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Chiefs, sangomas bemoan cultural rot
Traditional chiefs and healers have been called upon to play a proactive role in restoring cultural decency by promoting Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) across communities.Chief Chiweshe, b...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs, Sangomas bemoan cultural rot
GLENDALE - Traditional Chiefs and healers should work tirelessly in reviving cultural decency through application of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) amongst communities, with existing interactions ...Published: 30 May 2025 at 22:00hrs | 309 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1724 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chief Chiweshe grabs equipment from Mnangagwa, villagers
In a clear sign of routine disregard for traditional leadership ethical conduct, presidential schemes subbotage and loss of public trust at local governance level, Chief Chiweshe (born Mathew Chitemam...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 15:00hrs | 3541 | by Gideon Madzikatidze | Simbarashe Sithole recently in Muzarabani
Mnangagwa dangles mining titles to Chiefs and war veterans
Government has granted authority for traditional leaders and war veterans to acquire mining tittles as part of efforts to broaden the participation of communities in the mining sector.In addit...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Villagers spit at Chief's face
TEN Chiweshe villagers were arrested and dragged to Bindura magistrates court yesterday after they caused disorder and threatened to assault Chief Chiweshe who was presiding over a civil matter at his...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 11:10hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chaos at Chief Chiweshe's traditional court
TEN members of the same family from Chiweshe yesterday appeared at the Bindura Magistrates Court facing charges of threatening to assault a local chief over a civil matter he presided over at his trad...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UMP villagers vow to punish Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF supporters in Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe (UMP), angered by the ruling party's silence at a time Chinese owned Heijin Mining Company continues to harass and displace them from their ancestral land,...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
The lessons from Zambia
I have just celebrated my 77th birthday and have settled on two proud new titles. I have now added a new title to my repertoire. I was given the title of mukoma at the Manica Post. Governor Josiah Hun...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, Chief defy lockdown
Muzarabani South legislator Tapera Saizi and traditional leader Chief Chiweshe Mukore-kore (Matthew Minyonga) on Sunday defied lockdown by conducting a Zanu-PF meeting with over 60 village heads....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena/Lloyd Rabaya
Kachasu drinker drowns in river
The love for an illicit brew called kachasu cost a 38-year old Chiweshe man his life after he drowned on Saturday night while trying to cross the flooded Mazamba River.The body of Brian Muchem...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Muzarabani tobacco garden destroyed on political grounds
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that on 17 September in ward 20 of Muzarabani South at Chawurura village under Chief Chiweshe, unknown assailants reportedly destroyed Stephen Sadu's tobacco garden and...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Form 1 pupil impregnates own cousin
Chief Makope has expressed dismay over three cases of incest by school children in his area of jurisdiction.According to Makope a cousin brother and a sister from Mbari Secondary school in Mvu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:47hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mazowe Councillors sworn in
Councillors who won the July 30 elections in Mazowe Rural District Council's 35 wards were sworn in yesterday at Concession council board room.The swearing in ceremony was led by Mazowe Distri...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Post-election violence reports false: ZRP
REPORTS of post-election violence being played up in the privately-owned media are fictitious and peace is prevailing across the country, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said yesterday. The...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bribery allegations at Chiefs' Council poll
Chief Musarurwa allegedly tried to bribe other traditional leaders with blankets ahead of yesterday's elections for the posts of president and deputy president of the Chiefs Council.It is unde...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official initiates Makorokoza graveyard invasion
An aspiring ZANU PF aspiring councillor in Mazowe South ward 28 Joshua Nyamuziwa has been fingered in the invasion of a grave site by a group of illegal miners at Mazowe Mine, Mashonaland Centra...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy rapes pregnant goat in Chiweshe
