Kutama College is an all-boys high school

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 located near the town of Norton

Norton, Zimbabwe

Norton is a town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It is located about 40 km west of Harare on the main road and railway line connecting Harare and Bulawayo. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 12,360. This rose to 20, 405 in the 1992 census, and...

 in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of the Zimbabwe

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an capital Harare

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. Kutama has a student population of about 700 pupils, and is considered one of Africa

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's top 100 high schools (#61 in 2003).

The school moto "Esse Quam Videri" is Latin

Latin

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 meaning "to be, rather than to seem". This is interpreted in the school as the more succinct "be what you are", reflecting the school's aim to instill pride in its students.