Columnist / Robin muchetu
Women make sense with money
A LOCAL organisation says women who take loans from institutions have a high rate of paying back, as such, they are worth supporting financially.Natalie Goredema the director of a local compan...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Police order return of dead miner's body
POLICE in Gwanda last week ordered the return of the body of a miner from Mberengwa before it was buried for further investigations and a post-mortem, Sunday News has learnt. The miner, Mugovewashe Kw...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:03hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
War vets leave for annual visit to Zambia camps
MAQHAWE'SIZWE Entourage Trust, made up of former freedom fighters, will once again travel to Zambia for their annual visit to former war camps as part of Heroes' Day Commemorations.The entoura...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:44hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Unpacking double- barelled surnames
GETTING married in an African context is usually celebrated and having a white wedding is icing on the cake hence the joy associated with it. Marriage confirms oneness and that unity is made more ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:18hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
War vets await school fees payment
THE Government has promised to settle an outstanding $8,4 million that it owes in unpaid school fees for war veterans' children throughout the country since the beginning of the year. The Permanen...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:14hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Woman seeks help for orphaned twin babies
A MAGWEGWE woman is seeking assistance to take care of 10-day-old twin babies whom she is looking after following the unfortunate death of their mother last week. The woman, Mrs Sinobuhle Ndle...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:47hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Woman seeks assistance to take care of 10-day-old orphaned twins
A MAGWEGWE woman is seeking assistance to take care of 10-day-old twin babies whom she is looking after following the unfortunate death of their mother last week. The woman, Mrs Sinobuhle Ndle...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Mphoko challenges business
ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko has challenged the Bulawayo business community to assist in rebuilding the economy and not leave that solely in the hands of the Government. Acting Presiden...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:06hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Lupane varsity prepares to relocate
LUPANE State University (LSU) will officially move to the university campus site in Lupane in Matabeleland North province next month.In a notice, the university, which has been operating f...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:09hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Parading corpse uncultural, says Chiefs
FUNERALS have always been associated with a somber mood. The unwritten dictates of African tradition are that people should respect not only the sanctity of life but the dead for they would have depar...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:28hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Death row prisoner tastes freedom after 26 years
IN 1990, the Government introduced an economic blueprint - Economic Structural Adjustment Programme - which became commonly known as Esap. Esap would grow in popularity to become one of the most commo...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
China hands over school to Zimbabwe govt
THE Chinese Government yesterday handed over China-Africa Friendly Primary School to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education at a colorful ceremony held at the school site in Lupane. The schoo...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:36hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
When rape produces a child
"HE would open the door while I am bathing to look at my naked body, he wanted to know when I was menstruating and said he had the right to 'inspect' me regularly. One day after bathing he walked in a...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Family fight over inferno death
THE death of five family members in a fire last week in Bulawayo’s Nketa 6 suburb has raised a lot of stink as one of the children Nicolette (12), sired out of wedlock had her body stuck at United B...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:17hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Gold clashes turn bloody
A MINI "xenophobia" has erupted in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province with gold panners grouping according to where they come from and engaging in territorial fights which have seen some panners b...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:58hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
No job is too big, no woman is too small: Female undertaker
PEOPLE die in various circumstances, some fall ill and are just skin on bones when they die, some are crushed in horrific accidents that leave them disfigured, some are found decomposing being devoure...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Circumcision dilemma for men with 'small' organs
MEN with small reproductive organs cannot be circumcised using the PrePex device leaving them with only the option of a surgical operation, experts have said. Health experts have been marketin...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:20hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
UBH runs out of ARVs
ONE of Bulawayo's biggest health institutions, United Bulawayo Hospitals has run out of life saving Anti-Retroviral Drugs, a situation that has left patients stranded and having to find their own supp...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Daughter gives father kidney
THE biggest gift that a person can give to you is a vital body organ. Money and other things may be important but a heart, a kidney or a lung will change your life. Dr Naboth Chaibva, a local medical ...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Battery powered bicycles a hit in Kezi, Maphisa
MANY if not all homesteads in Kezi, Maphisa and surrounding areas in Matabeleland South province have had a bicycle mostly the black horse (mbombela) and this has been a symbol of status to the famili...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 06:08hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Bulawayo records 44 births on Christmas Day
A TOTAL of 44 babies were born in Bulawayo's major hospitals on Christmas Day. At Mpilo Central Hospital 30 babies were born, 16 boys and 14 girls compared to the 15 that were born at the same...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 10:10hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Elephant attack survivor stuck at Mpilo hospital
A VICTORIA Falls man has had successful surgery after he was attacked by an elephant which ripped his stomach open while he was admiring a baobab tree early last month.Mr Obadiah Sithole has, ...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:37hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Zanu-PF candidate launches door-to-door campaign
THE Zanu-PF Parliamentary candidate for Nkulumane constituency, Killian Sibanda, has launched a door-to-door campaign ahead of the 19 December by-election. Sibanda took his campaign to the people of N...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:35hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Grace Mugabe feeds 5,000 followers
TRUE to her word, the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, provided more than enough food for over 5 000 people who had gathered at Maphisa Growth Point in Matobo District on Thursday with the distribution sp...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:31hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Doctors abandon patients to drink during working hours
JUNIOR doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital have been abandoning patients to drink during working hours at the Doctors Quarters (DQ) Bar located near the doctors residence at the institution, while waite...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:30hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Pupils linked to school robberies
THE spate of robberies that have been occurring at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo over the years have been linked to pupils, a situation that is worrisome as pupils are supposed to be the custodian...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 08:29hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Mahewu looted while truck driver is stuck after an accident
