Category Archives: Press reports

The Standard By Nqobani Ndlovu 25 October 2009 BULAWAYO — At least 106 orphans at a local primary school with 366 pupils have been sexually abused. And 15 of these children have tested positive for HIV after they were raped by close relatives, a yet to be released documentary has revealed. The pupils at Lockview […]

The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete 25 October 2009 THOUSANDS of school teachers who rejoined the profession following the dollarisation of the economy in February are still to receive their salaries, almost nine months after they were readmitted. Teachers who spoke to The Standard last week said they were living in poverty and were contemplating quitting […]

Zimbabwe Independent 23 October 2009 HAVING progressed to the quarter-finals of the Cosafa Senior Challenge competition via the backdoor, the Zimbabwe national football team will be first to admit that they still await their first real test of the campaign. Lesotho gave the Warriors a scare on Monday but could only eke out a two-all […]

The Herald 23 October 2009 Herald Reporter PREPARATIONS for this year’s Grade Seven examinations are well on course while thousands of Ordinary and Advanced Level students remain unregistered despite the Government’s offer to have them register on a loan basis. It has since been established that communication on how the loans could be accessed did […]

The Herald Herald Reporter 22 October 2009 EXAMINATION fees charged by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council are much cheaper than what other boards such as Cambridge are demanding, a Cabinet Minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said the fee structure was the best and competitive that one could get as […]

VOA By Scott Bobb Harare 20 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay, closing schools and causing parents to worry that their children might lose a second school year to Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. The country’s unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to […]

SW Radioafrica.com By Lance Guma 20 October 2009 A decision by the Ministry of Education to extend the deadline for pupils who had failed to raise fees for this year’s exams did not help, because most schools did not get the relevant government circular. Education Minister David Coltart issued a statement saying parents and guardians […]

The National – Abu Dhabi By Thulani Mpofu, Foreign Correspondent October 18 2009 PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE. Ruth Nleya prepared for four years to take her final school exams, but her efforts went to waste because her parents were unable to raise the examination fees. Ruth, 17, the daughter of rural farmers, expected to sit her examinations […]

Sunday Mail By Kudakwashe Bwititi 18 October 2009 Goodwill Bosha, a bright Form Four student at Chipadze High School in Bindura, has always harboured a burning ambition to become a medical doctor. To ensure he achieved his dreams, Bosha deliberately chose to pursue science subjects like Chemistry, Biology and Integrated Science. He was supposed to […]

Sunday Mail Sunday Mail Reporter 18th October 2009 Government last week launched a programme to eradicate the rampant cases of child abuse in both primary and secondary schools, following an upsurge of the vice. The programme — known as Learn Without Fear Campaign — would be supported by Plan Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organisation which works […]