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Dembare players back at work
After two-and-a-half days of strike action, Dynamos players returned to training yesterday in preparation for their highly anticipated Chibuku Super Cup semi-final clash against Manica Diamonds at Ruf...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:41hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers vow to fight on after High Court setback
Teachers in Zimbabwe are set to boycott the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) following a High Court ruling that dismissed their application for improved working conditions. The joint applicat...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:17hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos, CAPS Utd players continue sit-in
Harare giants Dynamos and CAPS United are experiencing a chaotic player rebellion, with both teams' players refusing to train for the second consecutive day due to unpaid dues. This unrest comes just ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage sit in as schools open for 2024, demand US$1,200 salary
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has asserted that its members nationwide participated in a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar to protest against inadequate sa...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium
HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke s...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso resume training
COULD there be a cold war at Bosso? Perhaps not, judging from the shift that players put in at yesterday's training session amid rumours of player unrest at the club. From the outside, it woul...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fail to break nurses' strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday dispatched riot police with dogs at Harare's Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in a futile attempt to stop nurses from protesting against low salaries and poor working conditions....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiraya's suspension stinks
DYNAMOS have initiated negotiations with possible candidates to replace suspended head coach Tonderai Ndiraya.Ndiraya is unlikely to survive the storm at the Premiership football giants....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pupils idle as teachers stage sit-ins
PUPILS at public schools across Bulawayo are idle as some teachers are going to class but not teaching in defiance of a Government directive for them to resume duty.Since schools opened last w...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Normalcy returns to CAPS Utd but.....
NORMALCY returned to turbulent CAPS United yesterday with the Harare giants training twice as they try to cover lost preparatory ground ahead of the resumption of the Castle Lager Premiership football...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to open 7 February
THE government has announced that schools will open for the 2022 learning calendar on 7 February while the curfew now starts at midnight ending at 0530hrs, easing some of the restrictive measures put ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wage dispute threatens Hwange power station upgrades
A Chinese firm, SinoHydro Corporation, which is undertaking the refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station is reportedly engaged in a wage dispute with its employees who accuse it of unfair labour ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truckers block traffic at Limpopo bridge
COMMERCIAL traffic going into South Africa and Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge border post was yesterday delayed by more than four hours after truck drivers staged a sit-in at the New Limpopo Bridge d...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Teacher drags Chiwenga to court
A KWEKWE-based primary school teacher, Mercy Mjikwa, has dragged the Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga to court over new Covid-19 rules targeting unvaccinated citizens.In an urgent chamber ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injury hit Bosso face Bulawayo Chiefs
WHILE collecting maximum points will be the ultimate goal, Bosso will go into tomorrow's encounter against Bulawayo Chiefs with a cautious approach to avoid further injuries in their camp.High...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ariel Sibanda and Nqobizitha Masuku say Bosso players now focused on football
HIGHLANDERS captain Ariel Sibanda and vice-captain Nqobizitha Masuku say they remain loyal to the Bosso cause despite reports that they wanted to leave the club.The duo was reported to be on i...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa a threat to rule of law'
A GROUP of lawyers have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of unlawfully overturning a court ruling which allowed unvaccinated congregants to attend church service by insisting on enfor...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court says unvaccinated congregants can attend church
THE High Court yesterday ruled against a Cabinet decision barring unvaccinated congregants from physically attending church services, saying the ban violated citizens' rights and freedoms.Gove...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Ariel still a Bosso player'
HIGHLANDERS have still not received any official communication from their longest-serving player and skipper Ariel Sibanda, who posted on Facebook more than a week ago that he was quitting Bosso. ...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students, teachers arrested over lessons
Enforcement of the Covid-19 lockdown is being intensified with 36 students and nine teachers from a private Harare college arrested on Tuesday, when police found the college operating in defiance of t...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe intercity travel resumes
GOVERNMENT Wednesday approved the reopening of schools from 30 August while restaurants can, with immediate effect reopen, but only to fully vaccinated customers, Cabinet has announced.Inter-c...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to re-open on Monday
SCHOOLS will reopen on Monday next week for examination classes while non-examination classes will commence on September 6, Government announced on Wednesday. In a post Cabinet brief, the Mini...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown extended by 2 weeks
The modified Level 4 lockdown has been extended by a further two weeks and Government is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated and to fully embrace the standard measures of masking, social distancing...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders coffers dry up
A SENIOR player at Highlanders says the situation at the Bulawayo-based football club is now dire amid revelations that a number of players are considering leaving over unpaid salaries.The Hig...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rich pickings for Warriors
