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Jabulani Sibanda urges Zimbabweans to shun tribalism
Zanu-PF provincial chairperson for Bulawayo Jabulani Sibanda has urged Zimbabweans to shun tribalism to ensure unity and development.The former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran Associa...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police raid pupils hide out
EIGHT Sobukhazi High School learners in Bulawayo were on Friday raided by police at a hideout in Entumbane suburb, with some escaping through the window as law enforcement agents approached.Th...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools operating without water
MORE than half of Bulawayo's schools are operating without water after council disconnected supplies due to non-payment of rates amid reports that they owe council a combined $100 million while those ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Who will Continue your work?
INTABA enkulu idilikile sums up the impact of the death of one of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga.Cont (64) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after be...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP mass displays wow Master KG
TOP South African artiste Master KG yesterday joined Zimbabweans to celebrate the country's 42nd Independence anniversary at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo.Bulawayo played host to the main ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pupils shun teen vaccination programme
BULAWAYO health officials say some pupils are resisting to be vaccinated in the ongoing vaccination programme targeting teenagers aged 16 and 17, a challenge blamed on parents and guardians' vaccinati...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cops shoot girl, intimidate her
POLICE in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density ...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolgirl shot after police officer discharges gun to break up fight
A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fight, her family alleges.The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Form 4 boy impregnates Form 2 pupil
A Form Four student at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo lured his Form Two lover to his family home and had sex with her, resulting in her falling pregnant.The 17-year-old Form Four student a...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam fees hiked from $20 to $220
A Bulawayo school has given June 2019 private examination students four days to pay an examination fee which has been hiked with more than ten percent from the initial advertised fee. A ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125
No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Pathisa Nyathi
'Madinda was a good singer'
THERE are some people who deserve special mention in Zimbabwe football. One of them is Ali "Baba" Dube, a respected figure in junior coaching circles.Alibaba as he is fondly known, has a...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma High in Copa Coca-Cola Bulawayo clean sweep
MPOPOMA High School achieved a clean sweep at the Copa Coca-Cola football Bulawayo finals with their boys as well as girls teams being crowned provincial champions at Gifford last Friday, which earned...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Pupils caught in cemetery sex
WHEN it comes to sex, sometimes real life mimics fiction.These words were played out by a seemingly disturbing incident of two shameless pupils from two different high schools in Bulawayo (nam...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso Royals face collapse
THE Highlanders Royals - a women soccer team that competes in the Southern Region Women's League - is on the brink of collapse amid revelations that the team has not trained for two months in addition...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midnight exam for O-level
FORM Four pupils at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb last Monday had to write their Zimbabwe School Examination (Zimsec) computers practical examination at night following an elect...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 students pregnant: Ministry probes Founders High
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dispatched an investigating team to Founders High School in Bulawayo following a report that six boarders at the school have fallen pregnant....Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
uMthwakazi was one ofAfrica's best governed polities
One of the things Ndebele people pride themselves in is the efficient manner in which their pre-colonial Kingdom known as UMTHWAKAZI was organised. The kingdom was so intelligently structured that man...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 11:30hrs | 8 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Mzilikazi lose out on title defence
MZILIKAZI High School, the 2016 Orap Zenzele Chevrolet Champions Cup holders, have been denied an opportunity to defend their boys' title after they were omitted from the Under-20 football tournament ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Make ICT training compulsory for teachers
YES, you read that right. We have to start somewhere. Here we are and we have a generation of students and pupils who are more tech savvy than their teachers. If we are serious about using ICT to open...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Confusion rocks Bulawayo schools over Mugabe bash closure
THERE was confusion in Bulawayo yesterday following contradictory messages from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry over the closure of schools in preparations of President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
UBH's first black nurse dies
THE first black nurse at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has died. She was 74. Milia Macala Dube nee Sigogo, one of the pioneer nurses in colonial Rhodesia was the first black nurs...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:43hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Solar powered wireless access
