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Sheldon Maponga Herald Correspondent Can science and mathematics be taught in local languages? This was the question Zimbabweans were left asking themselves after Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora announced early February that subjects such as Mathematics, Science and ICT would be taught in local languages at Early Childhood Development level starting this year.
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Freedom Mupanedemo Sekuru Efinos Mbisvi (68) of Mashumbi in Dande has earned himself the tag “VaMarwizi”. His stoicism has earned him the name but authorities are worried his stance could cost him his life.
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Sharon Hofisi Legal Matters Of what seriousness and significance were the water tests by Zimlab to us all? You see how characteristic, how representative it all is. Apparently we need to be told: “Think what you are thinking”.
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Talent Gore Features Writer One’s mother tongue is an important factor which influences quality basic education. Many developing countries, Zimbabwe being one of them, are characterised by individual as well as societal multilingualism, yet they often allow a single foreign language to dominate the education sector.
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Psalm 27 vs 13-14; “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
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Faith Muthambi ON the occasion of his second inauguration President Jacob Zuma vowed that “economic transformation will take centre-stage” during his last term of office.
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Bishow Parajuli Correspondent Zimbabwe graciously hosted the 6th edition of the World Radio Day on Monday bringing together Southern Africa Development Community broadcasters at the historical Takashinga Cricket Club in Highfield, Harare.
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Revelations last week that Harare City Council is owed in excess of $600 million by rates defaulters should be a cause for concern. This kind of defaulting does not augur well for a city aspiring to become world class in the next few years. While we are aware of the economic problems facing the country because of […]
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Tichaona Zindoga in Johannesburg, S. Africa NO doubt, and quite predictably, the biggest talking point around the State of the Nation Address (SONA) by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was – would be – the chaos wrought by the opposition as the Julius Malema-led Economic Freedom Fighters embarked on a familiar script as they sought […]
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Nick Mangwana View from the Diaspora Mark Twain said that, “The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t.” It is with this realisation in mind that this columnist bought and read, From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lew Kuan Lew. This icon was […]
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Patrick Cockburn Correspondent President Trump made great play when he came into office with his return of a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office, presenting the move as a symbol of his admiration for adamantine patriotic resolve in pursuit of patriotic ends. Presumably, Trump was thinking of Churchill in 1940, not Churchill in […]
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Speech by Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe during World Radio Day celebrations in Harare, February 13, 2017.
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Tafara Shumba Correspondent Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge dropped a bombshell when he told Senate recently that he was contemplating hiking power tariffs. Dr Undenge’s proposal to hike electricity charges comes after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) rejected a similar proposal from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and
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David Mungoshi Shelling the Nuts Ronald Reagan, the film star turned president, wanted to make America supreme in space. He must have been dreaming about a kind of Star Wars or War of the Worlds. Many things seem impossible until someone tries them. As with many things that we now take for granted, it all […]
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Sifelani Tsiko Zimbabwe needs to take bold steps to accelerate the re-engineering of its healthcare sector to promote primary health care systems that improve the health status of its population. According to a renowned family medicine expert, Professor James Thompson, these systems would reduce health inequalities. Prof Thompson, a researcher and family physician at the
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