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Lack of books access rocks council schools
Councillors have complained about the Bulawayo City Council's failure to provide textbooks for learners in council-run schools, despite parents paying a b...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 147 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo schools to apply for loans
Bulawayo City Council has given the green light to a new policy allowing its schools to seek loans for developmental projects, provided they cover 60% of the project costs themselves. This decision ai...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs 25 more schools
BULAWAYO needs at least 25 primary schools to address hot sitting, which has seen areas such as Cowdray Park having three-in-one schools as it battles crowding.A three-in-one school is an educ...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
COWDRAY PARK WATER CRISIS: Councillor Ntando Ndlovu intervenes
Councillor Ntando Ndlovu, representing Ward 28 in Cowdray Park, has taken swift action to address a severe water crisis that left residents without access to clean water for nearly two weeks. This cri...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:03hrs | 22 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chaos rocks swearing in of Harare councillors
THERE was chaos as newly elected Harare councillors yesterday took their oath of office.Unruly opposition CCC supporters who came to witness the ceremony wearing party regalia sang and threw y...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school headmasters face the sack over illegal fees hikes
HEADS of Government schools who defy laid down guidelines in hiking fees will be deemed to have committed acts of misconduct and will be liable to disciplinary action, which may include dismissal, whi...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$158m budget
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday unveiled its US$157,99 million revenue budget and is proposing to set aside US$106 million to fund key infrastructural development projects that include construct...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school records 0% pass rate
ONE Bulawayo primary school - Aisleby - recorded a zero percent pass rate in the 2021 Grade 7 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations with the city recording a pass rate of 55,92 pe...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo names best, worst primary schools
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has named its best and worst performing primary schools in last year's Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations.From these, Mawaba...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 20:17hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance legislator launches scholarship programme
NJUBE-LOBENGULA MDC Alliance legislator Gift Banda on Thursday unveiled a scholarship programme for the academically gifted primary and secondary school students in his constituency who are from poor ...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Compressed syllabus introduced in schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced a Catch-up strategy for primary and secondary school pupils that will see learners who were affected by prolonged non-academic activity b...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City hit by influx of rodents and mosquitoes
MOST parts of the City of Bulawayo have been hit by an unprecedented influx of rodents and mosquitoes, which have become a nightmare to residents due to itchy bites which the parasites inflict to huma...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC mulls tuition fee hike
BULAWAYO city fathers are considering hiking tuition fees at council-run schools next term, arguing the cost of subsidising education, among other services, had sunk the local authority into a $2 mill...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Harare council offers stands to teachers
Harare City Council has announced that it will give teachers employed at its schools stands to build their homes as a way of motivating them.Acting mayor Jacob Mafume told a school ground brea...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from schools
TEACHERS reported for duty yesterday in Bulawayo, Midlands and parts of Matabeleland North but education authorities decried the decision by some parents to withdraw their children from schools. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moves to hike school fees
THE Bulawayo City Council has written to the Government requesting to increase tuition fees and council levy at its schools arguing the current fees were not enough for the provision of adequate and q...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why marginalise women in politics?
