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Underfunding sinks Zimbabwe school projects
Government-funded school projects are progressing at a snail's pace, with many targets missed due to insufficient funding from Treasury, according to a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee report. The re...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:50hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Former students give back to school
Mlambapele Primary School, located in Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, has received a significant facelift thanks to the efforts of the Mlambapele Former Students Association (MFSA). Th...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:53hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Headmistress faces allegations of corruption and assault
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has initiated an investigation into serious allegations of corruption and assault against Stella Mhlanga, the headmistress of Kumalo Primary School. Mhl...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Govt accused of protecting rogue Khumalo Pry school head
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has been accused of protecting Khumalo primary school headmistress, Stella Mhlanga who is facing allegations of corruption and assault of staff members ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 10:37hrs | 2281 | by Stephen Jakes
Magwegwe High School students injured after classroom ceiling collapse
Several 'A' Level learners at Magwegwe High School in Bulawayo suffered injuries last Friday when a classroom ceiling collapsed during a lesson. The injured students were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospi...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools to apply for loans
Bulawayo City Council has given the green light to a new policy allowing its schools to seek loans for developmental projects, provided they cover 60% of the project costs themselves. This decision ai...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Hwende defects to Zanu-PF
Former Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) Chiredzi Town Council chairman Gibson Hwende has defected to Zanu-PF, stating that opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa is futile.Hwende announced ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 13:17hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over 6-year coffin display at school
A coffin, crafted as part of a school project seven years ago, has become a source of concern at Lukhanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo. Residents and local officials are alarmed by its presence, feari...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:18hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster launches witch-hunt
Musengezi High School head George Rambanepasi and bursar Sharon Kapende are embroiled in controversy over alleged financial mismanagement, particularly concerning a US$12,000 repair scandal involving ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 10:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Founders High School acquires 72-seater bus
Founders High School in Bulawayo celebrated a significant milestone as it unveiled its first-ever 72-seater bus, marking a historic occasion since its establishment in 1952. The event was filled with ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:32hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses SDG timelines
The government yesterday said it would allocate at least 5% of national revenues to provincial and local authorities to catch up on its promises to deliver on United Nations development goals....Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rescue detained toddler, pregnant woman
POLICE have set free a toddler and a pregnant woman who were detained alongside other aggrieved villagers after they had protested maladministration by some school authorities at Sagambe Primary Schoo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster fingered in students demo
THE headmaster at the Anglican-run St Faith High School in Rusape faces disciplinary action for allegedly inciting schoolchildren to protest over his impending transfer from the institution.Th...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School head hires thugs, cause chaos
THERE were chaotic scenes at St Faith's High School outside Rusape, Manicaland province, this week after suspected "hired thugs" disturbed lessons at the Anglican Church-run school.The thugs w...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at school meeting over missing US$150
TEMPERS flared during a meeting on Monday involving parents and guardians of learners at Lukhanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb after it emerged that the school authorities clandestine...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corruption by a school head in Makoni
Dear Editor, As parents of children at Magura Secondary School in Makoni North, Manicaland province we are not happy with misuse of funds by our school head Thomas Murefu.We discov...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 19:02hrs | 13 | by Disgruntled Parents
Zimbabwe family basket shoots to ZWL$2,6m
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has reported that the family basket's cost has risen to ZWL$2.6 million due to escalating prices of essential goods, posing a crisis for numerous households acro...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews at Msengezi High School
A STORM is brewing at Msengezi High School in Mashonaland West province where a section of parents is demanding the removal of the current School Development Committee (SDC) led by Leonard Matatu over...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster nominated for Nketa seat?
