Columnist / Dumisani sibanda
Nkomo's emotional farewell
It's a Saturday morning in 1999, in July, and naturally a bit chilly.A blanket of sadness, call it melancholy, has enveloped the City of Kings.Most events have been cancell...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Zipra war vets want properties back
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Bulawayo Province yesterday appointed a five-member committee which will press for the holding of a meeting of all ex-Zipra combatant...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 19:27hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Prof Jonathan Moyo donates computers
THE Member of Parliament for Tsholotsho North, Professor Jonathan Moyo, who is also the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development has donated 35 computers to seven ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:20hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Tsvangirai fails to turn up, MDC-T demonstration fails to hit target
ABOUT 4 000 people yesterday took part in an MDC-T demonstration in Bulawayo, a far cry from the 30 000 that the organisers had expected to take part in the event. Protestors marched mainly ag...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:31hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
I'm not finished yet, says Matson Hlalo
MDC-T member Mr Victor Mapungwana was sworn in as Senator for his party after the expulsion of Senator Alderman Matson Hlalo from the opposition party. The firing of Mr Hlalo from MDC-T stemmed from a...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:55hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Zimbabwe People First in tusle for power in Bulawayo
THE Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First is reportedly to have been rocked by internal leadership fights in Bulawayo with Esnathi Bulayani and Tapiwa Moyo reportedly tussling for the control of the ...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:54hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Nust lecturers spit fire
LECTURERS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo have rejected a proposal to cut their salaries for servicing part-time and parallel programmes as a cost cutting measu...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:51hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Million man march set for Africa Day
THE one million march in solidary with the ruling Zanu-PF party’s First Secretary and President Mugabe being organised by the party’s Youth League will be held on 25 May to coincide with the Afric...Published: 08 May 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube and Dumisani Sibanda
Hwange restructures, retrenches managers
FOUR managers at the struggling Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) are set to be retrenched as the coal mining firm has started restructuring as part of its survival programme.Sunday News ...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 09:18hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Mat North schools need food aide
SCHOOLS in Matabeleland North should ideally provide a meal per day for pupils in the province which is among the worst affected by hunger to create a conducive learning environment, an official has s...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
China builds state-of-the-art school in Lupane
"THE Chinese and Zimbabweans are excellent friends, not just today, friends that have established their friendship and our future will always be on the path of that. We are all-weather friends."...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:29hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Jabulani Sibanda 'plots' against war vets patron
Axed war veterans chairman Jabulani Sibanda has suggested that the former freedom fighters restructure their association and add a position of president in what is viewed as a covert operation to remo...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda / Nduduzo Tshuma
Mutsvangwa, Jabulani Sibanda share stage as War Vets meet
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Senator Angeline Masuku and War Veterans Association chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday shared a stage with expelled former party member and ex-freedom fighters leader Jabulani...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
11 000 families get food aid in Lupane
ABOUT 11 000 families in Lupane are now receiving food aid to mitigate against the drought which has been declared a state of national disaster, the acting District Administrator, Mr Zacharia Jusa, ha...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Hlalo scoffs at 'expulsion' from MDC-T, refuses to go
SENATOR Matson Hlalo has scoffed at his "expulsion" from the MDC-T describing it as a "nullity" and vowed that no-one will be able to "force" him out of the political organisation. The action ...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:52hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
US use of IMF to fight Zimbabwe old wine in new skins
THE attempt by the United States Senate Committee for Foreign Relations to block Zimbabwe from receiving any loan or assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and African Devel...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:45hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
War vets cross paths over Mutsvangwa expulsions
THE Bulawayo Province of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association has dismissed the vote-of-no-confidence passed on the organisation's national chairman and war veterans minister Chri...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:38hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda and Kuda Bwititi
NRZ bosses smile to the bank, workers suffer
MANAGEMENT at the National Railways of Zimbabwe has not reduced their salaries in line with a Government directive issued in 2014 which pegged salaries for parastatals heads after it was discovered th...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
'Corrupt elements must be jailed,' says Zanu-PF Politburo member
CORRUPT elements in both the government and private sector should be thrown in jail to arrest the scourge that is stifling development, Zanu-PF Politburo member, Joshua Malinga, has said. He a...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 05:28hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
'Give farmers title deeds,' says Joshua Malinga
On Wednesday, a senior Zanu-PF member and a beneficiary of the land reform programme, Joshua Teke Malinga addressed members of the Bulawayo Press Club where he spoke on a number of issues including th...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:11hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Mujuru 'paper tiger' not 'Cinderella' of the opposition
THE People First project fronted by deposed Zanu-PF Second Secretary and former State Vice-President, Joice Mujuru, has hogged the limelight in some sections of the media.Several articles in n...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:09hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Preparations for Mugabe bash on
PREPARATIONS for the 21st February Movement celebrations to mark President Mugabe's 92nd birthday set for Masvingo next month are now in full swing with the organisers promising to have a bigger and b...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Bosso in scary form
If the performance by former Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on Sunday is anything to go by, other top flight teams should really be scared....Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 16:14hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
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