Takudzwa Dhambu THE ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has moved to standardise the country’s teacher-training system through a harmonised curriculum that will align programmes across all colleges and make student mobility significantly easier. Speaking at the Vice Chancellors’ Transformative Teacher Education Curriculum Validation Workshop in Harare at the University of Zimbabwe yesterday, Director for…

THE Emalahleni Regional Court in South Africa has convicted and sentenced a Zimbabwean pastor and two of his family members for the brutal assault and amputation of a young man’s hands after accusing him of stealing batteries and other items from their church in 2024. Pastor Solomon Mahlangu and his son Enock Mahlangu were convicted…

THE country risks falling behind in the global artificial-intelligence (AI) race if it fails to urgently reform its education system, invest in data infrastructure, and strengthen skills training for emerging technologies, an expert has warned. Speaking at an AI conference on peace and security in Harare yesterday, technology entrepreneur and founder of Astro Mobile, Munyaradzi…

THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has unveiled a special payment plan to help corporations, including large fleet operators, clear outstanding fees and toll arrears. In a keynote address at the 2025 edition of Delta’s Driver of the Year competition recently, Zinara chief executive Nkosinathi Ncube said the beverages company had transformed the event into…