Category Archives: Press reports

Herald By Robson Sharuko in Bulawayo 28 May 2010 TO the casual observer the Micromax Trophy Tri-Series, which gets underway here at Queens this morning with Zimbabwe hosting India, is just another low-key cricket contest featuring a host nation trying to find a way back into the elite on the globe and two visiting opponents […]

Zimbabwe Telegraph By Tapiwa Makore May 26, 2010 HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Students Union today joined the Zimbabwe High Schools Students Union (ZIHISSU)in protesting against the astronomically high fees being levied both in high schools and tertiary institutions. Addressing scores of students at the Ministry of Education Sports Arts and Culture head offices at […]

New Zimbabwe.com By Dinizulu Macaphulana 25th May 2010 THE line can be very thin between an astute political observer and a conspiracy theorist. It can even be thinner in a slippery and tricky scenario like the Zimbabwean political situation where prospects of democracy are as much in danger from the ruling tyrannical regime as they […]

Herald 25 May 2010 Harare — President Mugabe will today light a symbolic flame to commemorate the African Year of Peace and Sport as part of Africa Day celebrations. In a statement yesterday, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Micheck Sibanda invited Ministers, senior Government officials, Members of Parliament, commissioners of all […]

Zimbabwean Written by The Student Solidarity Trust Friday, 21 May 2010 In just under a month from now, Zimbabwean students who are in the ordinary and advanced level classes will begin examination season as they sit for the June exams. Memories are still fresh of the traumatic experiences of students who had to sit for […]

Herald 21 May 2010 By Herald Reporter There will be no reprieve for November 2010 public examinations candidates who fail to beat their schools’ registration deadlines, a Cabinet Minister has said. In an interview yesterday, Education, Sports, Art and Culture Minister David Coltart said schools had the right to set their own deadlines for administrative […]

IRIN 20 May 2010 BULAWAYO – Siphiso Nyoni, 15, races home when the final bell rings at Luveve High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city because she shares an accounts textbook with five other classmates and needs to get her homework done as soon as possible. “You are sometimes forced to rush through the assignment […]

Herald By Felex Share 20 May 2010 Harare — Some schools have unilaterally increased fees for Ordinary and Advanced Levels public examinations. Parents with children attending mainly former Group A schools described the move as a form of fundraising by the school authorities. The Government had set US$10 as the fee for a single O-Level subject and […]

BBC Sport 19 May 2010 North Korea will not be preparing for the World Cup finals with a visit to Zimbabwe, ending fears over a potentially controversial trip. The Zimbabwe government had suggested the Asian side would stop in the country on their way to South Africa. That sparked protests in Matabeleland, where rights groups […]

Herald 17 May 2010 Herald Reporters Vice President Joice Mujuru has called on communities to ensure children with disabilities get an education to enable them to realise their full potential. Launching the Inclusive Education for All campaign in Harare yesterday, VP Mujuru said disabled children should be accommodated in schools with their able-bodied counterparts. “Thus […]