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New Zimbabwe Minister's photos goes viral on social media
Soon after her appointment as Zimbabwe's new Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade yesterday, Sheillah Chikomo's photos were awash on social media.In a country whose gover...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 19:03hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 35 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
15 students expelled for indiscipline
Tranquility has been restored at Gokomere High School, a Catholic institution in Masvingo, following disturbances by Form 4 students. This led school authorities to instruct parents to retrieve all Or...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:03hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Pupils demonstrate over classmates' expulsion
On September 26, 2023, students from Gokomere High School were halted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police while en route to Masvingo Town, where they intended to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Prim...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil caught with 40 girls' panties
A Gokomere High School pupil has left people tongue-tied after he was found in possession of more than 40 girls' underwear exiting the girls' hostel on September 10, 2023.Masvingo Provincial E...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Catholic Bishop
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa joined the Munyanyi family and the Catholic family in the country in mourning the passing on of prominent Bishop Emeritus Martin Munyanyi.Bishop Munyanyi died last Sunday a...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC silent on MRDC 'graft'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has left people of Mazowe baffled after it completed its corruption investigations on Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) and has never disclosed its findings ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 10:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Form 3 pupil commits suicide
A 16-YEAR-OLD school pupil at Ndarama High School in Masvingo died after he drank poison after he had allegedly been summoned for a hearing by school authorities.The incident which happened on...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested after shootout with police
Six members of a suspected eight-member armed robbers gang were arrested on Tuesday afternoon following an intense exchange of gunfire with Masvingo police detectives. The six were arrested ne...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF faction candidate in baffling accident
Zanu-PF member of the National Assembly for Zaka North Rabson Mavenyengwa, who is challenging minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira (pictured) for the ruling party's provincial chairmanship i...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Pupils' lawyers give police ultimatum over alleged brutality
Lawyers representing the Gokomere High School pupils who were arrested on November 7 have given police a seven-day ultimatum to release names of officers involved in alleged brutality of some of the s...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Student stabs classmate in 'gang war'
An 18-year-old student at Domboramwari High School in Epworth has appeared in court for allegedly stabbing his classmate in a suspected gang war.Allegations are that Honest Chitakunye, an Ordi...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Police put on spot over students assault
HUMAN rights lawyers have given police in Masvingo seven days to provide names of law enforcement agents who brutalised protesting students at Gokomere High School.In a statement yesterday, th...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
45 Gokomere pupils released from police custody
Police have released without formal charges the 45 Gokomere High School pupils in Masvingo arrested on Sunday evening after going on a rampage at the Catholic institution where they damaged property a...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gokomere pupils arrested after'attacking' cops
AT LEAST 40 Gokomere High School pupils in Masvingo were Monday arrested after they were violent protests at the Catholic-run learning institution.The pupils were reportedly protesting against...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa remembers Muzenda
On the 18th anniversary of the death of Vice President Simon Vengesai Muzenda yesterday, President Mnangagwa said the best that the country can do to honour him is to always remember the sacrifices th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Highway upgrade spurs growth'
Remarkable progress has been made in the upgrading of the Harare-Beitbridge highway by local companies with the entire 274km stretch under Masvingo province expected to be completed by the end of next...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills boy, cooks head
In a grisly incident, a man from Matova village under Chief Zimuto in the Gokomere area, yesterday murdered his brother's nine-year-old son before cutting off his head and boiling it in a pot....Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More chaos awaits schools
THE second phase of schools reopening today is set to increase the chaos in schools with teachers escalating their labour dispute with government over poor remuneration.Zimbabwe's school calen...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt okays steep school fees hike
GOVERNMENT has approved a steep hike in school fees, which will see some pupils at boarding and urban day high schools forking out in excess of $55 000 up from $6 000 and $20 000 up from $3 000, respe...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools in fees hike shocker
THERE are growing concerns that Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation could lead to the collapse of the education system and a spike in school dropouts after most schools exorbitantly hiked fees, wi...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A timeline of an almost failed state
I. Stone Age; hunter-gatherer San (Twa) presence (20,000–15,000 BC) of modern homo sapiens.II. Iron Age; Niger-Congo Bantu pastoral migrations (2000–1500 BC).III. Ophir; alleged "p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Sonny Jermain
Zimbabwe's 'Top 100 A level school for 2017 Candidates'
A purported top 100 Advanced Level schools' list is circulating on various social media platforms.The list of the country's purported best-performing schools in the 2017 A Level final year exa...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 10:10hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster diverts exam fees for average students to gifted pupils
GOKOMERE High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mutsambiwa has been transferred and demoted after he was found guilty of diverting examination fees for average pupils to academically gifted pupils to e...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gokomere High rot exposed
Gokomere High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mtsambiwa allegedly routinely diverted examination fees paid academically-challenged pupils to bright ones in a bid to fix the pass rate at the Catholic-run ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Staf Reporter
Top 100 schools at O'Level raise eyebrows
