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Zimbabwe's teacher-to-pupil ratio climbs to 1:45

Zimbabwe's public education system is under severe strain following revelations that the average teacher-to-pupil ratio has ballooned to 1:45, far exceeding recommended standards, due to a government freeze on teacher recruitment.Primary a…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 12:54hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter

Pupil killed in a freak accident

The small community of Godlwayo Village in Umzingwane District has been plunged into mourning following the tragic death of a six-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil in a road traffic accident this past Tuesday.What began as a…

Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:37hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter

Pupil spared jail time for fatal stabbing

A 17-year-old former student of Milton High School narrowly avoided a prison sentence after appearing in the Bulawayo High Court last Thursday for fatally stabbing another 17-year-old boy in Magwegwe North suburb. The incident occurred whi…

Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:57hrs | 301 | 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 driven by Fani Herbert. The girl sustain…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter

Pupil commits suicide after boyfriend rejects pregnancy

A tragic incident occurred at Nketa High School in Bulawayo where a female student, whose name is withheld, reportedly took her own life after her boyfriend allegedly rejected her pregnancy. The girl, a Form Four student, was buried on Mon…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 830 | 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 Brethren in Christ-run institution ended up callin…

Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chipinge SDC Chair brutalise grade 3 for not standing up when called

A grade 3 pupil Mufaro Mungezi (9) at Mahachi Primary school at Gecheche Growth point in Chipinge was assaulted by the schoolâ€™s School Development Committee (SDC) Chairperson  Kudakwashe Chiororo sometime last month.THis was reporte…

Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

Pupil by day, hooker by night

IT is 11PM and she has attended to two men; three more and her work for the night will be done.But she has to make sure that her night shift ends before 2AM, if it doesn't, then she is doomed.*Vimbai Mukozho (15) is a pupil by day and a ho…

Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff writer

Zaka teacher gets 3 years for sex with a pupil

A Zaka teacher was last Friday lucky to survive a lengthy jail sentence after Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu convicted him on a lesser charge other than rape and gave him a 3 year sentence.Steward Makoni of Mutonhori High School appeared …

Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Another pupil goes missing

A pupil went missing in Bulawayo's Mbundane suburb bringing to six the number of pupils that have disappeared this year in the three neighbouring suburbs of Mbundane, Emganwini and Nkulumane. Albright Munkuli, 17, a Form Five pupil at Hami…

Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Patient Sibanda

Another pupil vanishes in Emganwini

POLICE in Bulawayo are cracking their heads as they try to solve a cryptic puzzle where school pupils disappeared mostly in Emganwini and Nkulumane on a monthly basis for a period stretching from February to May.Yesterday, there was a stor…

Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 Two, reportedly habitually abuse other pupils. Bu…

Published: 07 Mar 2015 at 14:44hrs | 14 | by Temba Dube

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 trip in the tourist resort area. The de…

Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 15:32hrs | | by Abel Zhakata

Pupil spared jail for killing passenger

AN O-Level pupil at Shangani Secondary School was lucky to escape jail life when he was fined $200 for driving without a licence and killing a passenger. Michael Tawanda Hove (20) of Stand Number 14 Blackwaters in Shangani pleaded guilty t…

Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul

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