public toilets in the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) has been blamed for filthy alleyways as people are forced to relieve themselves anywhere leading to the spread of diseases such as cholera.The Bulawayo City Cou…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa disappointed by some members of the business community

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is disappointed by some members of the business community whose conduct continues to frustrate Government efforts to stabilise the economy and the current wave of price increases obtaining in the country shows a lack of…

Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Court blocks the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public

The High Court has blocked the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public noting that this was a matter of national security that should see the document protected from manipulation.This follows a court challenge instituted…

Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe public health collapse

The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatments and surgical procedures.Last week, do…

Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Captured' SA's Acting Public Protector to withdraw Mkhwebane's court applications

Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka who some sections of the SA society allege is captured by President Cyril Ramaphosa, indicated that the Office of the Public Protector will withdraw the suspended incumbent Busisiwe Mkhwebane's appli…

Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Police guarantee public security

LAW enforcement agents will thwart any illegal protests called for today by proponents of illegal regime change under the banner Pachedu, an oppositional civil body.The faceless individuals have chosen to ignore numerous developmental work…

Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Public exams resume

THE ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations resumed smoothly yesterday as candidates sat for their first papers after a two-week festive break.O-Level candidates sat for their Biology paper in the morning while A-Level students wro…

Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Govt gazettes Public Finance Amendment Bill

GOVERNMENT last week gazetted the Public Finance Amendment Bill (2021) which seeks to align the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) to the Constitution as well as strengthen parliamentary oversight over use of public funds to curb corrupt…

Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

ICSAZ launches public sector accounting qualification

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe has launched a public sector accounting qualification that is designed to strengthen the capacity of public sector accounting professionals in Zimbabwe.The qualification…

Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Public warned to be security conscious this Easter

Safeguard Security has warned members of the public to be particularly careful to ensure their homes and offices are secure this Easter, in the wake of an increase in incidences of theft and robbery over the past few months."Over the past …

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Mike Hamilton

ConCourt affirmed ZBC mandate as a public service broadcaster

On July 20 2016, the constitutional court (ConCourt) clarified that it was mandatory for Zimbabweans in possession of a gadget capable of receiving broadcast services to pay the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) licence fees. The rul…

Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by MISA ZIMBABWE

About 3 700 rural public institutions remain un-electrified

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgar Nyasha Mbwembwe have said 3 700 rural public institutions remain un electrified to date."About 3700 rural public institutions remain un-electrified to date. It is estimated that between US$250 â€“ 3…

Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 06:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Challenges of public administration in Zimbabwe today

Public Lecture Talking Points by Professor Jonathan Moyo delivered at the Department of Political & Administrative Studies, University of Zimbabwe, October 21, 2011I WISH to thank Prof Hasu Patel for his charitable introduction. Prof P…

Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 07:05hrs | 29 | by Professor Jonathan Moyo MP

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