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Zimbabwean man trampled to death by elephant
A 47-year-old man from Kariba, Scorch Gawa, was tragically trampled to death by an elephant in Batonga on Wednesday night. According to police, Gawa was attacked by the elephant while returnin...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:09hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt opposed to the demolition of people's homes
Government is opposed to the demolition of people's homes and will continue regularising informal settlements, with over 1,5 million homeowners set to receive title deeds under the Kwangu/Ngakwami Pre...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 35 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Chief Binga installed
GOVERNMENT yesterday installed Grey Sikalelu Muleya as the new Chief Binga at the Bulawayo Kraal Primary School in Binga.Muleya (73), who becomes the area's third chief, takes over from the la...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man takes on lion in survival battle
Just as Tachivei Machona Nebiri reached the crest of a steep ascent along the Charara Road in Kariba, he saw four lions, a female and three cubs, steal into a nearby thicket.Nebiri was taken a...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Provincial Hospital to be the largest, says Mnangagwa
LUPANE Provincial hospital in Matabeleland North Province is set to become the biggest hospital in the country upon its completion despite being constructed at a snail's pace.This was revealed...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
BaTonga cultural village for Kariba
NYAMINYAMI Rural District Council chief executive Cletus Matingwina says the local authority was working towards reviving the arts and culture industry in the district by opening a Tonga Cultural Vill...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga and the endless search for King Lobengula's grave
IT is the story that has been told a million times.It is a story passed from generation to generation. It is the story that is sold to all children, whether they sit on grass mats around crack...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Low turnout as churches resume service
The resumption of sit-in church services for fully-vaccinated congregants got off to a slow start countrywide yesterday, with different Christian traditions driving the decision to reopen, while compl...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BaTonga communities sue for lack of development
HAVING been displaced during the construction of the Kariba Dam and now living at the peripheries of Zimbabwe's largest hydro-electric power project, Kariba, it is only logical that the Batonga people...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers in court for smuggling 263 crates of Zambian eggs
Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers and a civilian have appeared in court following their arrest for allegedly smuggling 263 crates of table eggs from Zambia valued at $44 500.The trio o...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Binga has low HIV prevalence
SINCE the first HIV infection was recorded in Zimbabwe almost 40 years ago, the epidemic has negatively impacted every facet of human security. Traditional customs synonymous with African cult...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba primes for real estate growth
THE prime resort town of Kariba is inching towards exponential growth as evidenced by the huge demand for commercial and industrial stands in what is expected to spawn a property boom in the predomina...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning Point - HRM King Mzilikazi II
Mthwakazi omuhle ondlela zimhlophe, sizwe senkosi yohlanga ngiyalibingelela!Sesiside isikhathi lingezwa lutho oluvelela ngapha nges'Godlweni. Isizatho yikuthi njengothunyiweyo, kumele ngizwe N...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by HRM King Mzilikazi II
'Not My Job!' declares Kariba Mayor
Residents of Beira Blocks, a section of Mahombekombe suburb, falling under Ward 5, have resorted to using the bush to relieve themselves. The only toilet servicing this bustling community is in a stat...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire | Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
IDBZ gets $150m capital injection
The Government has injected $150 million equity capital into the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe to help the institution discharge its mandate of providing long and medium term funding for...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King of Matabeleland or King of the Ndebele: does Matabeleland even need a king?
The last few months, the land erroneously named "Matebeleland" (Land of the Ndebele) by the British Colonialists has witnessed much activity and talk surrounding the installation of a King. Two things...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 11:35hrs | 37 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Open Letter to Matebeleland
Dear Proud Citizens of Matebeleland The Land of our Forefathers, the Land of AmaNdebele, AmaXhosa, BaTjowa, BaKalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, BaTswana and VhaVenda, IS NOT FOR SALE. Our L...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 09:51hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
My Kariba life under the 330Kv power line
Growing up in the Mahombekombe area living in our cottages constructed in the 1950's for dam wall workers who were only allowed to stay in them as bachelors now big families of five to eight occ...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 11:40hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent
Our ultimate tourists destination doing its best
This Saturday the 22nd of July 2017 is one day to remember as the desire by the Kariba people to be tidy continues to surge to higher levels. Sometime last year the Zambezi River Authority did a splen...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:16hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent
Kariba benefits on Telone Provide-A-Bin programme
Telone has finally headed for the Ultimate tourist destination Kariba to officially handover bins to the Municipality. Saturday the 22nd of July will see a cleanup campaign from Kariba Telone Exchange...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:36hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent
Kariba rolls out pre-paid smart water meters
Kariba Municipality has rolled out installing smart pre-paid water meters for its residents amid revelations that so far the installation stands at 126 with a secured loan to finance 1000 prepaid mete...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 11:37hrs | | by Patsaka Correspondent
NERA rolls out nationwide demos
THE National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) is set to roll out nationwide mega demonstrations today aimed at forcing the President Robert Mugabe led government to level the political playing fie...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
MRP supports the efforts being made to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom
MRP fully supports the efforts being made by Amakhumalo to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom, we appeal yet again to those involved not to give us a puppet King and a sellout because we are serious ab...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 08:36hrs | | by Mbo kaGumbo
Gonyeti hires ex-Jah Prayzah manager
Pamela "Gonyeti" Zulu, who recently parted ways with Jah Prayzah's Third Generation, has roped in the services of the Uzumba-born star's former manager Filda ‘Mother Filda" Muchabaiwa.Mu...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDGs left us blank; will SDGs recoup Binga's lost hope?
