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Divorced 'man of god' abuses pupils at Milton High
A TEACHER at the elite boys-only Milton High School has been arrested and suspended from duty following explosive allegations of improper conduct with learners.Tyson Lunga, an Advanced Level c...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Top private school put under corporate rescue
Top private school, Knowstics Academy, has been placed under corporate rescue as part of efforts to revive its operations and restore its reputation in Zimbabwe's competitive education sector....Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
New dates for vacation school
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revised the dates for vacation school for examination classes, moving it to the first two weeks of the school holidays, from August 9-22, instead of...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:51hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changes schools' closing date for examination classes
The Zimbabwean government has adjusted the holiday school calendar for public examination classes. Schools will now remain open until August 22 for these classes, i...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:29hrs | 2619 | by Staff reporter
Pupil commits suicide after boyfriend rejects pregnancy
A tragic incident occurred at Nketa High School in Bulawayo where a female student, whose name is withheld, reportedly took her own life after her boyfriend allegedly rejected her pregnancy. The girl,...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Hero emerges after Falcon College tragic bus accident
IN the aftermath of a horrific bus accident on the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway, a Falcon College learner emerged an unlikely hero.On that tragic afternoon of June 16, tragedy struck as the bus car...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:38hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Maybe if there had been no social media, Zimbabwe would be free today!
When I started writing these social justice articles way back in 1989, as a form three pupil, the world was a very different place.Those of us who had chosen this path - of speaking for the op...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:23hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mixed feelings over driving learners
Two weeks ago, a tragic incident shook Harare when Ashley Musendekwa, an Upper Sixth student and deputy head boy of St George's College, lost his life in a devastating car accident on Harare Drive in ...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ex - Dynamos and CAPS United player dumps newly born baby , wife and kids
IT was an emotional scene at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday when the players from the Archford Gutu Boys Academy, who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Erick Matotoba
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clarifies guidelines for learners from South Africa
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has laid down the technicalities that will be considered for absorbing learners coming from outside the country into the country's education system....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ordered to hold 'anti-sanctions' events on October 25
The government has ordered schools to plan "anti-sanctions" events for October 25, ZimLive reported.The date was declared by SADC as a Day of Solidarity Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe.F...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schools directed to accept Zimdollar
THE Government has issued a stern warning to all schools that are demanding fees exclusively in US dollars, saying such institutions risk being de-registered as their demands were a violation of the c...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand fees from exam candidates
SOME schools in Bulawayo have been demanding fees for candidates that are writing Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, a practice that has been conde...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed except for exam pupils 'until further notice'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday declared that schools will remain indefinitely closed, just hours after the ministry of primary and secondary education published the school calendar which state...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants hopeful their salaries will be paid in forex
CIVIL servants are hoping that Government will accede to their request for salaries to be paid in foreign currency as the country starts a New Year saying this will improve their standards of living....Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Exam disruptions feared as teachers renew pay grumble, call strikes
Disgruntlement is growing among teachers after one union declared a 12-day strike, and a second said its members would not be invigilating final year examinations for Grade 7, Form 4 and Upper Sixth....Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza rings the changes
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza has imposed a smartphone ban on his players as he tries to foster discipline, team bonding as well as promoting unity within his camp as the team seeks to end the 2022 Fif...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare incidents engulf Mugabe's village as boy hangs self at father's funeral
BIZARRE incident are playing out in the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural Zvimba area after an 18-year-old high school pupil committed suicide by hanging near his newly buried father's grave...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sick bays set up at boarding schools
Schools today reopen for non-examination classes for the long second and final term of 75 teaching days for these classes, without exeat weekends, and with temporary holding and sick bays set up at mo...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nightmare for teachers as transporters demand forex
TEACHERS and other school support staff are facing a nightmare to get to their respective stations ahead of full schools opening tomorrow after it emerged that inter-city buses are still banned except...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to close eight days before Christmas
SCHOOLS across Zimbabwe will close on December 17 and open on 11 January next year. The resumption of face-to-face classes follows a thorough exercise by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Postpone November exams'
TEACHERS' unions have called on government to postpone the November final examinations for Grade 7, Form Four and Upper Sixth — to January, saying pupils whose learning has been severely disrupted b...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Teachers want continued assessment abandoned
TEACHERS have urged government and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) to set aside the implementation of Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) because of disruptions caused b...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes digital
Zanu-PF Harare province yesterday launched its computer data capturing centre as part of the Revolutionary Party's goal of having a national database to account for its members as well as programmes. ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers' unions blast govt over ‘command' workshops
