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Zanu-PF blames climate change
ZANU-PF has claimed that while it has a burning desire to address the economic challenges affecting the country, its hands remain tied by nature.This came as the ruling party has been accused ...Published: 18 mins ago | 22 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ ready to defend Njube High School teacher
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has thrown its weight behind Njube High School science teacher Brian Mutsiba for leading pupils in a dem...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2381 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Angel pays fees for entire school - for whole year
Parents and pupils at a Mashonaland East school were left stunned last week after they were told that a Good Samaritan had paid their schools fees – for the whole year.Tafireyi Phiri, the he...Published: 12 hrs ago | 968 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has failed on human rights'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week released a damning report, describing Zimbabwe's human rights record as appalling despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reform pledges...Published: 12 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff rpeorter
Parents force open incomplete school
CONTROVERSY-riddled Glaudina Primary School in Harare yesterday opened its doors to students amid a misunderstanding between the parents and responsible authorities over inadequate infrastructure, wit...Published: 13 hrs ago | 150 | by Staff rpeorter
Teacher kneels before Mohadi in pay rise plea
A BEITBRIDGE male teacher at the weekend knelt down before Vice-President Kembo Mohadi begging him to influence an upward pay review for teachers.Poloko Malapela, a teacher at Dulivhadzimo Pri...Published: 13 hrs ago | 410 | by Staff rpeorter
Teachers rule out strike
THE Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has ruled out any industrial action saying it is in favour of dialogue with Government to address its members' concerns. In an interview yesterday, Z...Published: 13 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
MLF supports Njube High pupils
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has come out in the open that it fully supports the Njube High School pupils for demonstrating against the deteriorating education system.Njube students took to the ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1065 | by Stephen Jakes
Machete gangs at Jumbo Mine are MDC project - ZANU PF
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial member Tracy Mudimu has sensationally claimed that the machete gangs wrecking havoc at Jumbo mine are a MDC project meant to cause civil unrest and coup presiden...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2969 | by Paul Ndou
CIOs pounce on PTUZ leader
State security operatives reportedly pounced on Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou's office on Thursday last week following reports of his involvement in the planne...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2849 | by Staf reporter
MLF raps Cowdray Park Government Primary administration
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has rapped the Cowdray Park Government Primary for allegedly not doing justice to the locals considering the fact that it appears more outsiders are deployed to the sc...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:41hrs | 1039 | by Staff Reporter
We have a full-blown crisis
Phew!What a frenzied week it was as those brats, who are used to hogging TV remote controls or causing unending trouble during holidays, were finally banished to school, where they rightfully ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 229 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zanu-PF orientation project stinks
IN our Friday edition of NewsDay, we carried a story where Zanu-PF was reported to be shortlisting graduate teachers to undergo some form of compulsory political orientation at the Herbert Chitepo Ide...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:25hrs | 96 | by Editorial Comment
Chaos at police station as junior cops defy seniors
There was drama at Bulawayo's Mzilikazi Police Station on Thursday after junior cops refused to be deployed wearing anti-riot gear when there was no threat on violence.The Government has been ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 12:19hrs | 8531 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11877 | by Staff reporter
The name Mashurugwi irks the Shurugwi residents
The land of many heroes Shurugwi. The welcoming area and it does not deserve to be labelled as the mother land of these cold blooded criminals.Comrade Matemadanda the National Political Commis...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1101 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nurses issue strike threat
THE government is facing a tall order to placate its restive employees after nurses became the latest group to threaten a strike due to the worsening economic environment in the country.This c...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants receive cushioning allowances
GOVERNMENT has said civil servants will be paid more cushioning allowances this year as its employees yesterday started receiving their promised payments for this month. Government this week r...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:43hrs | 3535 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's HONA will solve nothing
The ban of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's so called Hope of the Nation Address (HONA) by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is justified as it was meant to disrupt smooth opening of first term schools...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2030 | by Christopher Makaza
Zanu-PF ideological indoctrination for teachers
Zanu-PF is currently compiling a list of graduate teachers who will undergo the Herbert Chitepo Ideological School training before deployment, a move that is meant to instil patriotism as well as avoi...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
$90 million for student loans
GOVERNMENT has availed $90 million for students' loans as it moves to ensure that higher education is accessible to all including the poor. This comes after Higher and Tertiary Education...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:59hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli can only afford allowances
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday poured cold water on civil servants' demand for United States dollar-benchmarked salary adjustments, saying the broke Zanu-PF government will, instead, continue...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3776 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt working on new designs for schools
THE MINISTRY of Primary and Secondary Education says it is working on new designs for school buildings and infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather conditions.Floods and hailstorms ar...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
MDC, unions plan to defy state threats over demos
DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe once again following the threat by the MDC and labour unions to hold rolling anti-government protests around the country despite the State's stern warning against...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Making a big fuss over a jest is just pathetic
