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University students urged to drive innovation

Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Ezra Chadzamira, has called on university students to embrace innovation and transform research into viable business ventures that can drive Zimbabwe's economic development.Speaking duri…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:59hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga urges industry to partner universities

Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on Zimbabwe's industry and commerce sectors to strengthen their collaboration with universities and research institutions to drive innovation and fuel the country's re-industrialisation …

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nust embarks on high impact projects

The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has announced plans to launch three major high-impact projects as part of its strategy to achieve self-sustainability, fully utilize human resources, and create significant revenue s…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:39hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter

University of Matopo gets approved

Matabeleland South province is set to have a third higher education institution following the approval of a proposal to establish the University of Matopo. The new university, an expansion of the Brethren in Christ Church's (BICC) commitme…

Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 17:28hrs | 3227 | by Staff reporter

Senzelweyinkosi Ngwenya: From rural perseverance to academic excellence

Every morning, long before the first light broke the horizon, a determined young girl from St Paul's Mission in Lupane District embarked on a grueling 12km journey to Amandlethu Secondary School. That young girl, Senzelweyinkosi Ngwenya, h…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe students excel at African Leadership University

Recently in Kigali, Rwanda, President Paul Kagame celebrated the graduation of 431 students from 30 African countries at the African Leadership University (ALU), including sixteen students from Zimbabwe. Kagame praised the graduates as a n…

Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:38hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter

EcoCash partners 9 universities across the country

In a move set to bring payment convenience to tens of thousands of tertiary students, parents and guardians alike, EcoCash has partnered with nine local university institutions across the country as the country's leading mobile financial s…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters

WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba from extending his controversial tenure b…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Authorities unleash sweeping crackdown on forex market

IN a renewed bid to contain the runaway foreign exchange rate - now trading at double the official rate around US$1: ZW$170 - the government has launched a fierce crackdown on currency traders in a multi-pronged approach deploying law and …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Currency crisis alarms Zimbabwe business

BUSINESS has expressed alarm over the free- falling Zimbabwe dollar, warning that the foreign currency crisis could plunge the economy into a deeper crisis.The gap has been widening between the official exchange rate, which is at pegged at…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts

January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Front regime.My ordeal started on my birth…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 8 | by Geoffrey Nyarota

Proposed BCC budget for 2022: $12 000 a month for rates in Bulawayo

THE proposed 2022 budget by the City of Bulawayo will see residents in some places paying as much as $12 000 for rates only, before factoring in water charges as the local authority targets to introduce various fees increases ranging betwe…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Livestock rustler caught with 11 beasts, 2 donkeys

POLICE have recovered 16 cattle and seven donkeys after a weeklong operation against cattle rustlers in Gwanda District that have terrorised farmers and villagers over the last few months.A suspect, Prince Dube alias Vusa Mutopini, was arr…

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

When the police officer is actually a thug

CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised than Bishop Lazi and his kinsmen in this part of …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi

Zimbabwe Varsity lecturers to embark on go-slow

University lecturers have announced that they will be embarking on a go-slow after declaring incapacitation due to poor salaries which have largely been eroded by inflation and sky-rocketing prices, while school teachers will also join in …

Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe appoints varsity councils

PRESIDENT Mugabe has appointed councils for nine State universities including the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo as well as the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) board.Nust had been operating …

Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Baby dumped in MSU sewage pond

IN a suspected act of infanticide, a newborn baby was found dead, dumped in a sewage pond at Midlands State University (MSU) main campus, police have confirmed.Midlands Police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko confirmed the incident which o…

Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa

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'Mnangagwa won't serve beyond 2028': ZANU-PF insider, opposition confirm

Harare woman arrested for stabbing husband over loan shark dispute

Gweru man killed in hit-and-run near church, driver surrenders to police

Zimbabwe's teacher training colleges face sharp decline in male enrolment

Zimbabwe rubbishes remarks by US lawmaker

US lawmaker warns Mnangagwa

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Mohadi awarded Honorary Doctorate

ZRP addresses public concerns over roadblocks

Kasukuwere rubbishes Mnangagwa's 2030 bid

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Jonathan Moyo's legal gymnastics cannot stretch Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028

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Mliswa dares Charamba to a fight

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Madzibaba WeShanduko charged over Geza protests

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Chimombe, Mpofu's properties to be forfeited

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Zanu-PF expels 5 members

Use of Zimbabwe Gold surges