UNDER-PERFORMING SCHOOLS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

Talent Gore THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is conducting a nationwide Joint Monitoring Exercise to examine the challenges faced by schools in enforcing protocols and measures to improve…

COMMENT: Bulawayo: A thirsty city in need of leadership

Bulawayo’s water crisis demands urgent attention. Immediate solutions are crucial to ensure clean and safe water for the city’s resilient residents. The city’s water supply has been dwindling for years,…

Mystery of Saintfloew’s award drought

Mbulelo Mpofu, [email protected] SAINTFLOEW (real name Tawanda Mambo) is a rapper who has been nominated for several awards, but has never won any. His quest for recognition has been frustrated by…

WATCH: Indian band releases Shona song after visiting Zimbabwe

Mbulelo Mpofu, [email protected]  WHAT do you get when you mix Konkani, a native language of Goa, India, and ChiShona, spoken in Zimbabwe? You get “Makanaka”, a song that celebrates the beauty…

Tanganda adds herbal brands to its line

Enacy Mapakame Tanganda Tea Company Limited’s says its beverages division is focused on creating and developing brands mainly from herbal infusions, collaborating with local communities for their economic emancipation. This…

Taylor eyes African gong and Olympics

Innocent Kurira, [email protected] RENOWNED BMX rider, Hana “Poppy” Taylor is confident of scooping the top honours in the next continental championship which is pencilled for Bulawayo in April.  Taylor has already…

Government works to improve pass rates in schools

Sikhumbuzo Moyo, [email protected] GOVERNMENT will continue allocating more resources to schools to acquire textbooks, teaching materials, latest technology and build science laboratories as part of a raft of measures aimed at…

Tourism ministry launches new domestic tourism campaign

Michelle Moyo, [email protected] THE Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry is working on rolling out an elaborate plan to boost domestic tourism by having locals sample the various tourism products dotted…

ANCELOTTI UNDERSTANDS MODRIC’S FRUSTRATION

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he would understand if midfielder Luka Modric felt upset after sitting on the bench for much of the season, adding that the veteran midfielder’s…

Vendors in Bulawayo have fallen prey to unscrupulous individuals

Peter Matika, [email protected]  SOME desperate vendors in Bulawayo have fallen prey to unscrupulous individuals, masquerading as representatives of informal traders’ associations and swindling them of money under the pretext of facilitating…

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