Often times, when we try to act as intelligent as we think we are, we usually portray the highest level of our stupidity. We usually strech our imaginations and start majoring the minor.One th...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Headmaster fudges pass rates
Gokomere High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mtsambiwa allegedly routinely diverted examination fees paid academically-challenged pupils to bright ones in a bid to fix the pass rate at the Catholic-...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boys outperform girls at 'O' Level
Boys outperformed girls in the 2016 November Ordinary Level examinations, acting minister of Primary and Secondary Education Sithembiso Nyoni said.Speaking at the release of the "O" Level ...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gokomere High School headmaster suspended
Gokomere High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mutsambiwa has been suspended on allegations of embezzling school funds, an official has confirmed.Masvingo provincial education director Mr Zadi...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gokomere Primary head Baye calls it a day after 41 years
It indeed was a great accomplishment, staying on top almost all his teaching life and leaving after smashing all academic records in the Province.Gokomere Central Primary School head, Bernar...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 04:41hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Cimas medical aid division MD retires after 29 years' service
Cimas Medical Aid managing director Roderick Takawira has retired from Cimas after 29 years' service to Cimas Medical Aid Society.He had been managing director of the society's medical aid...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Mike Hamilton
Chiredzi house haunted as landlady's children are evicted
An eight-roomed house in Chiredzi's Tshovani Suburb has become haunted after a relative allegedly evicted the children of the deceased landlady.The house has not been occupied from the day tha...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai 'real' surname revealed
A senior official within Welshman Ncube led has claimed that rival MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's real surname is Chamisa.On Tuesday, Ngqabutho Mabhena who is based in South Africa "expo...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 17:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Govt official orders Catholic School to do pledge ahead of Holy Mass
Roman Catholic head for Masvingo Diocese, Bishop Michael Dickson Bhasera has expressed shock at the way a Government official he did not mention by name trashed the holding of Holy Mass at one of the ...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
House haunted after relative evicts deceased landlady's children
An eight-roomed house in Chiredzi's Tshovani Suburb has become haunted after a relative allegedly evicted the children of the deceased landlady.The house has not been occupied from the day tha...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gokomere High wins Diocese Choir competitions
Gokomere High School proved last Saturday that they are the best Roman Catholic Church choir in Masvingo Bishopric after they came first in the Diocese's singing competitions.The competitions ...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Prominent lawyer Makonese dies
Makausi Thomas Makonese, the first black lawyer to run a law firm in Masvingo and probably the most prominent attorney in the province has died.He was 58.Masvingo Mirror reported that ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
REA electrifies 2 schools in Mwenezi
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has electrified two schools in Mwenezi East bringing to 40 the number of schools electrified thus far in the district.Masvingo Mirror reported that Shazh...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Will ZRP crush Tsvangirai's demo?
The MDC has announced it is planning a large-scale civilian protest on April 14.Opposition officials say this is a fulfilment of a key resolution of the MDC's 2014 national congress that was h...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man, 85, 'caught pants down raping' four-year-old niece
AN 85-year-old Gokomere man was allegedly caught pants down raping his four-year-old niece.The man who cannot be identified for ethical reasons but of Matova Village under Chief Zimuto area al...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Catholic woman collapse and dies in bathroom
A Roman Catholic woman from Mucheke in Masvingo collapsed and died in her bathroom on Sunday as she was preparing to go and attend a mass conducted by the Apostolic Nuncio His Excellence Archbisho...Published: 26 Jul 2015 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe top 100 O-level schools - 2015 list
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Top 100 O-Level schools
JOHN Tallach, St Columba's, Maranatha High School, Usher, Minda, Mtshabezi, David Livingstone and Manama are the best O' Level schools in Matabeleland after recording high pass rates and being in the ...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 06:33hrs | 53 | by Pamela Shumba
2014 top 100 A' Level schools named
BULAWAYO'S Mpopoma High School, Tongwe High in Matabeleland South, Tshabanda Secondary in Matabeleland North, Shungu High in the Midlands and St Anthony's High in Masvingo are the best schools to sen...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Mysterious fires wreak havoc
MYSTERIOUS fires are allegedly giving villagers sleepless nights in Masvingo's Chief Zimuto area amid confirmation that self-proclaimed witch hunters known as tsikamutandas have been hired to cleanse ...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman finally buried after 3-week standoff
A GOKOMERE woman who was allegedly strangled to death by her husband three weeks ago has finally been buried after her family was paid four beasts and $1,000 as compensation. SukaiChiutsi, 35,...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Body decomposes at mortuary as families' standoff continues
THE body of a Gokomere woman allegedly killed by her husband two weeks ago is decomposing in a mortuary after her relatives refused to bury her until they received compensation. Sukai Chiutsi,...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Murder suspect accuses relatives of tampering with wife's body
40-year-old Paul Chiumba from Gokomere who is alleged to have murdered his wife following a dispute over isitshwala has told a court that he suspects that the body was tampered with by her relatives....Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:14hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Man kills wife over isitshwala, sleeps with her corpse
A 40-year-old man from Gokomere in Masvingo allegedly beat up and strangled his wife, angry that she had served him isitshwala with vegetables.Paul Chiumba on Sunday allegedly flew off the...Published: 13 Sep 2014 at 05:59hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
'Black Jesus' sues Catholic school
CONTROVERSIAL war veteran Francis Zimuto, who calls himself Black Jesus, is suing the Catholic Church-run Gokomere High School for $63 000 for turning away his Form 4 son over failure to pay fees....Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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