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Prophet jailed for sex with minor(s) seeking journey mercy
CHIPINGE - A 28-year-old predatory prophet will serve an effective 10-year jail term after Chipinge regional court sentenced him on two counts for having sexual intercourse with two minors (including ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 532 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Churchill High fire: Bulldogs fight back
The Churchill Alumni Association has launched a fundraising campaign dubbed "From Ashes We Rise" to rebuild Winston Hostel at Churchill High School, which was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon....Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:27hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo spoils childhood friend with weekend cars
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has once again lived up to his reputation for flashy generosity, showering his childhood friend Tazvi "Chief J" Mhaka with extravagant birthday gifts that underscore their...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:25hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Poor Grade 7 results are no basis for denying Form 1 places, says Court
In a landmark decision, High Court Judge Justice Fatima Maxwell has declared the refusal by Harare High School to enroll students for Form 1 based on their Grade 7 examination results as unlawful....Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:26hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
Teacher rapes form 1 girl
A 47-YEAR -OLD Primary school teacher is in trouble after he allegedly raped a form 1 schoolgirl in his car.Barnel Bharinell was dragge...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:00hrs | 525 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe schools open e-enrolment for Form 1
The Government has launched the Electronic Ministry Application Platform (e-map) to streamline the allocation of Form One boarding school placements for the 2025 academic year, assuring parents that t...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Electronic form 1 boarding school enrolment opens November 1
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will open the electronic enrolment process for Form One pupils seeking boarding school placements on Friday, November 1. The enrolment system, managed t...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:35hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster in court for exam scandal
The headmaster of Ivyluck College, Tafadzwa Chikohora (31), appeared in court yesterday on charges of stealing exam fees intended for three students who were set to sit for their Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Online form 1 applications for 2025 begin in November
Online applications for Form One enrolment at both Government and Non-Government boarding schools for the 2025 academic year are set to open next month. According to a circular from the Ministry of Pr...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 6459 | by Staff reporter
Enhancing Stability in Older Adults: Essential exercises for a safer, more active life
As we age, maintaining balance and stability becomes increasingly important for overall health, independence, and quality of life. Falls are a significant concern for older adults, often leading to se...Published: 30 Aug 2024 at 15:48hrs | 289 | by Staff Reporter
Truck runs over, kills Form 1 pupil
A Form One pupil from Founders High School was tragically run over by a truck in Emganwini while on her way to school. The incident occurred on Monday when the 14-year-old girl was hit by a UD truck d...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Self-styled Italian mafia's son Alessandro Marconati hires workers to do community service for him
In a scandal sending shockwaves through the community, Alessandro Marconati, son of the notorious self-styled Italian Mafia boss Francesco Marconati, faces serious accusations of dodging his court-man...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 13:45hrs | 209 | by George Tshuma
Rwandese businessman shot dead in Harare
A Rwandese national was shot dead after armed robbers broke into his house in Harare on Friday night, police said.Samuel Habimana was shot in the neck at his Mainway Meadows home in Waterfalls...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:05hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's family donates US$20 000 towards school project
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga's family has donated US$20 000 towards the development of the repurposed St Augustine Catholic College in Sunnyside, Bulawayo, which complements the Government's...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt scraps Cala, introduces school based projects
THE Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) have, with immediate effect, been replaced with the new school-based projects of practical applications with the number of areas covered by the non...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
School head hires thugs, cause chaos
THERE were chaotic scenes at St Faith's High School outside Rusape, Manicaland province, this week after suspected "hired thugs" disturbed lessons at the Anglican Church-run school.The thugs w...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zimbabwe govt warns schools withholding results
THE November 2023 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level results were released yesterday with the Government warning that schools withholding results from candidates with school ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 girl passes Cambridge O Level exams
A Form One learner at Atlantic Academy in Harare, Shalom Zingwe, took the Cambridge O Level exams last year aged only 14 and scored three A grades in Computer Science, Accounting and Economics with Bs...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Schools start online Form 1 selection today
GRADE Seven results will be uploaded on the e-map system today with headmasters expected to start selecting learners for Form 1 places, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary Mr Moses Mhi...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Only 25 000 Form 1 boarding school places available
Only 25 000 Form One boarding school places are available for the 2024 academic year, Government has confirmed.This year, about 393 000 candidates sat the Grade Seven public examinations, with...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army gifts eyesight to grannies
GOGO Ellen Nyoni (78) from Chakamanga Village in Shurugwi in the Midlands Province was all smiles and could not contain her excitement after her sight was restored. Sitting with fellow cataract patien...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | | by Stephen Chan
Zimbabwe's teacher-to-learner ratio straining education system
THE country is grappling with significant educational challenges, demanding immediate attention and action.With over five million learners in both primary and secondary schools across the coun...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ToThe Zimbabwe Security Exchange Commission (SEC)
