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Teacher attacked for testifying in a rape case
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Mangwe, Plumtree, is in trouble for threatening a teacher for testifying against his brother who is facing a rape charge.Buhle Ncube appeared in court before Plumtree ma...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man breaks in school to see girlfriend
A 30 year-old sex starved Plumtree man was sent to jail for breaking into a school in a bid to see his girlfriend.Kudakwashe Munatsi was jailed two years by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembawar...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Primary school pupil survives kidnapping incident
A pupil at Shabani Primary School in Zvishavane survived a kidnapping attempt by two masked men who seized the minor on her way home and tried to shove her in their vehicle.The shock incident ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping learner several times
A 35-year-old teacher from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly turning one of his learners into a sex slave, raping her at least four times last month, police have confirmed....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goblins 'besiege' school
CHURCHES and village leaders have been called for a cleansing ritual following alleged incidences of goblins sexually harassing teachers and students at Majiji Primary School in Bubi District, Matabel...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners dig under Kwekwe school
AUTHORITIES at Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwekwe have expressed concern that its classroom blocks face collapse as gold panners were digging under the school.Globe and Phoenix school ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Church leader pays fees for entire school
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has left a sad trail of hopelessness in many poverty stricken communities around Zimbabwe.While some urban settlers are receiving some cushion against the...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis forces pupils to cut short lessons
BULAWAYO's water crisis has worsened forcing some schools to dismiss learners early as part of contingency measures in light of a looming health disaster. There are also reports that public schools in...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panners invade school yard
ILLEGAL gold miners, who invaded Loreto High School in Silobela last month, have defied police eviction orders and clandestinely continued with their mining activities at the Catholic-run institution,...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dead man's spirit (mis) leads family in search
When the alleged spirit of the late Never Tokoda who went missing 30 years ago, reportedly spoke through his sister Mobility Sibanda that Tokoda was killed in a love triangle and buried in Bulawayo so...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Confusion mars schools opening
CHAOS characterised the opening of schools yesterday after some non-examination classes turned up and were sent back home, while most teachers did not report for work saying they would only do so afte...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are you clumsy at prayer like me?
Our budding socialisation is keen on teaching us math, geography and science as critical skills of life and sundry tools of solving ours and the problems of the world we grow into. Many of us have rea...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 12 | by Zifiso Masiye
John Tallach's successful battle against Covid-19
PARENTS and teachers feared for the worst and learners were in panic mode after 170 Covid-19 cases were recorded at John Tallach High School in Ntabazinuna, Matabeleland North, late last year. ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy electrocuted at Nkululeko High
A 13-year-old boy from Nkululeko in Silobela was electrocuted after he leaned on a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) power line pole.The deceased was herding c...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parents besiege Harare private school
THERE was chaos on Friday at the privately-owned Waterfalls Garden Junior School in Waterfalls, Harare, as angry parents protested against a fee increase. The fees at the school were increased...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt must urgently close schools, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for the primary and secondary Education ministry to close schools to protect learners and educators from rising COVID-19 infections....Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers absent as schools re-open
TEACHERS have been urged to report for duty as schools opened under Phase Three which has paved the way for lessons for everyone in primary and secondary school to resume being conducted in the classr...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:23hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
The horrors of Gukurahundi relived
At a time when former president Robert Mugabe's government avoided debate on Gukurahundi massacres to an extent that talk about the bloody past was criminalised, a human rights activist was helping th...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy 'rapes' two minors
A FORM Three pupil from Esigodini has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to turn up in court for allegedly raping two school girls on separate occasions while they were on their way ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Historian Orator - Mr Muso
The pedagogue of History and historiography from primary to tertiary level remains an indispensable facet in our everyday life not only in Zimbabwe, but, the world over. To some, history as a subject ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:14hrs | 27 | by Brian Maregedze
Teacher stabbed, gang raped in front of her children
A female teacher at Mangwade Primary School in Lower Gweru was on Monday tied with a scarf, stabbed and raped by two of five robbers who stormed her house, while her three children watched helplessly....Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic after Grade 3s drink 'hot stuff' at school
ALCOHOL is strictly not to be taken by persons under the age of 18!Imagine an eight-year-old child in Grade Three bringing a bottle of whiskey and "sharing" with peers during break time?...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another school closed
BUSINESS came to a halt at Molife Junior School in Domboshava as parents demanded school fees refunds calling for the deputy headmistress' ouster.The parents and guardians were levelling Satan...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Massive vote-rigging rocks Zanu PF
ZANU PF primary elections ended farcically yesterday amid reports of massive vote-rigging, bloody clashes and the defeat of party bigwigs, while some losing candidates seized and burnt the ballot pape...Published: 01 May 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
A case of my two (2) worlds
Through growing up and moving around, I learned a lot of things. But in the short period of time I have spent here, I have learned a lot. I have spend 19 years of my life in Zimbabwe and and 3 years o...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Belinda Chowa
A Case of My Two (2) Worlds
