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Milton high in Environmental Conservation programme
MILTON High School student volunteer activity group, ASEZ STAR Club Light of Hope will embark on a mission to clean up Townsend Road from Corner Leopold Takawira to 12th Avenue Extension on October 27...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 20:40hrs | 607 | by Stephen Jakes
Mzilikazi High wins Bulawayo Public Speaking contest
MZILIKAZI High School is this year's winner of the Bulawayo Public Speaking competition.The event was hosted last Friday at the Zimbabwe Academy of Music by the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South a...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Children abandon 80-year-old granny
Community members in Makokoba, Bulawayo, have taken over the welfare of an 80-year-old woman who has apparently been abandoned by her children.The octogenarian, identified as Gogo Khethiwe Ncu...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:22hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to keep a close eye on 2023 Six Nations
With South Africa drawn in a 2023 World Cup pool that includes both Ireland and Scotland, the Springboks will be keeping a closer eye on proceedings at this year's Six Nations Championship.The...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 13:45hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF political commissar buried
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial political commissar, Ruth Shelton, was laid to rest yesterday at West Park Cemetery with mourners describing her as an upcoming and fast-growing politician who had a pr...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:32hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Most govt buildings in Bulawayo unsafe'
Most government buildings in Bulawayo have been condemned as unsafe in the event of a fire outbreak as only two out of 40 buildings assessed by the fire brigade are in compliance with fire prevention ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | | 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 | 7 | 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
Orap Zenzele Isuzu Champions Cup continues to grow
TREMENDOUS progress has been made in the Orap Zenzele Champions Cup over the years since its inception in 2014.This was said by Mike Blatch, the principal representative of Auto World Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC extends bursary to A Level
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to offer its social welfare education grant to Advanced Level students following revelations that beneficiaries were failing to proceed beyond Ordinary Lev...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
9 bodies stuck in 2 Bulawayo mortuaries
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said nine bodies are stuck in two mortuaries in the city with no one coming forward to claim them. One of the bodies is that of a Townsend Muzonda who was repatriated from...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | | 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 | 10 | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
+70 Zimbabwean farmers in Zambia yearn to return home
farmer_farmerOver 70 Zimbabwean white commercial farmers living in Zambia are yearning to return home and assist redevelop the agriculture sector in the once Southern African Development Commu...Published: 07 May 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Top govt officials assisted in diamond mine grab'
A KARIBA-BASED gold mining company, Townsend Enterprises, has accused top government officials of facilitating the takeover of its gold claims at Gache-Gache on the shores of Kariba Dam by State-owned...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | 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
Battle of the minds at Old Mutual Schools Quiz
SOME 200 schools from across the country are participating in the new season of Old Mutual Schools Quiz at the weekend with organisers anticipating an exciting battle of the minds.Takudzwa Tsi...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man 'exports' groceries, property to smallhouse
GROCEMOSIS- is the movement of groceries from home to a level of lower concentration at the small house!That's the case with Lawrence Mlambo (68) from Kwekwe who does not think twice to take g...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:41hrs | | 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 | 1 | 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
Orphaned at birth triplets get surrogate mum
TRIPLETS from Midlands province whose mother died following a home delivery in June now have a surrogate mother who has received donations to look after them after their father said he was unable to t...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:55hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suicide after being told to do homework before TV
A GIRL (14) allegedly committed suicide after her mother ordered her to do homework and polish her shoes before watching Generations the Legacy soapie on TV.Nomakhwezi Mzaca Nkomo, a Form Two ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magpies back in the English Premier League
Newcastle United secured an immediate return to the Premier League with a convincing home victory over Preston.Christian Atsu put the Magpies 2-1 up at half-time after Jordan Hugill had cancel...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by BBC
18 school kids cheat death, police flee accident scene
FOUR pupils in Bulawayo were injured on Tuesday when a commuter omnibus carrying 18 school children crashed into a ditch following a 5km high speed chase by motorbike cops....Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Storm brews over Kariba gold deposits
A CLASH is brewing between the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) and Townsend Enterprises over the extraction of gold at the Gache-Gache area where gold deposits worth millions of US do...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 10:08hrs | | 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
Fatal accident as kombi flee cops - Pics
One person died on the spot this morning in Bulawayo after a commuter omnibus was involved in a accident.It is reported that the kombi was taking Townsend High Students to school.The k...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 09:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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 | | 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 | | by Staff Reporter
My first trip to South Africa as a boarder jumper
Before I came to SA I worked as an HIV/AIDS workshop facilitator for three N.G.O's Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), CWGH and Zimbabwe National Family Planning council.The Zim government always ...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 16:13hrs | 4 | by Nobuhle Virgie
Milton High School headmaster faces $10,000 swindle charge
SUSPENDED Milton High School head William Ncube allegedly swindled the institution of more than $10,000 and routinely flouted sound governance procedures, a Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 10:56hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Ministry can't take any action against 'vuzu parties'
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it cannot take any action against pupils involved in rowdy behaviour during "vuzu parties" as their activities are done outside i school premis...Published: 28 Jul 2015 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean technocrat's exit package rattles SA parliament
ZIMBABWEAN technocrat, Gatsha Mazithulela was a subject of discussion in the South African Parliament last week where fresh details emerged about his "controversial" exit from the neighbouring country...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 05:57hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
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
3 nabbed for robbing taxis
TWO MEN from Filabusi and one from Bulawayo have been locked up in remand prison after they allegedly hijacked two private taxis and robbed drivers of the vehicles, which they took to sell in Harare....Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Rhodesian currency only' sign riles Mugabe's aide
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary George Charamba recently came face to face with a "painful reminder" of colonialism that he said undermined the country's independence ...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Shingirai Huni
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 | 8 | by Mashudu Netsianda
'White Zimbabweans politically burnt out'
Jane Nicola Watson, the MDC-T legislator for Bulawayo constituency, says she clinched a proportional representation seat in Zimbabwe's 8th Parliament because race was no longer an issue in the souther...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe has 14 secondary schools in Africa's top 100
ZIMBABWE has more than 14 secondary schools on the list of top 100 private and Government schools in Africa according to the latest ranking by African Economist magazine. South Africa, on the ...Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 04:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. - Thousands protest Trayvon Martin verdict
Demonstrators took to the streets in dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to vent their anger over the acquittal in Florida of the man who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to death and to call ...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 07:12hrs | | by Reuters
Frozen fruit suspected in hepatitis A outbreak in U.S.
U.S. - A frozen fruit mix commonly used in smoothies is suspected in a hepatitis A outbreak that has affected five Western states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Safari lodge owner accused of feeding fisherman to crocodiles
Fourteen Kariba villagers - among them five women - who were arrested for allegedly besieging a safari lodge in the town for three days claiming the property owner had fed their colleague to crocodile...Published: 26 May 2013 at 07:42hrs | | by Noah Pito
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