JZ Moyo High School

J.Z. Moyo High School
Location
West Nicholson Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Coordinates	20.976507°S 29.3609790°E / -20.976507; 29.3609790
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Education with Production
Established	1982
School district	West Nicholson
Grades	Form 1 - Form 6
Color(s)	Red, white, blue
Athletics	Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball

JZ Moyo High School (Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo High School), formerly Majoda School, is a well-established government high school for both girls and boys. It is located in the former Majoda Farm, approximately 12km north of West Nicholson on the road to Filabusi and Mavako, in Matabeleland South province, Zimbabwe. JZ Moyo High is part of the ZIMFEP group of schools.

The motto of the school is Education with Production.

History

The school started in 1982 mainly as a school for refugees and former freedom fighters. The founding headmaster is Paulos Matjaka Nare and the deputy headmaster was Mr. Sibanda (skankeni). Paulos Matjaka Nare was a Parliamentary Candidate for MDC in the 2000 parliamentary elections poll where he got 7,944 votes compared to Abednico Ncube of ZANU (PF)'s 9,913 and Mchasisi Nare's (Ind) 674.

In February 2006 the school had problems feeding its students due to a grave shortage of mealie meal.

Academics

All the students are boarders. Form four to upper six boys reside in a hostel called Sheraton whilst form one to three boys reside in old buildings usually called emabharakeni (the barracks). Girls reside in the eBhalagwe, whose name is taken from the area where the notorious Zimbabwean Fifth Brigade used to jail civilians during the gukurahundi disturbances. The students are classed according to their hostels, also called houses, and these are Inyathi, Ingwe, Isilwane and Impala.

From its inception in 1982 JZ Moyo High School has also been home to foreign students mainly from Botswana and South Africa. This has become less so however in recent years due to political instability in the country and deterioration of the public image of Zimbabwean Education.

Cinema Project

In 1995 a Cinema project was launched by the sons of an expatriate couple, teaching at JZ. The brothers Daan and Wouter Dijkstra (at that time 14 and 15 years old) used a vacant school building to show a movie every wednesday. Together with a small group of school children (Russel, Beki Themba and Edzai) the project became a great succes, offering entertainment and education to more than 120 children a week.

A wide screen TV and a video recorder were funded trough dutch development aid by NIZA (formerly known as KZA). To make the project durable Students would pay 1 Zim$ to see the movie. After 2 years the two boys went back to Holland and donated the remaining money to the school.

--El kiwa (talk) 20:17, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

External links

• Online community for alumni, teachers and current students

Jz Moyo is also well known for its great Art works ,that is visual arts,theater (music,dance,drama and poaetry.).Head a number of powerful singers the likes of Duduzile Sibanda now is South Africa popularly known as mamugobhozi after she sung in a talent show Brenda Fasies song Vulidlela.Mzingaye Sibanda was the drama president who cultiveted the spirit of art from 2000 to 2004 through various competions ,shows and festivals within JZ and beyond.The group's aim was to offer edutainment to the communite at large in 2006 the Drama group took part in all matebeland arts festival that so 11 schools frommatebelend competing through dance ,drama,poetry and song at Mpopoma high School organised by Mzingaye Sibanda thern at the Midlands State university.In 2007 the group represented by patience and Sakhile was represented at in Midlands State university in a festival that so Schools from Midlands battling it out with the matebeleland schools.The best school that reveled that matebelend Bulawayo is the boiling poet of arts was Minda high School made to shine by Slindile the best dancer and sibole the groups best actress.Mzingaye Sibanda the organiser of the above mentioned events is an artist by choice,nature and profetion(script writer,poetand dance chreagrapher.

The arts at JZ Moyo were promoted by the spirit of education with production which is a concerpt that identifies,cultivate and fuse natural talent and academic work through this concerpt the school manages to produce people who are of help to the community.Some of the artists include Owen Mhandu one of the all time visual artists at Jz noyo,Bongani Geza dancer,Mgcini Ndlovu all time multi talented singer and fotball player,Mzingaye Sibanda all time poet,dancer,script writer.MR Hliziyo is one of the teachers who has knowledge on the Ndebele cultural heritage thats dances ,poems and other forms of art.Mr sithole is one guy in 2004 added to the flavour of art through his accapella music which was a group composed of student such as Cathrine Daka,Josiphine Musonza and Sisenkosi NCUBE.

Article By MZINGAYE SIBANDA mzingayesiba@yahoo.com./face book.