Ruzawi School

Ruzawi School is a elite primary boarding school. The school was for boys only since founding in 1928 only becoming co-ed in 2003. The school is located 5km south of Marondera. It stands in extensive grounds surrounded by many hectares of woodland and eucalyptus plantations and a dam. It serves as a preparatory school for Peterhouse schools.

History

Ruzawi Inn was converted into the school

The school was founded by Robert Grinham and Maurice Carver in 1928 as a school for white boys by converting an inn known as Ruzawi Inn to a boarding school.

After independence, Africans started being admitted into the school but it maintained an elite status, generally accessible to the wealthy.