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Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Politburo endorses final list of candidates
The Politburo yesterday endorsed the final list of candidates who will represent the revolutionary party in the upcoming harmonised elections, with Robert Nyemudzo bouncing back in Chipinge South, aft...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son to stand as Zanu-PF MP
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa' son, Kudakwashe David, has won the ticket to stand as a Zanu-PF youth quota candidate in the Midlands province.This emerged yesterday when Zanu-PF national politi...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Langa to withdraw from ZANU PF primary elections
Insiza North Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister, Andrew Langa has withdrawn his candidature from the ZANU PF primary elections rerun scheduled for the 22nd of this month.Announci...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 23:59hrs | 4 | by Desmond Nleya
Andrew Langa forced out of Zanu-PF's Insiza South rerun?
FORMER Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture Andrew Langa has withdrawn from the ZANU-PF Insiza South primary election rerun, leaving Spare Sithole as the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming ha...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 22:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dr Qhubani Moyo seeking to represent Zanu-PF in Insiza
Former MDC and ex- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission official, Qhubani Moyo is now seeking to represent Zanu-PF in the Insiza North constituency of Matabeleland South. Dr Moyo was once Fairtalk Co...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF old guard wins central committee elections in Matebeleland
Most of the senior Zanu-PF members in Matebeleland won in the party's central committee elections held on Saturday.The central committee is the party's highest decision-making body outside of ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland politicians have let us down'
MATABELELAND human rights and political activists have blasted the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC formations for letting the region down by not fostering development.This came out...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZEC commissioner tipped for Insiza seat
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) Qhubani Moyo reportedly plans another try at the ballot box, targeting the same Insiza constituency he twice lost to Zanu-PF when he was a member of the op...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Langa falls ill after election defeat
Insiza North legislator Andrew Langa (Zanu PF) is reportedly not feeling well since after loosing a primary election. Sources say he got admitted at a private clinic in Filabusi followin...Published: 15 May 2018 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga power clashes intensify
UNDERLYING tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and top military commanders this week publicly exploded in the aftermath of the chaotic and hotly-disputed Zanu PF primary elections which left...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary poll voters in massive drop
Zanu-PF'S 2018 primary election figures have significantly dropped in terms of the numbers of voters who participated compared to the previous poll in 2013, which could spell disaster for the ruling p...Published: 07 May 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poll re-runs in select Zanu-PF constituencies
Zanu-PF yesterday released the official list of candidates who were successful in the primary polls to contest for the National Assembly seats in elections set for July with more of the old guard maki...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies fall
Some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's key allies fell dramatically in Zanu PF primary polls held between April 29 and May 1, setting the stage for what is promising to be nail-biting general election...Published: 03 May 2018 at 14:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out
Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa crashes in Zanu-PF primaries?
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, mostly politburo members and Cabinet ministers, were left in shock yesterday after they lost in the just-ended party primary elections, a development likely to end their polit...Published: 02 May 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU(PF) Matabeleland South candidates list for nomination
National Assembly Bulilima East Ethel Moyo, Methias Ndlovu, Nqobizit...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:26hrs | 2 | by Stephen jakes
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Langa under serge
Insiza North legislator for Zanu PF, Andrew Langa, is under serge from colleagues in the party who want him out of the post and the ruling party is engaged in primary election processes.Source...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Aspiring Zanu-PF candidates submit CVs
SCORES of aspiring Zanu-PF candidates for the forthcoming harmonised elections yesterday flocked to the party's provincial headquarters in the southern region to hand in their curriculum vitaes for se...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andrew Langa baptized at SDA
Zanu PF Insiza North legislator Andrew Langa is now a Christian as reports say he was recently baptised by the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Filabusi after several baptisms from several churches....Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 10:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Insiza North villagers complain of abuse by ruling party activists
Villagers in Insiza North of Matabeleland South a constituency currently under Zanu PF legislator Andrew Langa have complained over abuse by Zanu PF activists ahead of this year's election.Acc...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Villagers in Filabusi deprived of rice aid after death of Councillor
Communities in Ward 13 Insiza district have not received rice allocation as their after their councillor Vongai Mpofu died.According to the statutory instrument the ward remain in the hands of...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Andrew Langa arrested, hospitalised
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested former Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Andrew Langa (pictured) on allegations of corruption stemming from the 2014 African Union Youth Game...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi leaves Beitbridge seat vacant
