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Zapu decries deteriorating public health system in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) has raised concern over the worsening state of public healthcare in Bulawayo and other parts of the country, citing chronic shortages of medicines, equipment...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:45hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Trump to end 'gender insanity' in schools
Former US President Donald Trump has promised that if reelected this November, he will defund schools that promote "inappropriate" content to children such as gender identity and critical race theory....Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 12:44hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition parties must unite against Zanu-PF
Leader of the United African National Council (UANC), Reverend Dr. Gwinyai Muzorewa, has called on opposition parties to unite and confront the Zanu-PF-led government over the country's socio-economic...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zapu blast tribal ZBC presenters
ZAPU spokesperson Richard Gandari has blasted the ZBC presenters who made tribal attacks on the Ndebele King LObengula live on TV claiming he was depicted to sell the country to colonialis...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 15:24hrs | 49 | by Stephen Jakes
Add Cyber awareness, security studies to school curriculum
Do you know your neighbour? Criminals like armed robbers, murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc live within our communities in Zimbabwe. There is nothing frustrating like waking up to a sitting room whe...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 15 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Nothing wrong with CALA'
THE new Primary and Secondary Education minister, Torerayi Moyo has said there is nothing wrong with learners doing the Continuous Assessment of Learning Activities (CALA) adding that the way they are...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CALA Here to stay. Parents don't understand what it means
THE Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) are a key feature in the country's primary and secondary school curriculum and will not be scrapped, but components per learning area might be redu...Published: 28 May 2023 at 13:13hrs | 2 | by Erick Matotoba
ZACC to take anti-corruption lessons into classrooms
ANTI-CORRUPTION education will be mainstreamed into the country's formal school curriculum so that people shun the vice from a young age, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Chairperson, Justic...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Low sales for school uniform despite the opening of schools
SCHOOL uniform and stationery retailers say business has been low despite the opening of schools this week when compared to previous years.The opening of schools is normally characterised by b...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rebranding is a matter of life and death for MDC-Alliance
WILLIAM Shakespeare, the 16th century English playwright who once prominently featured on the Zimbabwean Ordinary Level and Advanced Level English literature school curriculum, once rhetorically asked...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 15 | by Taona T. Denhere
Zimbabwe's education system is outdated
Former Education minister Fay Chung says Zimbabwe's education system was designed to last for at least 20 years, but now has been in use for over 40 years, rendering it outdated.Chung (FC), wh...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gift Nyoni wins UK writers award
Zimbabwean-born writer Gift Nyoni has continued to lift the Zimbabwean flag in the United Kingdom and recently won the New Black and Minority ethnic writers award.Nyoni won the New Black and M...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A nationalist hero and authoritarian dictator
A group of Robert Gabriel Mugabe admirers, linked to Zanu-PF, has published a profile of Robert Mugabe. They are trying to provide a profile of the late president, combining both the positive and nega...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Fay Chung
Zimbabwe has Covid-19 genomic sequencing capacity
Zimbabwe now has the capacity to do Covid-19 genomic sequencing, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said during his virtual address to the ongoing 74th World ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Former students move to lift Nkayi school
IN the winter of 2019, about 20 pupils from Sagonda Primary School in Matabeleland North's Nkayi district set out on a 53-kilometre walk aimed at raising funds to purchase building and educational mat...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 3 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Solving youth unemployment problem in Zimbabwe by leveraging digital economy
Zimbabwe is renowned the world over as a top tourist destination in southern Africa and one of the African countries with a vast natural resource endowment. Tourism and agriculture have been the count...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 10 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa making Zimbabwe unsafe for citizens
OUTSPOKEN cleric and adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Shingi Munyeza, was at it again yesterday, accusing his boss of violating the Constitution and making the country unsafe for its citizens....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa boasts about his achievements
Two years ago today, I was inaugurated as your President. I vowed to serve Zimbabwe and its people so that we could move towards a more prosperous future. Here's what we have achieved in this time....Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 10 | by President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Demands to introduce Shangaan in Zimbabwe education
MINORITY communities southeast of Zimbabwe in Chiredzi are advocating for the introduction of their languages in the school curriculum and the hiring of teachers conversant in the language.The...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by CAJ News
Financial Expert Shalom Govero shares insight into earning and saving money
This past week, the world celebrated Global Money Week, an initiative by Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) which is an annual financial awareness campaign built to inspire children and youn...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 18:57hrs | 6 | by Shalom Govero
TjiKalanga now taught at university
LUPANE State University (LSU) has introduced a degree in Kalanga and Community Studies as part of efforts to promote indigenous languages in the country. It is the first university in Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Social Media the new agora
Social media in the form of new technologies has become a new agora world-wide providing a platform for communication among different people regardless of space and time.Several applications s...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:43hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Matende and Lovemore Chidemo
John Tallach High wins quiz competition
The finals of the Old Mutual National High School Quiz Competition were held in the capital recently with winning schools walking away with various prizes including cars and laptops.The braggi...Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 21 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Sex education for schools