TEACHERS' unions have accused the Primary and Secondary Education ministry of employing a "command" and "haphazard" approach in implementing the new examination model, starting with the ongoing worksh...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Indecent assault journalist granted $2,000 bail
JOURNALIST Robert Mukondiwa, who is facing allegations of aggravated indecent assault on an orphaned 19-year-old Upper Sixth pupil, has been granted $2 000 bail by the High Court. He is ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls new Zimsec exams model
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry will introduce a new examination model, which will include student continuous assessments marks and final examination marks.The new model, to be im...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior journalist up for his appetite on another man
Award winning Journalist, Zimpapers Television Network News anchor, Robert Mukondiwa, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday facing aggravate...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
School fees payable in all currencies
SCHOOLS should accept all currencies usable in the country as legal tender, a development that will bring relief to parents who are being forced to look for United States dollars to pay school fees. ...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
Negotiations continue as teachers report for duty
REPRESENTATIVES of Government workers have not called for a strike and expect all teachers to report for duty this week while negotiations for a cost of living adjustment with their employer continue....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Teachers push for 2-term school calendar
TEACHERS have slammed government for compressing the school calendar by resorting to the traditional three-term system, instead of two terms, to give students more learning time after losing almost a ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Parents accuse Sizane High of unilaterally raising fees
DISGRUNTLED parents of pupils at Sizane High School in Bulawayo have accused authorities of increasing fees without consulting them.School authorities are not allowed to hike fees without cons...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
School bullying mirrors broken society
A FEW days ago, a video of Waddilove High School pupils beating a fellow pupil for not wearing a mask caused an uproar on social media.It was heartbreaking for many parents and guardians to wa...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Phyllis Mbanje
Phased opening for schools in January
SCHOOLS will open in two phases for the 2021 first term, with the first classes resuming lessons first week of January after Government declared that recent sporadic outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools h...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government releases 2021 schools calendar
SCHOOLS will once again open in a phased approach next year with only those in Form Four this year returning on 4 January to finish writing their remaining papers.Other pupils will only return...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry orders Girls College students to go for COVID-19 tests
THE HEALTH ministry has ordered 21 students from Girls College in Bulawayo, who attended a dinner party last week, to undergo COVID-19 tests.The school was closed last week after a COVID-19 ca...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girls College closed over Covid-19 case
GIRLS College in Bulawayo has indefinitely closed following a Covid-19 case which was detected after the school held a leavers' party for Upper Six students. This development comes at a time w...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools Phase 2 starts tomorrow
THE Government is prepared for the second phase of the schools opening tomorrow which will see pupils in Grade Six, Form Three and Lower Sixth classes going back to school following nearly seven month...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to replace striking teachers
GOVERNMENT will this week ramp up monitoring of teacher attendance in schools to assess staffing gaps and determine areas that need additional educators to cover for those not reporting for duty....Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reportetr
Fees for non-exam classes slashed
THE Government has given the green light to schools and parents to work out a pro-rata system for the third term's school fees for non-examination classes, as some pupils will only have face-to-face l...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
U.S. presses Zimbabwe on labour rights
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe has called on the government to respect labour rights after threats to replace teachers striking over poor pay.Brian Nichols met labour and social welf...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unions claims 60% of teachers stayed home on first day of school re-opening
Unions said 60 percent of their members boycotted classes, angry over low pay and concerns over the provision of personal protective clothing to keep them safe from the coronavirus."Today we h...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colleges to open for face-to-face learning
POLYTECHNICS, teachers' colleges and industrial training colleges will reopen on October 5 for face to-face learning. Authorities will be required to strictly adhere to the health guidelines a...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Exclusive Zupco buses for teachers, pupils
PUBLIC transporter, Zupco is working with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to provide exclusive buses that will be used by teachers and pupils when schools open next week.Last w...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Embracing ICT in Pedagogy of History and Heritage Studies in Zimbabwe
Three schools in Harare on 1st March 2019 converged at Seke One High school in Chitungwiza for the History Exchange program under the theme, Embracing Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | 18 | by Brian Maregedze
Bulawayo school bullies arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three Hamilton High School Upper Six pupils for allegedly assaulting three Lower Sixth new comers as part of the school's alleged "initiation" programme. The i...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Barred bearded top school student sues
A St John's College student who practises Islam and was barred from attending lessons after refusing to shave his beard has taken the school's authorities to court arguing that the officials' decision...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Victims shot in the absence of soldiers'
Some of the victims of the August 1, 2018 post-election violence were shot while they were in the midst of a crowd with no soldiers in sight, a Commission of Inquiry heard yesterday. News24 in...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Satanism scare at Minda
SUSPECTED satanism cases have rocked one of Matabeleland South's prestigious boarding schools, Minda Girls High at Maphisa Growth Point in Kezi with reports that more than 60 pupils have allegedly bee...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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