Category Archives: Press reports

The Herald 26th April 2014 By Felex Share Herald Reporter Government has banned payment of incentives to teachers by parents and guardians. This is likely to put Government on a collision course with teachers, whose union leaders said they were not consulted. Incentives were formalised in 2009 by then Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister […]

The Herald 16th April 2014 By Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor A “CONTROVERSIAL” multi-million dollar bailout package, attached with strings to strip the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership of all their powers and sub-contract the sport’s management portfolio to an Administrator who would be spoon-fed with monthly handouts to run the game for three years, has been […]

Daily Maverick http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ By Simon Allison 7 April 2014 After being pummeled in the last election, and riven with infighting and recrimination in the months since, Zimbabwe’s political opposition is at its lowest ebb in a decade. SIMON ALLISON asks the obvious question: if not Zanu, then who? The answer makes for disheartening reading – […]

The Herald 4th March 2014 By Tristan Holme and Liam Brickhill A PROTEST over salaries by Zimbabwe’s cricketers has again brought to the fore Zimbabwe Cricket’s financial problems, which have continued despite at least US$9 million being loaned by the ICC to the board. ESPNcricinfo can reveal that one reason for the financial mess is that […]

Sunday News 2nd March 2014 By Vusumuzi Dube and Kay Kaseke Sunday News Reporters  DESPITE the recent unveiling of a $10 million boost for the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), it has since emerged that the money falls far short of the funding required, amid revelations that secondary schoolchildren and a number of pupils living […]

www.zimeye.org By Dumisani Ndlovu 1st March 2013 The Zanu PF district leadership in Shurugwi is reportedly fanning terror in ward 21 of Shrurugwi South Constituency forcing teachers to formulate local liberation party structures. Kashambe primary, Dorset primary and secondary schools are said to be the most affected. The move has brought hyper-critics from local leaders […]

The Zimbabwean 26th February 2014 By Thomas Madhuku Sixteen-year-old Mariah Myambo had always dreamt of getting a degree, finding a good job and then marrying someone she loved. THOMAS MADHUKU hears how many young girls are being denied the future they so desperately wanted. The death of Mariah’s parents in 2011 changed everything for the young […]

Zimbabwe Independent 21st February 2014 By Wongai Zhangazha Ordinary ‘O’ Level results have always generated a lot of interest and inevitably debate over the pass rates which largely reflect the health of the sector. In the current results the top 10 schools were mostly mission ones with Monte Cassino Secondary school (100%) leading the pack, […]

The Mercury By Peta Thornycroft 20th February 2014 As he turns 90, Zimbabwe’s plundering president is still adept at feathering his family nest, writes Peta Thornycroft. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 90 on Friday is busy with two matters close to his heart: his daughter’s wedding, and the game he has played all his […]

Financial Gazette 20th February 2014 By Maggie Mzumara  CIVIL servants are finding that the ball did not find the net in their quest for salary increments. For now the promised poverty datum line (PDL)-adjusted salaries remain a mirage. In the heat of the moment, at the very height of political desperation, precariously riding on the […]