Teachers suffer setback in salary demands

TEACHERS TEACHERS have suffered a huge blow in their push for better salaries after the High Court dismissed their application for improved working conditions. In a joint application, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and Educators Union of Zimbabwe had sued government over poor salaries and…

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Mighty Warriors rekindle rivalry with Mozambique

Mighty Warriors ZIMBABWE senior women’s soccer team are set to rekindle their rivalry with Mozambique after the two teams were drawn in group D of the 2024 Hollywoodbets Cosafa Women’s Championship scheduled for South Africa later this month. The tournament is scheduled for October 22 to November 2. Lesotho is the third team in Group…

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More details emerge in Harare stands scandal

Harare City Council MORE details continue to emerge on the Harare City Council housing stands scandal as the Registrar of Deeds office cannot find title deeds to the allocated stands. The council in May this year appointed a seven-member sub-committee to investigate circumstances leading to the occupation of stands 154 to 166 in Amby Township,…

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Theatre group speaks out against GBV

HILLARY Tafadzwa Gregory Indi HILLARY Tafadzwa Gregory Indi, leader of Elysium Magna Dance Theatre group, says their yet-to-be televised production, Shinga Ndozvinoita Imba, intends to provoke conversation against gender-based violence (GBV). Indi said GBV has left the victims with scars and some die in silence as they endure abuse due to societal misconceptions that tolerate…

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Namibia shut out fans.

Warriors THE Warriors’ Africa Cup of Nations Group J qualifying match against Namibia on Thursday will be played in an empty Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the behest of the Brave Warriors who are the home team. The two teams will face off in the return leg at the same venue on Monday…

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Ideas Festival speaker Terrence Taylor takes helm at AAAI

TERRENCE Okeke Taylor TERRENCE Okeke Taylor, a keynote speaker at the #IdeasFestival2024, has been appointed executive chairman and investor of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Ideas Festival, founded by Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube, is an immersive platform for exchanging innovative entrepreneurial ideas to shape the economy. This year’s…

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Lumiere Fashion House attracts minister

INTERNATIONAL clothing  label Lumiere Fashion House INTERNATIONAL clothing  label Lumiere Fashion House in Bulawayo has added yet another famous client to their growing list. The studio that was founded and is owned by diaspora-based designer Sikhanyisiwe Moyo creates and sells clothes in local and international markets. Staffers at the studio this past weekend had a…

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‘Fight’ over draft Zifa constitution.

Zifa THE Zifa Congress will converge in Harare for a watershed annual general meeting (AGM) in 10 days’ time to put in motion the process of resetting local football following years of turmoil that ultimately forced Fifa to install a normalisation committee two years ago. Zifa normalisation committee last week sent out a notice for…

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Municipal officers acquitted

HARARE provincial magistrate HARARE provincial magistrate Hararel Mutendereki yesterday acquitted four local municipal officers facing 18 counts of stealing various items which were confiscated from vendors. The suspects Langton Kanyama (43), Daniel Shokora (56), Edward Muchenje (41) and Peter Muwunde(41) were being represented by Tinashe Mbala from Nyawo Ruzive Legal Practitioners. The accused persons were…

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Byo-based writer launches debut book

Tatenda Kombora BULAWAYO-BASED author Tatenda Unika Kombora (24) has penned a book titled, I Loved a Dictator, which sheds light on the dark underbelly of Zimbabwe’s political system, laying bare the devastating consequences of poverty, governance failures and systemic injustices. Written last year and currently being publicised, the book looks at the political system in…

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