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Minister commissions first Binga propaganda radio station
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, yesterday officially commissioned Twasumpuka FM, the first and only community radio station in Binga District in Matebelel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Binga chieftainship wrangle spills into High Court
A CLAIMANT to the Binga chieftainship, Mr Peter Mweembe has approached the High Court challenging the recent appointment of Mr Grey Sikalelu Muleya as Chief Binga.Muleya was appointed Chief Bi...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane MP embarks on roads rehab to unlock tourism, agriculture potential
ZANU-PF aspiring candidate for Umzingwane constituency Brigadier General (Rtd) Levi Mayihlome has embarked on a road rehabilitation programme targeting five prime roads which he says will unlock the t...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poised for clean sweep in Matebeleland North, says Richard Moyo
ZANU-PF chairman for Matebeleland North Richard Moyo has said the ruling party has done enough homework to win all seats in the upcoming harmonised elections set for August 23.Already, the rev...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa back in Binga today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Binga, Matabeleland North, today to officially commission and handover the Binga-Kariba fishing rigs to the local community in a bold empowerment intervention that is ex...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF scoffs at Chiwenga, Mnangagwa rift
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu on Saturday claimed that there was no rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.Mpofu made the remarks at a...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Matebeleland
DEVOLUTION being spearheaded by President Mnangagwa continues to bear fruits in Matebeleland North as evidenced by implementation of key developmental economic projects in the province, a ratification...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fishing rigs for 17 Binga chiefs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is this month expected to hand over fishing rigs to chiefs in Binga before holding a star rally in the district.The Binga community is excited by the impending visit which ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Binga roads threaten district tourism
MEMBERS of the public in Binga have implored Government to urgently rehabilitate Cross Dete to Binga road, saying the tourism district risks being isolated from the rest of the country if the road is ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt identifies land for new Batoka City
THE GOVERNMENT has identified land where a new city will be built as part of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project outside Victoria Falls, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Dev...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Binga Chief Sikalenge dies
THE Binga community was plunged into mourning this week following the death of Chief Sikalenge, born Charles Baleya Muleya.Chief Sikalenge passed on after a long illness. He was 71.Bin...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Minister fires manager on the spot
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka fired the head of an Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda)-run agriculture scheme in Lupane on the spot...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga project runs contemporaneously with Bulawayo Kraal already quietly underway
This morning I attended a high-level meeting on Chilonga Irrigation Project following the hue and cry on this terribly misunderstood and much maligned community irrigation which is one of several plan...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 14:27hrs | 3 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 3 | by Dr John Basera
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for city status conferment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday evening and will today officially confer the prestigious city status to the resort town, in another milestone achievement for Matabeleland North...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims 'development for all'
THE Government will ensure no community in Zimbabwe is left behind in development in line with the devolution thrust enunciated by President Mnangagwa. Under the Second Republic, theGovernment...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland roads get facelift
The District Development Fund (DDF) has embarked on a massive rehabilitation of roads and bridges in Matabeleland to improve infrastructure in the region.The government department, which falls...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Binga dies
CHIEF Binga of Binga District in Matabeleland North has died. He was 74. Born Siakateya Siakulya Gasita, Chief Binga died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Wednesday last ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government allocates Bulawayo Kraal over $1m
THE Government has allocated more than RTGS$1 million for construction of access roads at the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga to facilitate smooth implementation of the project. This...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims that 'Vision 2030 is on track'
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga says nothing can stop Zimbabwe from attaining middle income economy status even before the year 2030 given the resilience of the Zimbabweans people....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'barking orders' from SA hospital bed
VICE president Constantino Chiwenga, who led the November 2017 coup which ousted long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, is hospitalised in South Africa, the presidency admitted Monday, adding that he was e...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga receiving thorough medical attention in SA, had a bullet lodged in his lung?
