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Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | 773 | by Zipporah Musau
Julius Malema is of Jewish ancestry!
THIS week's piece was supposed to scrutinise the symbiotic relationship between the Ndebele and Tonga tribes, which is believed to be backdated to more than 100 years ago.According to tradition, t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 1476 | by Burzil Dube
Teachers' unions should be realistic, says Govt
Teachers' unions need to be realistic in their engagements with the Government over salaries, taking into consideration the present economic challenges, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minis...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:17hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 268 | by Franck Kuwonu
Govt bans mining at Matobo Hills
GOVERNMENT has succumbed to pressure and cancelled a gold prospecting licence issued to Mazinahue Syndicate at the Matobo Hills World Heritage site following protests by villagers and local pressure g...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Genocide happens when democracy is absent
Tali Nates founded the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) in 2008 to foster an understanding of the history of genocide, which happened between 1939 an...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 389 | by Kingsley Ighobor
BCC rolls out e-learning facilities at schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rolling out e-learning facilities at its schools as learning institutions remain closed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.E-learning is seen as the o...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Why internationals visit Zimbabwe in peak tourist seasons
Zimbabwe reported 1.8 million international visits in 2018. This number was a 4 percent increase from 2017. Why are internationals interested in Zimbabwe, a country located in Southern Africa? The cou...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 378 | by Staff Writer
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 | 4318 | by Daniel Itai
Teachers against schools opening
TEACHER unions have threatened to sue the government if it decides to impose e-learning.The educators have also vowed not to report for duty at their stations arguing that schools are not read...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:45hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe cursed?
Zimbabweans are so friendly and peace loving people, Zimbabweans are known for being some of the friendliest and most welcoming hosts in the world – there is no better place to experience this than ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:31hrs | 3552 | by Knowledge Hakata
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2436 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2963 | by Victor Bhoroma
Shifting Attitudes on Higher Education: A Radical Approach to Bridging the Critical Skills Gap
Young people are Africa's most valuable and the single most important key to unlocking sustainable economic growth. The United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG 4) commits countries to ensure ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:05hrs | 608 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Zimbabwe@40: Still standing . . . going strong
APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe's Independence Day.We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 113 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Top journalist arrested...accused of 'kumbeyambeya'
Reports coming from Masvingo indicate that Former Zimbabwe Union of Journalists President Matthew Takaona is currently being detained by the police after being arrested at a roadblock in Mucheke subur...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 13:09hrs | 2106 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How COVID-19 is changing the lives of Tanzanians
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept through Asia, Europe and North America early this year, medical experts warned that it was just a matter of time before other continents, including Africa, would st...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 09:07hrs | 983 | by Stella Vuzo
Looted Great Zimbabwe national bird statues returned
They figure on Zimbabwe's national flag, banknotes and official documents - birds representing stone statues taken by colonialists more than a century ago.The eight original sculptures hold gr...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1129 | by AFP
Scornful Professor appointed Chief Disinformation Offticer (CDO)
One of the leading writers and critic of misinformation and disinformation, David Letvin, says the term "fake news" sounds too playful and he further says it's like a schoolchild faking illness. He ar...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 2150 | by Nick Mangwana
Women Farming Syndicate to hold 7th edition
Women Farming Syndicate is on an advance stage of preparing for its 7th edition of the women's show case market at the Botanical Gardens in Harare.National Coordinator of the Women's Far...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 329 | by Steve Grays
'Rate of teenage pregnancies disturbing'
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) regional director Julitta Onabanjo is unhappy with the rate at which the number of teenage pregnancies continue to rise in Zimbabwe.Onabanjo's commen...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tech entrepreneur's design is turning trees into educational Wi-fi hubs
You've seen the meme: "If only trees supplied wi-fi – we'd all be planting like crazy. Pity they only give us the oxygen we breathe."Well, Zimbabwean AI expert William Sachiti this week publ...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:06hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur invents open-sourced technology to improve access to education in Africa
Zimbabwean AI expert William Sachiti, CEO of UK-based start-up Academy of Robotics (www.AcademyofRobotics.co.uk) has today published an open-source technology known as 'Trees of Knowledge' to improve ...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1525 | by APO
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1987 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 474 | by Staff Reporter
Impact of shona teacher deployment to Matebeleland schools, 0% pass rate
At the beginning of 2019, the government has apologised after teachers who cannot speak Ndebele were recruited to take infant classes in Bulawayo....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 08:28hrs | 4476 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda under fire
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda today expressed ignorance and a lack of concern over the legislative challenges and needs of persons with disabilities.Jacob Mudenda was speaking as one of ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 18:04hrs | 2337 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shocking primary school pupils dropout statistics recorded
