Ex-teachers wooed back to school
Times Live January 22, 2011 By Vladimir Mzaca Henry Bala, a Bachelor of Arts graduate from a United Kingdom university, is back in the job market. Bala, having served as an educationist for more than 20 years, retired from civil service in the mid 1990s. “When I retired things were not bad economically. I was
Dabengwa says Nabanyama murder still worries him
SW Radio Africa 20 January 2011 The president of the revived Zimbabwe African People’s Party (ZAPU) Dumiso Dabengwa (Pictured) has said the kidnapping and later disappearance of MDC polling agent Patrick Nabanyama in June 2000 still worries him to this day. In a wide ranging interview on SW Radio Africa’s Question Time, Dabengwa said ‘much
Schools of Excellence snag
Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 19 January 2011 HARARE – The launch of Academies of Excellence might take longer than expected due to alleged financial constraints. In November last year, the government identified 20 schools that were to be turned into Academies of Excellence starting from January this year. Each province had two schools chosen for
Party calls for teachers with language fluency
Newsday 18 January 2011 By Khanyile Mlotshwa The federalist-oriented Matabeleland-based opposition party, Patriotic Union of Matabeleland (Puma), has challenged the Ministry of Education to re-look at its teacher deployment policy to avoid a situation where teachers who could not speak local languages were deployed to teach infants in the region. In an interview on Monday,
Zimbabwe Youth Ministry Seeks National Service Training From Pre-School On
VOA By Gibbs Dube 17 January 2011 Sources familiar with a ministry concept paper said the program was to be implemented in all schools next month and would be supervised by officials of the Youth Ministry and trained youth based at the ward level Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenization and Empowerment has circulated a
A new breed of techno-savvy politicians
Standard 16 January 2011 By Nqaba Matshazi WHEN Barack Obama waltzed his way to the American presidency a little more than two years ago, it was regarded as a victory for internet social networks, where he had been quite prominent. Minus the oratory, Obama made extensive use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter
Mudenge says Biti’s allocation inadequate
Zimbabwean Written by Students Solidarity Trust Friday, 14 January 2011 A tussle pitting the Minister of higher education DR Stan Mudenge (Pictured) and Minister of finance Tendai Biti has ensued over the latter’s decision to reintroduce the grants and loans scheme. Announcing the 2011 budget on November 25, Minister Biti said that government in conjunction
Ncube proves his political acumen
Zimbabwe Independent 14 January 2011 Paidamoyo Muzulu LOVE him or hate him, Welshman Ncube is an astute and shrewd boardroom planner whose ascendancy to the throne of his MDC faction uncontested at the party’s third  congress last week proves that and more. His machinations in overcoming a potential split in the party on the eve
Mutambara: Victim of political scheming?
Financial Gazette Njabulo Ncube, Assistant Editor 13 January 2011 ENTER Mutambara . . . exit Mutambara. That is the astounding tale of a typically short political history that Arthur Mutambara had as leader of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) otherwise known as the MDC-M. His entrance was as dramatic as
Civil service freeze to continue
Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu Wednesday, 12 January 2011 BULAWAYO – The government freeze on recruitment of civil servants in various ministries will persist this year. This comes amid reports that the freeze was denting the education delivery system through the hiring of cheap labour in the form of temporary teachers, expected to begin this week.