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is recovering well at a South African hospital where he is receiving some thorough medical attention on the effects of the Bulawayo bombing incident in June, Govern...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to officially open Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme
THE First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe is expected to officially open one of the biggest agricultural projects she has been spearheading, Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga District, Matabeleland North...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace challenges Mugabe to name successor
First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly challenged her husband Robert Mugabe to name his successor at the same time she took a swipe at those who have no respect for seniors in the party who are swayin...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 14:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Mat North a Zanu-PF stronghold,' claims Grace Mugabe
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday declared that Zanu-PF will make a clean sweep of all constituencies in Matabeleland North in next year's general elections, saying the opposition stood no chance agai...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe declares Zanu-PF win in Matabeleland North
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe on Friday declared that Zanu PF will make a clean sweep of all constituencies in Matabeleland North in the 2018 general election.Dr Mugabe told Zanu PF supporters at So...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
LIVE: Mugabe rally
15:16 President Mugabe says Matabeleland North has created a name for itself as a province."Well done Mat North. Let other provinces learn. To those who have hosted the rallies, keep your ...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko plans Matabeleland North projects tour
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko will this week visit various capital projects being undertaken in Matabeleland North Province to assess progress and find ways of possibly expediting them. The provin...Published: 31 May 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Mujuru people first hit ground running
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her Zimbabwe People First team, who officially announced their entry into opposition politics last week, are building up a head of steam as they prepare for the ...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe waves magic wand
Chimhanda Irrigation Scheme in Rushinga was on the brink of collapse as much of its equipment was in a dilapidated state.Production had ground to a halt, with most of its members facing an unc...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 09:48hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zanu-PF Women's League distances self from Kasukuwere demo
THE Zanu-PF Women's League has distanced itself from alleged planned demonstrations to force the ouster of the party's National Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere. Messages circulating on social m...Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 08:37hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
'I've no tiff with Mnangagwa and Mphoko,' says Grace Mugabe
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, who is also the Zanu-PF Women's League secretary, has slammed some misguided elements in the revolutionary party whom she accused of attempting to set her up against ...Published: 22 Aug 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Agric ministry officials exposed
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has exposed officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development who tried to extort $1,8 million from her under the guise of imple...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe warned
A Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has warned the first lady Grace Mugabe to be careful on how she is trading her politics in the view that she appears to be bent on out maneuvering all the cadres...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 07:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF resisting reforms because 'we want development' said Grace
Mugabe and Zanu PF have hijacked the people's struggle for national independence, freedom and human rights to redefine it in its narrowest format of a racial struggle to remove the whites and rep...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 16:57hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Grace Mugabe vows to transform Binga
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday took over supervision of the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme here and immediately vowed to transform its dream into reality. She said the people of Binga had bee...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:42hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Grace Mugabe throws Binga folk lifeline
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday took over the supervision of Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme and ordered the immediate operationalisation of the project to uplift the livelihoods of th...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe castigates Britain, US hypocrisy on skulls, Cecil the lion
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday castigated Britain and the United States' hypocritical behaviour, saying the two Western countries are taking the killing of Cecil the Lion to be more important t...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Felex Share/Leonard Ncube
Go for sex workers, says Grave Mugabe
First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday stunned Zanu-PF delegates gathered in Binga when she chastised men, saying they should go for sex workers as the practice has been legalized, instead of raping mi...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T has nothing for the electorate,' claims Grace Mugabe
The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe, who is also the Zanu-PF Secretary for Women Affairs, has urged people of Matabeleland North province to dump MDC-T politicians saying they have nothing to offer the ele...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe back in Binga again
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe is set to officially open women's and youth's projects in Binga today, hardly a month after her last visit.Grace was in Binga late July touring the Bulawayo Kraal I...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 08:06hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Grace Mugabe visits Binga
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe is today expected to visit Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga as part of the government efforts to operationalise the project this year. Bulawayo Kraal i...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru project looted
EQUIPMENT at Matabeleland's biggest irrigation scheme in Binga, Bulawayo Kraal, has been looted from the site with reports that Zanu-PF factional fights were at play since the project was spearheaded...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
VP Mphoko's bid to set up banana plantations praised
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has been praised for his plans to set up banana plantations in Matabeleland North and South provinces with calls for him to also look at the incomplete Bulawayo Kraal...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Man butcher his wife for sharing their homebrewed beer with a neighbour
A MAN from Bulawayo Kraal village in Binga was on Thursday sentenced to three months in jail for trying to butcher his wife after accusing her of sharing their homebrewed beer with a neighbour. ...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cropping activities at Bulawayo Kraal to start early next year
CROPPING activities at the proposed country's biggest irrigation scheme, Bulawayo Kraal in Binga, Matabeleland North Province will start early next year, a senior Government official has said....Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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