Background Some time in March 2010 ,. the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) made an announcement t...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Pupils linked to school robberies
THE spate of robberies that have been occurring at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo over the years have been linked to pupils, a situation that is worrisome as pupils are supposed to be the custodian...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 08:29hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
School girl spared jail after suffocating newborn in satchel
A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil at a top Bulawayo school who gave birth and hid the infant in a satchel, where it suffocated, has been spared jail. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sta...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 10:03hrs | | by Shamiso Dzingire
Mzilikazi High are the champions
MZILIKAZI High School retained the Arenel Under-17 provincial soccer championship by beating Entumbane High 2-0 in the final played at Gifford High School on Friday.Mzilikazi will now represen...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 09:37hrs | 6 | by Jillian Shava
Pupils locked in cage over unpaid fees
PUPILS at a Bulawayo school whose parents have not paid fees have been spending the day in a fenced enclosure instead of attending lessons, Sunday News can reveal.Officials at Sobukhazi High S...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:10hrs | | by Dumani Moyo
Eveline Girls High pupil in court for baby dumping
A FORM 3 pupil at Eveline Girls High School in Bulawayo gave birth at home, secreted the live tot in a satchel and then locked it away in a wardrobe, a court heard yesterday. The baby was dead by the ...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 08:21hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
High school teachers in fistfight in front of pupils over isimbazo
FORGET about a Form Three girl who gave birth in a toilet or two Form Four pupils who were caught in lunchtime sex romp at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo. This time around it's two te...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teachers in court for fighting over $5
A SOBUKHAZI High School teacher who assaulted a colleague for allegedly picking up his $5 as he was paying back the money he owed her was yesterday arraigned before the Bulawayo Magistrates Court faci...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 16:08hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Form 3 pupil stabs woman over boyfriend
A FORM Three pupil at Pumula High School in Bulawayo allegedly ran amok and stabbed a 21 year old woman four times on the chest following a misunderstanding over a boyfriend.The girl, 15, appe...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 12:21hrs | | by Plaxcedes Hove
Pupils caught having sex in class
LAST Wednesday afternoon at Sobukhazi High School, Bulawayo, two form four pupils, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were caught having sex by a junior pupil who had heard sounds."It see...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Form 3 pupil gives birth in school toilet
Lessons stopped at Bulawayo's Sobukhazi High School as pupils rushed to catch a glimpse of a form three pupil who gave birth at the school toilets.The 17-year-old pupil (name withheld), who is...Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mzilikazi dethrone Gifford
THREE time Copa Coca-Cola national champions Mzilikazi earned the right to represent Bulawayo at the national finals in Harare next month when they defeated Gifford, who were champions last year 2-0 i...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 09:10hrs | | by Mehluli Sibanda
'Prophet' flees angry mob after a stage-managed healing event
A BOGUS Pentecostal pastor, fled an angry mob recently at the popular Egodini rank in Bulawayo after his fake miracles were exposed when one of the "healed cripples" who was used to stage-manage the e...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 09:00hrs | 9 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Bulawayo's top A-level school
DOMINICAN Convent and Green Gables are the best high schools in Bulawayo, both having recorded a 100 percent pass rate in last year's A-Level examinations.Masotsha High in Magwegwe North nose...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 07:21hrs | 17 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Whose interest do DONORS serve ?
SINCE time immemorial, aid has been trickling into Africa from all corners of the world, but mostly from the United States of America, Britain, Germany and some Scandinavian countries.This...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 17:21hrs | | by Bhekithemba Ncube
Minor tears boyfriend's passport for breaking her virgin*ty & cheating on her
A Form Four pupil at Bulawayo's Sobukhazi High School has appeared in court facing charges of breaking into her boyfriend's house and tearing his passport.The court was told that the 19-year-...Published: 24 Aug 2013 at 06:01hrs | | by Court Reporter
Pupil escapes jail for impregnating girl (14)
A 19-year-old Upper Six pupil at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb was lucky to escape jail life after his sentence was postponed for five years for impregnating his 14-year-old gi...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 04:25hrs | | by Court Reporter
Falcon College wins public speaking competition
FALCON College is this year's winner of the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South annual public speaking competition held at Bulawayo Theatre.The competition ran for three weeks with the finals being ...Published: 08 Mar 2012 at 21:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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