Nothing to do … School children playing football at a school in Harare during a strike by teachers on February 8, 2019 (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo) BULAWAYO – The government threatened “appropriate measures” on Monday after one of the most successful work boycotts by teachers over poor pay. Seeking to downplay the …
Read More »Teachers’ Strike Cripples Education System On First Day Of New Term
Home bound … Pupils seen leaving Mafidhi Munangagwa Primary School in Kwekwe on Monday, February 7, after a strike by teachers shut down many schools HARARE – A pay strike by teachers disrupted learning on Monday as schools opened for the first term following Covid-19 delays. All the teachers’ unions …
Read More »JSC Commissions Virtual Court
Chief justice Luke Malaba (left) and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi (seated) The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has launched virtual courts to help clear a backlog cases caused by the failure to bring prisoners to court due to the COVID-19 outbreak, fuel shortages and other challenges. While addressing the delegates at …
Read More »Senegal Declares National Holiday To Celebrate Cup Of Nations Win
Sweet victory … Senegal players celebrate lifting the Cup of Nations in Cameroon on February 6, 2022 DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. …
Read More »Mliswa, Mukupe Causing Divisions In Zanu PF
Outspoken Norton (Independent) legislator, Temba Mliswa Zanu PF activist and businessman, Wellington Peyama has blasted outspoken Norton (Independent) legislator Temba Mliswa for his alleged deceptive tendencies and feigned loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Peyama made the averments at a presser held in Harare over the weekend citing that Mliswa is …
Read More »Name Change Also Needs Solid Measures
NOW that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) has finally discarded the MDC-Alliance garb, which was mired in controversy and contestation, he needs an urgent plan to rid his movement of potential weaknesses in future as the party heads towards the 2023 general elections, analysts have said. Citizens’ Coalition for Change …
Read More »Lockdowns Only Reduced Covid-19 Death Rate By 0.2%, Study Finds
LOCKDOWNS during the first Covid-19 wave in the spring of 2020 only reduced mortality by 0,2% in the U.S. and Europe, according to a Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of several studies. “While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic …
Read More »Mnangagwa Under Pressure To Reshuffle… As Midlands Province Bays For July Moyo’s Head
President Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reshuffle his cabinet within the fractious ruling Zanu PF ahead of upcoming 2023 harmonised elections. The anticipated reshuffle, according to well-placed sources, is being fuelled by continued internal strife within the ruling party after a restructuring exercise that left …
Read More »The Sad Story Of Zimbabweans In SA
A shoe shop owner is helped by a staff member to inspect the damage caused by looters in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Police had earlier fired rubber bullets as they struggled to stop looters who targeted businesses as unrest broke out in several spots …
Read More »Muzarabani Makes IPL Auction Shortlist
Pace Bowler Blessing Muzarabani Fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani is on course to become the fourth Zimbabwean cricketer to make the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was shortlisted for this year’s auction. The 25-year-old is the only Zimbabwe to have made the shortlist for the action that will take …
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