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Student gets car for 8As at O'level
A student who achieved eight As in his 2024 O-Level examinations has received a car as a reward for his exceptional academic performance, thanks to a unique initiative by Emmanuel Fellowship Church....Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 15557 | by Staff reporter
High school teacher acquitted for fondling learner's manhood
Solusi High School teacher Tafadzwa Mushangwe who was accused of fondling his male student's manhood was found not guilty by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.According to the court, the st...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 09:46hrs | 1756 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High school teacher fondles learner's manhood
There was drama at Solusi High School where a male school teacher ordered one of his male students to accompany him to his office during midday.The teacher Tafadzwa Mushangwe (26) allegedly dr...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:33hrs | 3633 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Botswana's ruling party loses power after six decades
Botswana's governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show.President Mokgweetsi Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party (BD...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fired for kissing pupil, asking her to touch his genitals
An Eastern Cape high school teacher in South Africa who sexually assaulted a pupil has been fired and ordered to never work with children again, despite a plea from his representatives at his hearing ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:43hrs | 1597 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer collapses, dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, Professor George Shava has died. He was 59. Prof Shava succumbed to heart disease on Saturday at ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's US$5 million spending binge
FOR Wicknell Chivayo, money seems to grow on trees.Never the one to be shy to ostentatiously display his wealth, Chivayo, who likes to call himself Sir Wicknell, has of late been on an unrelen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Teacher killed, face skinned, eyes and ears cut off
A RIO Tinto Zhombe High School teacher was allegedly killed and defaced in a development that left the Zhombe community shell shocked.The body of the history teacher only identified as Mr Mwal...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Teacher bashed at funeral
A Nzvimbo High School teacher Shake Makwiramiti was bashed at his father's funeral by his cousin brother over funeral news.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts today where...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High School teacher dies after drinking too much 'hot stuff'
A teacher at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo reportedly died in his sleep after allegedly drinking "too much hot stuff" at a shebeen in Cowdray Park suburb.Benwell Mudanwa (45) who has not bee...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High School teacher dies after drinking too much 'hot stuff'
A teacher at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo reportedly died in his sleep after allegedly drinking "too much hot stuff" at a shebeen in Cowdray Park suburb.Benwell Mudanwa (45) who has no...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Stanford University student and community activist killed in road crash on Zimbabwe visit
Tinotenda "Tino" Nyandoro, a junior with a passion for expanding education access, died on Sept. 12 in a car accident in his native Zimbabwe. He was 23 years old.Friends and faculty remembered...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 6 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Missing Filabusi teacher found dead
A Filabusi High School teacher was found dead six days after he had gone missing.The car he was driving is still missing.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Lo...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
African education in Zimbabwe is credited to Christian missionaries
The history of Christianity and African education in Zimbabwe is the history of Christian missionary work and achievements. Dr David Livingstone, a member of the London Missionary Society, travelled e...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 64 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Defer continuous assessment learning activities: Stakeholders
STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have castigated the Primary and Secondary Education ministry's insistence on the controversial Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALAs) for 2021 examinati...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Education stakeholders blast Continuous Assessment Leaning Activities
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's decision to go ahead with Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) for 2021 examination classes has been castigated by education stakeholders....Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:46hrs | 31 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Mnangagwa will fall with a thud
As I prepared to leave Sydney and its congestion and retreat to a quieter place this past Sunday morning, my curiously inquisitive eye caught a disturbing news report in one of the weekend newspapers ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Mutsa Murenje in Alice Springs, Australia
Teachers want continued assessment abandoned
TEACHERS have urged government and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) to set aside the implementation of Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) because of disruptions caused b...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first term on June 4, have now been removed from quarant...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe in serious trouble now
Two months ago I started sharing my political opinions in video format. This included negotiating airspace on popular political YouTube channels and Facebook groups. In trying to obtain airspace I hav...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 1 | by Terence Simbi
Bishop Donga dies
THE founder of the Revival Crusade Missions International (RCM) Church Bishop Sibusiso Donga has died. He was 52. Born on November 30 in 1966, Bishop Donga passed away on Saturda...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prof Peter Dzvimbo appointed CEO of ZIMCHE
Professor Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo has been appointed as the CEO of the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) with immediate effect.Celebrating the appointment former minister of high...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 07:31hrs | 15 | by The Language Coach
Zanu-PF warns that Zimbabwe's economic crisis will deepen without aid
