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Zimbabwe Prince Edward School (or Prince Edward, commonly referred to as PE) is a

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, boarding and day school for boys aged 13 to 19 in

, Zimbabwe. It provides education facilities to 1200+ boys in Forms I to VI. The school is served by a graduate staff of over 100 teachers. Prince Edward School was ranked 6th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility. Prince Edward School was also ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.

History

Prince Edward was established in 1898 in Salisbury,

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(now

), as Salisbury Grammar. It was renamed Salisbury High School in 1906 and adopted its current name in 1925 when visited by Edward, Prince of Wales. It is the second oldest boys' school in Harare and in Zimbabwe after its main sporting rival, St George's College. The School's badge is a crown and three feathers, granted to it by Prince Edward (later

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of the UK) in the 1920s. The school's colours are maroon and dark green. For its centenary, Prince Edward School adopted a new

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which does not replace the school's badge. The motto of the school "Tot Facienda Parum Factum" ("So much to do, So little done") is attributed as

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' last words. In 2010 a former master at the school, Douglas Robb, became headmaster of

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in England and developed links between the two schools.

Name controversy

In 2002, before the March 2002 presidential elections, the Ministry of Education announced plans to change names of all government schools that had colonial connotations. Scores of government schools were set to have their names changed to honour liberation war heroes, past national and African personalities and/or the suburban area in which the school is located. Prince Edward School was set to be renamed Murenga Boys High School after a Njelele high spirit said to have assisted the local heroes who fought the First Chimurenga of 1896–7. The change of names did not occur but in its wake, as a compromise, the Games Houses within the school had their colonial names changed to those of rivers in Zimbabwe. Prince edward school

Alumni

Prince Edward old boys are called "Old Hararians". The Old Hararians Association was founded in 1922 and maintains very close ties with the school. The Old Hararians cricket team is based the Old Hararians Sports Club in Harare, and fields a team in the Vigne Cup, the Harare Metropolitan Cricket League, as well as the National League for club cricket. Old Hararians contain many national team and "A" team, such as

Vusi Sibanda Vusimuzi "Vusi" Sibanda (born 10 October 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played international cricket for the Zimbabwe cricket team in all three formats of the game. He also played for Midlands in the Logan Cup. Early career Sibanda i ...

Prosper Utseya Prosper Utseya (born 26 March 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was the former captain of Zimbabwe from 2006 to 2010. He bowls right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman. Uts ...

and Ryan Butterworth.

Notable alumni

* Allan Anderson - Pentecostal minister and theologian *

Miles Anderson Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is a British stage and screen actor, born in the colony of Southern Rhodesia, who has appeared in television serials both in the United Kingdom, and North America. He recently appeared as Alistair the phot ...

– actor * Kevin Arnott – cricketer * Sir Hugh Beadle – lawyer, politician and judge *

Eddo Brandes Eddo André Brandes (born 5 March 1963) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 59 ODIs from 1987 to 1999, spanning four World Cups. In the days when a number of Zimbabwe's players were amateurs with other full-time profes ...

– cricketer *

John Bredenkamp John Arnold Bredenkamp (11 August 1940 – 18 June 2020) was a Zimbabwean businessman and rugby union footballer. He was the founder of the Casalee Group. Early life Born in South Africa, Bredenkamp moved with his family to Southern Rhodesia wh ...

– rugby player and businessman *

Ryan Butterworth Ryan Eric Butterworth (born 14 April 1981) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who played for the Mashonaland Eagles. He is a right-handed batsman, and right-arm medium-pace bowler, and is described as a batting all-rounder. Butterworth attended ...

– cricketer *

Tonderai Chavanga Tonderai Chavhanga (born 24 December 1983) is a South African rugby union player. Chavhanga has played for the national team, the Springboks, having been capped four times. Childhood Chavhanga was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was raised by his ...

– rugby union player *

Graeme Cremer Alexander Graeme Cremer (born 19 September 1986) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who was the captain of the Zimbabwe national cricket team, between May 2016 and March 2018. He is a leg-spinner who got into the Zimbabwe side at the age of eightee ...

– cricketer *

Colin Dowdeswell Colin Dowdeswell (born 12 May 1955) is a former professional tennis player who represented, at different times, Rhodesia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and who achieved rank as UK No. 1. During his time on the world tour, he won one singl ...

– tennis player * Jackie du Preez – cricketer *

Duncan Fletcher Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher (born 27 September 1948) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer, who has coached the England and Indian national teams. He was England coach between 1999 and 2007, and is credited with the resurgence ...

– cricketer * Robert Gwaze – chess player *

Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a Zimbabwean-born former England cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He was born in Rhodesia, and as a young man played international cricket for Zimbabwe. H ...

