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Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 8 hrs ago | 299 | by Nomazulu Thata
Govt must urgently close schools, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for the primary and secondary Education ministry to close schools to protect learners and educators from rising COVID-19 infections....Published: 23 hrs ago | 771 | by Staff reporter
Worry over high pupil pregnancy during lockdown
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday said Bulawayo has a relatively high number of pupils who fell pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown and if nothing is...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Border officials must strictly enforce thorough screening of travellers for Covid-19
ZIMBABWE has today opened its land borders to private passenger vehicles and pedestrians. The borders were closed in March as part of the lockdown restriction measures meant to curb the spread of Covi...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Ministry orders Girls College students to go for COVID-19 tests
THE HEALTH ministry has ordered 21 students from Girls College in Bulawayo, who attended a dinner party last week, to undergo COVID-19 tests.The school was closed last week after a COVID-19 ca...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
$123m for pregnant school girls
TREASURY has set aside $123 million for the provision of psycho-social support for pupils who fall pregnant, in a move that reaffirms Government's position on the observance of their non-exclusion fro...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
600 000 to sit for exams amid Covid-19
THE Government has assured the nation that this year's public examinations will proceed this week with more than 600 000 candidates expected to sit for the exams despite the spiking Covid-19 cases in ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa bid to build school, hospital hits brick wall
Gutu Rural District Council led by its chairman, Nicholas Zambara has flatly refused Nelson Chamisa the MDC A president the chance to build a boarding school and a hospital in his home area in Ward 23...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 17:42hrs | 6578 | by Staff reporter
Popular prophet engaged to solve Mtshabezi Bridge mystery
ONE of the most talked about mysteries in Gwanda Town is of a mysterious creature which reportedly lies hidden in Mtshabezi River near Mtshabezi Bridge that is said to have claimed the lives of a numb...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Biti's sensational take on state of the Zimbabwe economy
MDC-ALLIANCE vice president Tendai Biti painted a bleak picture of the state of the economy this week in what he called the "State of the Economy Address". Many in Zimbabwe and abroad would find his t...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Parliament calls for suspension of exams
Rising Covid 19 cases in schools across the country has resulted in parliament recommending that it defers end of year examinations. Since last week Zimbabwe has been reporting a high number o...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:48hrs | 3449 | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe orders nightclubs shut as coronavirus cases spike again
The government vowed a new crackdown on bars and nightclubs on Tuesday to halt a spike in Covid-19 cases.Covid-19 regulations allow off-licence liquor outlets to open up to 6PM and restaurants...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Government reviews boarding hostels capacities
Government is reviewing the maximum carrying capacity of all boarding school hostels after 184 pupils at John Tallach School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North, tested positive of the COVID-19 while ...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
We are not enemies of the State, says Majongwe
DIVISIONS rocked teachers unions recently over salary negotiations with government following a workers' strike which lasted for about two months. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
More schools, colleges hit by Covid-19
COVID-19 is ripping through educational institutions in the country with latest statistics showing that more than 150 learners and teachers at schools and colleges have tested positive.Sunday ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ups stakes in Covid-19 fight
GOVERNMENT will today roll out a nationwide community-based Covid-19 testing study, expected to pinpoint coronavirus hotspots, in order to inform the deployment of tailor-made response strategies for ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools
PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News repo...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach Sch death rumours untrue
GOVERNMENT has dispelled rumours that one student from John Tallach, a mission school in Matabeleland North, 40km outside Bulawayo, had died of COVID-19.Matabeleland North acting provincial me...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1283 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 cases at Matabeleland North school rise to 122
The number of students and teachers at John Tallach Secondary School who are infected with Covid-19 has risen to 122, officials said.Testing is still ongoing and the figure could rise, primary...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Community builds own school
IN Marula Village, Mangwe District, many children can only go as far as attaining primary education because there are no nearby high schools in the area.The scenario has forced most children t...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand schools closure
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday accused government of rashly reopening schools when it was ill-prepared to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions of learning after a number of students tested positiv...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 menace grips Matabeleland
Covid-19 is making a comeback in Matabeleland region, a disturbing development given that the country had in the past few months witnessed a decline in new cases prompting Government to relax lockdown...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants
The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | 3791 | by Zanda Shumba
John Tallach School closes as 100 students test positive to Covid-19
John Tallach Secondary School in Matabeleland North has been closed after 100 pupils and an undisclosed number of teachers tested positive to Covid-19, with the school now a quarantine centre with all...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:18hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach school Covid-19 cases reach 100
THE number of pupils who have so far tested Covid-19 positive at John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province has risen to 100.Acting Matabeleland North Provincia...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 3053 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo slides back into lockdown
