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White teachers at Pretoria High School don't greet black colleagues
A recent investigation commissioned by the Gauteng Education Department has uncovered discriminatory practices at Pretoria High School for Girls, where some white teachers reportedly fail to greet the...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 11:36hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's programme disrupts learning
Business came to a halt at schools across Chikomba District in Mashonaland East province yesterday as both teachers and learners were ordered to attend an event hosted by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:32hrs | 3788 | 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
Chief Mugabe installed by Chiwenga
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday presided over the installation of Mr Matubede Mudavanhu as the 12th substantive Chief Mugabe, where he challenged Zimbabweans to work together with tradit...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fake news a tool used by detractors on Zimbabwe
Fake news is not a new phenomenon, for a long time, the mere mention of Zimbabwe in the global mainstream media (social media) has been associated with a negative story. Zimbabwe post-2000 ent...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Grace Zvavamwe
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 58 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Schools meet to iron out pupils' rivalry
BOYS' schools in Bulawayo might soon consider enrolling female students as a way of eliminating violence among male students who continue to engage in public fights in the city centre.Pupils f...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents threaten to withdraw students from Kutama College
PARENTS with children doing Form One at Kutama College are living in fear for their children's safety as they are alleging that they are being bullied and tortured by school prefects.According...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers fear violent school gangs
TEACHERS at Msiteli High School in Mpopoma suburb say they are living in fear of violent pupils gangs as some of them bring dangerous weapons to school to scare other learners.Two weeks ago, t...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm hits top Zimbabwe school
PARENTS of children at Hellenic Academy in Harare have raised racism allegations against the school authorities.They told NewsDay that as a result, one of the "racist" teachers had since been ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A divisions have crippled its diplomatic offensive against Zanu-PF
Divisions on how to handle perceived deficiencies of democracy in the SADC region have crippled the MDC-Alliance's diplomatic charm offensive. For example, opposition parties in Tanzania had expected ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 15:55hrs | | by Rungano Dzikira
Zanu-PF, ANC to expose detractors' lies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, have agreed to periodically engage so as to apprise each other on regional security threats as well as expose machinat...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Founders High demotes bully prefects
TWO prefects at Founders High School in Bulawayo allegedly tortured Form One pupils in the middle of the night as part of the initiation rite. Form One pupils are sometimes bullied by seniors to "welc...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Founders High School prefects torture juniors in middle of night initiation rite
TWO prefects at Founders High School in Bulawayo allegedly tortured Form One juniors in the middle of the night in a suspected bizarre initiation rite. Form One pupils are sometimes bullied by...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira defends Chamisa's wife
MDC-T National Spokesperson Linda Masarira has defended MDC leader's wife Nelson Chamsia from social media critics who are mocking her of being 'old and ugly'.Social media critics commenting o...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dzamara and Linda Masarira clash
MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira on Thursday clashed with Rights activist Patson Dzamara over Linda's outcry that people are investing too much time in invading and analysing her social life....Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 10:21hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Thokozani Khupe, why bed an unrepentant tribalist?'
Dear President Thokozani Khupe, Well, the much talked about so-called congress of nameless political outfit currently masquerading as MDC-T has come and gone without a thunder in Bulawayo....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Angela Takawira
Marist Brothers bullies 'expelled' from school
MARIST Brothers Secondary School in Dete, Hwange District, has excluded from the institution 16 Form Four pupils who last month ganged up to torture some Form Two boys at the school.In the edu...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers' bullies force victims to drink toilet water
FORM Two boys who were allegedly severely tortured by Form Four pupils at Marist Brothers' Secondary School in Dete were allegedly forced to drink water from the toilet bowl by their drunk attackers, ...Published: 17 Feb 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa 'can't speak about bonuses right now'
CIVIL servants will know about their bonuses tomorrow, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Patrick Chinamasa said all will be revealed when he prese...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's mould our pupils into future leaders, not dictators and 'Black Watchers' - the tragedy of being a prefect
Having endured nearly 4 decades of a merciless and vengeful dictatorship - and as Zimbabweans anxiously wait for a new democratic dawn - we are always asking whether the country is doing enough to mou...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe warns criminals against abusing Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF should not tolerate little criminals who move around beating up people in the name of the party as this tarnishes the brand of the revolutionary party, President Mugabe has said.He sai...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil whips mum with belt on consultation day
A FORM Three pupil at Wanezi High School allegedly whipped his mother with a leather belt on consultation day while teachers and other parents looked on in shock.Bewildered teachers at the Bre...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media split into rival camps that parallel various political divides