– cricketer * David Houghton – cricketer * Tino Kadewere - footballer *

Sam Levy Samuel Rahamin Levy (1929–2012) was a Zimbabwean businessman and property developer best known for his construction of the Sam Levy's Village shopping mall in Borrowdale, Harare, Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, in 1990. A self-made billionaire, ...

– businessman and property developer *

Rodwell Makoto Rodwell Makoto (born 1987) is a Zimbabwean chess International Master. He won the South African Open in 2012, and has featured for Zimbabwe in their Olympiad team. He became an International Master in 2013. With an Elo rating of 2403 in June ...

– chess player *

James Manyika James M. Manyika is a Zimbabwean-Americans, American academic, consultant, and business executive. He is known for his research and scholarship into the intersection of technology and the economy, including artificial intelligence, robotics autom ...

– consultant, academic, Rhodes Scholar *

Evan Mawarire Evan Mawarire (born 7 March 1977) is a Zimbabwean pastor and democratic activist. He came to prominence during the 2016–17 Zimbabwe protests that challenged the rule of Robert Mugabe’s government. It was reported that Mawarire urged the peopl ...

– pastor and democratic activist * Barry May – cricketer and

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Peter McLaughlin Peter McLaughlin (born 1956) is an Irish academic, historian, and educator. He is the CEO of Max Learning Limited, the educational arm of the Max Group. He was Headmaster of The Doon School. Before joining Doon in 2009, he served as Headmaster ...

– academic, historian, and educator *

Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty (born 24 March 1953) is a Zimbabwean-Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for ...

– golfer * John McPhun – cricketer * Leonard Ray Morgan – educationalist *

Lucian Msamati Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor. He played Salladhor Saan in HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', and was the first black actor to play Iago in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2015 production of ''Othel ...

– actor *

David Mutendera David Travolta Mutendera (born 25 January 1979) is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer who played one Test match and nine One Day Internationals. He now teaches cricket and football at St John’s College in Harare. A tall seam bowle ...

– cricketer *

Faustine Ndugulile Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile (born 31 March 1969) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kigamboni constituency since 2010. Dr. Faustine Ndugulile was appointed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health, Community Developm ...

– politician and

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member of parliament *

Trevor Penney Trevor Lionel Penney (born 12 June 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, noted particularly for his fielding. He was a substitute fielder for England during the 2005 Ash ...

– cricketer *

John Plagis Ioannis Agorastos "John" Plagis,., group=n, name=greek DSO, DFC & Bar (1919–1974) was a Southern Rhodesian flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War, noted especially for his part in the defence of Malta during 1942 ...

– pilot *

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– businessman and engineer *

Nick Price Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean retired professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid-19 ...

– golfer * Ian Robertson –

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rugby player * Douglas Rogers – writer *

Herbert Schwamborn Herbert Schwamborn is a Zimbabwean born film and music producer, also known by his artist name of Metaphysics. He is most famous for being a member of the multi-platinum selling German band Söhne Mannheims (''Sons of Mannheim''). He is also ...

– musician * Colin Smith – rower * Alexander Steele – Scottish architect and cricketer * Colin Style - poet and writer *

Edmoore Takaendesa Edmoore Takaendesa (born 11 November 1980)
Retrieved 21 March 2010 is a German List of Germany national rugb ...

– rugby player *

Wrex Tarr Wrex Tarr (24 June 1934 – 6 June 2006) was a Rhodesian comedian, news presenter and archer. He was most famous for his records, ''"Futi Chilapalapa"'' and ''"Cream of Chilapalapa"''. Early life Wrex Tarr was the eldest of three children ...

– comedian and archer *

Russell Tiffin Russell Blair Tiffin (born 4 June 1959) is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a member of the ICC International umpire panel from 1995 to 2018 when he retired. Early life Tiffin was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (n ...

– cricket umpire * Denis Tomlinson – cricketer * Sir Robert Tredgold,

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, judge, politician and

Kennedy Tsimba Kennedy Chiedza Tsimba (Zimbabwean pronunciation: Shining Light; born 23 July 1974) is a 2012 World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee, South African professional Rugby coach and former player who is the current Director of Rugby at St Alban's College ...

– rugby player *

Mark Vermeulen Mark Andrew Vermeulen (born 2 March 1979) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played Test matches and One Day Internationals. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler. Domestic career He was former captain of Z ...

– cricketer * Thomas Chinyani – cricketer - 1st XI 1196 - 2 for 6 best bowling record

References

External links

Prince Edward School websiteOld Hararians website
{{Authority control Schools in Harare Educational institutions established in 1898 Boys' schools in Zimbabwe Boys' high schools in Zimbabwe Boarding schools in Zimbabwe Day schools in Zimbabwe High schools in Zimbabwe 1898 establishments in the British Empire

History

Name controversy

Alumni

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links