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UZ offers 'poverty wages' to stand-in lecturers
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has come under fire after offering what critics have branded as "poverty wages" to temporary lecturers hired to replace striking academic staff demanding better pay and...Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:57hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officially re-open Mbare Market
NewZimbabweAllegations of racial bias resurface at Peterhouse Boys SchoolPeterhouse Boys School (PHB), a prestigious Anglican-run institution, is once again embroiled in controversy following ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:07hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic students protest USD fees
Students at the Bulawayo Polytechnic are up in arms with the institution over its demand that they pay fees in United States Dollars (USD).This demand, said the students, violates the governme...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Parents take Mpopoma High School to task over examinations
PARENTS of Mpopoma High School pupils in Bulawayo are accusing teachers of abandoning their duties resulting in the school recording a low pass rate in local examinations.Parents who spoke to ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 23:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
School expels 30 pupils over violence
Reportedly, 30 students have been expelled from Chemhanza High School in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, following allegations of bullying and physical fighting, including the severe assault of a s...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
School deserted as parents withdrew their children
Dear Minister of EducationWe, parents of pupils attending Murowa School in Zvishavane district write I form you that with immediate effect we have withdrawn our pupils from the school until th...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:44hrs | 10 | by Concerned Parents
15-yr-old girl deserts home for drugs and sex
SEX and drugs seem to be the order of life for a teenage girl from Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo.The 15-year-old girl is in Form Three at a secondary school in the city.Her parents disco...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cde Chiukira drops Mnangagwa's name to swindle Zimfep schools
Open letterTo whom it may concern Challenges faced by Zimfep Schools because of Gideon Chiukira (Director of Coordination)Zimfep stands for Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Produ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 09:32hrs | 84 | by Concerned parents
23 high school pupils fall into a hysteria, lessons suspended
TWENTY-THREE pupils at Amhlophe High School in Bulawayo yesterday fell into a hysteria, prompting the school to suspend lessons and Government to commit to providing counselling services to the learne...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 schools operating illegally in Harare
The dramatic rise in numbers of small private schools has now seen more than 400 such schools operating illegally in Harare with the office of the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and D...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupils locked out of exam room
SEVERAL pupils at Mandwandwe High School in the Bulawayo suburb of Nkulumane were recently allegedly beaten and delayed by 15 minutes to enter their examination room after coming to school with plaite...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 scare hits Godlwayo Primary school
COVID-19 scare forced Godlwayo Primary School in Bulawayo to temporarily-suspend examinations on Monday after persistent coughing hit several candidates.Concerned parents told Southern Eye tha...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Teachers assault parent in view of pupils
Dear Editor, It was barbaric, embarrassing and shocking to say the least. Like mad bulls the two male teachers menacingly charged towards a frightened parent who had sought refugee in the loca...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:30hrs | 5 | by Concerned Parents
Funds missing at Mzingwane High
MZINGWANE High School in Esigodini is in the eye of a storm after foreign currency incentives mobilised by parents for teachers late last year failed to reach the intended beneficiaries with parents t...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised over rising teen pregnancies
MANGWE District social welfare officer Sicelo Nyathi has expressed concern over the rise in the number of young girls from Mangwe district in Matabeleland South province that are engaging in wild part...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Girls College closed over Covid-19 case
GIRLS College in Bulawayo has indefinitely closed following a Covid-19 case which was detected after the school held a leavers' party for Upper Six students. This development comes at a time w...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government
Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Murowa Ward Community
Mnangagwa under fire over private jets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia f...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant Mnangagwa flies with expensive jet again
Mnangagwa has once again demonstrated his lack of care for the mounting economic woes in Zimbabwe.He once again flew in a hired Swiss Dreamliner which will cost the fiscus millions. When...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Headmaster's isiNdebele ban unfortunate
Editor,When 2017 ended little did Nhwali primary school pupils know they were kissing goodbye to their favourite language isiNdebele.Letters were dispatched to parents to choose which ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Nkunziyembongolo Dube, Nhwali, Gwanda South
Cowdray Park primary school runs for almost five years with only two classroom blocks
A government school in Bulawayo's Cowdray park leaf suburbs is reportedly operating with only two class room blocks to cater for over 800 pupils much to the chagrin of parents that the school administ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Landmark ruling on inheritance
Grandchildren can lawfully step into their parents' shoes to inherit from their grandparents in cases where the concerned parents are deceased, the High Court has ruled.In a landmark inheritan...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers relax during school terms to charge pupils for extra lessons during holidays
Some High and secondary school teachers in urban and rural areas have been accused of relaxing to teach pupils particularly the form fours and six who are about to write their examinations during the ...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 10:44hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Murowa Primary School head goes berserk after the expose'
Dear Editor While most Zimbabweans were busy trying to make sure that our country becomes a better place to live in, one demon possessed Murowa Primary School was firing at full throttle makin...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 18:37hrs | | by Concerned Parents
WATCH: Mzingwane Boys High School in a sorry state
Concerned parents have brought to Bulawayo24.com's attention the dangerous conditions their children are being exposed to at Mzingwane Boys High School.The concerned parent wrote "Just this mo...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 18:24hrs | 21 | by Mafu Sithabile
School losing pupils to child marriages
Chinotumenyere Secondary School - a remote learning institution situated here - is losing an average of four girls each term to child marriages.Concerned parents and guardians alleged this wee...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
School kids not safe as teacher keeps 3 vicious dogs at a rural primary school
Dear Minister Dokora We, the parents of children attending Murowa Primary School in Zvishavane district would like to bring to your attention that our kids are not safe as there is a certain t...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 19:23hrs | | by Concerned Parents
Parents petition Dokora over poor services at Mzingwane high school
Parents at Mzingwane High school in Matabeleland South have petitioned the minister of primary and secondary education over poor services and administration of the school.In a petition seen by...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 13:15hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Dokora strikes : Pay school fees with goats
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora has said parents who are struggling to pay school fees in cash can now do so using goats.He said schools have to be 'flexible" and also ...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tribalism rocks Girls College in Bulawayo
Parents at Girls college in Bulawayo have since raised a red flag at the school and are up in arms against the school head Miss Les Ross and her deputy a John Rugoyi for tribalism and racism....Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tribalist School head mistress at Mahatshula primary marginalises Ndebele pupils in enrollment .
