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Mnangagwa calls for 'new breed of heroes'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to emulate national hero Dr Sydney Gata by becoming trailblazers, innovators and nation builders, saying the country is ready for a new generatio...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:41hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
A cry for help – Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
Today is day 2, since the opening of schools; learners are stranded by the main gate of Fletcher High School in Gweru, a school located in the Zone area o...Published: 09 May 2023 at 08:45hrs | 28 | by Concerned Parents
Khaya Moyo's journey over the years
Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, who died yesterday at the age of 76, was born in Plumtree, Matabeleland South on October 1 1945 to Mr Robert Khaya Ngulani ...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Tutani was a rare breed, says Masunda
THE late veteran Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Conway Tutani's family yesterday said a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of the scribe's death would be done today, while burial arrangements w...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe girl makes history in the US
ZIMBABWEAN Angela Kumirai has made history in the United States after she was selected as one of the top 25 finalists out of 10 000 university students to implement a social impact idea.Kumira...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Obert Gutu
High teacher, pupil turnout as schools open
SCHOOLS reopened yesterday for examination classes with more learners attending classes as teachers reported for duty unlike what happened last year. The reopening of schools last year was cha...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 300 new teachers start work
THE 5 300 teachers recently engaged to beef up staff at schools following Government's decision to reduce classes to maximum of 30 pupils to allow for social distancing start work today. The l...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Zowa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has accorded a State-assisted funeral to the late deputy chairperson of the Zimbabwe Law Development Commission and a law reviser, Mr Joel Bigboy Zowa, who died last week in New Yo...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Economic revival unstoppable, claims Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is on an inexorable and unstoppable economic and political trajectory that will definitely lead to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The country, he said, is like a tr...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Makhurane will not be buried with crooks at Heores acre
The family of national hero Professor Phinias Makhurane has snubbed a National Heroes Acre burial, insisting instead on interring him at his rural home in the Gungwe area of Gwanda.Family spok...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
No gain without pain, Mthuli Ncube not a fool, says MDC-T VP
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has said he is feeling energized after Finance Minister's monitory statements saying there is no gain without pain."If you think that th...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 29 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
Profile of Fortune Mguni (Daniel Molokele) - Hwange Central
Fortune Mguni (also known as Daniel Molokele) is a pro-democracy human rights lawyer well known for his fight for democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Over the years he has also established himself...Published: 24 May 2018 at 17:17hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Farewell to a visionary
I first came to know (Gogo Maria Msika) in the early 1960s when I was a student at Fletcher High School. I also knew her husband, who was a nationalist, the late Dr Joseph Msika.They owned a f...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo
Death at church service
Renowned and well-respected educationist, Locadia Mutubuki (67) has died.Mutubuki who retired from Government service in 2014 died after suffering a heart attack at the Roman Catholic Cathedra...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
RCU lecturer re-elected Fletcher SDC chairperson
Parents at Fletcher High School have re-elected Reformed Church University lecturer John Mutonono and two other back into the School Developments Committee during the Annual General Meeting held...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Fletcher High to buy $105 000 school bus
Parents at Fletcher High School have resolved to buy a $105 000 new 48 seater Yutong state of the art bus.This bus will be procured by the end of this term.This was resolved during the...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Midlands free of typhoid'
A SENIOR Health ministry official has said there are no reported cases of typhoid in Midlands province, dispelling rumours that over 40 students from Fletcher High School had been hospitalised....Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cephas George Msipa: A deserving national hero
When President Mugabe conferred on behalf of Zanu-PF and the country, national hero status on the late Cephas George Msipa, he was spot-on.The announcement conveyed to the Msipa family and the...Published: 20 Oct 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Simon Khaya Moyo
Retired Brigadier General Muchemwa dies in Egypt, repatriation in progress
A delegation comprising family members and government officials are headed for Egypt to repatriate the body of Retired Brigadier General Muchemwa who died on Sunday in the North African country....Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Gay teacher fired
A TEACHER who sent indicent videos and a picture of himself to a 16-year-old pupil in an alleged attempt to entice him into a gay relationship has been fired.Gilbert Mano, 36, was a teacher a...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 09:37hrs | 617 | by Patrick Chitumba
Ministry of Education investigates Fletcher High
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched an investigation following complaints that Gweru's Fletcher High school has allegedly been detaining pupils for non-payment of fees in viol...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Prominent Zimbabwean doctor dies in USA
Dr Eliah Munyikwa (48), one of the best academics to have walked through the corridors of Fletcher High School in Gweru has died in the United States where he was now based.He died at 830am on...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 10:17hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Midzi 'suicide' rocks Zanu-PF
The family members of Amos Midzi, a top ally of former vice president Joice Mujuru suspected to have committed suicide yesterday, have said they cannot rule out foul play.Midzi, 62, a fo...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 13:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Empower the girl first before she gets married Pt 2
Taken from eBook "Sweetmother"I changed to another dress and it was a sign that we had to prepare to leave for Dombwe where my new husband lived....Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 13:06hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata
Empower the girl first before she gets married Pt 1
Taken from eBook "Sweetmother"I am Ruvimbo and my family comes from Mawanda near Makwiro. We are seven in the family and I am the last born child, born in 1957. The first four were girls...Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 08:04hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fletcher High School headmaster in $229k school bus scam
Fletcher High School headmaster in Gweru is under fire from parents who accuse him of fraudulently procuring a second hand bus claiming it to be brand new.The bus was bought in 2012 at a cost ...Published: 05 May 2015 at 17:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe top 100 O-level schools - 2015 list
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Homela entrenched in Mashonaland United history
Football in Zimbabwe is incomplete if the name Gibson Homela is not mentioned. Homela was a household name before and after independence.Born in Lower Gweru in 1946, Homela is one of the pilla...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 12:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MSU student (19) killed in kidnap attempt
A Midlands State University (MSU) student died upon admission to Gweru Provincial Hospital after she jumped from a moving vehicle in a suspected kidnapping attempt, police said....Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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