Through growing up and moving around, I learned a lot of things. But in the short period of time I have spent here, I have learned a lot. I have spend 19 years of my life in Zimbabwe and and 3 years o...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Belinda Chowa
Bush sex at Tsvangirai's funeral
BUSHES in Humanikwa Village, Buhera became an eyesore on Tuesday morning with used condoms strewn all over following an invasion of the area ahead of Morgan Tsvangirai's burial.The former Prim...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 15:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Student confesses to practicing Satanism
A FORM Two student at St Joseph's High (Rusape) has allegedly opened up on her involvement in suspected satanic acts rocking the school in which some possessed girls are fainting while others violentl...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Victims of Zimbabwe genocide still wait for justice
In a school yard in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region, a group of children laugh as they throw themselves into the air on a rusty set of swings.It seems like a happy setting, but the children are...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lightning bolt kills one pupil, injures 7 others
A GRADE Seven pupil at Jekwa Primary School in Murehwa was killed, while seven others were seriously injured after being struck by a lightning bolt on Wednesday.The injured pupils are admitted...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mthwakazi under threat from Gukurahundists
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it believes that Mthwakazi is a country on its own and was colonised firstly by the White colonialists in 1893, before the British merged it with Mashonaland in 1923....Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Kidnap suspect denied bail over suicide bid
A Harare man who allegedly tried to kidnap a Borrowdale Primary School pupil a few days ago, attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself with shoe laces while in police custody, the court has heard...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Asifuni Bumbulu' engulfs high school
Pupils from Ihlathi High School in Bulawayo were last Friday savagely assaulted by their teachers during an operation the teachers dubbed "Asifuni Bumbulu" meant to punish late comers.The teac...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen begs court to drop charges against rapist uncle
A BULAWAYO teen wept as she begged prosecutors to drop charges against her uncle who allegedly raped her as punishment for having boyfriends. The girl (16) said her uncle was the bread winner in h...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Secondary school lightning victims identified
Police have identified the two students that were struck by lightning at Chinatsa Secondary School in Macheke yesterday.Grief has also gripped the community following the incident that left a ...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Headmaster injures pupil's privates
A 13-year-old boy sustained swollen privates after he was assaulted by the headmaster for allegedly fighting in the school yard.The headmaster, Onwell Chinhara (60) from Glen Grey Primary Scho...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'shoots' lover's husband in the chest
A DARING Masvingo man allegedly shot his girlfriend's husband in the chest after he had caught him being intimate with the woman in his car.Wayne Matema of Mucheke allegedly shot Mr Joseph...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council to launch crackdown on illegal billboards
Harare City council is planning to pull-down illegally erected billboards that are mushrooming in the city within 14 days.Council said all billboards erected have to be approved by council....Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 13:02hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Students abandon class as bees terrorise the school
Classes were abandoned at Nyawagi Primary School in Hippo Valley and pupils dismissed early as a swarm of angry bees went on a rampage attacking anyone in sight.Masvingo Mirror reported that a...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
School head 'poisons' cattle, goats, pigs
VILLAGERS in Zaka, Chief Ndanga's area, are baying for Saint Anthony High School headmistress Ms Immaculate Tinago's blood after she allegedly poisoned cattle, goats and pigs belonging to 30 villagers...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Walter Mswazie
Suicides hit Mutare school
ST ANDREW'S Mweyamutsvene High School was recently plunged into mourning forcing it to send some students for an early holiday following nasty events in which a teacher died after taking poison, while...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Samuel Kadungure
Kids sit on corpse in school protest
PUPILS at a secondary school in Matabeleland South attacked their acting headmistress for allegedly blocking a hearse carrying the body of their deceased deputy headmaster from entering the school pre...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 10:25hrs | 7 | by Gibson Mhaka
Raw sewage flood school premises
Glen view 4 Primary School has been forced to close after raw sewage flooded the premises, exposing pupils and teachers to diseases.The school was closed two weeks ago.School Developme...Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Alec Mubani
Lightning strikes, kills Grade 6 girl in school yard
A grade six pupil at Gampu Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb died today after she was struck by lightning in the school yard.Teachers at the school said the girl whose family ...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boy loses front teeth in school fight
A FORM 3 pupil at Milton High School in Bulawayo lost four teeth after he was assaulted by a group of prefects at the school. The attack is now being investigated by the Ministry of Primary and S...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 06:55hrs | 4 | by Molline Gagare
Pupils disappear, found dead in pool
A DARK cloud hangs over St Killian's Mission School in Makoni this week following Monday's tragic incident in which two Form Three students at the boarding school drowned in a pool in Nyanga during a ...Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 15:32hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
Grade 2 girl runs amok
A GRADE Two pupil at Mutanda Primary School in Sakubva high-density suburb on Tuesday ran amok and displayed violent behaviour which left teachers and fellow pupils in fear.The female pupil is...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Adultery' pastor's funeral drama
TEMPERS flared and some mourners were expelled from the funeral wake of the late Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ) pastor, Reverend Menard Zvenyika, who was buried in Gutu on Saturday after a suicide ...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 17:57hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
School closes as irate students riot
IRATE Mutambara High School students in Chimanimani recently took matters into their own hands, destroying property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in protests over alleged corruption and poor ...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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