Zimbabwe will plunge further into economic crisis unless international lenders provide aid to the heavily indebted former British colony, senior officials from the Zanu-PF ruling party have said....Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:26hrs | 3 | by The Guardian
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 13 | by The Language Coach
Teacher abuses schoolgirl, commits suicide in office
A Mvurwi high school teacher committed suicide by hanging himself with an electric cable in his office on Friday night.Sources close to investigations allege Reason Kembo was rebuked by his he...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:58hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cheating Njube teacher 'impregnates' maid
A CHEATING debt-ridden Njube High School teacher allegedly impregnated the family's maid, his ex–wife has told the Maintenance Court.Sandra Munarwo dragged her ex-husband Vincent Nyathi to c...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'BBC HardTalk painted Chamisa as immature and unwise,' complain MDC - but that he is
When I was in high school, we had a hard-boiled male sexist teacher who hated woman of all ages with a burning passion. What irritated me most about him is the way he would go to town about how he was...Published: 23 May 2018 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Teachers exchange blows over washing line
Two Kwekwe High School teachers exchanged blows following a dispute involving a washing line.The teachers, Obedient Marwa and Vincent Rumuma, all Science teachers share a school-owned apartmen...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Secondary prepares to write AutoCAD online exams
Secondary schools Computer-Aided Design (CAD) instructors will, this year, sit for an Autodesk International online examination to get certification in teaching software packages that are distributed ...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:12hrs | 5 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe and Lisa Tazviinga recently in Harare
Zimbabwean maths teacher shines in SA
A Zimbabwean teacher, Mishael Tafadzwa Matonhodze has won South Africa's top teaching prize for excellence in Mathematics and Science, an achievement that vindicates Zimbabwe's long-standing milestone...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Satanism: Students, teacher appear before headman's court
SIX Nyanyadzi High School students and a primary school teacher appeared before Headman Gudyanga's court last Saturday to answer allegations of their involvement in acts of Satanism.An u...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 11:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers initiate pupils into Satanism'
GOVERNMENT has reportedly suspended four Nyanyadzi High School teachers suspected of initiating 10 pupils into Satanism pending the outcome of investigations.On Monday, chaos rocked the school...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman last seen with Bekithemba Ndlovu's dead daughter 'on the run'
FORMER Highlanders captain and How Mine assistant coach Bekithemba Ndlovu's daughter, Nokuthaba, who was found dead after she went missing for a week was buried at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo yeste...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkosana Moyo contesting flawed 2018 is adding spoon of sewage to glass of milk = glass of sewage
"You will not be awarded any marks for answering the question YOU wanted asked!" my High School teacher used to warn us at the beginning of each examination. Today, Zimbabweans we are ...Published: 12 May 2017 at 18:55hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Teacher impregnated Form Two pupil, fined $200
A MBERENGWA High School teacher who fell in love with a Form Two pupil (15) and impregnated her has been fined $200.In her warned and cautioned statement, the complainant said her woodwork...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by The Language Coach
Zimbabwean referees on Fifa 2017 panel
LUVEVE High School teacher Pilan Ncube is among the three referees from Zimbabwe that have been approved by Fifa to be part of its 2017 panel of international match officials.Ncube will be...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manager drowns
A manager of a leading retail outlet in Masvingo drowned after his car plunged into Mucheke river on Sunday evening under unclear circumstances.While information on what transpired is stil...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A look at A Level Curriculum with Padington Chakabva
In the previous article I explored the Learning Areas from ECD right up to form four. Today we explore some of the critical Learning Areas for forms 5 and 6. It is important that we keep ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Paddy Chakabva
Exploring the New Curriculum with Padington Chakabva
The word curriculum is defines as 'lessons and academic content taught in an institution on a specific course or program'. How broadly we intent to explore the word curriculum will depend on the objec...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Padington Chakabva
Weed smoking Teachers fined
MUDINDO - Chifamba High School teachers who were arrested for smoking cannabis (mbanje) at Mudhindo growth point in Guruve Mashonaland Central on Monday were fined US$20 each at Guruve police st...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 16:23hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers caught smoking weed
Four drug addicts, two of which are high school teachers were caught smoking the cannabis (mbanje) at Mudhindo Business Centre yesterday (Monday).It is alleged two teachers at Chifamba High Sc...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Divisions weaken teachers' lobby
LACK of cohesion among the country's teachers' unions is proving costly as their calls for better working conditions are bearing little fruit.Government has hardly taken seriously the teac...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Male teacher sexually abuses 14 schoolboys
A Gungwe High School teacher has reportedly skipped boarder to neighbouring Botswana after he allegedly sexually abused 14 schoolboys at the school.It is alleged that the unnamed teacher would...Published: 25 Sep 2016 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Teacher bombs school
The Manunure High School teacher who petrol-bombed his school reception with the intention of destroying receipt books has been jailed.Patrick Zvandikona was sentenced last Thursday to 45 ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why pupils fail O-Level English
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and 10 years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O-L...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | 10 | by Theodora Chirapa
New York breakthrough for South African actress
Following a two-year hiatus, South African actress Denise Mosiana has finally made headway into the cutthroat New York theatre industry. Mosiana has been thrust with the responsibility of play...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 15:57hrs | 89 | by Agencies
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