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'Gukurahundi was planned before Zimbabwe independence'
Former Co-Minister of National Healing and Integration, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, believes the Gukurahundi genocide that killed over 20 000 people in Matebeleland and Midlands was planned before independenc...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:10hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster seeks help for bedridden wife
THE headmaster of Regina Mundi Primary School in Lupane Mr Nkululeko Msimanga is asking for about US$6 000 to help his bedridden wife Mrs Sihlalisiwe Msimanga (51) undergo a brain therapy in Harare....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:45hrs | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Sick bays set up at boarding schools
Schools today reopen for non-examination classes for the long second and final term of 75 teaching days for these classes, without exeat weekends, and with temporary holding and sick bays set up at mo...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
10 protesting teachers arrested
TEN teachers were arrested yesterday in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, for protesting against non-payment of salaries by government.Their lawyer Gift Mtisi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High teacher, pupil turnout as schools open
SCHOOLS reopened yesterday for examination classes with more learners attending classes as teachers reported for duty unlike what happened last year. The reopening of schools last year was cha...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools reduce Form 1 intakes
SOME aspiring Form One pupils, especially those who got more than 10 units in their 2020 Grade 7 examinations risk failing to secure boarding places as schools are reducing intakes. With most ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
5 300 new teachers start work
THE 5 300 teachers recently engaged to beef up staff at schools following Government's decision to reduce classes to maximum of 30 pupils to allow for social distancing start work today. The l...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening today
Next year's examination classes Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five return to school today, with the Government assuring parents that all necessary precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 5 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Mguni declared liberation war hero
FORMER Home Affairs Deputy Minister and Mangwe MP, Obedingwa Mguni, who died on Tuesday has been declared a liberation war hero and will be buried at his homestead tomorrow. Mguni (57), who wa...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns 'humble cadre' Mguni
Zanu-PF has sent a condolence message to the Mguni family following the death of Deputy Chief Whip and legislator for Mangwe Obedingwa Mguni in Harare on Tuesday. Mguni, who was also Zanu-PF p...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students shine at Spain science fair
Clad in grey trousers, neatly ironed white shirts, blue ties and blazers are two Nyatsime College Form 4 students who can't hide their joy after they came second in the energy category at the just end...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unmasking the myths of decolonization in Zimbabwe through the lens of Cain Mathema
Cain Mathema's 2018 publication, "I Join The ZAPU Armed Struggle" captures stories of experiences and reflections of the young Thula at Cyrene Mission, an Anglican Church boarding school for boys. ZAP...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4 | by Brian Maregedze
Boarding schools increase fees to $1 000 per term
A NUMBER of boarding schools have tabled proposals to increase school fees and related levies to above $1 000 next term, creating fresh headaches for parents, some already struggling to pay amounts fo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:40hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats lose court challenge
THE High Court yesterday dismissed an application by 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged cheating....Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Date set for hearing for Zimsec exam 'cheats'
THE hearing of a matter involving 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged examination cheating has been set...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam 'cheats' sue Zimsec
FIFTEEN Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted for alleged examination cheating have taken the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) and the Minister of Primary and Secondary Edu...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top performing schools named
A total of 57 pupils from more than 20 schools in the Matabeleland region contributed to the 773 pupils who managed to come out with 15 points and above in last year's Advanced Level November examinat...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
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 | 154 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death trying to stop a fight
A LABORATORY technician at Regina Mundi Girls High School in Gweru died after he was stabbed near the heart with an okapi knife as he attempted to stop a fight between his friend and the assailant....Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Regina Mundi setting pace in the Midlands
The Roman Catholic run Regina Mundi Girls' High is setting itself as a school of academic excellence. It is a dream school for every parent.The school made a point when it notched 98.52% pass ...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
3 killed in head-on collision
THREE people died while four others were injured when a Volkswagen Golf they were travelling in collided head-on with a Toyota Corolla along Harare-Bulawayo highway on Friday night.The acc...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Car, bus head-on crash claims 2 lives
Wife of senior Bulawayo journalist, Innocent Kurwa, Getrude and her mother died when the vehicle Getrude was driving collided head-on with a bus in Gweru on Tuesday.Mrs Kurwa who was takin...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff 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 | 8 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zimsec dismisses top 100 A-Level schools' list
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has dismissed as fake, a purported top 100 Advanced Level schools' list circulating on various social media platforms.The list of the coun...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elite school dumps 8 teachers
