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MP Bajila intervenes in Mafakela Primary bus levy dispute
Emakhandeni-Luveve Member of Parliament Descent Bajila has intervened to resolve a growing dispute at Mafakela Primary School in Old Luveve, Bulawayo, following allegations that learners were barred f...Published: 5 hrs ago | 48 | by Staff reporter
Hillside Teachers College calls for applications
Hillside Teachers College in Bulawayo is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to train as secondary school teachers for the 2026 academic year.Prospective students can appl...Published: 17 hrs ago | 636 | by Staff reporter
6 in 10 Zimbabweans consider leaving the country?
About six out of ten Zimbabweans are considering emigrating in search of better opportunities, as economic challenges continue to deepen across the country, a new Afrobarometer report shows.Th...Published: 18 hrs ago | 356 | by Staff reporter
Govt sets guidelines for August school learning
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced official guidelines for the upcoming vacation school programme, which will run from August 8 to August 21, 2025. The initiative is aimed a...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 18:32hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
JSC suspends senior magistrate over leaked corruption audio
The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has suspended Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo over a leaked audio on corruption circulating on social media.Investigations carried by Bulaway...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 23:14hrs | 1024 | by Paul Ndou
Funding delays teacher recruitment in Zimbabwe
The government's ambitious plan to recruit 8,000 new teachers to address Zimbabwe's critical teacher-to-student ratio has hit a major snag, with delays in the disbursement of funds from the Treasury s...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:14hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe to release results
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has launched a scathing attack on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), accusing the institution's leadership of academic fraud, governance failures, and trampl...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:26hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula perpetrating genocide: Black on Black violence in SA
Operation Dudula is hunting down people and killing them by burning and stabbing them to death. Zimbabweans, together with other foreign nationals, all blacks are hunted down by criminals - Operation ...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 17:12hrs | 864 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ramaphosa went to Ukraine & Russia to bring peace that is not in South Africa
Operation Dudula is upon us. Our Zimbabwean citizens are chased like they are rats and mice in their neighbourhoods. Who is my neighbour: asked the philosophy of UBUNTU. A fellow human being, seeking ...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 17:00hrs | 506 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimsec amendment bill, 2025 falls short of expectations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Amendment Bill, 2025, which seeks to amend the existing ZIMSEC Act [Chapter 25:18], fails to tackle the legislative gaps arising from changes and needs in the ...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 97 | by Obert Masaraure
Govt increases BEAM disbursements to ease pressure on rural schools
The Zimbabwean government has doubled monthly disbursements under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) from ZiG200 million to ZiG400 million, in a move aimed at clearing arrears and easing mou...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zimta pokes holes into proposed Zimsec Act amendments
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has criticised the proposed amendments to the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Act, arguing that they fall short of restoring credibility to ...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:30hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
UZ lecturers' strike enters 100 days
Today marks 100 days since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) downed tools in protest against dismal salaries and deteriorating working conditions - an indefinite strike that has paralysed o...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces surge in street children
The city of Bulawayo is facing a troubling shift in its social landscape, as an increasing number of children living and working on the streets now originate from the city itself - a stark contrast to...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:07hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
JSC probe Senior magistrate over leaked corruption audio
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun investigations into Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo's leaked audio on corruption circulating on social media.According to JSC spokes...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 17:07hrs | 519 | by Paul Ndou
Report exposes dire working conditions in Zimbabwe's education sector
Zimbabwe's public education sector is teetering on the brink of collapse due to poor working conditions, meagre salaries, and government neglect, according to a new report released by the Amalgamated ...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:14hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born law student found dead in Manchester's river Irwell
Communities in both Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom are mourning the tragic loss of 19-year-old Christine Chido Benjamin, a Zimbabwean-born law student whose body was discovered in Manchester's River ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 19:45hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants to teach maths & physics in Shona and Ndebele
Zimbabwe's Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Hon. Torerai Moyo, has revealed plans to introduce the teaching of technical subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Accounting in ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 19:43hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
EUZ president in soup over missing funds
The president of the Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ), Tafadzwa Munodawafa, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) amid allegations of embezzlement involving missing teac...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe lecturers strike continues
It has been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country's oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning, walked out of their lecture halls, citing salaries that have...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Teacher under fire for collecting learners' saliva
A teacher at Mushavhi Secondary School in Bikita has sparked outrage among parents and learners after allegedly asking an entire class to spit on sheets of paper during a lesson, raising serious conce...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:10hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Exam class teachers barred from transfers
Teachers assigned to examination classes have been barred from seeking transfers as part of measures by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to ensure learning continuity and safeguard pupi...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:18hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Rev. Dongo, so you'll gladly accept cash from the Devil just to avoid looking for money?