Obert Manduna who was once accused of misappropriating more than $12 000 in school funds has been nominated to stand as a Member of Parliament for Nketa in the coming elections. Manduna ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parents cry foul over forex fees
SCHOOLS open for the second term of the year today amid high hopes of smooth learning while parents have expressed concern over the increase in prices and fees by some boarding schools, which are now ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Authorities, parents clash over school uniforms
Parents with children enrolled at St Francis of Assisi High School in Chivhu are up in arms with the School Development Committee (SDC) over its decision making it compulsory to buy provisions and uni...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UN to mobilise US$2,8 billion for Zimbabwe
The United Nations intends to mobilise US$2,8 billion by 2026 for various developmental programmes in Zimbabwe, as contained in the country's five-year economic blueprint, the National Development Str...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands slot in schools' leadership
Zanu-PF has been roping in civil servants including teachers to campaign for Mnangagwa's re-election.Zanu-PF is reportedly meddling in the running of schools in the Midlands province, after it...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster swindles exam fees
A headmaster at Usavi Primary School, Ward 22 Buhera Central Constituency is being accused of swindling US$315 meant for grade seven examination fees.The headmaster Samson Magirigide confirmed...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:39hrs | | by Zebedi Mupuranga/Simbarashe Sithole
Headmaster accused of concocting exchange rates for fees
SOME parents with children attending Mangwara Primary School in Kariba have accused the school headmaster of allegedly threatening them whenever they question the exchange rate the school uses to char...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 17:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Community chases 5 teachers away
PARENTS and guardians with children at Ndangababi Primary School at Cross Dete in Hwange District have chased away five teachers accusing them of incompetence, insubordination and disrespecting tradit...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Competence-Based Curriculum set for review
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says the current cycle of the Competence-Based Curriculum is coming to an end this year.Speaking at the presentation of the Secretary's Merit Aw...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest under probe for harassing teachers, corruption
A Catholic resident priest at St Benedict High School, Fr Innocent Mangwiro is at loggerheads with the mission's authority and is now under investigation over allegations of misconduct, corrupt tenden...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:56hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt okays forex only school fees
THE Government will not stand in the way of schools that decide to charge fees exclusively in foreign currency as long as there is consensus among parents and guardians of learners, an official has sa...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Headmistress under fire
Parents and guardians of Brandon Secondary School have petitioned the Ministry of Education to reign in on the school headmistress Anna Gora whom they accuse of mismanaging the school, including finan...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 16:36hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Priest dresses down congregant during service
IN a shocking incident, a Roman Catholic priest stationed at St Bernard's Parish in Bulawayo's Old Pumula suburb reportedly attacked and dressed down his congregant during a church service accusing hi...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools order pupils to bring own water
SOME schools in Bulawayo have resorted to asking pupils to bring their own bottles of water to school to curb the spread of waterborne diseases following the prevailing water crisis in the city....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO boss grabs Mhangura farm, evicts 200 school children
A SENIOR Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer, Hickman Nyarumwe, has reportedly seized a Mhangura farm and moved to evict over 200 from a satellite school situated there, NewZimbabwe.com ca...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Unpacking a Prospective Councillor's Political Manifesto: Education
On the 7th of December 2021 I published my Political Manifesto as prospective councillor for Gokwe-Mapfungautsi Constituency Ward 25 Zimbabwe 2023 General Elections.My manifesto was received with mixe...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 22:13hrs | 7 | by Etiwel Mutero
Zanu-PF is not allowing opposition to campaign in Umguza, claims CCC
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change party members in Umguza say they failed to field a candidate for Ward 14 in the forthcoming council elections because the ruling Zanu-PF threatened to unleash v...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over school uniform prices
Several boarding schools across the country are cashing in on the sale of uniforms with some schools charging between US$400 and US$600 for a set.Parents, especially of Form 1 students who spo...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands names of striking teachers
Zanu-PF activists in Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, have reportedly ordered school development committees (SDCs) to hand over names of striking teachers to the constituency offices....Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis forces pupils to cut short lessons
BULAWAYO's water crisis has worsened forcing some schools to dismiss learners early as part of contingency measures in light of a looming health disaster. There are also reports that public schools in...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Govt making a mockery of democracy
TEACHERS employed by church- run schools do not subscribe to trade unionism. They don't take part in industrial action to press the employer for better conditions of service and salaries that are comm...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Martin Stobart
Stop confusion over fees hikes
IT is not only shocking but disappointing that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry issued a "directive" that schools may only effect a 33% fee increase for the second term because the term is...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:43hrs | 7 | by Kurai Dapi
Outcry over Solusi High fees
Parents with children learning at Solusi Adventist High have raised an outcry after the school reportedly demanded that they pay an extra US$100 towards fees.They also accused the school of no...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes school's tender processes
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into tender processes at Avondale Primary School, amid allegations of flawed tender processes where the school engaged two serv...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools investigated for demanding teacher incentives
GOVERNMENT has warned schools against fleecing parents by demanding fees in foreign currency and payment of incentives to teachers saying this remains illegal and a chargeable offence.This com...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roles of fashion brands in sustainable living
Serious concerns have been raised about the catastrophic impacts of several industries on our planet. The planet is being increasingly and continuously stretched and all signs are pointing to a closer...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 16:39hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
Parents besiege Chigiji primary school
THERE was mayhem at Chigiji primary school in Bindura on Tuesday after angry parents besieged the school protesting against the authority who allegedly swindled funds meant for drilling of a borehole....Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 16:34hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's no go routes for Ngwena's motorcade.
I knew no politics by 1980 because I was still too young. I remember well in the early 1980s we used to read about Mugabe and Nkomo but this history made little sense to our young apolitical minds by ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero
John Tallach's successful battle against Covid-19
PARENTS and teachers feared for the worst and learners were in panic mode after 170 Covid-19 cases were recorded at John Tallach High School in Ntabazinuna, Matabeleland North, late last year. ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
SDCs blame govt for poor Grade Seven results
The National Association of Schools Development and Committees (NASDC) has blamed the government for the poor Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 Grade Seven results that saw the pass r...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Funds missing at Mzingwane High
MZINGWANE High School in Esigodini is in the eye of a storm after foreign currency incentives mobilised by parents for teachers late last year failed to reach the intended beneficiaries with parents t...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
School head in car accident
Chibuwe High School head walked from a car accident with minor injuries after the school minibus he was driving while being towed overturned and landed on the side.The accident happened at aro...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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