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600 UZ medical students booted out over fees protestAT least 600 medical students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) were yesterday booted out of their halls of residence and barred from entering the campus after they protested over a recent 100% fee h...NewsDayCulture & Society28 June 2017
Mugabe Succession: Minister backs war vetsHARARE - The Home Affairs ministry insists it is committed to the decision to limit roadblocks to 40 countrywide, but opposition and rights campaigners said the pronouncement was a half-hearted first....DailyNewsCulture & Society27 June 2017
Gen Chiwenga reads riot act, warns anti-Command Agriculture lobbyistsTHE nonsensical behaviour by turncoat Government officials who attack State programmes like Command Agriculture can no longer be tolerated and must stop, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Consta...HeraldCulture & Society27 June 2017
Government clarifies roadblocks reductionTHE Government yesterday said it is only standard roadblocks that will be reduced to only four per province but the numerous spot checks by police within cities and towns will remain in place, dampeni...ChronicleCulture & Society21 June 2017
Roadblocks slashed to 40 countrywideHOME Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday told Parliament that government had ordered police to reduce the number of roadblocks to 40 countrywide, which translates to four per province, followin...NewsDayCulture & Society20 June 2017
Driving lessons at primary schoolBLAKISTON Primary School in Harare has started offering driving lessons as the government’s controversial education reforms begin to take root. The government school in the capital’s Milton Park area....TheStandardCulture & Society19 June 2017
Tributes pour in for ChinxA CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabweans yesterday mourned renowned revolutionary musician and war veteran Cde Dickson Chingaira, as fellow musicians, liberation fighters, senior Government officials, friends and....HeraldCulture & Society19 June 2017
Robbers strike at hospitalFIVE robbers pounced on Murambinda Mission Hospital in Buhera last Wednesday around midnight where they handcuffed two security guards, ransacked the administration office before escaping with cash, a...OnlineCulture & Society16 June 2017
Chivayo to pay Bosso fineBUSINESSMAN and socialite Wicknell Chivayo has undertaken to pay the $4 000 Ⴜne imposed on Bulawayo giants Highlanders by the Premier Soccer League’s disciplinary committee for the abandoned match aga...ChronicleCulture & Society15 June 2017
Allow Reconciliation Commission do its work: VP MphokoVICE President Cde Phelekezela Mphoko has said the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission is an independent body which must be allowed to do its work without any undue influence. VP Mphoko said....ChronicleCulture & Society15 June 2017
Fake ID card printing ring bustedPolice have arrested people in Harare who were allegedly printing fake national identity documents and the suspects will appear in court soon. In a statement yesterday, the RegistrarGeneral’s Office sai...HeraldCulture & Society14 June 2017
Interest in national monuments on the riseINTEREST in museums and monuments site is rising, with over 70% locals visiting the sites for pleasure or using them for key lifetime events such as weddings and other private functions, national muse...NewsDayCulture & Society23 May 2017
Sexually Explicit NUST Exam Sparks Public OutcryA recent National University of Science and Technology Journalism Studies examination paper has resulted in a public outcry over language deemed to be too “explicit and sexually suggestive”. An excerp...ChronicleCulture & Society19 May 2017
Spike throwers offer $5 for funeralA row has erupted after Clyna Trading officials in Karoi offered $5 to buy cabbages for the funeral of a woman who died after being hit by a vehicle the firm’s officers threw a spike at on Tuesday. Clyna Tr...HeraldCulture & Society19 May 2017
Woman dies in spike-throwing incidentPolice fired shots in the air and teargas canisters in Karoi on Tuesday to disperse a mob that torched a council vehicle in protest against the death of a woman hit by a car at which council workers h...HeraldCulture & Society18 May 2017
UN's $1,6m boost to flood disaster responseTHE United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) yesterday committed an additional $1,6 million to assist over 32 600 flood-affected people with life-saving shelter, water, sanitation and hyg...NewsDayCulture & Society18 May 2017- SA transport operators block border for 8 hoursMembers of the South African transport operators temporarily blocked traffic going into that country via Beitbridge Border Post for six hours, accusing Zimbabwean cross border transporters of driving....HeraldCulture & Society16 May 2017
Chipinge residents march against domestic violenceHundreds of residents in Chipinge on Wednesday marched in solidarity against domestic violence following the shocking death of a local woman, Betty Mashava who was last week brutally stabbed by her hu...OnlineCulture & Society16 May 2017
Throwing spikes is violence, not law enforcementMotorists in Harare must find it quite refreshing to drive around without the usual spike-throwing menace on the roads. Since early last week, the lethal steel spikes have been conspicuous by their ab...TheStandardCulture & Society8 May 2017
Only jobs being created are for making spikes: ZhuwaoPRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s nephew and Youth minister, Patrick Zhuwao, has all but admitted that the Zanu PF government has failed to honour its 2013 pre-election pledge to generate 2,2 million jobs, sa...NewsDayCulture & Society8 May 2017- Chombo rapped over Gukurahundi remarksBULAWAYO civic groups and opposition political parties have criticised Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo for his remarks that Gukurahundi was a non-issue, when it came to the issuance of birth cer...NewsDayCulture & Society5 May 2017
Mudenda reprimands KasukuwereSpeaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday reprimanded zanu-pf political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere for attempting to initiate a discussion in the Chamber on a zanu-pf team pr...HeraldCulture & Society4 May 2017
Former Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku diesFormer Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has died, barely three months after leaving office. He was 70. Justice Chidyausiku succumbed to liver and kidney complications at a hospital in South Africa ye...HeraldCulture & Society4 May 2017
ZINWA to roll out bulk smart water metersZimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) is set to roll out a bulk prepaid smart water meters installation programme for all local authorities, farmers and other consumers to enforce payment by those...HeraldCulture & Society2 May 2017