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Zimbabwe pupils learning in tobacco barns and fowl runs

A joint parliamentary committee has raised the alarm over the deplorable state of school infrastructure across Zimbabwe, revealing that some pupils are attending lessons in disused tobacco barns, fowl runs, and open spaces due to a chronic…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:37hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter

2 female teachers draw pupils' blood

Two female teachers from Mbuya Nehanda Primary School in Bikita are facing serious assault charges after allegedly drawing blood from 19 Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupils without consent.Beatrice Gotsani (35) and Charity Matiza (42)…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter

Headmaster instructed to draw blood from pupils for ritual purposes

A dramatic dispute between Compassion Junior School owner Pastor Asmeri Jeffreys and her former headmaster, Pastor David Garudzo, has spilled into the Epworth Magistrates' Court, sparking sensational allegations and drawing in an unexpecte…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter

Primary school pupils use buckets as chairs

Villagers in Bubi District Matabeleland North have clashed with their legislator Simelisizwe Sibanda after he told them that their contributions towards resolving a furniture crisis at Majiji Primary School where pupils learn sitting on bu…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 21:55hrs | 1766 | by Stephen Jakes

Pupils turned away over unpaid fees despite Mnangagwa's free education pledge

Dozens of pupils across Zimbabwe were turned away from government schools this week for failing to pay tuition fees, in direct contradiction of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's longstanding pledge to provide free basic education.The new scho…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:47hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter

6,000 teenagers were impregnated in Matebeleland South last year

Approximately 6,000 teenagers from Matebeleland South fell pregnant last year, with Beitbridge and Insiza districts recording the highest numbers, according to recent statistics. The province also documented 85,372 cases of female teenage …

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter

School readmits pupils after mass expulsions

Mother Patrick Convent Primary School in Mainway Meadows, Harare, has started the process of re-enrolling students it previously expelled for allegedly disrupting lessons. The decision comes after widespread outrage from parents and guardi…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:59hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter

1 dead, 31 injured as bus carrying school pupils overturns

One person was confirmed dead while 31 were injured, among them 25 primary school pupils, after a bus carrying staff and the young learners overturned near Rusape on Friday afternoon.Police spokesperson, Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed …

Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 12:03hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter

Three pupils run over and killed as Toyota Fortuner veers off the road

THREE pupils were on Tuesday afternoon run over and killed by a Toyota Fortuner that had veered off the road while they were crossing.The accident, according to a statement by Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, happened on the 2KM …

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 15:04hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

More than 20 pupils injured as lightning strikes two schools

On Monday morning, over 20 students at Fafi and Bhamala Primary Schools were hospitalized following lightning strikes at both schools. At Fafi Primary School, a lightning bolt struck a tree during lessons, resulting in three students being…

Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Pupils demonstrate over classmates' expulsion

On September 26, 2023, students from Gokomere High School were halted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police while en route to Masvingo Town, where they intended to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.The Head of…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Goblins immobilise pupils

VILLAGERS of Tsholotsho are still trying to come to terms with a mysterious â€˜ailment' that has left about a dozen school children unable to walk after attacks from mysterious creatures.The bizarre attacks have been happening since March …

Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

75 pupils cheat death in bus inferno

ABOUT 75 Pakame High School pupils cheated death yesterday when their hired Inter Africa bus burst into flames after being involved in an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.The students were travelling from Harare back to school in…

Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 12 | 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.The eight - four girls and four boys - are allege…

Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Form 3 pupils help classmate give birth during lessons

A FORM 3 learner at Loreto High School in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, shocked all and sundry when she delivered a baby in a classroom during a lesson. The 15-year-old pupil, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, reportedly drew …

Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'20 000 pupils fall pregnant in Zimbabwe'

CRISIS Coalition in Zimbabwe (CiZC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls as statistics indicate that 20 000 schoolgirls fell pregnant between September last year and August this year.The Family Aids …

Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Councillor gets violent in sexual abuse storm

A councillor has been dragged to court for allegedly assaulting her co-tenant after she accused her of sexually abusing her son.Princess Shoko is staying at her lodgings in Emakhandeni suburb with her son and is a serving ward councillor i…

Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

21 Form Four pupils expelled

TWENTY-ONE Form 4 pupils were allegedly expelled from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) run Lower Gwelo Mission High School in Lower Gweru.The boys were expelled for allegedly sneaking into the girls' dormitories while the girls were expelle…

Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter

23 high school pupils fall into a hysteria, lessons suspended

TWENTY-THREE pupils at Amhlophe High School in Bulawayo yesterday fell into a hysteria, prompting the school to suspend lessons and Government to commit to providing counselling services to the learners.Most of the pupils who were affected…

Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 20 | 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 from Milton and Gifford high schools have over t…

Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | 293 | 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' vaccination hesitancy.Government last month appr…

Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Pupils learn under trees

COWDRAY Primary school pupils in Bulawayo have been learning under trees during the first term as the school has only two blocks for the over 1 700 learners enrolled.Former Sidojiwe Housing Co-operative secretary Nhemia Kuzanga said it was…

Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:19hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Teachers assault parent in view of pupils

Dear Editor, It was barbaric, embarrassing and shocking to say the least. Like mad bulls the two male teachers menacingly charged towards a frightened parent who had sought refugee in the local councillor's car viciously pulled him out and…

Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:30hrs | 19 | by Concerned Parents

Pupils stranded as police impound vehicles

SCORES of pupils were yesterday left stranded at roadsides as police in Bulawayo impounded vehicles that were pirating in defiance of the Government's travel regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. A total of 13 touts have been a…

Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

80% pupils fail to access education

OVER 80 percent internally displaced persons' children in cyclone prone areas in eastern Zimbabwe have been struggling to access education, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has said.This comes after Cyclone Idai hit the pr…

Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Long distance schools affecting pupils in Hwange

WITH only a few schools registered as examination centres in Hwange district, examination time is a scary affair for pupils who have to walk over 10km through wild animals-infested bushes.Many pupils wake up during the wee hours of the day…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:11hrs | 22 | by Citizen

Rufaro, Gwanzura upgrades 'not a priority'

HARARE City Council-owned football stadiums Rufaro and Gwanzura are likely to stay in their rundown state as the local authorities have insisted they are currently not in a position to finance the renovations. The council's head of educati…

Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Pupils have no birth certificates

ABOUT 200 pupils at Lukanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb do not have identity documents, a survey has revealed.The survey was conducted by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents' Association (BPRA) Mpopoma education sub-commit…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:15hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter

Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government

Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the worst Ordinary level results in Zvishavane distri…

Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | 15 | by Murowa Ward Community

Gang wars - Sikhulile High pupils injured, hospitalised

THREE Sikhulile High School pupils in Bulawayo were rushed to hospital after they were injured during a school gang war yesterday morning. Teachers at the school were in panic as bloodied pupils were ferried to hospital in an ambulance. On…

Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Discipline mustn't be administered through brutality

The problem of child abuse is getting out of hand and our society must act now to stop the terrible crimes against innocent children.Recently, the Midlands community awoke to the shocking news that a 51-year-old school teacher had smashed …

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:55hrs | 1734 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

Pupils being sacrificed because of govt ineptitude

THE cold war between teachers and the government over salary increment â€” which appears to have become the norm at the beginning of every school calendar year â€” will have a far- reaching negative impact on pupils who now have to spend t…

Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:22hrs | 430 | by Editorial - newsday

Pupils force headmaster off school premises

THERE was pandemonium at Chakohwa High School last Wednesday after the headmaster's attempt to administer corporal punishment on a pupil backfired when the pupil, with the help of aggrieved teachers, mobilised other pupils to mutiny and fo…

Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

New exam subjects for pupils

More than 16 000 Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates will this year sit for the recently introduced Physical Education, Sport and Mass Displays exams as Government equips pupils with physical literacy, health and fitness expertise.Physi…

Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

10 pupils face expulsion after John Tallach sex party

TEN pupils from the Presbyterian Church-run John Tallach Secondary School on the outskirts of Bulawayo have been sent home after they were allegedly caught having a sex party at the headmaster's house.The headmaster's son is said to have g…

Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

Murowa Primary School Headmaster brutalises pupils

Dear Call the October madness or absolute brutality. This last Friday the headmaster of Murowa Primary School in Zvishavane was demon possessed as he beat pupils to the extent of causing severe injuries to their backs and shins. Most pupil…

Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 19:28hrs | 1612 | by Worried Parents

Schools and parents turning our children into zombies

Have we ever wondered why our children are incapable of strategically planning for their future, or why they seem to always make decisions that ruin their lives?Why is it that our children appear devoid of the ability to solve problems in …

Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 11:03hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Goblins kill three teachers and two pupils, 'vow' to return to action

Hasta la vista!The terminator goblin that forced early closure of Sigola Primary School last term has left the school for a certain homestead in the area. But it is reportedly threatening to kill three teachers and two pupils when it retur…

Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Goblins forces pupils to stop attending lessons

CLOSING DAY came as a relief to Sigola Primary School pupils, most of whom had stopped attending lessons.This followed attacks by suspected goblins that left victims for dead. Pupils at the school located on the outskirts of Bulawayo were …

Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 13:34hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter

Dangare Primary School segregate pupils

Dear editor,In this era where education was meant for all, a nasty and bad situation is prevailing at Dangare primary school in Sakubva Township of Mutare urban District.Teachers are not giving pupil homework unless they fork a $1 per day.…

Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 08:02hrs | 842 | by Sam Moyo

4 500 Grade 7 pupils impregnated

At least 4 500 Grade Seven pupils countrywide, the majority of them girls, dropped out of school this year after falling pregnant or getting married, Parliament heard on Thursday. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora,…

Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 16:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Boy (8) forms foundation to sponsor pupils

A 8 year old boy, Tino Brian Javangwe, living in United Kingdom has reportedly launched an education foundation to sponsor rural pupils in Masvingo.The foundation has reportedly sponsored 20 pupils to date.Zimbabwe Human Rights Association…

Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 20:49hrs | 19 | by Stephen Jakes

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