BULAWAYO will go back to either complete lockdown or suburb specific lockdown as officials try to quickly combat the continued increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the city, Sunday News reporte...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:16hrs | 6956 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets exam timetables
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has released timetables for the 2020 November candidates with Ordinary and Advanced level exams set to commence on December 1, while Grade Seven test...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Teachers decline 'mockery' govt pay offer
TEACHERS have rejected the government's 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.Government on Tuesday...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from private school over fees
Parents whose children are enrolled at the Welton Group of Schools in Beitbridge have withdrawn them from the private learning institution after they disagreed on a new fee structure. The disg...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers study latest pay increase offer
The government attempted to break a crippling teachers' strike on Tuesday with a 40 percent wage increase, coupled with a 10 percent risk allowance.Most of Zimbabwe's 130,000 teachers have bee...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 14:07hrs | 4929 | by Staff reporter
Clergy tells teachers, govt to find common ground
THE clergy has implored government to find common ground with teachers to arrest the crisis in the education sector as schools continued to turn students back because the educators, who declared incap...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:55hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Mystery as 3 children die near cemetery
THREE children from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb died while in the back of a single cab Nissan SE pickup truck that was stuck in the mud near Luveve Cemetery as their parents battled to free the vehicl...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Majongwe blasts Mnangagwa
FIREBRAND trade unionist, Raymond Majongwe has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop posturing on television and begin to address the plight of Zimbabwean teachers in earnest.The country's...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 8480 | by Staff reporter
Teachers absent as schools re-open
TEACHERS have been urged to report for duty as schools opened under Phase Three which has paved the way for lessons for everyone in primary and secondary school to resume being conducted in the classr...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:23hrs | 7594 | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19 scare at primary school
A GRADE 7 pupil at Mahlathini Primary School in Cowdray Park in Bulawayo tested positive for COVID-19 last week after he got into contact with one of his relatives who succumbed to the virus in the sa...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 11:52hrs | 3394 | by Staff Reporter
5 300 new teachers start work
THE 5 300 teachers recently engaged to beef up staff at schools following Government's decision to reduce classes to maximum of 30 pupils to allow for social distancing start work today. The l...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
School suspends classes after two pupils test positive to Covid-19
Government has suspended classes at Rujeko Primary School after two pupils tested positive for Covid-19, a government official said yesterday.The Grade Seven pupils at Rujeko primary are among...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to dock teachers' salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's underfire government has ordered provincial education directors to name teachers who failed to report for duty since the reopening of schools in September, as it moves t...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 3905 | by Staff reporter
All systems go for schools ahead of reopening
When the last classes go back to school next week they will find that adequate measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines have been put in place to ensure safety of pupils. ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Chaos looms at schools, says Minister
THE reopening of schools for the last batch of pupils next week might be chaotic, with Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo yesterday admitting that they don't have enough teache...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
'Postponing exams will cripple higher education'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education secretary Tumisang Thabela has said postponing public examinations because of COVID-19 disruptions would cripple next year's intake at higher and tertiary institutions....Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Improved salary offer tabled for teachers
There is no possibility that teachers can be paid the US$520 they are demanding, since doing so would reverse the economic gains seen so far, but the Government could afford a minimum teacher's salary...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw children from school
PARENTS have withdrawn their children from a private school in Victoria Falls saying they cannot afford the fees. Amazing Kids Primary School is run by Mr Ozias Marange of Makomwe Transport an...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Caught between a hard surface and a rock
This year has been very unfortunate for scholars, it's a year they will never want to remember. Caught between a hard surface and a rock, the students can not answer why it's happening to them. Corona...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 226 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
O'level exams to spill into next year
PUBLIC examinations for Ordinary Level candidates will spill into January next year, while results for Grade Seven candidates will be released before year-end to allow parents adequate time to secure ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:23hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Teacher falls into mine shaft, dies while panning for gold
A Mathematics teacher from Zvishavane, who had absconded work to go and conduct illegal mining, died after he fell headlong into a 15-metre deep mine shaft while lowering his colleague with a rope....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:55hrs | 655 | by Staff Reporter
Minister grilled over recruitment of new teachers
Members of Parliament on Wednesday grilled Primary and Secondary education deputy minister Edgar Moyo over government's plans to recruit 10 000 new teachers before resolving the salary stalemate with ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1764 | by Staff reporter
Massive teacher recruitment underway
GOVERNMENT has recruited 5 300 teachers in a drive that will result in about 20 000 unemployed but qualified teachers being hired as part of measures to ensure social distancing in schools. Pr...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
2021 exams pupils back in class
Next year's examination classes returned to school yesterday under careful supervision and strict adherence to regulations aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19. Reports from across the ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
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