Some Mat North pupils walk more than 30km to schools: RUCET

Rural Community Empowerment Trust Coordinator for Matabeleland North Vumani Ndlovu has bemoaned that some of the pupils in the province and other areas still walk more than 30 km to school after 43 ye...

Worry over high pupil pregnancy during lockdown

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday said Bulawayo has a relatively high number of pupils who fell pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown and if nothing is...

John Tallach School closes as 100 students test positive to Covid-19

John Tallach Secondary School in Matabeleland North has been closed after 100 pupils and an undisclosed number of teachers tested positive to Covid-19, with the school now a quarantine centre with all...

'Cain Mathema is misinformed'

TEACHERS' unions yesterday came out guns blazing, claiming Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema is misinformed that there are adequate educators in schools preparing learners to write...

Civil servants plead poverty

TEACHERS yesterday said they were too poor to go back to work as schools open countrywide today, piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the worsening economic crisis.This cam...

Kombi falls into bridge while carrying school children

There was panic when a commuter omnibus carrying over 20 pupils to school fell into a bridge this morning in Inyathi, Bubi District.This was revealed by This Constitution leader Abigale Mupamb...

Pupils cheat death as school bus burns

MORE than 70 pupils at Regina Mundi High School in Lupane escaped unhurt when a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus they were travelling on caught fire due to a suspected mechanical fault ne...

Bulawayo City Council re-introduces CBD parking fees

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started billing motorist for parking in the central business district (CBD). Yesterday most motorists were caught unaware when they were told to pay for parking at...