In a bizarre incident a Chiweshe boy from Chaka village, Chaona was caught raping a pregnant goat last week prompting the village head to send him before Chief Makope's village court yesterday (Sunday...Published: 14 May 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mine worker caught pants down with colleague's wife
There was drama in Mazowe mine where a clerk was reportedly caught pants down with his colleague's wife in a Blair toilet on Sunday night.Eye witness allege the clerk responsible for engineeri...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:56hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'We would shoot to kill'
LAST week, John Munodawafa Gwitira whose Chimurenga name was Kenneth Gwindingwi (KG) narrated how he grew up in Nyanyadzi and later joined the liberation struggle in 1970. He narrated how he became th...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dinha makes couple kiss in public
Self-proclaimed prophet madzibaba Advocate Martin Dinha made a couple to kiss at Munhenga primary at an Environmental Management Agency fire awareness campaign in Centenary on Wednesday.Dinha ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
EMA urges public to stop veld fires
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Mashonaland Central launched a fire awareness start for 2017 in Muzarabani district on Wednesday.Addressing the gathering at the launch Minister of St...Published: 24 May 2017 at 19:40hrs | | by SImbarashe Sithole
South Africans wake up to the horror of white interests in the rainbow
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Chidyausiku family on the loss of Godfrey, our recently retired Chief Justice. He was a fine character, an enormous lawyer by any measure.Above all, he served ...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Thieving motorbike mechanic nabbed
CENTENARY - A 26-year-old man from Magona village under chief Chiweshe in Centenary, Mashonaland Central was finally nabbed yesterday (Saturday) after evading arrest for four months.Sources cl...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Be careful Madam Mujuru! Some lines are not supposed to be crossed
It's one thing to be a politician, it's something else to try and ride on people's emotions especially when it concerns death. An example is Dr P. Dzamara who has ridden over the disappearance of his ...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 12:19hrs | 3 | by Sindisiwe Mkandla
Land resettlement still unresolved 36 years later
A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is currently touring the country sounding public opinion on the national land resettlement programme which was launched shortly after the attainment of independenc...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:27hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Chief, war vets throw weight behind 11 besieged white farmers
Chief Chiweshe and Mashonaland Central Province war veterans have thrown their weight behind 11 commercial white farmers facing eviction from their properties.Centenary white farmer Phillip Ra...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes, kills 1 year old daughter
A 34-YEAR-OLD Centenary man, Daniel Madzika, who allegedly raped and killed his one-year-old daughter last year, appeared before High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa yesterday facing two counts of ...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief dies from bee sting
Chief Chiweshe Joseph Chigariro of Chiweshe, Mazowe District, has died.Mr Chigariro (82) died last Thursday after he was attacked by a swarm of wild bees at his home in Chiweshe.Zimbab...Published: 28 Apr 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Female rapists strike again, kidnaps a man
A hunt is on for three female rapists who allegedly kidnapped a Chiweshe man from his bedroom before forcing him to be intimate with each one of them.According to police reports the 30-year-ol...Published: 14 Apr 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona singing 'War Vets' perform illegal rituals in Matopo
A GROUP of about 568 Shona singing war veterans led by a man who identified himself as Cde Nehoreka, yesterday visited the Matopos National Park and performed rituals. ...Published: 10 Aug 2012 at 03:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (26) kills neighbour for sleeping with wife
A 26-year-old man from Mafusire Village under Chief Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central was arrested for allegedly killing his neighbour in cold blood. Felix Chizora (26) accused Felix Chizo...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Statement by Deputy Minister of Local Government Hon. Sesel Zvidzai (MP)
Chiefs play a critical cultural role in the Zimbabwean society. They are the custodians of the culture, traditions and languages of the people in their districts. Chiefs’ functions a...Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 13:01hrs | | by MDC-T
Zanu-PF redrawing Zimbabwe's chiefdoms
Government is redrawing boundaries to demarcate Zimbabwe's chiefdoms following raging wars between and among different chiefs, a Cabinet Minister has disclosed.Work to complete the redrawing ...Published: 13 Jul 2011 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by .
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