A large majority of Headmasters who are technophobic are hindering the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education sector revealed teachers.Speaking at the recent Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (Zimta) annual conference in Victoria Falls, teachers complained that school heads continued to force them to scheme using long hand, when they could do so on their computers.Ab

Government has put in place gazetted quality service regulations amid revelations that Zimbabwean mobile operators were shortchanging clients in their service delivery.Minister of Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services Supa Mandiwanzira said recently that his ministry was receiving a lot of complaints from subscribers over poor service delivery.Journalists in Bulawayo

Major foreign donors have suspended their contributions to Mozambique’s government budget in the wake of revelations that the previous government incurred massive debts without disclosing them. The International Monetary Fund had already announced that it won’t release any more funds to Mozambique from the agreed standby credit.Revelations that the government of Armando Guebuza secretly t

The African Union has made an announcement that it has started issuing African passports which will be continent based. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amina Mohamed told a briefing in Nairobi that African Ministers of Foreign Affairs have began filling in the forms for the Africa passport, which will be issued at the AU summit in Ju

Government has fired some warning shots to corrupt public sector officials after an announcement of a new law on the cards called the Public Sector Coporate Governance Act that will see corruption and other related maladministration in the public sector being punishable at law.The new law, which is likely to be effected next month, would largely incorporate recommendations made in the National Cod

Government has yet again made a move on the country's mineral resources after the recent discovery of mas deposits of gold and platinum reserves in the Kariba area. Preliminary geological surveys have shown deposits of gold and platinum in the Gache Gache area in Kariba district.Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa confirmed the latest addition to the country’s growing minerals

Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said former NMB chief executive James Mushore should not go above the proccedural appointment proccess but must be vetted in line with the Urban Councils Act, Local Government.In an interview after a tour of Caledonia last Friday, Minister Kasukuwere commended the city fathers for sending Mushore on leave while the courts are dealin

The National Aids Council has made a research indicating that although the national HIV and Aids prevalence has been declining in the past two years, prevalence is four times high in other community groups like commercial sex workers. NAC monitoring and evaluation director Mr Amon Mpofu told parliamentarians on a countrywide tour and capacity building programme on HIV and Aids interventions t

A Self proclaimed satanist who lured 11 women from Norton on the guise of securing employment for them before robbing and raping them has been sentenced to a 76 year jail term.Trymore Musakanya ,27,jailed last Friday,  was facing 22 counts of rape and robbery was convicted of 17 counts after a full trial. On the other five counts, the complainants did not show up, therefore the charges w

Three suspected robbers appeared in court last Thursday charged with robbing a man of cash and valuables worth $362. Trymore Dzingai (26), Talent Maphosa (25) and Edmore Rukwesa (19) appeared before the courts facing charges of armed robbery.Allegations are that on May 2 at around 3am in Overspill, Epworth, the trio robbed Tatenda Zacharia (23) and went away with $276, two mobile phones and his id

Bulawayo's new senator, Victor Mapungwana has been sworn in as a replacement for Matson Hlalo. MDC-T's Mapungwana was sworn in on Wednesday last week.The Acting Senate President Charles Tavengwa said Mapungwana’s appointment follows an announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), of the changes in the MDC-T.“In terms of Section 39 (7) (a) of the Electoral Act, [Chapter 2:13], The Z

National Railways of Zimbabwe workers are set to receive part of their outstanding salaries after the government released $3 million to carter for their dues and end the month long strike. The workers have unpaid salaries dating back 15 months.Responding to a question in Parliament last week, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joram Gumbo said they had paid about $3 mil

A Bulawayo woman attempted to stop a weeding of her former boyfriend with his newly found lover by saying her ex-lover could be HIV positive.Sanele Mabhena made an application to object to the wedding between Trust Boka and Nobukhosi Moyo.Mabhena said that although she was neither customarily nor legally married to Boka the two had been staying together as husband and wife and had two children tog

An application for land made by the Ministry of Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators and Ex-Political Detainees to construct a memorial hospital in Pumula South has been turned down by the Bulawayo City Council. Councillors resolved that the ministry be offered land elsewhere as land for such facilities had been offered to other groups who are yet to start construction.This was des

A man fro Redcliff fell to his death after being thrown by a rival suitor from the fourth floor of Musasa Court after a fight over a bar lady. The incident occurred on Friday when Fortune Gotora (26) was found dead on the tarmac outside Musasa Court in Redcliff hours after he had a heated argument with a friend at Farris 24/7 night club.Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethe