Bulawayo School Closed After Murdered Body Found On Premise Intunta Primary School in Bulawayo’s Sizinda suburb was temporarily closed following the discovery of a half-naked dead body in the schoolyard. The deceased, identified as Musawakhe Nceku Mthunzi (21), was discovered by the two Grade Five pupils at around 7 in Read more…
Legendary Author Wilbur Smith Dies Zambian-born legendary thriller writer Wilbur Smith died suddenly on Saturday afternoon at his home in Cape Town after spending the morning reading and writing with his wife Niso. He was 88. Smith sold more than 140 million copies of his books worldwide in more than Read more…
ZIMSEC Exams Threatened As Teachers Push For A Full-blown Strike The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) 2021 examinations are threatened as teachers push for a full-blown strike over poor working conditions. Teachers, currently earning the equivalent of around US$115 to US$130, are demanding at least US$520 from their employer. Speaking Read more…
High School Students Go On Rampage And Destroy School Head’s Car Mashoko Mission High School students went on rampage yesterday morning and riot police had to be called in to quell the storm. The students demonstrated and destroyed school property including the head, Trynos Mbwirire’s vehicle. They destroyed classroom windows Read more…
Teachers Not Moved By Govt’s Empty Threats Teachers say they are not moved by the government’s threats to withhold their salaries for not reporting for duty. Their sentiments are a direct result of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s Permanent Secretary, Tumisang Thabela’s memorandum dated October 14, 2021, directing Read more…
What is a Universal Indicator? Universal Indicator is a chemical used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A universal indicator is basically a pH indicator. It is a mixture of several compounds that exhibits several smooth colour changes over a wide range of pH values. pH is Read more…
Students Bribed Teachers To Do Their Continuous Assessment (CALA) Modules Many students at primary and secondary schools are alleged to paid bribes of around US$10 to US$20 to teachers to "assist" them do their "debatable" Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) modules. CALA was added to the learning curriculum this year Read more…
Zim Govt Recruiting District Schools Inspectors The Zimbabwean Government, through the Ministry Of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE), is recruiting 220 District Schools Inspectors (DSIs) across the country to enhance the monitoring and supervision of teachers in line with the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). The recruitment of the School Read more…
EMA Yet To Receive Environmental Impact Assessment From Chinese Miner Trying To Evict Villagers In Uzumba The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is yet to receive an environmental impact assessment report from Heijin Mining Company, a Chinese mining company, which is trying to evict several villagers from their ancestral land in Read more…
Zesa Workers Give 2 Weeks Notice To Strike For Salaries Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) workers have given the Public and Social Welfare Ministry two weeks notice that they will down tools if their salaries are not reviewed. On Wednesday, the workers sent a notice letter to the Public and Read more…