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'Phase out single-sex schools in Bulawayo'
EDUCATION authorities are considering transforming single-sex Government schools in Bulawayo into mixed ones as part of measures to address gang-related violence in learning institutions.Bulaw...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Schools meet to iron out pupils' rivalry
BOYS' schools in Bulawayo might soon consider enrolling female students as a way of eliminating violence among male students who continue to engage in public fights in the city centre.Pupils f...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec markers down pens over allowances
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools demanding transport and subsistence allowances two weeks after commencing duty.The striking markers were marking 202...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo closes all quarantine centres
BULAWAYO has closed all of its Covid-19 quarantine centres owing to shortage of public space to accommodate returnees.At the peak of the first wave of the deadly virus last year, the city had ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form One boarding places almost full
ONLY 56 out of 258 boarding secondary schools in the country still have vacancies for Form One, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo has said. In an interview on T...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3rd pupil suicide this term as Form One girl hangs
A FORM One pupil at Pumula High School in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging yesterday, the third such incident in Bulawayo this term.Brightness Thebe (15) from Magwegwe West subu...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mzingwane pupil in school suicide
A FORM Four pupil at Mzingwane High School, Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South allegedly committed suicide by hanging, fearing disciplinary action over alleged theft, an official has confirmed....Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mitchelle Chikwengo crowned Miss Nust 2018
Mitchelle Chikwengo was on Saturday crowned Miss Nust 2018 after shrugging off stiff competition from 14 other contestants during a pageant held at the university in Bulawayo.The second year E...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls elephant rides stopped
TOUR operators in Victoria Falls are slowly giving in to pressure from international tourism agents to stop elephant ride activities on claim of abuse to wildlife.International animal activist...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Townsend, Mckeurtan suicide pupils related
A GRADE Six pupil at Mckeurtan Primary School in Bulawayo who allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree is related to a pupil from Townsend High School who killed herself last month i...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 08:12hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Grade 6 pupil found hanging at church shrine
A GRADE Six pupil at Mckeurtan Primary School in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree using his neck tie at an apostolic church shrine yesterday.Msizi Ndlovu from ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suicide alert at Townsend Girls' High
THE story of a 14-year-old Bulawayo pupil who allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, has taken a new turn following the discovery of a suicide note, supposedly written by a troubled 'close' friend, ...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to officially open Youth Games
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe will open this year's Zimbabwe National Youth Games set to be held in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West province next month.The Games will run from August 13-21.Sports...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Townsend school bus 'stolen'
DARING robbers last Monday pounced on Townsend High School in Bulawayo and broke three gates before driving off with the school's kombi which was parked close to the boarding facilitates, officials ha...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
ZLHR commends school over refusal to release certificates to students
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has commended the Townsend High School in Bulawayo for releasing results of students who were owing the school outstanding fees thereby avoiding a bruising legal ...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Townsend head in a fix over auction mobile phones
Townsend High School head mistress in Bulawayo, Millicent Moyo is in a fix after she reportedly failed to return mobile devices which she controversially auctioned last year after confisca...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean starts empowerment NGO
FORMER United Nations Secretary-General Ghana's Koffi Annan once said, "There is no tool more effective for development than the empowerment of women."Inspired by such empowering remarks a Zim...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Peter Matika
Byo junior councillors inducted
THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday held an induction ceremony for the newly elected junior councillors.The ceremony held at the Large City Hall was attended by Bulawayo mayor, Councillor Mart...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 03:59hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Find your nearest polling station in Bulawayo
PROVISIONAL POLLING STATIONS USED DURING 2013 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM Bulawayo Provinc...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Moyo Roy
Referendum votes to be pasted at polling centres
COUNTING of votes for the constitutional referendum set for Saturday would be done at polling stations immediately after voting close and the results will be displayed outside each polling station, Zi...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for bigamy, escapes jail by a whisker
A Bulawayo architect escaped jail by a whisker after he was ordered to perform community service for engaging in bigamy.Peter Daniso Sibanda (52), of Number 13 Willoughby Avenue in North End, ...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 04:36hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
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