ABOUT 20 400 pupils in the country dropped out of primary school in 2018, some after being married off, statistics by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) have...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
6 500 pupils dropped out of school due to pregnancies
More than 6 500 pupils dropped out of school due to pregnancies and early marriages in 2018, with UNESCO reporting that among these are 411 primary school children. In total, the country recor...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 15:01hrs | 1105 | by Staff Writer
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 3020 | by Frank Kuwonu
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 155 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe girls 'take over' UN leadership
On Friday, in commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child, girls selected from the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe through an essay competition took the helm of UN leadership replacing the role...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Activating GirlForce to dismantle insurmountable odds
She was only 14 years old, so young and full of life. She also had big dreams, just like any other young girl. And being at school was one sure way to achieve those dreams. But one day while she was i...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 422 | by Theresa F. Nyava
Dandemutande CEO declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Dandemutande chief executive Never Ncube was declared Chartered Secretary of the Year at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries annual conference dinner in Victoria Falls last week. Agribank company s...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 13:35hrs | 465 | by Agencies
World Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe
A World Heritage Site is a natural or cultural site that the world community regards as having immense universal value. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation have design...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:26hrs | 204 | by Phineas Chauke
Ncube declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Dandemutande chief executive Never Ncube was declared Chartered Secretary of the Year at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries Annual Conference Dinner in Victoria Falls today (Friday). Agribank comp...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 20:26hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Good start, bad and sad end: The story of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
It did not have to end this way. It is a story that started well but ended badly. Mugabe was poised to be greater than Mandela or Gandhi. Outside and inside Zimbabwe, Mugabe was revered and considered...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2877 | by Lovemore Gurajena Sibanda PhD
Iron-age smelting sites discovered near Victoria Falls
Historical metal smelting sites have been discovered in Jafuta near Victoria Falls with calls for further exploration of the area which is believed to be rich in cultural heritage.Recent and p...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Food relief for urban poor
Government is working on providing food aid in urban areas to ensure the estimated 2,2 million food insecure people living in towns do not go hungry, with a pilot project on indentifying the vulnerabl...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:51hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe rehabilitation begins
Rehabilitation of the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site is set to start soon in a development that is expected to see modern wall-monitoring equipment being installed together with rebuilding of coll...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Repositioning Bulawayo for the future
This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to a...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 911 | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
UZ introduces Arabic language
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe, in partnership with Harare based Islamic organisation — New Hope Foundation — is set to introduce Arabic language as the institution's fifth language after Mandarin, French...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:19hrs | 251 | by Saff reporter
First Lady's food and culture festival commendable
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's relentless efforts to preserve our Zimbabwean culture through the introduction of the Food and Culture Festival is highly commendable.The festival, which is her...Published: 27 May 2019 at 15:16hrs | 1390 | by Gift Mashoko
'We are entrenching unity,' says Mnangagwa
Peace is an integral part of local cultural norms that could be used to forge national unity, which, in turn, is necessary to springboard the country to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said y...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Chinese tourists descend on Victoria Falls
The visiting 343 tourists from Asia’s economic powerhouse, China have arrived in Africa's adventure capital, Victoria Falls and are set to tour the UNESCO World Heritage site, Mosi-O-Tunya.T...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:37hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open Culture Week
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open this year's edition of the Zimbabwe Culture Week at Glamis Arena in Harare on Saturday.National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) acting co...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
South Africa govt schools to enrol Zimbabweans with or without papers
The South African government's decision to finally allow migrant children - including undocumented ones, to enroll with government schools, is a step in the right direction, but more work remains in f...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:02hrs | 3160 | by African Global Voice
Zimparks hikes rain-forest entry fees
Zimbabwe and Wildlife Management Authority Zimparks, has aligned the Victoria Falls rainforest entry fees for locals to the prevailing inter-bank exchange rate in response to the recent monetary measu...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 21:35hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Shona teachers to be withdrawn from Bulawayo
The government has apologised after teachers who cannot speak Ndebele were recruited to take infant classes in Bulawayo.Officials are blaming a computer-based teacher deployment software and "...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 5422 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe teachers must know 3 indigenous languages'
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry has said primary school teachers must be conversant in at least three indigenous languages by the time they finish their training for them to be employable...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
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