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Zanu-PF Matabeleland North starts campaigns for Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North province has officially launched campaigns for President Mnangagwa as the sole party's candidate in this year's Preside...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:54hrs | 232 | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds turn up for national documentation blitz in Bulilima
HUNDREDS of villagers drawn from around Bulilima district went home all smiles after having acquired national documentation at a one-day blitz at Ndol...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 22:48hrs | 306 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Jonathan Moyo praises Mnangagwa government
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo praised the Emmmerson Mnangagwa's government's rural solar project under the Rural Electrification A...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:14hrs | 2918 | by Staff Reporter
Couple kills employer, steals his property
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a couple who allegedly axed their employer, Dr Geneva Sibanda (62) to death before stealing his property in Inyathi....Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 2827 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bar attendant kills imbiber over whisky
The love of beer has caused the death of Mduduzi Moyo (21) who was stabbed in the chest with an okapi knife by a bar attendant in Kezi.Accordi...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 10:42hrs | 748 | by Simbarashe Sithole
School head nabbed for stealing porridge
The headmistress for Nkanyiso Primary School i...Published: 24 Dec 2022 at 01:35hrs | 1626 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Four die in bus accident
Four people died in a road accident that occurred today at the 40km peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge from Gwanda when the bus was travelling in collided ...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2775 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man attempts to burn ex-lover alive
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Mavava line under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province who couldn't accept that his ex-lover had moved on has...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 14:09hrs | 771 | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls to be decommissioned: UNESCO
The United Nations has warned that plans by the governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia for the development of a golf course, lodges and a hydroelectr...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:32hrs | 1336 | by Shelton Muchena
ZANU PF weakens, CCC flexes muscles
With the ruling party seemingly weakening in Plumtree ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, Citizens for Coalition Change is flexing its muscles to ...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:49hrs | 2620 | by Paul Ndou
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and firs...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1178 | by Staff Reporter
Hwange gets passport office
Government is committed to ensure citizens access national documents with ease hence the decentralisation of services so that there are as close as po...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:37hrs | 280 | by Staff Reporter
Most stateless people are in Matabeleland due to Gukurahundi
MATABELELAND REGION is the one that is currently having the largest population who are stateless d...Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:01hrs | 554 | by Stephen Jakes
Villager excited over gains from goat meat project
For 60-year-old Soni Nkomalama of Sihlengeni Village in Ward 5 of Nkayi district, the direct goat meat marketing approach has been a game changer....Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:13hrs | 698 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers worried over post by-election violence
BINGA villagers have expressed worries over the escalation of the post by election violence as they are reportedly accused by the ruling Zanu PF activ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | 1096 | by Stephen Jakes
Grudge man up for killing drinking mate
A PLUMTREE man who picked a grudge with a drinking mate he accused of assaulting his young brother has b...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 14:59hrs | 1383 | by Stephen Jakes
Matopo women, youth make expectations for 2023 elections
Women and youth in Matobo, Matabeleland South called for the elected leaders to diversify sustainable pr...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 341 | by Stephen Jakes
Census must produce correct data, says Minister
MATABELELAND North Minister of State Richard Moyo has called for the supervisors of the 2022 Population ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:20hrs | 126 | by Stephen Jakes
Vic Falls council to push for temporary passes for traders
The Victoria Falls City council is set to engage the Home Affairs to issue temporary passes on informal sector traders amid an outcry that the foreign...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:12hrs | 327 | by Stephen Jakes
Man (32) impregnates daughter
A MAN from Plumtree in Matabeleland South province has been arrested after he sneaked into his brother's daughter's bedroom and raped her before dozin...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:25hrs | 2581 | by Staff Reporter
Storm-damaged Manama hospital gets facelift
RENOVATIONS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm late last year are nearing compl...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1112 | by Staff Reporter
Injiva catches wife panties down with lover in their bedroom
A married woman from Tsholotsho's area of Mapengula was on 21 November busted by her husband having sex with another man after the husband came home u...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:52hrs | 542 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland projects get priority in 2022 budget
GOVERNMENT continues to drive the development of Matabeleland with the 2022 National Budget Statement presented yesterday in Parliament by Finance and...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:43hrs | 77 | by Staff Reporter
2022 budget should up Matabeleland momentum
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2022 National Budget Statement today amid high expectations th...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 48 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa outsmarts security forces
As the "Ngapinde Hake Mukomana" slogan continues to grow, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has also continued to outsmart the security forces by meeti...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 08:09hrs | 576 | by Desmond Nleya
