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Schools to reopen when safe minister
THE reopening of schools this year hangs in the balance as officials continue to monitor the rising Covid-19 caseload.Last month, the Government deferred reopening schools to a later date from...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Could a hashtag help achieve in Zimbabwe what protests have failed to do?
Could a social media hashtag - tapping into the energy and anger of the global #BlackLivesMatter phenomenon - help achieve in Zimbabwe what years of street protests, strikes and political campaigns ha...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:18hrs | 645 | by Andrew Harding Africa correspondent, BBC News
Zinasu condemns the persecution of students
The Zimbabwe National Students Union has said it is appalled by the continued targeted harassment of students by the military junta of Emmerson Mnangagwa."We condemn the inhumane, cruel and sa...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 223 | by Stephen Jakes
Poverty fighting...our generational struggle
Every generation has its own unique Struggle to fight for without shame or apology. Born Free from Colonial rule we are chained by Poverty. We have no jobs and by 2030 when we are in our 50s, unable t...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:00hrs | 327 | by Lynnette Tendayi Mudehwe
Mthuli Ncube misleading Mnangagwa, says Mashakada
FORMER Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada has accused Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation through his continued de...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks now overdue, says Hlatshwayo
THE much anticipated political talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are now overdue and remain the only solution to Zimbabwe's socio-econom...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2503 | by Staff reporter
MSU suspends final year exams
State University (MSU) has, due to the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, suspended final year examinations that were set to start today. On July 24, Government gave a directive to all te...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Master Ndo wasn't a thug, says Simango
CLAIMS that Pumula's mystic martial arts king Ndodana Gonde, better known as Master Ndo, was a violent street thug and gang leader, who took advantage of his karate skills to harass and terrorise inno...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:56hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
A passport is a privilege in Zimbabwe
I goT my current passport in 2016, three years after the election that ended the government of National Unity. This was also the year the government introduced bond coins and bond notes, and foreign c...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:29hrs | 790 | by Kudzai Mubaiwa
Master Ndo unmasked
UNTIL now his whereabouts had been unknown despite his fame in the early 1990s going far and wide, with even some of his peers literally worshipping him. In late 1995 at the age of 22, he, tog...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 5726 | by Staff reporter
MSU postpone examinations due to protests
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) was forced to postpone examinations for final year students yesterday as panic gripped the Zanu-PF government ahead of the planned anti-government demonstrations schedu...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance shows police the middle finger...vows to defy ZRP directives
MDC Alliance has written a letter to Zimbabwe Republic Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi informing him that its members will not be reporting to the police after an advert was cir...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 12:12hrs | 5134 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A selfish proliteriate, a voracious educated elite and a rapacious ruling class - The opiate numbing Zimbabwe
Wrote in 1943, Karl Marx's celebrated dictum, "religion is the opium of the people," entered popular lexicon and according to Rosie Blau ,still resonates with 4,5 billion people the world over who ide...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 23:10hrs | 1767 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs revealed
FOUR high-density suburbs have been singled out the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulawayo, with authorities hinting that considerations were being put in place to introduce stiffer lockdown me...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1969 | by Bishop
UZ investigates fake documents ring
If you have "qualified" employees that are proving to be incompetent, you have every reason to cross-check the authenticity of their qualifications.It is possible for a person who has never se...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
6 die in horror crash
Six people including two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) fourth year students died on the spot when the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a haulage near Banket along the Harare-Chiru...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 20:02hrs | 4365 | by Staff reporter
Graca Machel Trust speaks on Hopewell Chin'ono's fraud allegations
Graca Machel Trust has dismissed reports by some social media users who are accusing Award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono of fleecing unsuspecting students through a botched scholarship fund. ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 11:29hrs | 11892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Universities forced to postpone exams
UNIVERSITIES are postponing their end of semester examinations as a precaution against the spike in local Covid-19 cases with most allowing students already on campus to finish writing.Univers...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:35hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
200 nurses, doctors contract COVID-19
ABOUT 200 health workers have tested positive to COVID-19, forcing some hospitals to shut down as government continues to dither on its promise to avail adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:48hrs | 3001 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down varsities, colleges
GOVERNMENT has banned face-to-face lectures at all tertiary institutions and ordered students to vacate residences following a spike in COVID-19 cases, most of them local transmissions.As of y...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's role in undermining national development
President Mnangagwa continues to pursue an ambitious economic reform agenda that has, within a short space of time, seen the budget deficit being tamed, economic fundamentals once again in place and a...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1723 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Zimbabwean actress signs with leading celebrity fashion brand
The fashion industry has been rapidly evolving other the past few years with big and small brands alike actively seeking to enter new markets. ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:48hrs | 1769 | by Tari MK
'November exams in doubt'
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council November examinations are hanging in the balance, with Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema casting doubt because of rising COVID-19 infections....Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Exposure of corruption by Dr Alex Magaisa justifies Mthwakazi restoration
Mthwakazi Republic Party MRP which happens to be my party of choice has once again been vindicated by Dr Alex T Magaisa's list of corrupt elites and the Political Exposed Persons "PEPs" as he calls th...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3340 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
How does technology change lives?
