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6 arrested over Mapanzure High protest
Tensions flared at Mapanzure High School in Masvingo province after a group of disgruntled parents staged a protest against the school head, demanding urgent intervention over what they described as p...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:08hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
School bus accident widens rift between parents, school
A school bus accident involving a Mapanzure High School vehicle allegedly hired out for a Zanu PF event in 2022 has reignited deep-seated tensions between parents and the school's administration, trig...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:44hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster launches witch-hunt
Musengezi High School head George Rambanepasi and bursar Sharon Kapende are embroiled in controversy over alleged financial mismanagement, particularly concerning a US$12,000 repair scandal involving ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 10:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rescue detained toddler, pregnant woman
POLICE have set free a toddler and a pregnant woman who were detained alongside other aggrieved villagers after they had protested maladministration by some school authorities at Sagambe Primary Schoo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Corruption by a school head in Makoni
Dear Editor, As parents of children at Magura Secondary School in Makoni North, Manicaland province we are not happy with misuse of funds by our school head Thomas Murefu.We discov...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 19:02hrs | 33 | by Disgruntled Parents
Storm brews at Msengezi High School
A STORM is brewing at Msengezi High School in Mashonaland West province where a section of parents is demanding the removal of the current School Development Committee (SDC) led by Leonard Matatu over...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Murowa School saga as Provincial Minister flexes his political muscles
Dear ZimbabweansScandalous! That's the only word to sum up the action taken by the Provincial Minister in a case between parents and a teaching couple at Murowa School Zvishavane district. Whi...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:22hrs | 11 | by Disgruntled parents
2 more teachers deployed at Ngungumbane Satellite School
GOVERNMENT has reportedly deployed two more teachers at Ngungumbane Satellite Secondary School in Mberengwa, Midlands province following an expose by The Sunday Southern Eye that learners were not hav...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Extra lessons, incentives remain illegal
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has warned schools and teachers against continuing to demand extra fees and incentives from parents and guardians in order to teach their children, sayi...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parents accuse Sizane High of unilaterally raising fees
DISGRUNTLED parents of pupils at Sizane High School in Bulawayo have accused authorities of increasing fees without consulting them.School authorities are not allowed to hike fees without cons...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from private school over fees
Parents whose children are enrolled at the Welton Group of Schools in Beitbridge have withdrawn them from the private learning institution after they disagreed on a new fee structure. The disg...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents sue private college over US$ demands
Disgruntled parents of children at Goldridge College, an upmarket private college in Kwekwe, are suing the school for allegedly demanding tuition fees and outstanding balances in United State Dollars ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents shut down school over poor Grade Seven results
LESSONS at Chivaka Primary School in Bikita were briefly stopped last week as disgruntled parents stormed the school demanding the transfer of two Grade Seven teachers, accusing them of producing poor...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
School in SA trip nightmare
Direct Contact School authorities in Harare have come under fire from some parents after it emerged that their children who had gone for a travel and tourism trip to Cape Town, South Africa were stran...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona High school headmaster redeployed to a primary school in Matabeleland
THE former headmaster of Tahangana High School, Mr Norman Muvimi, has been re-deployed to Lydeard Primary School in Marula, Mangwe District, by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education....Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for jingles headmaster
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered the headmaster of Tahangana High School to undergo mental examination. There have been disturbances at the school in Mangwe District for the...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 16:01hrs | 6 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Pupils denied results over lost textbook
GWAMBE Secondary School in Bulilima District is holding onto November 2015 ZIMSEC Ordinary Level results for pupils over a textbook which parents say was allegedly misplaced by a teacher.Disgr...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Satanism scare at a girls high school
ST David's Bonda Girls' High School is in the eye of a storm amid stunning revelation of alleged Satanism following the recent stabbing of a Form Three student by a colleague as well as poor administ...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 21:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Parents accuse school head of misusing funds
PARENTS at Mawaba Primary School in Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo, have petitioned the Education, Sport, Arts and Culture ministry to investigate the alleged embezzlement of funds at the school by...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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