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New school names by province
February 06, 2002

 

Midlands Region

SCHOOL NAME

PROPOSED NAME

REASONS FOR PROPOSAL

 

MIDLANDS REGION

Cecil John Rhodes School

Gweru Primary School

The school is situated right in the heart of the City of Gweru.

Chaplin High

Gweru High School

Named after the city in which school is located.

Charles Wraith

Makusha Primary

Name of suburb in which school is located.

Douglas Smith

(Annex of Charles Wraith Primary)

   

Fletcher High School

Alfred Knottenbelt High

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.

Gresham Primary

Mandava Primary

Name of suburb in which school is located.

Guinea Fowl High School

Benson Ndemera High

Named after the former Provincial Governor of the Midlands.

Mkoba 3 High

Clement Muchachi High

National Hero.

Mkoba 4 Primary

Kaguvi Primary

The name identifies with one of the founding fathers of black emancipation in Zimbabwe.

Russell Primary School

Sally Mugabe Primary

In honour of the late former First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Selukwe Chrome Secondary

Chrome High

Name associated with a mineral mined in Shurugwi Town.

Selukwe Primary

Shurugwi Primary

Name of town in which school is located.

Shabanie Primary

Zvishavane Primary

Name of town in which school is located.

Stanley Primary

Herbert Mahlaba Primary

National Hero.

Thornhill High School

Thornhill High School

Name remains. The school is named after Thornhill Airbase.

 

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