As the saying goes, the love of money is the root of all evil - and it seems some so-called "churches" are finding that temptation far too irresistible.It is astonishing - and frankly heartbre...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 1017 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt okays 10-day holiday lessons for exam classes
The Government has authorized schools to conduct extra lessons for examination classes - Grade 7, Form Four, and Form Six - for up to 10 days during the August school holiday. The move aims to boost e...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:54hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi says no urgent need for civil servants' cost-of-living adjustment
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has dismissed calls for an urgent review of civil servants' cost-of-living allowances, citing what he described as stable inflation le...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:52hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Econet expands Kancane Kancane smartphone credit scheme
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has expanded its popular Kancane Kancane smartphone credit scheme by extending the repayment period from just three months to up to 24 months, with no initial deposit required...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:31hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers join night-time gold rush
In a startling development highlighting Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis, teachers from Fusira, Musvovi, and Madzivanyika schools in Masvingo South have reportedly joined illegal gold panning ac...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:11hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate blames crippling economy, supports corruption
Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo's leaked audio on corruption is circulating on social media.The magistrate who is reported to have offered passengers a lift was recorded blasting t...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 1045 | by Paul Ndou
Teacher arrested for sexually assaulting 3 learners
The doctrine of in loco parentis, which entrusts teachers with the care and well-being of their pupils, is being severely tested as A 43-year old Mwenezi's Choruvonga Primary Scho...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:51hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers vote to work 3 days a week
Teachers across Zimbabwe, particularly those affiliated with the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), have resolved to reduce their working days to three per week, citing poor conditi...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:25hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Govt workers stage a flash protest at Mthuli Ncube's office
Civil servants staged a flash protest yesterday at the New Government Complex before marching to the offices of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion in Harare, pressi...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:20hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt fiddles while UZ burns
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six students accused of mobilising their peers to participate in a protest against the institution's administration, as the ong...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:55hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Biti slams UZ Vice Chancellor
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has sharply criticized University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo for the recent dismissal of striking lecturers and suspension of student a...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Teacher truancy hits rural schools
A wave of teacher absenteeism has gripped rural schools across Manicaland Province, with educators reportedly abandoning their posts for urban business ventures, leaving learners stranded and lessons ...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:30hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual high school quiz finals kick off
After months of fierce academic competition across zonal and provincial stages, the much-anticipated finals of the Old Mutual High School Quiz have officially begun in Harare. Finalist teams from acro...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 17:02hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
50 Joshualites awarded Scholarships amid debate over tribal bias
Fifty academically gifted students from across Zimbabwe's 10 provinces have been awarded the prestigious Joshua Nkomo Scholarship, administered by the Higherlife Foundation, in the latest effort to su...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 22:52hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
MP dishes out chicks, feed to teachers
More than 2,000 teachers from across Shurugwi North constituency in the Midlands Province are set to benefit from a poultry empowerment programme launched by the area's Member of Parliament, Joseph Mp...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence changed man's life forever
He was an energetic man, running his own life and fending for his family. He loved and embraced the supposed freedom brought by the country's liberators hence multi-partyism was just one of those frui...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 11:04hrs | 526 | by Matthew Takaona
Teachers' movement slams 13 unions for inaction
The Zimbabwe Teachers Remuneration Struggle Movement (ZTRS) has launched a scathing attack on 13 registered teacher unions, accusing them of failing to effectively advocate for improved salaries and w...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:06hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Ministry fails to pay US$180 000 CDU workshop allowances to teachers
Nearly a year after hosting nationwide syllabus review workshops, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) is yet to pay over US$180,000 owed to participants, sparking outrage among edu...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:03hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Jesus, not 'divine apples', is the source of our blessings
Must Christians be the most easily deceived people on earth?It is both heartbreaking and infuriating to witness how the Christian faith is being manipulated and commercialized in Zimbabwe unde...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:07hrs | 296 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Student gets car for 8As at O'level
A student who achieved eight As in his 2024 O-Level examinations has received a car as a reward for his exceptional academic performance, thanks to a unique initiative by Emmanuel Fellowship Church....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 15597 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pupils learning in tobacco barns and fowl runs
A joint parliamentary committee has raised the alarm over the deplorable state of school infrastructure across Zimbabwe, revealing that some pupils are attending lessons in disused tobacco barns, fowl...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:37hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Overcrowding in schools worries Parliament
A joint parliamentary committee has raised serious concerns over widespread overcrowding in Zimbabwe's primary and secondary schools, warning that deteriorating conditions are threatening the quality ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:35hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo headmistress' fraud case postponed to August
The trial date for Kumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga remains uncertain after the State once again requested a postponement, citing incomplete police investigations. The case has now be...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:28hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Khama should try humility
Ian Khama's latest unprovoked outburst - praising Ian Smith's Rhodesia and branding Zimbabwe a "failed state" - is as tone-deaf as it is arrogant. No wonder Batswana now regard their ex-president with...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 17:23hrs | 582 | by Dereck Goto
Zimbabwe's teacher shortage crisis worsens
Zimbabwe's education sector is facing mounting pressure as the teacher-to-pupil ratio has climbed to an alarming 1:45-far above the recommended standard of one teacher for every 20 learners in early c...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Swallowfield Estates dispute reignited by EIA certificate
The long-running legal wrangle over ownership and development rights at Swallowfield Estates in Norton has taken a fresh twist following the issuance of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certif...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:06hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Mass exodus of teachers hits Zimbabwe's education sector
Zimbabwe's education sector is facing a worsening crisis as thousands of government-employed teachers continue to resign each year due to poor salaries, lack of job satisfaction, and growing politicis...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:03hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Ministry clarifies extra lessons not illegal
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has clarified that extra lessons are not illegal under current policy, but warned that they become a disciplinary offence when teachers charge learners ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:30hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
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