HARARE – Zimbabwe’s deaf community has called for a sign language curriculum. While the Primary and Secondary Education ministry in its new curriculum has made the syllabi for Shona, Ndebele, Tonga, Tshivenda, Kalanga, Nambya, Sesotho and Shangani to mention a few, the new programme of study is conspicuously silent on the indigenous language of the…
HARARE – Cleric Phillip Mugadza, who spent more than a month behind bars after being arrested for allegedly prophesying that president Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 this year, was yesterday freed on $50 bail. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba ruled that there were no compelling reason warranting Mugadza’s continued incarceration. The cleric was…
HARARE – Core Mining and Minerals (Private) Limited director Lovemore Kurotwi has petitioned President Robert Mugabe in a bid to recover his seized mining equipment. The equipment — which is worth millions of dollars — was taken by the government after a botched mining venture, which culminated in Kurotwi being accused of prejudicing the government…
HARARE – War veterans, churches and rights groups wound up a crucial election meeting last week with a promise to restore peace and dignity to Zimbabwe, scarred by violent previous polls. Drawing wide support for a pledge to impose peace after previous elections plunged Zimbabwe into election-related chaos, war veterans with a reputation for toughness,…
MUTARE – A top Mutare City Council official has come under fire after admitting the local authority was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue due to poor record keeping. Presenting oral evidence before a Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Pac) here, acting town clerk Donald Nyatoti conceded that the cash-squeezed council was losing desperately…
HARARE – Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has ordered acting town clerk Josephine Ncube to terminate the contract of all debt collectors who have been pursuing hard-pressed long-suffering residents. This comes after the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC directed Harare councillors on February 28 to cancel the contract of debt collectors. The debt collectors have been threatening and…
HARARE – The countrywide tour by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, pictured, has reignited victimisation of opposition activists in rural areas, a political pressure group has said. Tsvangirai recently wrapped up a 29-day countrywide tour under which he met ordinary citizens. In the aftermath of the engagements, the Zimbabwe Yadzoka/Mayibuye iZimbabwe group says there have been…
HARARE – The Women’s University in Africa (WUA) has been granted approval to offer Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes. Unveiling its new headquarters and campus in Manresa, Harare, yesterday, the university’s vice chancellor, Hope Sadza, said “the new home will accommodate 3 000 students”. WUA had been operating from rented premises since 2002. [GoogleAd] “The…
HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru has opened up on her wealth, dismissing claims that she is superrich, with interests in the diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields, as a joke. Speaking on BBC’s Hardtalk, the ex-top Zanu PF official — turned President Robert Mugabe’s fierce rival — said she only owns a house and a farm….
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the public spats between former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her erstwhile Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) colleagues, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo, will not scuttle the country’s mooted grand coalition. Addressing the media on Thursday after the MDC national executive met in Harare, Tsvangirai also asserted that it…