While a Bravo Transport driver was battling to come out of the wreckage of a haulage truck after being involved in an accident yesterday morning, passersby were busy looting mahewu, a traditional beve...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Robin Muchetu
Govt issues 3-year idle land ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has given unproductive beneficiaries of the land reform programme a three - year ultimatum to fully utilise their land or lose it to serious farmers who will aid the much-needed economic de...Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 11:14hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
'Zanu-PF ready to reclaim Bulawayo seats,' says Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zanu-PF was ready to reclaim seats that have been lost to the opposition party for the past 15 years in Bulawayo in next week's by-election.VP Mnanga...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:14hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
700 xenophobic attack victims leave for Zimbabwe today
OVER 700 Zimbabweans displaced by the xenophobic attacks will leave Durban in South Africa today following successful documentation by embassy officials yesterday, while more are expected to trickle i...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Prof Jonathan Moyo clarifies position on by-elections
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has said he will not resign in order to participate in the much-awaited Tsholotsho North by-election, as the law does not ...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 19:37hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
MDC-T official savages Grace Mugabe
WHAT started off as International Women's Day celebrations turned into a personal attack on the First Family and senior Zanu-PF officials by controversial MDC -T national deputy organising secreta...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Mugabe says, 'National Youth Service to be mandatory'
PRESIDENT Mugabe has expressed concern over the youths of Zimbabwe whom he chastised for being involved in immoral behaviour and rampant abuse of drugs and other intoxicating substances. Speaking at h...Published: 01 Mar 2015 at 11:26hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
HIV+ patients engage omalayitsha to get drug supplies
ILLEGAL Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa who are on Anti retroviral (ARV) therapy are employing the services of cross border transporters commonly known as omalayitsha to get their monthly supplies...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 11:02hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Boy living with exposed intestines
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy from Ntoli Village in Insuza is living with exposed intestines after failing to get an operation from Mpilo Central Hospital for over a year now amid allegations that doctors cont...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 11:00hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Woman 'rather save for decent burial than pay hospital fees'
"I would rather sit at home and wait to die in pain from these chronic headaches as I cannot afford medical fees that Mpilo Central Hospital is demanding. I would rather save for a decent burial."...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
ZRP to automate fingerprints by 2017
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will, in a bid to curb recurring crime, complete the automation of fingerprints by 2017, a senior official has said.Addressing delegates at a city hotel rece...Published: 23 Nov 2014 at 08:28hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Bulawayo gets least seats in Zanu-PF's central committee
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province has been allocated the least number of extra seats in the party's Central Committee following the province's dismal performance during the July 2013 harmonised elections, Sun...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 13:29hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka/Robin Muchetu
'Those accusing Mujuru of corruption should make a formal police report'
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Mr Johannes Tomana has said his office will not "kill" a potential corruption case against Vice- President Joice Mujuru by ordering police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to ...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 13:05hrs | | by Robin Muchetu and Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Bulawayo's 5-year whizkid
WHEN most one-year-old babies could only cry and giggle, she could count and read numbers. When she was 20 months old, she enrolled at pre-school where she was the youngest tot but the only one who co...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 11:24hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Khaya Moyo to lead delegation to Cuba
Zanu-PF National Chairman, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, is set to lead a delegation to Cuba for an official visit following an invitation by the Communist Party.The delegation will depart for...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 08:47hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Pupil forced to clean faeces with bare hands
A PUPIL at Masuku Primary School in Tshabalala had to be treated for an infection after she was forced to clean up faeces on a toilet floor with her bare hands by a janitor who accused her of messing ...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 15:33hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
New registry sub office for Tshelanyemba
TSHELANYEMBA area in Matobo district now has a new registry sub office following years of operating without the essential office.The sub-office was officially opened and handed over by the S...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
'Small houses are from the underworld'
A LOCAL pastor says small houses are from the underworld and are the work of evil spirits that torment people into these unholy unions.Pastor Lilian Bwanya of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM)...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 11:32hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Residents want suspected 'prostitute' driven out of suburb
RESIDENTS of Newton West in Bulawayo are lobbying for the eviction of a woman from the area whom they suspect to be a prostitute who has wrecked many families and abuses her children.The woman...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 11:34hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Mohadi, Gigaba to meet over new immigration laws
IN a move that might bring relief to millions of Zimbabweans living in South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi will be engaging his South African counterpart, Mr Malusi Gigaba, to find common...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:10hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Zimbabweans living in SA urged to apply for passports
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa have been advised to come and apply for passports so that they are eligible to apply for permits in the remaining six months before the expiry of a Special Dispensat...Published: 25 May 2014 at 19:59hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Stolen car found involved in accident
A CITY man is counting his losses after his vehicle was stolen by suspected carjackers in the early hours of yesterday morning at a local night spot only to be found abandoned after being involved in ...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 14:12hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Brother kill brother in fight over house
TONGOONA is Shona for "we will just wait and see", while tragedy means an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress.But these are not just words for a Bulawayo family with sibli...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 13:50hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Man gruesomely attacks brother with hoe
A MAN from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo went missing after committing a gruesome attack on his elder brother on Friday evening, with some relatives fearing he might have thrown himself into a disused ...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 11:45hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
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