News Globe and Phoenix School commissioned

Globe and Phoenix Primary School was  Thursday last week commissioned two years after its collapse due to illegal mining activities leaving thousands of learners displaced. 

The school was officially opened  by the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Torerayi Moyo as the US$600 000 complex was built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

minister Moyo however hailed the project as a model of effective public-private partnership and a “powerful testimony of community-driven development.”

The commissioning comes more than two years after the old Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwekwe was shut down in March 2023.

The incident, which made national headlines, left 1 348 pupils and 45 teachers stranded. 

The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) swiftly decommissioned the school, relocating learners to makeshift tents at Russell Primary School. 

Meanwhile Minister moyo said the environment was characterised  by lack of ablution facilities, furniture and sporting facilities. The tents were constantly damaged by wind and rain recalled during his address.