Zimbabwe has a relatively well-developed digital economy with nine financial institutions listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). With the introduction of the Cyber Security and the Data Protecti...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Teacher arrested for raping learner several times
A 35-year-old teacher from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly turning one of his learners into a sex slave, raping her at least four times last month, police have confirmed....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'O' Level exam cheat ordered to perform 140 hours unpaid work
A CHINHOYI 2 High School Form Four learner, who was busted with an answer template to a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Combined Science paper last year, has been sentenced to community ...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ready to absorb children of ZEP permit holders
MOST schools re-opened smoothly yesterday countrywide with the Government saying it is ready to reintegrate children of Zimbabweans based in South Africa into the country's education system when they ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt schools use parallel rate
WOES continue to mount on inflation-ravaged parents as government schools defy a ministry directive to peg school fees for the first term next year on the prevailing interbank rate.The Primary...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Form 1 places
Government has said there are adequate Form One places to absorb all pupils that wrote the Grade Seven public examinations this year.The announcement comes as parents and guardians have starte...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's form 1 fees shocker
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for a steep rise in school fees next year after schools released enrolment fees for Form 1 places ranging at up to US$1 500 at some private schools.This comes after th...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches 'presidential bonus' charm for civil servants
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged a surprise US$200 bonus top up for civil servants in an apparent bid to charm the country's restive public workforce while putting one foot into his 2023 re-el...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 online enrolment begins
Online applications for the enrolment of Form One pupils at public boarding schools for the 2023 school year will begin on Tuesday, when the Electronic Ministry Application Platform goes live....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans led mail interception fraudsters who terrorised northern England
Proceeds of crime proceedings have begun against mail interception fraudsters who targeted mainly rural addresses across the North East.Two leading members of the gang were jailed and three ac...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 years in a row with Bulawayo posting best Grade Seven results
BULAWAYO province recorded the best Grade Seven ZIMSEC results countrywide for the third year in a row last year with reports showing that although Covid-19 affected continuous learning, the 2021 pass...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018 shootings still haunt victims
VICTIMS of the August 1, 2018 post-election shootings are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones, four years on.None of them have received any form of government s...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Platform One says Zimbabwe is second home as they lament bad treatment in SA
It was in 1992 at Pimville Square in Soweto when then teenagers Nani Tengo, Sonto Dladla and Neli Gwala, dressed in their Zulu maiden garb, danced while some passers-by looked on and others joined in ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
1 200 primary and secondary schools built in last 4 years?
AT least 1 194 primary and secondary schools, averaging about 300 per year, were built countrywide in the last four years in line with the Government's quest to reduce the distance learners walk to an...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of victimising his legitimacy challenger
FORMER Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendency to power at the courts, yesterday accused the ruling party leader of victimising him to force him...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Community service for insulting landlady
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Harare has been ordered to perform 145 hours of community service for insulting his landlady when she came to collect rent.Kudakwashe Gomo was initially sentenced to six...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Veteran Masvingo Teachers' College lecturer calls it a day
‘When I have done the work you gave me Lord, give me that crown' is undoubtedly a befitting statement for Tamuka Nyakunhuwa Shumba who recently retired after over three decades at Masvingo Teachers'...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
School has 2 teachers for 140 learners
NGUNGUMBANE Satellite Secondary School in Mberengwa, Midlands only has two qualified teachers amid reports that efforts to engage the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to address the staff shor...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over school uniform prices
Several boarding schools across the country are cashing in on the sale of uniforms with some schools charging between US$400 and US$600 for a set.Parents, especially of Form 1 students who spo...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Back to school for Form Ones
THE opening of schools comes into full swing today when Form One classes join the rest of the learners, with teachers also expected to resume their normal duties.Schools opened for the First T...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for Form 1 places
COMMOTION and long queues were the order of the day at secondary schools in Bulawayo yesterday as parents rushed to secure Form One places for their children.This follows release of 2021 Grade...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hiring of 10 000 teachers starts
The recruitment 10 000 teachers ahead of schools opening next Monday has been initiated by Government as it seeks to revise the teacher-pupil ratio from Grade One to Grade Seven, as well as fill vacan...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Not blind to justice
"YOU will definitely lose cases because you will not be able to see the demeanour of witnesses."Mr Mehluli Ndlovu, a legal practitioner (44) from Njube suburb, in Bulawayo remembers how these ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed except for exam pupils 'until further notice'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday declared that schools will remain indefinitely closed, just hours after the ministry of primary and secondary education published the school calendar which state...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Form One first term opening deferred
GOVERNMENT has deferred the first term opening day for Form One classes as Grade 7 results have not been released.The learners, who are transitioning from primary school to secondary level, were e...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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