Government is finalising a comprehensive sex education policy for primary and secondary schools.This is to stem the problems caused by pupils engaging in early sexual relationships, which incl...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: Horrors of the new Zimbabwe school curriculum
Social media has had these images circulating as, we have not verified whether this is true or a figment of imagination from people who like photoshop....Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 12:20hrs | | by online
Mnangagwa must not squander goodwill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is riding the wave of popularity after replacing the reviled Robert Mugabe after a military takeover last month.The euphoria is understandable because Zimbabweans ...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Being patriotic is not Zanu-PF
The National Pledge that was introduced by Government early this year, from infancy to high school, was long overdue, contrary to misguided sentiments that it was a ZANU PF indoctrination strategy. Th...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Formalise art in education curricular: Artists
The Zimbabwe Applied Arts in Craft Association (ZAACA) is praying for Government's hand in improving artists and craftsmen working conditions. This, the organisation says, will improve individual live...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | 13 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
The future of Matabeleland, as a part of Zimbabwe, is in danger
OPPOSITION parties have called on the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to withdraw a new Grade One Ndebele language textbook over translations of names and nouns.The book, titled Step ...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Agriculture exam for Grade 7s
GRADE Seven pupils will be examined in Agriculture for the first time this year, a move that will change the highest pass at that level from four to five units, the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations C...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Infants to be taught in indigenous languages
On the attainment of Independence in 1980, the Government of Zimbabwe led by President Mugabe embarked on major reforms in the education sector. The programme, Education for All, led to the constr...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Vaidah Mashangwa
When Mugabe goes to Matobo . . .
When Mugabe goes to Matopos(Hayi mani bakithi(!) - MATOBO!!!)- goes to Matobo, Matombo:place of stubborn boulders,the land's mute womb that won't saywhat it has eaten, seen, or car...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mugabe urges nation to embrace new curriculum
President Mugabe has expressed reservations on one aspect of the new curriculum being spear-headed by Primary and Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora, but said on the whole the syllabus needed to be ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Dokora lawsuit dismissed
THE High Court has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by the Dadaya High School School Development Committee challenging the newly introduced school curriculum.Parents whose chi...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
New highway code on the cards
THE Government is set to introduce a new Highway Code next month as part of ongoing efforts to enhance road safety and reduce accidents on the country's roads.Transport and Infrastructure ...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents challenge new education curriculum in court
PARENTS whose children learn at Dadaya High School in Zvishavane have taken Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora to court challenging the newly introduced education curriculu...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
O- Level attachment talks begin
Government is engaging private companies and non-governmental organisations to facilitate industrial attachment for Ordinary Level students in terms of the new school curriculum.Internship...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's JM Nkomo Polytechnic Graduation Speech
ADDRESS BY THE GUEST OF HONOUR, THE MINISTER OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ON "RE–ENGINEERING THE CURRICULUM FOR A SCIENCE AND...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:44hrs | 12 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
'Capacitate teachers for new curriculum'
THE Government has said practising teachers need to be retrained in preparation for the new education curriculum being introduced by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education next year. The Mini...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Ministry to probe schools resisting National School Pledge
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will investigate cases of schools that are reportedly resisting a directive to teach pupils to recite the National Schools Pledge, an official has said....Published: 15 May 2016 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Young and dynamic school head gives his students real life experiences
It's true when they say, 'children learn better through real life experiences. A young and dynamic school head in Tsholotsho District made sure that the students at his school got to experience that. ...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 18:51hrs | | by Collin Nyabadza
Never-been-to-school man (57) defies all odds, writes book
BORN with physical disabilities 57 years ago in Zaka, Masvingo, and never been inside a classroom, Gilbert Mupurungwe has defied all odds as he has developed into a novelist.He revealed to Sun...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 08:30hrs | | by Ntombiyolwandle Ndlovu
'Jonathan Moyo jumped the gun'
HIGHER and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo jumped the gun in unilaterally taking charge of a programme that falls under the Ministry of Primary ...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reliance on school curriculum limits students' knowledge
Zimbabwe is credited with one of the best education systems in Africa - producing some of the brightest minds on the globe - and similarly prides itself with the highest literacy rate on the continent...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 13:16hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt clears air on curriculum changes
The Primary and Secondary Education Ministry had over the course of last year proposed a broad overhaul of the curriculum, raising questions from educationists and parents over their practicability....Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Zimbabwe: Scourge of Child Marriage - Video
Child marriage in Africa often ends a girl's education, exposes her to domestic violence and grave health risks from early childbearing and HIV, and traps her in poverty, Human Rights Watch said today...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:05hrs | | by Dewa Mavhinga
Lower Six classes to start in second term
LOWER Six pupils will now begin their Advanced level studies in the second term of the year instead of the current set up where they start during the last month of the first term and still pay fees in...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
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