The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that had high promises for the development of rural areas like Binga has left us hopeless anymore. Do the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Quegas Mutale
The Future of the 10 South Western Nations of Matebeleland: The Way Forward Part I
The following article is part of a series meant to provoke the People of Matebeleland to think deeply about their place in Zimbabwe and their future in or out of it. The article begins by laying the s...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Why Matebeleland in particular and Zimbabwe in general needs a regional party?
It's been 36 years now since Zimbabwe gained its independence from colonial rule. But before we could even begin to enjoy the independence, a new breed of colonialists - Zanu - struck, beginning their...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:45hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Mugabe's Zanu-PF abuses history
No one denies the importance of history to any society.But history can be both a distractive and destructive weapon.A clear example of the destructive use of history is that of the Isr...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by Conrad Nyamutata
Grace Mugabe accuses Binga people of not understanding Zim's struggle history
Grace Mugabe has warned BaTonga people that if they want development and support from government they must stop voting for MDC-led by Morgan Tsvangirai, accusing them of not understanding the history...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Failure to arrest Mujuru proves that Gukurahundi was GENOCIDE
Dr Joshua Nkomo, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, General Lookout Masuku and others were accused of treason and plotting to assassinate Mugabe back in the 1980s. We all know what happened, they were harangued...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 19:16hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Questions to the 10 South Western Nations of Matebeleland
These questions are directed to the 10 Nations, indigenous Nations, inhabiting the land presently (and erroneously) called 'Matebeleland', land in which the Shona have never at any point in history se...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Ndebele Ban In Binga: Thumbs up for Binga Rural District Council
Even though a resolution by Binga RDC to ban the teaching of Ndebele in Binga schools is receiving sharp criticism from the Ndebeles, the Shonas and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education...Published: 15 Sep 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero
Of Shona and British Colonialism
Of Shona Colonialism, British Colonialism and the Need to Defeat BothThe 20th century history of Africa is a history characterized by massive European Colonialism. Europe, then made up of the ...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 11:50hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Tongas not exempt from drug laws
THE belief that certain tribal groups in Zimbabwe are exempt from laws that prohibit the taking of dangerous drugs like dagga is nothing but just a myth, a senior police detective told B-Metro during ...Published: 06 May 2014 at 09:12hrs | | by Gibson Mhaka
Calls to open border post in Binga
The Zanu PF leadership in Binga has called for the opening of a border post in the district to facilitate cross border trade and allow people to link with their relatives on the Zambian side.T...Published: 13 Apr 2014 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Great Kalanga Nelson Mandela Lesson
Editor, allow me to begin this short article with what we Bakalanga say on the passing of any loved one: "Nayidzedzobo dzakaMandela. Ngabayezele nedonhodzo Tate Mandela."Indeed, a Great On...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Of Nathaniel Manheru, the Shona, the MDC, the Ndebele, Bakalanga, the Monomotapa Kingdom, and Today's Zimbabwe
"Madhuku, Priscilla: Hanging by the noose of own philosophy"In his article with the title above, one Nat...Published: 06 Oct 2013 at 18:10hrs | 4 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
ZAPU on the roll
In a show of force reminiscent of the 1980s, ZAPU made a bold statement of political intent on the 20th of July in Bulawayo. If anyone had doubt about ZAPU’s capacity to be in gover...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 11:15hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
Welshman Ncube launches Green Manifesto today in Binga
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Prof Welshman Ncube is expected to launch its Green manifesto today in Binga ahead of the 31 July election.The party is expecting tens of thousands to...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi the Sequel U-X Ongasolveki: The Shona are by no means enemies of the Ndebele nation!
This threatens to be a long piece. Besides the two primary texts, Andrew Giddens Bain's 'Moselekatse the Bull Elephant and Moffat's Matabeleland Journals' edited by AJR Wallis, the piece h...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 20:04hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
King Mzilikazi unearthed: Affordances, Dynamics and Architectures
I have always been fascinated by Mzilikazi Mashobane Khumalo the man and king. Many questions about the man have remained unanswered and many gaps in literature have raised an eyebrow in any interest...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 10:53hrs | 10 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
'Komwiima nyama zifuwa kamutipa' - Deny us the meat but at least give us bones
Like many of this generation, young or old, who do not see panache in grieving, I have been moulded into believing politics is a dirty game and have cropped a great amount of effort to franticall...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 18:48hrs | | by Zisunko Ndlovu
Shonas don't constitute 85% of Zimbabwe
It was once stated famously by the Nazi Propaganda Chief Josef Goebbels that "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can only be maintai...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 18:53hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Mujuru praises UZ for introducing Tonga language at tertiary level
Vice President, Joice Mujuru has commended the University of Zimbabwe for introducing Tonga language at tertiary level saying government wants to be part of the programme to ensure its success....Published: 20 Oct 2012 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman slits hubby's throat over plastic bucket
A misunderstanding over a plastic bucket recently turned tragic when a woman killed her husband by slitting his throat at Gatshe-Gatshe Fishing Camp in a bid to gain control of the container.D...Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 17:41hrs | | by Court reporter
Matabeleland - the marginalization 'myth'
Ladies and gentlemen of my precious and beloved nations - Bakalanga, BaNambya, Vhavenda, BaPfumbi, Babirwa, bakwaXhosa, nina beSilo bakaPunga noMageba, maNdebele, I am back again. Today I want to addr...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:58hrs | 3 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
Matabeleland - Whose Land is it anyway
Ladies and gentlemen, Bakalanga, BaNambya, BaSotho, BaTonga, Vhavenda, nina bakwaXhosa nani maNdebele, I am back again. This week I want to address the issue of our land, the so-called Matabeleland, a...Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 17:36hrs | 4 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
The Tonga people from Binga
The day Binga people will be asked to choose, alphos chuma Binga the land of hard working, and loyal people. Very patient people, look for t...Published: 08 May 2011 at 03:05hrs | | by chief pashu
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