The parliamentary seat for Beitbridge which has been held by Kembo Mohadi for years today fell vacant after he was sworn in as Vice President.MDC- Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila said...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 12:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi party welcomed in Silalatshani
Mthwakazi Repuplic Party had a home welcome in Silalatshani on Saturday as officials trooped into the area to address a rally.This was said by party's spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo who said the p...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Primary schools in Matabeleland South forced to teach Shona
AT least five primary schools in Matabeleland South have reportedly been forced to teach Shona as the indigenous language due to a shortage of Ndebele-speaking teachers as the issue of deployment of t...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 19:10hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe invades Gwanda
A carnival atmosphere engulfed Gwanda yesterday as thousands of youths arrived at the mining town for the Presidential Youth Interface rally scheduled for today.Ecstatic youths flooded the str...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ecstatic Zanu-PF youths flood the streets of Gwanda
A carnival atmosphere engulfed Gwanda yesterday as thousands of youths arrived at the mining town for the Presidential Youth Interface rally scheduled for today.Ecstatic youths flooded the str...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo-Gweru Highway fence officially handed over to Govt
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday officially handed over to Government 162 kilometres of a fence erected either side of the Bulawayo-Gweru Highway at a cost of about $500 000....Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkankezi Bridge repair works complete
REPAIRS at the Cyclone Dineo destroyed Nkankezi Bridge in Insiza district, Matabeleland South Province which is along Bulawayo-Zvishavane road were completed last Wednesday and the bridge was opened t...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T dispatches bouncers to fight Zanu-PF
THE MDC-T Matabeleland South province has dispatched its teams to Insiza North to "defend" opposition supporters who have come under attack from Zanu-PF activists pushing for their eviction from the a...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru confirms plot to oust Mugabe
FORMER Vice President and National People's Party leader Dr Joice Mujuru has all but confessed that she - together with her cabal - wanted to topple President Mugabe at the zanu-pf Congress in 201...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean white farmer wins case against 'invaders'
A South African-based businessman has been ordered to vacate an Insiza farm at the centre of a wrangle with a white farmer in a case which has sucked in former Sports minister, Andrew Langa....Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Andrew Langa sucked in fierce legal wrangle over farm ownership
ZANU-PF Insiza North MP and former Sports Minister Andrew Langa has been sucked in a fierce legal wrangle over the ownership of a farm in Insiza District, Matabeleland South province.Mr Ze...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
More problems for Andrew Langa
AN INSIZA farmer has taken former Sports minister Andrew Langa and a white farmer to court, over the alleged illegal occupation of a farm he was allocated by the government under the land reform p...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andrew Langa evicted from council house
FORMER Arts, Sport and Culture minister Andrew Langa has been ordered to vacate a rented house at Insiza Rural District Council after accumulating an unpaid rental bill of $8 000 since 2004....Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Masvingo Highway closed to traffic
THE Government will soon airlift aid to stranded communities after widespread flooding left one person dead, extensively damaged roads and destroyed bridges, leaving parts of the country isolated....Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rains trigger state of disaster
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate yesterday recommended that a state of disaster be declared in the country's southern provinces where one person was killed, while hundreds were maroo...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unveils 21st February Movement theme
This year's 21st February Movement Celebrations to be held in Matobo district in Matabeleland South province on February 25, will be held under the theme "Honouring our icon, unlocking value in yo...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans: Is it cowardice or fear?
Remember firebrand politician and former Zanu-PF legislator Margaret Dongo who in the early 1990s caused pandemonium in Parliament after she called Zanu-PF MPs, including cabinet ministers, "Mugabe's ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:42hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zanu-PF co-opted chairs illegitimate
Nine Zanu-PF provincial chairs who were co-opted by the national executive are occupying office illegally, contrary to claims by the party's national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere that th...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andrew Langa fingered in Gukurahundi massacres
Former minister of Sports and Recreation, Andrew Langa has been linked to the notorious 1980s Zanu PF youth wing that worked closely with the Firth Brigade during the bloody Gukurahundi era....Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 10:39hrs | 2 | by Alice Dube
Zanu-PF acting chairpersons' mandate under scrutiny
ZANU-PF must have substantive provincial chairpersons who carry the mandate of the people to easily mobilise voters ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections.Currently the ruling party has ni...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil hits Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF factions are squabbling over a proposal from five provinces to re-admit members who were expelled from the party as well as rescinding the suspensions of those cadres who were sidelined from p...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe top 15 youthful influential figures 2016
The year twenty-sixteen (2016) is one that most Zimbabweans will be eager to forget quickly in their minds due to many problems of different kind.The challenges which faced people of different...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 20:46hrs | | by Wilson Chipangura
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