The Bulawayo City Council run Mahatshula Primary School is reported to have been turned into a serious tribal haven where more Shona pupils are currently accorded first preference in the enrollment ex...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 18:26hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Mafakela Primary School sends pupils back home for non payment of fees
The headmistress at Mafakela Primary School in Luveve Bulawayo, Miriam Siziba reportedly sent pupils back home for non payment of fees contrary to what the Primary and secondary Education Minister Laz...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Boy (7) mauled by dogs, in critical condition
A seven-year-old Grade one pupil at Earling primary school in Mvurwi was mauled by six dogs yesterday (Thursday).Eyewitnesses identified the dogs' owner as retired colonel Nhapata.It i...Published: 14 Oct 2016 at 16:42hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
HIV scare for 12 minors, Grade 6 pupil plays nurse, injects playmates
A GRADE Six pupil at a school in Bulawayo allegedly injected 12 children from Pelandaba suburb with an unknown substance, spreading panic among parents that the kids could have been infected with ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Let's instruct our children not to recite the national schools pledge
When we were still in high school, I had a Jehovah's Witness friend and classmate who would never sing the Zimbabwe national anthem - due to his religious convictions - and would just keep quiet when ...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police dawn raids net 6 family members as kingpin tries to flee
POLICE have arrested six family members believed to be part of a syndicate that has been selling drugs to school children in Bulawayo.Sources close to investigations yesterday said the drug pe...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:45hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara/Nqobile Tshili
Form one entrance tests are illegal says Dokora
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora yesterday said parents who paid Form One entrance examinations fees did so at their own peril as enrolment would be taking place tomorrow at all...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 00:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Manchester boy posts photo of himself holding an AK-47 on Facebook
Concerned parents in Manchester, UK, have taken their children out of a school after a teenage boy posted a photo of himself holding a huge AK-47 rifle on Facebook, UK Metro reported.According...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Empandeni standards dropping
EDITOR,If what is happening at one of the country's once revered schools, Empandeni Girls High in Matabeleland South, is anything to go by then pupils and their parents are in a for a rude awa...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Concerned Parents, Bulawayo
Zimrights protest march successful in Harare
The Zimrights on Thursday conducted a successful protest march against the increase of Ordinary level examination fees and the introduction of the Grade Seven examinations fees.This was re...Published: 29 May 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Hope for foreigners with Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK
Most people who were granted Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK are not entitled to free University education in the UK until they have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). And it can take up to 10 ...Published: 09 Jun 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Minister stop irritating your lowly paid teachers' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 21 May 2014 at 17:53hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
'Reign in on unprofessional school heads' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number.&nb...Published: 13 May 2014 at 10:36hrs | | by Disgruntled parent
Ben 10! A woman's Painkiller
MOVE over sugar daddies it's time for Ben 10!!It's either Ben Ten or Painkiller.This is the fashionable name given to younger men dating older women. The name Ben 10 had become very co...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 08:45hrs | 8 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Schools defy govt directive not to turn away pupils
SCHOOLS in Bulawayo are defying a directive not to turn away pupils for non-payment of fees, with Government immediately warning school authorities that they face possible arrest for violating a clea...Published: 19 Jan 2014 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
African children being used as lab rats in medical experiments
NaturalNews - Parents of dozens of African children severely injured by a combination meningitis vaccine known as MenAfriVac are demanding answers following a recent declaration by government officia...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 15:55hrs | | by Jonathan Benson,
Police fighting losing battle with 'Satanism' in Mutare
Mutare police have been called on by concerned parents to crackdown on known satanic cults operating in Mutare. This comes after last week's Fern Valley murder, in which a 12-year-old Hillcr...Published: 08 Aug 2012 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Miss Zimbabwe 2012 contestants languishing in hunger
Miss Zimbabwe 2012 contestants are reportedly languishing in hunger at their bootcamp at Karimazondo campsite in Marondera.According to The Daily News on Sunday, they have received numerous c...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Remains of Gukurahundi victims found protruding from underground in a school
Lupane villagers have dicovered human remains at Silwane Primary School. According National Healing co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu the remains are suspected to be those of Gukurahundi genocide victims...Published: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:18hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Murewa teacher marries a grade six pupil
A GRADE six teacher at Dandara Primary School in Murewa, Mashonaland East left the community baffled after marrying one of his pupils. But what is equally shocking is he married the young girl w...Published: 04 Apr 2011 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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