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Gwayi-Shangani Dam project to miss deadline again
The long-anticipated Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, a cornerstone of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project aimed at resolving Bulawayo's chronic water shortages, requires an additional US$84 million to ...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:26hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drawn into Khumalo Chieftaincy dispute
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been named as a respondent in a High Court case involving a chieftaincy dispute within the prominent Khumalo clan in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. The case, whi...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 20:06hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Mabhikwa Chieftainship dispute deepens over regent appointment
The dispute over the rightful heir to the Mabhikwa chieftainship has intensified, with divisions within the Khumalo family growing deeper. A faction of the family has rejected the appointment of Ms. Z...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 11:46hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wrangle rattles Mabhikwa chieftaincy
The appointment of Ms. Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa has sparked fresh controversy, with 32 family members approaching the High Court to challenge her ascension to the chieftaincy.Za...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:22hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mabhikwa family names 9-year-old as heir, appoints aunt as Regent Chief
In a moving tradition of succession, the Mabhikwa family has named nine-year-old Wayne Makhosemvelo Khumalo as the rightful heir to the late Chief Mabhikwa's throne, following the tragic passing of hi...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:45hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul
VILLAGERS in Chinego area in Chief Pashu area, Binga have appealed to the government to urgently rehabilitate a road that links to Kariangwe which was damaged by rains last rainy season.Govern...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:02hrs | 3 | by Peter Matuka
Charumbira steps down
National Chiefs' Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira says he is not seeking re-election to the helm of the national traditional chiefs' body at polls that are scheduled for tomorrow.His...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says Binga is on Zanu-PF's development radar
Zanu-PF vice-president and second secretary Kembo Mohadi has pledged that his party will develop Binga communities in line with government's Vision 2030.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governme...Published: 29 May 2023 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turns Culture Month launch into party event
Zanu-PF yesterday turned the launch of the National Culture Month programme at Kariyangwe Secondary School in Binga into a party event with supporters waving placards praising President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce 2023 election dates on Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will set the date for the 2023 harmonised elections on Monday, ending speculation about the timing of the long awaited polls.Mnangagwa made the announc...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus driver on the run after fatal crash
A bus driver who was cautioned by Chief Siansali for racing against fellow bus crews, competing for passengers is on the run after he was involved in a fatal accident while speeding in Binga last Frid...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Govt rolls out free education
GOVERNMENT has started rolling out a pilot project on State-funded education in 16 rural districts across the country as part of efforts to ensure that every learner has access to quality education....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:11hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Absconding teachers contributing to poor pass rate in Lupane
Local government and public works Minister, July Moyo, has said that absconding teachers are a major source of poor examination results and has urged the Lupane community to report those who do not re...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Families urged to discipline children
A multi-sectoral approach is needed in effectively dealing with gang-related violence in schools, amid calls for families and communities to play a leading role in instilling discipline in children....Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
3 struck dead by lightning
A DARK cloud engulfed Lupane and Binga in Matabeleland North when three people died after they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents.In both incidents, the lightning struck and bu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Binga hot springs dry out
THERE are more than 30 hot springs in Zimbabwe where warm water gushes from the ground.Geologists believe natural hot springs are found where water seeps into areas of volcanic activity in the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 7 | 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
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
Chiefs homestead access roads rehab begins
The Government has started rehabilitating access roads to chiefs' homesteads countrywide to improve accessibility to traditional leaders as well as enhance their dignity and development in communities...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Binga Chief Sinamagonde dies
ONE of Binga district's long serving traditional chiefs, Chief Sinamagonde of Lusulu has died at the age of 78.Chief Sinamagonde had been unwell for a long time and succumbed while on admissio...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Tonga Chief upsets Auxilia Mnangagwa'
Binga traditional leader Chief Siansali is reportedly to have upset the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa during an event held recently. Posting on Twitter senior journalist Mduduzi Mathuthu said, ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 12:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland chiefs lament lack of respect from region, want to jump fuel queues
CHIEFS from Matebeleland region have lamented lack of respect they are given in their areas yet they are held in high esteem far away from home. Speaking during the installation of Mbusi Bekit...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wife killer hangs self
A MAN from Binga fatally axed his wife before killing himself after suspecting that she was cheating on him, police confirmed yesterday. The woman was killed on the day that she returned home ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested over gun salute for dad
A MAN from Binga left villagers from his community in shock when he shot three times into the air in a military style gun salute for his late father who once served in the Rhodesian army. The ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher runs amok, tries to kill wife, children
A TEACHER ran amok, attempted to kill his wife and two children, before attacking other teachers during a misunderstanding over transfer issues at a school in Binga.The teacher allegedly crash...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Skimpily dressed teen bashes chief
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl smashed a beer bottle across the face of a Chief in Binga after he reprimanded her for being skimpily dressed.Chief Siabuwa (52) said he sustained a cut under his right eye ...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Binga residents lament lack of border post
A BINGA chief has expressed concern over Home Affairs ministry's failure to open Binga border post, which was mooted over a decade ago.Chief Siansali, who was speaking in the Senate last week,...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief's aide murder villager over isitshwala
A Kariyangwe mission hospital data capture clerk Zibusiso Ndlovu was murdered yesterday over a plate of isitshwala.Ndlovu's killer is said to be Chief Siansali's bodyguard. He was stabbed with...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Drought forces villagers to sell their livestock for a song
VILLAGERS in most parts of Binga are now selling their livestock for a song with goats going for as little as $5 while cattle are selling at around $100 as they seek to raise money to buy food. ...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 08:20hrs | | by Lackson Munkombwe
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
Ndebele ban reports dismissed
MATABELELAND North Provincial Education Director (PED) Boitathelo Mguni has dismissed media reports that the Binga Rural District Council (BRDC) has banned the teaching of IsiNdebele in local sch...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 22:11hrs | 4 | by Hangoyapalala waTjibundule
Binga bans teaching of Ndebele in schools
THE Binga Rural District Council (BRDC) pulled a shocker last Friday after passing a resolution banning the teaching of Ndebele in council schools in a move it said was aimed at promoting the Tonga l...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chief Wange installed
CHIEFS have been urged to seek guidance from the country's economic blueprint Zim Asset in order for their communities to develop while complementing Government service delivery. In a speech r...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 09:54hrs | 4 | by Fairness Moyana
Of Chief Albert Gumede, 'National' Reconstruction and the Unchaining of Django
In 1984 just at the beginning of Gukurahundi,( that rain that sweeps away the 'chuff) the 200 year old tree that King Lobengula conducted his business under, was swept away by a rainstorm. A...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 06:42hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Man fails to pay compensation for bedding brother's wife
A Binga man, convicted of sleeping with his brother's wife, is on the run after he allegedly defaulted on paying compensation to his sibling as ordered by a local chief.Justin Mwinde (35) of ...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for bedding brother's wife
A BINGA man yesterday told a court he had complied with a local chief's order that he must give his brother two beasts in compensation for sleeping with his wife.Justin Mwinde (35) of Siansal...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional chiefs bemoans shortage of schools
CHIEFS from Binga have expressed concern at the shortage of schools in the district and complained that the few that are there were in a dilapidated state.In an interview on Wednesday, Chief S...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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