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Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:18
HARARE - Zimbabweans in the diaspora like émigrés from other countries look forward to the annual trek home during the festive season from wherever they are based. One would like to think that the journey home is easiest for our...Read More
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Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:08
HARARE - A school head has been arraigned before the courts on charges of criminal abuse of office after she allegedly collected money from a parent in exchange for a Grade One place. Stella Dlakama, 61, was allegedly approached on December...Read More
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Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:05
HARARE - Some schools have been barring students who have not yet paid fees from attending classes, in direct defiance of a government order. Yesterday, the Daily News was inundated with reports that school pupils had been barred from entering premises...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:21
HARARE - Parents and pupils filled the streets yesterday as they frantically made their way to their various pick-up points en-route to boarding schools. Others were struggling to get places for their children and were forced to secure places at rundown...Read More
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Sunday, 06 January 2013 12:58
HARARE - “Sisi tine mablazer, matie nemashirts evana vechikoro, mirai pano ndinotora anopfeka size ani? Yedza tione mwananangu, hauwone.” This is the common banter one hears when going around downtown Harare as parents and guardians jostle the streets of the capital...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 09:35
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) will early next month host two choral competitions to celebrate the United Nations (UN) International Human Rights Day. The day is commemorated on December 10 every year. According to a statement released by...Read More
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Monday, 12 November 2012 13:17
BULAWAYO - Parents in Zimbabwe are spending too much time drinking beer and talking on cellphones instead of paying fees for their children. Education minister David Coltart said it is up to parents to spend less time talking over the cellphones...Read More
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 14:09
HARARE - The old truism prophets are never recognised in their own country rings true when one considers the number of world-renowned artists, particularly sculptors who have been borne out of this soil we call Zimbabwe. Needless to say true...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Friday, 02 November 2012 09:38
HARARE - Education minister David Coltart seems to have joined the defensive bandwagon at a time the house is burning. He told the Daily News there is no chaos in our education sector. This is at a time when public...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:25
HARARE - As the chaos in Zimbabwe’s world-acclaimed education system continues, Education minister David Coltart took time to comment on the Daily News story about the disruptions of examinations at St Peter’s Kubatana High School. We publish here in full his...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:23
HARARE - St Paul's Musami High, an iconic Roman Catholic school is in turmoil over alleged theft of funds. Irate parents are now threatening to withdraw their children by this weekend if a ragging war between the parents and a deputy...Read More
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:37
HARARE - Doreen Sibanda, executive director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe said applications are now welcome for the gallery’s school of visual arts and design for 2013. Submission entries closes on November 30. Sibanda said the school previously called...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:53
HARARE - There was pandemonium at St Peters Kubatana High School in Harare yesterday following a decision by authorities to bar pupils who had not paid their fees in full from writing Ordinary level final exams. Invigilators who spoke to the...Read More
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012 13:14
NKAYI - His peers were making a beeline to Jengwe Primary School for their grade 7 final examinations last week, probably their first “real” hurdle in their academic journey. However, Bigboy is heading the opposite direction. Gold has become his life,...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Friday, 12 October 2012 09:57
HARARE - The United States Embassy in Harare yesterday joined hands with a Mufakose private voluntary organisation Blossoms Children’s Community to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. Held at Glen View 1 High School under the theme “Educate a...Read More
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