WARRIORS stars who will make the trip to Cameroon for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, were set for rich pickings after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice M...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low turnout as churches resume service
The resumption of sit-in church services for fully-vaccinated congregants got off to a slow start countrywide yesterday, with different Christian traditions driving the decision to reopen, while compl...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wades into churches saga
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said government must have consulted church leaders before announcing that church services could resume only for congregants that have been vacci...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police to keep eye on churches
As churches open for sit-in services today, police have said they will keep a close eye to ensure worshippers heed regulations that all congregants must be fully vaccinated.This comes after th...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Zupco drivers call off strike
ZUPCO commuter omnibus drivers, who downed tools in Bulawayo on Wednesday, protesting over outstanding salaries have returned to work after the public transport company partpaid the arrears.Th...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church can't turn away the unvaccinated
CHURCHES yesterday questioned government's sincerity in al-lowing them to reopen for sit-in services at a time when only about 10% of the country's population has been vaccinated against COVID-19. ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Some churches welcome reopening
Christian church leaders yesterday unanimously welcomed the resumption of services for fully vaccinated members saying they have been consistent in encouraging vaccination, but noting that some congre...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe allows churches to re-open for fully vaccinated worshipers
Zimbabwe's government announced Wednesday it would allow churches to take an unlimited number of congregants – as long as they were fully vaccinated.Covid-19 restrictions in place since earl...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fans bail out broke Bosso
HIGHLANDERS supporters in Ha-rare are targeting to raise US$2 000 every month towards the sustenance of the club until a solution to its financial woes is found. The club recently extended a b...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso leadership in crisis meeting
THE cash crisis bedevilling Highlanders FC, which saw players embarking on industrial action twice in the past two months, led to a joint meeting by the club's executive committee and board on Saturda...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso negotiate with players' landlords
THE Highlanders executive committee says problems emanating from its failure to pay player salaries and outstanding signing-on fees are not peculiar to Bosso, as other sporting institutions also find ...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso players stage sit-in
HIGHLANDERS players stormed the club's Robert Mugabe Way offices yesterday morning and forced a meeting with club chairman Johnfat Sibanda over delayed June salaries and signing-on fees. Bosso players...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
FUZ intervenes in Bosso player dispute
THE Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) has intervened in the ongoing impasse over salary increments between Highlanders' players and the executive committee.FUZ president Desmond Maringwa spe...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso players train
HIGHLANDERS' players went ahead with their scheduled gym session on Wednesday after boycotting Tuesday's session in their on-off strike for a wage increment.It is not clear whether their atten...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons at schools banned
Holiday lessons at schools banned Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa addresses a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday while Chief Secretary t...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso skipper upbeat despite turbulence
HIGHLANDERS captain Ariel Sibanda is confident his side will progress to the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup despite the ongoing turbulence at the club as players demand a review of their sala...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Unrest rocks Bosso
HIGHLANDERS players yesterday staged a sit-in at their White City Stadium B-Arena training base, demanding that the club addresses their salary adjustment pleas.The players refused to train an...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe put under lockdown to contain Indian Covid-19 variant
A localised lockdown has been ordered for Kwekwe to contain the spread of the Indian variant of the coronavirus.A resident of the Midlands city died on May 12 days after returning from India, ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru council digs in on workers’ demands
GWERU City Council has refused to give in to demands by its workers that their salaries be pegged above the poverty datum line.Recently, workers went on strike after giving their employer a 14...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
For an African man, sex is power to shut up a woman's mouth
An activist is a person who campaigns for social change. Someone who's actively involved in a protest or a political or social cause can be called an activist. Forms of activism range from mandate bui...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
COVID:19: Bars, beerhalls to lose licences
GOVERNMENT has threatened to cancel liquor licences for beerhalls, bars and nightclubs found in violation of the CoVID-19 lockdown regulations.Under the current CoVID-19 regulations, bars, nig...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Incapacitated' teachers stage sit-in demo
TEACHERS at various schools countrywide are reportedly reporting for duty only to mark the pupils' attendance registers, but are not conducting lessons as they continue piling pressure for better work...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt lifts ban on restaurants, soccer
GOVERNMENT yesterday further relaxed COVID-19 regulations by okaying the opening of restaurants and allowing all sporting activities to resume for the first time in over a year.Information min...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers to get vaccinated immediately
TEACHERS, hospitality industry workers, tobacco merchants and their workers should get vaccinated with immediate effect, while restaurants are now allowed to have sit-in clients at 50 percent capacity...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amnesty to decongest prisons
Cabinet received an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs as chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak. ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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