Harare on 11 November 1965, and proclaimed the Republic of Rhodesia in 1970. Subsequently, the nation became the short-lived state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, it was not until 18 April 1980 that the country was internationally recognised as independent as the Republic of Zimbabwe. The name of the city was changed to Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, taking its name from the village near Harare Kopje of the Shona chief Neharawa, whose nickname was "he who does not sleep". Prior to independence, "Harare" was the name of the black residential area now known as Mbare. In
Churchill School (Harare) this school include Ebenezer Nobela who served as the 2014-2015 Junior Mayor of Harare. Nobela was also honored with a certificate as a World Child Rights Ambassador by the World Children's Prize Program. He has been named one of the best serving Junior Mayors in the history of Harare Junior Council and is now a law student. Another one is Poseidon Tsautsau who served as the Junior Town Clerk for Chitungwiza (though he was no longer a student of this school by the time he got that office. Churchill School (Harare) Churchill School is a public, day and boarding school