Granny (92) killed by nephew over dog's bowl
In a bizarre incident that left villagers of Gotshopo under Headman Mangubo, Hingwe in Plumtree shell shocked, a 92-year-old woman lost her life on Tu...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 109 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa abandons plane ...takes the road
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed that he is a listening leader in touch with the people when he travelled by road from Bulawayo to Lupane and also...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 07:40hrs | 110 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi community Parliament lobby for independent and non partisan chiefs
Nkayi Community Parliament has crafted resolutions on Duties and Roles of Chiefs with the aim of advocat...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 41 | by Stephen Jakes
Man dies in head on collision along Byo-Kezi road
A 24 YEAR OLD MAN recently died in a head on collision accident at the 102 km peg along Bulawayo ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 68 | by Stephen Jakes
'Cop' flees, abondons rifle in failed robbery escapade
A Gwanda man is lucky to be alive after being shot once by a suspected police officer in Gwanda at Cobra West Mine on Friday morning.Vumani Mo...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 08:25hrs | 88 | by Shelton Muchena
LSU, director of physical planning clash over unfair dismissal
Former director of physical planning Howard Bekezela Ndlovu is fighting with his former employers the Lupane State University following his dismissal ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 17:30hrs | 94 | by Stephen Jakes
LSU in emotional abuse of female acting Senior Assistant Registrar scandal
Lupane State University has been caught in yet another emotional harassment scandal of a female employee who is allegedly crying foul that the univers...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | 161 | by Stephen Jakes
Umzingwane villagers cry foul over donors suspending food relief after crops failure due to water logging
In what might be described as donor syndrome, villagers in parts of Umzingwane district have cried foul ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 125 | by Stephen Jakes
Popular Vic Falls cab driver dies on birthday
A TAXI driver died on the spot on his 30th birthday on Friday while his two cousins were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 21:59hrs | 211 | by Staff Writer
Rape scandal at boarding school
PARENTS with children at Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matobo District, Matabeleland South are up in arms with school authorities followi...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 10:56hrs | 262 | by Staff Reporter
Vic Falls town clerk reinstated
A COMMISSION of inquiry set by Victoria Falls City Council to investigate allegations of corruption levelled against suspended Town Clerk Ronnie Dube ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 199 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers face eviction in Ntabazinduna
A NUMBER of villagers in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, face eviction to pave way for the installation of power lines by ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:40hrs | 237 | by Staff Reporter
Woman robbed foreign currency at gunpoint
A Plumtree woman was robbed of ZAR22 500 at gunpoint on Friday at her homestead in Ndolwane....Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:57hrs | 239 | by Desmond Nleya/Simbarashe Sithole
Woman 'steals' imported car at Plumtree border post
A Plumtree woman appeared in court Friday for allegedly stealing a motor vehicle she had not imported, by clearing and paying duty fees for it at the ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 11:37hrs | 472 | by CiTE
Girl (4) dies from hot cooking oil burns
A 25-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho woman lost her toddler after the girl sustained third-degree burns from hot cooking oil after lifting a pan from the fire....Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 07:26hrs | 425 | by Staff Reporter
Poet 'Obert Dube' coughes blood after beaten by police
The famous poet Obert Dube has described how he was beaten by the police for breaking curfew rules until he started 'coughing blood'.In a Face...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 432 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Bubi Rural District Council targets road rehabilitation
Bubi Rural District Council in Matabeleland North is targeting to use part of the devolution funds to rehabilitate all roads in the district next year...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 17:51hrs | 381 | by Staff Reporter
Man beats 1-yr-old stepson to death, secretly bury body in anthill
A LUPANE man allegedly whipped his 18-month-old stepson to death and connived with the boy's mother to conceal the death by secretly burying the body ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 365 | by Staff Reporter
Esigodini mine incident: Stakeholders urged to resume efforts to retrieve bodies
Stakeholders have been challenged to work together and retrieve the bodies of six Esigodini gold panners who are feared dead after a mine shaft collap...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 322 | by Staff Reporter
John Tallach school Covid-19 cases reach 100
THE number of pupils who have so far tested Covid-19 positive at John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province has risen ...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 277 | by Staff Reporter
Man finds wife having lunchtime sex romp with lover at a lodge
THESE days you seldom find a man who has been cheated on or finds his wife in bed with another man not to forget the basic rules of humanity by brutal...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 397 | by Staff Reporter
Two workers arrested for stealing 100kg gold ore
TWO general workers at a mine in Gwanda have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 kilograms of gold ore from their workplace. Qhubekan...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:17hrs | 30 | by Staff Reporter
Senior cop 'eats' junior's wife
A police officer's photographs kissing his junior officer's wife leaked and are circulating on social media.Inspector Meza Malunga's romantic ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rathe...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'fires' Masvingo chair
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who in March this year suspended the entire Masvingo provincial executive for fanning factionalism, has relieved p...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:28hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
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