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SCHOOL NAME
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PROPOSED NAME
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REASONS FOR PROPOSAL
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MIDLANDS REGION
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Cecil John Rhodes School
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Gweru Primary School
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The school is situated right in the heart of the City of
Gweru.
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Chaplin High
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Gweru High School
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Named after the city in which school is located.
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Charles Wraith
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Makusha Primary
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Name of suburb in which school is located.
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Douglas Smith
(Annex of Charles Wraith Primary)
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Fletcher High School
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Alfred Knottenbelt High
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Knottenbelt is a former head of Fletcher High, well known
for his liberal views during the pre-independence era. He
is known to have refused to raise and salute the Rhodesian
flag at U.D.I.
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Gresham Primary
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Mandava Primary
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Name of suburb in which school is located.
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Guinea Fowl High School
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Benson Ndemera High
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Named after the former Provincial Governor of the Midlands.
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Mkoba 3 High
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Clement Muchachi High
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National Hero.
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Mkoba 4 Primary
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Kaguvi Primary
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The name identifies with one of the founding fathers of black
emancipation in Zimbabwe.
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Russell Primary School
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Sally Mugabe Primary
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In honour of the late former First Lady of the Republic of
Zimbabwe.
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Selukwe Chrome Secondary
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Chrome High
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Name associated with a mineral mined in Shurugwi Town.
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Selukwe Primary
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Shurugwi Primary
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Name of town in which school is located.
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Shabanie Primary
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Zvishavane Primary
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Name of town in which school is located.
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Stanley Primary
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Herbert Mahlaba Primary
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National Hero.
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Thornhill High School
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Thornhill High School
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Name remains. The school is named after Thornhill Airbase.
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