Living in the 21st century, technology impacts every area of our lives. From the electronic alarm clock or mobile phone that wakes us every morning, we are never far from pressing buttons - on microwa...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 16:15hrs | 181 | by Staff writer
Zimsec proposes January exam dates
FINAL public examinations for Grade Seven, Ordinary and Advanced Level students, which are normally taken in October and November each year, might be deferred to next year as the Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 16:35hrs | 2548 | by Staff reporter
Let us sing songs in honour of Arikana Chihombori
My dear brother Fabian Mabaya, I have examined with some thoroughness the story of Arikana Chihombori, former African Union (AU) ambassador to the United States.Before I enter into the controv...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:26hrs | 2237 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Police tighten lockdown regulations
POLICE have started tightening lockdown regulations especially in major cities with 1 000 people having been arrested in two days for flouting measures that were put in place to deal with rising cases...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty over Zimsec November exams
FINAL public examinations for Grade Seven, Ordinary and Advanced Level students, which are normally taken in October and November each year, might be deferred to next year as the Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1594 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to repatriate 200 students stranded in China
ABOUT 200 Zimbabwean students studying in China who have been stranded in that country following the Covid-19 induced lockdown are expected to be repatriated back home, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affa...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:34hrs | 4037 | by Staff reporter
Talent Chiwenga kills a couple driving to sister's funeral
A very sad day ended badly for the Madzimgira family in Harare. A couple was killed in a car crash while driving to a funeral of their sister who had passed on suddenly in Harare Zimbabwe. ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 20:39hrs | 14312 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Varsity lecturer pounces on students: No sex, no trips
A SENIOR lecturer at Lupane State University (LSU) has been accused of allegedly demanding sex from students in return for university-facilitated trips that pay up to US$30 a day in allowances....Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 18:28hrs | 8435 | by Staff reporter
4 hidden truths that reveal lockdown is a big mistake
It seems that despite the World Health Organization releases news that should be worldwide valid, each country's government takes decisions independently on how to manage the COVID19 situation....Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 22:24hrs | 5184 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa will not resign on the 31st or any other day
The July 31st protests in Zimbabwe will have lasting consequences. While most of them are difficult to anticipate, some of the economic impacts are already being felt and add up to long-term challenge...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 9219 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
RioZim mine pays workers with 2 bottles of drinks
Rio Zim's Renco Mine has issued a circular inviting its employees to collect 2 x 300ml of soft drinks as an appreciation of the work they did in the month of June. The circular has generated w...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 15:23hrs | 3063 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3225 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 430 | by Staff Reporter
Adventists challenge UZ's Saturday exams
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe Seventh Day Adventist Students Association has approached the High Court challenging the holding of examinations on Saturday 11 and 18 July.The association said if they ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4440 | by Staff reporter
Over 1,000 Zimbabwean students face return from US
Many of the more than 1000 Zimbabwean students at American universities may have to return home following a US Government decision that foreign students at universities that now teach online with no f...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
5 ways to make money with just your phone
It is amazing to think about all of the different ways that you can make money today. There used to be a day not too long ago when traveling meant that you could not add to your bankroll while you wer...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1696 | by Staff writer
Nehanda's bones not yet risen - as she didn't die for White Rhodesia to be replaced by Black Rhodesia!
Yesterday, the 7th July 2020, I took time to watch the usual post-Cabinet media briefing, beamed live on state television - whereby, several government ministers update the nation on their deliberatio...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 15:51hrs | 809 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kenyan schools stay closed until next year
KENYAN ministry of education has stated that all primary and secondary schools will reopen in 2021. The ministry said all students would resume studies in their current classes.Educati...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:50hrs | 1894 | by BBC
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protĂ©gĂ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2059 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Deadline set for 2021 Commonwealth education awards
The Commonwealth has set a deadline for entries into the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice for 31 August 2020.The bloc said the awards are open to exceptional education inst...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 259 | by Stephen Jakes
Mixed reactions over re-opening of schools in Zimbabwe
Various stakeholders across the southern African country have expressed mixed feelings over the reopening of schools on the 28th of July this year.Prior to the reopening of schools, the govern...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 22:15hrs | 4276 | by Daniel Itai
A new oppostion front stronger than MDC threatens ZANU PF
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the government is aware of a new opposition front led by market manipulators which seeks to overthrow the government. In an intervie...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 22667 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Villagers hired to invigilate exams
SOME headmasters were Tuesday forced to hire local villagers to assist in invigilating ZIMSEC June 'O' and 'A' Level examinations after teachers boycotted the process due to lack of proper Covid-19 sa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2054 | by newzimbabwe
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