WOMEN in Zimbabwe continue to suffer from historical marginalisation and structural inequalities that exist in the political, social and economic spheres. Historically, colonisers made sure that women...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Linda Masarira
Over 40 000 pupils enrolled at council's 30 schools in Bulawayo
The Director of Health Services reported that the year 2018 will go down as the one where the enrolment in the thirty (30) Council Schools reached the 40 000 mark with the total number of pupils being...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa stops funding Grace Mugabe's private school
GOVERNMENT has stopped funding 18 pupils attending former first lady Grace Mugabe's private school under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) programme after it emerged that the...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council names best, worst performing schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named its best and worst performing primary schools in last year's Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations.Mahatshula Primary...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt, BCC conclude schools deal
THE Government and the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) have reached common ground over the issue of council schools in a move that will see critical staff continuing on the municipality's payroll....Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chiredzi Council schools' heads getting away with murder
Chiredzi Rural District councillors have complained that many heads at council-run schools were abusing funds and the crime was on the increase because cases were being swept under the carpet by t...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council overtime bill hits $300 000
Cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council overtime allowances for workers reached $298 055 mark in July.The council's acting director of housing and community services Dictor Khumalo said overti...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Teachers dismiss new code of conduct
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has rubbished off a news code of conduct gazetted by government which bars teaches from running private businesses.Government gazetted statuto...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 11:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Teachers to be sacked for watching x-rated material
Teachers who are in a habit of watching x-rated material on duty will soon be fired.Also those who sleep at work and refuse to work overtime will be sacked.This is after Go...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
$1903431.00 outstanding fees in 30 council schools
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that 30 council schools across the city are owed $1903431.00 outstanding fees this year for the first term.Latest council report states ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
National Pledge gets mixed response
THERE was a mixed response on the inaugural National Pledge recital yesterday with government schools reciting it while most private schools did not embrace it. At government schools, some parents bro...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporters
Mahatshula comes tops
THE Bulawayo City Council has named the top three and two worst performing municipal primary schools based on last year's Grade Seven results. Mahatshula Primary School has maintained pole pos...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:42hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Private school likely to increase fees
PRIVATE schools could be forced to increase fees after the government recalled thousands of teachers deployed at the institutions, arguing that they are commercial enterprises and as such must meet th...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
BCC admits economy is bad, as parents struggle to pay fees
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima recently reported that the economic environment in the country had continued to deteriorate and most people were struggling to make ends meet hence paren...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ngwalongwalo school commissions admin block
Ngwalongwalo Primary School has since commissioned its administration block as the council run school seek to upgrade its standard of operation through infrastructural development.This came ou...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Robbers bomb school, steal $1 300
A GANG of robbers on Saturday last week used explosives to blow the administration block at Tategulu Primary School in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo before gaining access to the school safe where they stole ...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 10:09hrs | | by Lackson Munkombwe
Ndebele banned in Binga schools
This is despite the fact that the council has no power to make such decisions which solely lie with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.The local authority pulled a shocker late la...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
New Year Message by his Worship the Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
The just ended year has been a remarkable year for the City of Bulawayo, as we commemorated our 120th Anniversary Celebrations and successfully hosted the African Union Sports Council Region Five Unde...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Mayor of Bulawayo, Councillor Martin M Moyo
Zanu-PF mayor turn down a brand new $68,000 Double Cab Toyota D4D
HOW many people, upon landing a lucrative job, would turn down a brand new US$68 000 Double Cab Toyota D4D offered by the employer?Probably none.The majority of us would welcome such ...Published: 28 Sep 2014 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to launch Tonga textbooks
THE teaching of Tonga in Binga schools is set to receive a boost when President Robert Mugabe officially launches a series of Tonga textbooks for primary and secondary education called ChiTonga Bwana...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Binga bans teaching of Ndebele in schools
THE Binga Rural District Council (BRDC) pulled a shocker last Friday after passing a resolution banning the teaching of Ndebele in council schools in a move it said was aimed at promoting the Tonga l...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Schools collapse as council cancels school fees payments
Primary and Secondary schools under the auspices of the Nkayi Rural District Council are facing severe operational problems as a result of the local authority's decision to cancel all outstanding ...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 15:02hrs | 3 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Ousted ZSDA/C president vows to die in office
OUSTED president of the Zimbabwe Schools Development Association and Committees (ZSDA/C) Mr Claudious Mutasa has vowed to remain in office, saying he would have to die first before anyone could replac...Published: 16 Mar 2014 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Council fails to clear ZESA debt
The Bulawayo City Council has resolved to buy more generators as it battles to clear a debt of over US$20 million owed to ZESA Holdings.The municipality resorted to using generators after the ...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa to cut electricity to Bulawayo schools
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has vowed to cut power supplies to Bulawayo City Council schools and community halls due to non-payment by the local authority.Council runs countless sch...Published: 07 Jun 2012 at 06:10hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Open air churches to use beerhalls to curb spread of diseases
OPEN air churches, a majority of them belonging to Apostolic sects, will soon worship in Bulawayo City Council's non-functional beerhalls to curb the spread of cholera and typhoid, councillors resolve...Published: 06 Apr 2012 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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