Eight teachers in Gweru have been left cursing the day they decided to look for greener pastures after they were used and dumped by an elite school Lingfield Christian Academy.The eigh...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 17:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BE Forward sued over botched vehicle deal
A ROMAN Catholic secondary school in Gwayi, Matabeleland North province, has sued Japanese car exporter, BE Forward, over a botched bus import deal.In summons filed at the Bulawayo High Co...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Pledge gets mixed response
THERE was a mixed response on the inaugural National Pledge recital yesterday with government schools reciting it while most private schools did not embrace it. At government schools, some parents bro...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporters
Pupils cheat death as school bus burns
MORE than 70 pupils at Regina Mundi High School in Lupane escaped unhurt when a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus they were travelling on caught fire due to a suspected mechanical fault ne...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:26hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Brave pupils on the roof of burning bus, save luggages - Photo
The photo above shows brave Regina Mundi pupils on top of a burning bus trying to save their luggages. The ZUPCO bus they were travelling on went up in flames on Monday afternoon along Ny...Published: 02 May 2016 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zupco bus with Regina Mundi pupils catch fire
The Zimbabwe United Passangers Company known with the acronym ZUPCO (in picture) went in up in flames this afternoon along Nyamayendlovu road.The bus was carrying school children travelling ...Published: 02 May 2016 at 16:00hrs | 10 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mat North schools hit all time lowest O'Level results
Mat North schools have done it again, this time hitting the lowest results ever since independence. Schools in Lupane have the lowest results with non aiming above 16%.This comes at a time whe...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Taking another well-deserved break, Cdes?
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, since our party's restructuring exercise is going smoothly in all the provinces, naturally helped by the star rallies that Dr Amai is conducting, I ...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:25hrs | | by CZ
'B-Metro' reporter sentenced
A Marondera man who impersonated a B-Metro reporter to extort $1 200 from a Catholic nun in Gweru has been ordered to perform 270 hours of community service at a primary school in his home town....Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Undressed nun pictures' extortionist made up identities of accomplices
A MAN who impersonated a B-Metro reporter to extort $1,200 from a nun, made up the identities of his two accomplices who are "still on the run," a court heard yesterday.Mike Chimutanda, 41, of...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 11:02hrs | 6 | by Patrick Chitumba
Nun's indecent picture of shame
Regina Mundi High School headmistress, Sister Concilia Jangara's indecent pictures saga has sucked in a CABS bank teller who stands accused of conniving with three fake B-Metro reporters to extort mo...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 12:33hrs | 11 | by Faith Mabuto
Blackmail for undressed nun
THREE men posed as reporters from the popular Bulawayo-based tabloid, B-Metro, and extorted $1,200 from a Catholic nun after threatening to publish pictures of her posing undressed. The tr...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Faith Mabuto
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 | 208 | 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
Stingy beer buddy receives thorough hiding
A beer drinking spree by three imbibers ended on a bad note when the refusal by one of them to buy a round resulted in him receiving a thorough hiding from his colleagues. Thirty-two-year-old ...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Michael Magoronga
Man assaulted by his friends for refusing to buy beer
TWO brick layers in Hertfordshire in Gweru were yesterday each sentenced to perform 210 hours of community service by a local magistrate for assaulting their friend after he refused to buy them be...Published: 16 Aug 2014 at 15:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I used to have sex 4 times a day,' says Gumbura
It has been roughly 180 days since he left all that he had known, loved, cared for - and abused. Now he is serving a 40-year prison sentence after being convicted on four counts of rape.In tha...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Bosso player up for assaulting ex-lover
FORMER Highlanders striker, Makreza Navaya, allowed alcohol to get the better of him and assaulted his ex-girlfriend for refusing to share a bed with him.The retired footballer was sentenced t...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
School heads warned on Lower six fees
Lower Sixth Form classes begin on March 3 with school heads being instructed to calculate this term's fees and levies on a proportional basis.In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Primary ...Published: 22 Feb 2014 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A-level top 100 schools - list
Marist Brothers Nyanga High School in Manicaland Province is the best Advanced Level school in Zimbabwe, having attained a 100 percent pass rate in the 2013 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Zimse...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 07:14hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
O-level top 100 schools
The overall pass rate for November 2013 was 20,72 percent, a 2,32 percent increase from November 2012 pass rate of 18,4 percent.Esau Nhandara, the Zimsec director said November results ...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 14:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
O-Level top schools
Church-run schools led by Monte Cassino in Macheke produced the best Zimbabwe Schools Examination November 2013 Ordinary Level results, according to results released on Tuesday. Monte Ca...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
O-level results out, Monte Cassino tops
The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) has released the November 2013 Ordinary Level results. Although it could not be immediately determined when students can start c...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 13:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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