I don't know what triggered it, but I just woke up craving for hard-reading stuff. Deep and tough reading. If happens quite often, especially when you suffer a surfeit of the mundane, the everyday, wh...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:01hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe is a Bonana Republic
My People,I am sure the last few days have all but confirmed to you that real African leaders do no waste time visiting useless local African hospitals for treatment as they could end up being...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:31hrs | 2 | by Dr Amai
Chihuri sucked into Prophet Wimbo saga
The fight to control and succeed mysterious prophet Madzibaba Wimbo is hotting up, with police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri - who is a brother to the revered diviner - now being accused of p...Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere scoffs at prophet claims
Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday claimed that he does not wear the famous apostolic white robes and has no intention of consulting the enigmatic Mudzidzi Wimbo in his poli...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fails to free 'abducted' prophet
President Robert Mugabe's spirited efforts to rescue revered "abducted" prophet, Madzibaba Wimbo - who is acclaimed for allegedly foretelling the nonagenarian's presidency 60 years ago - are dead ...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions fight for Mugabe's mysterious prophet
The mad-scramble within President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu-PF to control the frail and mysterious leader of a secretive religious sect, Madzibaba Wimbo, is intensifying - with the 94-year-old ...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big send-off for Manica Junior PA
BIG funeral send-offs have become a custom in Mutare and many still remember long convoys that characterised the funerals of the late Blessing “Yogo-Yogo” Makunike in 2004 and diamond kingpin, Bot...Published: 13 May 2016 at 12:24hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
Pupil barred from exam over braids
A GEORGE STARK, Harare, Form Four pupil was barred from writing a Zimsec Commerce Paper 2 examination last Wednesday on account of her braided hair.Cynthia Johannes, candidate number 3074, was...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde
Zanu-PF hails Mugabe's 'fearless' speech at UN
ZANU-PF yesterday described President Robert Mugabe's speech at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America on Monday as a fearless and precise master...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 06:24hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe slams self-anointed prefects
AFRICA does not need handouts from donors or the West in its development quest, and is only seeking investors who want to come in and reap the rewards of partnering the continent, President Mugabe has...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Mabasa Sasa at the UNITED NATIONS
Opposition coalition against Zanu-PF encouraged
The MDC member Discent Collins Bajila has encouraged opposition political parties to form a grand coalition to bring numbers which will out vote President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF but said the pr...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Can a grand coalition in Zimbabwe work?
There has been widespread debate and discussion on the need for opposition parties in Zimbabwe to put all their differences aside and form one "Grand Coalition". The reasoning portrayed to many is tha...Published: 24 May 2015 at 17:31hrs | | by Discent Collins Bajila
Pupil forced to drink urine
A FORM one pupil at Luveve High school was reportedly forced to drink urine by two bullies after she refused to pay a R1 "toll fee" to use the girls' toilet. The bullies, both girls in Form Tw...Published: 07 Mar 2015 at 14:44hrs | 8 | by Temba Dube
Boy loses front teeth in school fight
A FORM 3 pupil at Milton High School in Bulawayo lost four teeth after he was assaulted by a group of prefects at the school. The attack is now being investigated by the Ministry of Primary and S...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Molline Gagare
Is corporal punishment really bad for juveniles?
Last Friday, I read with trepidation the High Court declaration that corporal punishment or caning of children is now unconstitutional.In her review ruling, in a case involving a 15 year...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 16:18hrs | | by John Gambanga
Pupils disappear, found dead in pool
A DARK cloud hangs over St Killian's Mission School in Makoni this week following Monday's tragic incident in which two Form Three students at the boarding school drowned in a pool in Nyanga during a ...Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 15:32hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
Rampaging pupils demand 'insensitive' headmaster's removal
STUDENT unrest rocked Hartzell High School in Manicaland since Sunday evening with the militant pupils demanding the removal of their headmaster, Mr Shorwi Kawadza, from the school, accusing him of be...Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 08:23hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani
MDC responds to Cain Mathema's attack on Ncube
MDC PRESS STATEMENT 1/04/2012.- RESPONSE TO CAIN MATHEMA ATTACK ON MDC PRESIDENT WELSHMAN NCUBE.The MDC is not surprised at the attack of MDC President...Published: 01 Apr 2012 at 09:29hrs | | by Nhlanhla Dube
The Way I See It - Women Only Voters' Roll
Clara Zetkin (1857 -1933) is a name that may not mean much or be known to many in Zimbabwe, yet she was the German politician and defender of the rights of women who started the International Women's ...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 22:48hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr
Zanu-PF conference in Bulawayo, a failing attempt of political rebirth
While in their minds, the Zanu-PF people may think that they are celebrating over twenty five years of massacre of our people in Bulawayo by holding a non-event they call a conference in the city...Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 07:24hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
This and that with Maluphosa Maluphosa: Bullies All over
Dee is very dejected; his daughter has left school, temporarily, one hopes. She is said to be fleeing bullies at her school. Phela eMzansi bullying is so dangerous it's no-longer viewed as a rite of p...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 17:07hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
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