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Court restores demoted teacher's senior position
The Labour Court in Bulawayo has ruled in favour of a senior teacher, Tandiwe Moyo, ordering the government to reverse her transfer and demotion from her position as teacher-in-charge (TIC).Ju...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:26hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
6 arrested over Mapanzure High protest
Tensions flared at Mapanzure High School in Masvingo province after a group of disgruntled parents staged a protest against the school head, demanding urgent intervention over what they described as p...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:08hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
ZACC joins fight against education corruption
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has intensified efforts to root out corruption in schools across Manicaland by enlisting the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) and the po...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:34hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa police brutalise learners during crime awareness drive
What was meant to be a crime awareness campaign at Mahetshe Primary School in Maphisa has sparked national outrage and calls for accountability after police officers reportedly assaulted several pupil...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:39hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Teachers turning predators
Recent disturbing reports of teachers abusing pupils have cast a dark shadow over the education sector, highlighting that not all in the teaching profession are driven by a genuine passion to develop ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:43hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Headmaster on the run after sodomy allegation
A deputy headmaster at Masase High School in Mberengwa has gone into hiding after being accused of sodomising more than 35 male students at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zimbabwe (ELCZ)-run insti...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 14:08hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
500,000 Zimbabwean children out of school
ABOUT half-a-million Zimbabwean children of school-going age are staying at home, a United Nations agency has said, amid calls for the government to address challenges that are keeping them out of cla...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Padare advocates for female vice-president
Female participation in politics has remained a contentious issue with various women organisations and pressure groups pushing for adherence to the Zimbabwean constitution that stipulates equal repres...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to engage ZNA over border post landmines
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will seek the intervention of the Zimbabwe National Army to assess Forbes Border Post for possible landmines to enable authorities to access an are...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele community in Buhera assert rights
A NDEBELE chief in the heart of Buhera is pleading with government to provide a local primary school with a Ndebele teacher to preserve their language.The community, populated by Ndebeles in t...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 16:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
More teachers join strike
More teachers yesterday joined the countrywide strike which started on Tuesday, despite reports of widespread intimidation by State security agents in some areas.The teachers have downed tools...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' Job Action gathering momentum despite State Crackdown
Teachers countrywide continue to join the ongoing job action demanding a living wage. A survey conducted by Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe revealed that Matabeleland North province is t...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by ARTUZ
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust in financial need
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust (CNCVCT) is seeking financial assistance to finish a classroom block worth $25 000 at Sishawe Primary School in Bubi District, Zimbabwe. The organ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Buhle Nkomo
Chamisa's MP quizzes Mavima over pipils without birth certificates
MDC Alliance legislator Jasemine Toffa has questioned Minister of Primary and Secondary Schools Paul Mavima over the denial of children without birth certificates from registering at some schools....Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zhuwawo inadvertently exposes Mugabe's tyranny and incompetence
One thing that I have learnt since my childhood is never to openly boast about my immature escapades, as I can never know the potential humiliation such behaviour would cause me several years later, w...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Rural teachers plan to boycott education conference
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has mobilised its members to boycott a government-organised education conference scheduled to start in Harare tomorrow in protest over its lac...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa only serious Mugabe successor , says Coltart
Reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi had a wide ranging interview with Bulawayo-based respected lawyer and former Education minister, David Coltart. Below are the excerpts of the interview.Q: To begin w...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 13:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dokora has failed, says Coltart
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education continues to raise the ire of parents and guardians chiefly because of the controversial policies being introduced by its head, Lazarus Dokora. ...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Njabulo Ncube
Government must move in swiftly in satelite schools - WhatsApp update
13:23, 9 Oct - +263 7* *** ****: THE GOVERNMENT MUST MOVE IN SWIFTLY IN SATELITE SCHOOLSA lot of people are complaining about the the so called sa...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 12:59hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Zim boy (16) dies on school trip in SA
Johannesburg - What was supposed to have been a fun outing for a White River, Mpumalanga, private school turned into a tragedy when a 16-year-old boy died during the excursion. Tinotenda "Tino...Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 04:45hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
U.S high school shooting, one student killed and four injured
A teen gunman on Monday opened fire at the cafeteria of Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, U.S. , killing one student while injuring four others.The shooter, identified by local paper Cleve...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 21:53hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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