The hullabaloo over a mere jest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made during a clean-up campaign in Kuwadzana High density suburb, Harare, just goes to show how low the opposition lot has stooped....Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2038 | by Tafara Shumba
English made easy by the Language Coach
Cambridge English checkmate Its back to school for all our happy learners who will be writing their Cambridge O' Level English in 2020! The Cambridge O'...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:13hrs | 437 | by Language Coach
Schools, parents must meet halfway
Schools open in a few days' time and almost all Zimbabwean parents, to their immense credit and often with great financial sacrifice, have made the required arrangements to send their children to clas...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:04hrs | 815 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimsec clerk in court for leaked exam paper
A CLERK with the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) appeared in court on allegations of smuggling a copy of the October-November Economics Paper 3 from the printing press and selling it....Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 19:02hrs | 3012 | by Staff Reporter
'Teachers need new skills to counter Zanu PF enslavement' - name just one profession with 0% unemployment
Once upon a time, 40 years ago but it might as well be 400 years ago for we have regressed so quickly we are now back in the dark ages, Zimbabwe used to produce enough food to not only feed all her pe...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1075 | by Wilbert Mukori
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1295 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zim parents turn to South African schools
Unlike the 1970s when children came from South Africa, Zambia and Malawi for better education, more and more Zimbabwean parents now look across the Limpopo for schools which seem to promise a brighter...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 12:26hrs | 3155 | by Mpongo Simwambi
Nhaka Foundation begins charity at home in Zimbabwe
In this interview, Patrick Makokoro, the Founder and Chief Eexecutive Officer of Nhaka Foundation, discusses the organisation's efforts at supporting education and health care in rural regions in Zimb...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 506 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Mnangagwa is a comedian not President - Zhou
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a meree comedian following his provoking jokey utterances when he was addressing Ku...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 12:26hrs | 16421 | by Stephen Jakes
My Uncle needs help
My name is Etiwel Mutero the son of Elijah Hunjani and Edinah Shavi. Though I have much to write on my father's side I would like to dedicate this article to my mother's family the Shavi Family....Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 10:50hrs | 3744 | by Etiwel Mutero
Children learning in animal shelter
CHILDREN in resettlement areas are still learning under deplorable conditions, including tobacco barns and animal shelters, Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema confirmed to Parliamen...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1109 | by Staff Reporter
Cynicism or Speaking Truth to Power? The Ideas of Diogenes
In his History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell, scholarly and grandiosely narrated the famous story of Alexander the Great's encounter with Diogenes. Alexander was no doubt a powerful figure i...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 08:37hrs | 338 | by Nadir A. Nasidi
Journalists suffer as Mnangagwa regime tightens grip
Fanuel Mapfumo has been unable to lift heavy objects since a Zimbabwe police officer fractured his left arm as he was covering a story last August.The 28-year-old journalist was filming a bann...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 3196 | by AFP
Teen girl inspired by mother into philanthropy
AFTER hearing harrowing stories of a fragmented upbringing of her mother, dotted with untold suffering and endurance, a Bulawayo teenager has been motivated to venture into philanthropic work in a bid...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1705 | by Staff Reporter
Govt employs 5 000 teachers
THE Civil Service Commission has given the nod to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to employ 5 000 teachers to ease pressure in the country's schools while further proposing that teache...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 2316 | by Staff Reporter
Cont Mhlanga gives Amakhosi reins to former students
AS Amakhosi Cultural Centre moves to its next phase of renovations, arts doyen Cont Mhlanga will get a chance to sit back and see two of his protégés, Pedzisai Sithole and Owen Maseko, put the final...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1803 | by Staff Reporter
'No unity to celebrate'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said there was no unity in the country because President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to unite the people and accused it of persecuting those wit...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:48hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed security state agents raid Paul Siwela's home again
MLO President Cde Paul Siwela's home was this morning stormed by Zimbabwe security agents again. 8 man dressed in navy blue work-suits, armed with AK47ns and driving a white Toyota Sienna with...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 13:21hrs | 10585 | by Israel Dube
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecom rolls out free Wi-Fi
Liquid Telecom has successfully rolled out free Wi-Fi across 48 higher and tertiary learning institutions in Zimbabwe as part of its long-term initiatives to equip citizens across Africa with Digital ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:06hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Dr Mazibisa dies
VETERAN educationist and religious leader, Dr Robson Mazibisa Dube has died following a short illness.He was 75.Mazibisa was laid to rest at Solusi Cemetery, within the church's Solusi...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:46hrs | 4879 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa East MP torches storm
MBERENGWA East legislator Marko Raidza (Zanu-PF) reportedly teamed up with party activists and disrupted a prize-giving ceremony at a local primary school on December 4, where businessman Comings Hove...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
The culture of reading is dying a little each day
The standard of both spoken and written English in most rural high schools is very disappointing if not atrocious. Remember its the business language in Zimbabwe. Its not that English teachers are not...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:20hrs | 223 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
'MRP not a tribal outfit'
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has insisted that it is not a tribal outfit following accusations that the Matabeleland based opposition party is not only pushing a tribal agenda but cultivating tr...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
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