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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 | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
CHIEF Jahana of Matebeleland South province has expressed concern over illegal gold miners who are terrorising villagers in the province.In an interview with Southern Eye recently, the traditi...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs want Gutu out of NPRC
MATABELELAND traditional leaders have called for the resignation of former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu from the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) claiming he was conflicted and t...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers face eviction in Ntabazinduna
A NUMBER of villagers in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, face eviction to pave way for the installation of power lines by the country's power utility.The project is...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chief Jahana confronts Mnangagwa
Chief Jahana of Insiza has written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa 'strongly' objecting to the mining exploration of lithium in Fort Rixon without following due processes.The Governme...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers cry foul
SOME villager in the Khombo area of Insiza in Matabeleland South have accused their traditional leader of parcelling out land to outsiders, leaving them without enough grazing land for their livestock...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers angry with 'outsiders' exploiting macimbi
INSIZA villagers in Matabeleland South have complained over the exploitation of local resources such as amacimbi (mopane worms) and gold by people from outside the district who destroy vegetation....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three dead after car swept away
THREE passengers, including a minor, onboard a pirating Toyota Noah drowned when the vehicle was swept away after its driver attempted to cross a flooded river in Zvishavane at the weekend. Th...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
River sweeps away taxi, killing three
THREE people were killed when a pirate taxi they were travelling in was swept away by a flooded river in Zvishavane. Police identified the three as Tariro Makwa (24), Aneno Manduku (39) and Gertrude M...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official caught in fierce storm over land
A ZANU-PF official in Shangani, Matabeleland South, is allegedly usurping the authority of traditional leaders and the Lands ministry by illegally selling state land to unsuspecting people.In ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Mthwakazi Institute Of Research has been putting together pieces of a question on the lips of many in the binary state of Zimbabwe and beyond borders. The question whether Zimbabwe will remain United ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by 'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
5 000 settlers face eviction in Insiza, Shangani
OVER 5 000 villagers who illegally settled themselves at Ensangu and Lochard farms in Shangani, Insiza district, are facing eviction as the government seeks to address the issue of chaotic settlements...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into deadly chiefs' territorial war
ZVISHAVANE traditional leader Chief Mapanzure has been accused of illegally extending his territory into Insiza Chief Jahana's in a battle that has stoked tribal tensions between the two.What ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs' letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa - Fulltext
From the Office of.... CHIEF VEZI MADUNA MAFU OF AVOCA FILABUSI COMMUNAL LANDS 9 October 2018 The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:46hrs | 11 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa petitioned to rein in Zanu-PF officials selling State land
CHIEF Jahana and villagers from Shangani in Insiza North, Matabeleland South, have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rein in Zanu-PF district officials from reportedly grabbing and selling St...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Jahana's People Terrorised by Zanu PF
People of Nsango village under chief Jahana are leaving under the extreme terror of Zanu PF under the command of Shem Mathe, the headmaster of Nsango Primary school. The headmaster is said to have ope...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 11:21hrs | | by Mqondisi Moyo
Woman shamed over affair with headman
AN "untouchable" and "bragging" woman from Lochard Farm under Chief Jahana in Matabeleland South Province got more than what she had bargained for when she was shamed by her neighbour who revealed her...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Chiefs petition Chiwenga over dispute
THREE chiefs from Matebeleland South province have petitioned Vice-President Constantino Chiwengwa to rein in Chief Mapanzure of Zvishavane and stop him from interfering in Chief Jahana's area of juri...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chief Charumbira faces ouster
SOME traditional leaders have reportedly started pushing for the ouster of the Chiefs' Council president Fortune Charumbira, whom they accuse of frog-marching them into Zanu-PF politics when they were...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Man with breasts seeks help
BOOBY trap?A Gokwe man claims to have mysteriously grown a pair of breasts.Blessed Bepe (46) of Village Tizora under Chief Njelele said he could not even sleep because of the newest fe...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' son in court
A FORT Rixon man who allegedly beheaded his father with an axe after accusing him of stealing his mangoes has appeared in court.Clement Hove (37) of Maturi village under Chief Jahana, Lambani ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father over mangoes 'theft'
A-37-YEAR-OLD man from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South's Insiza District allegedly chopped off his father's head with an axe after accusing the elderly man of stealing his mangoes, police confirmed y...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Gold panner stabbed 7 times struggling for life
A 34-YEAR-OLD suspected illegal gold panner is battling for life after he was stabbed seven times when rivals attacked him during a gold mine wrangle in Fort Rixon.Anele Ncube of New Eclipse M...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills 7-year-old for phone charger
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy from Fort Rixon was allegedly strangled to death by a man who sneaked into his bedroom in the middle of the night after he had earlier during the day refused to give him a cellpho...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists destroy village head's homestead
SIX villagers, including a teacher and a Zanu-PF councillor from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province, have been hauled to court on allegations of destroying a village head's homestead, accusing ...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:13hrs | | 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
Heal Zimbabwe condemn destruction of village head's home by Zanu PF thugs
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has condemned the destruction of Insangu Village head Enerst Nxumalo's home in Insiza by Zanu PF thugs following the land dispute in Matebeleland South.Zanu PF supporters u...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zapu wades into Insiza land dispute
THE Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has waded into a land dispute in Insiza North, Matabeleland South province, confronting Zanu PF officials accused of assaulting and evicting suspected opposition supporter...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele villagers fear for another Gukurahundi
Villagers of Insangu in Chief Jahana's area in Shangani are now living in fear following the brutal attack on four people by suspected Zanu-PF youths following fierce land clashes.Over 57 ...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fierce land clashes in Matabeleland breaks out
Suspected Zanu PF youths reportedly injured four villagers in Insangu village in Chief Jahana's area in Shangani during renewed land clashes on Sunday.The injured were rushed to United B...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Clashes as Chief Jahana buses 200 to reclaim land in Insiza
There are serious land clashes in Mat South after Chief Jahana allegedly bussed 200 of his people from Gokwe to come and reclaim their forefathers land in Insiza.Chief Jahana says his peop...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man points penis at his mother
A 27-year-old man from Gokwe South district went berserk and pointed his manhood at his mother following a dispute over land.There was drama in Gudhu village under Chief Jahana in Gokwe South ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:25hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
25 MDC members arrested for recruiting new members
TWENTY-FIVE MDC members in Insiza North were yesterday reportedly detained by police in Filabusi for carrying out a recruitment exercise amid reports that an aspiring councillor in the area Nqaba Mas...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas divide communities
THE increase in the number of self-proclaimed prophets commonly known as tsikamutandas has raised the ire of people, especially in rural areas where they are accused of swindling people of their hard-...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 07:51hrs | | by Hillary Marizani
Are tsikamutandas a necessary evil
THE operations of tsikamutandas who last month invaded Bhejane area in Chief Njelele's area have come under the spotlight following the arrest of four of these inyangas in Gokwe recently.The l...Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 05:24hrs | | by Kamangeni Phiri recently in Bhejane, Gokwe South
Insiza Chief - Jahana Khumalo has died
INSIZA chief Solomon Jahana Khumalo has died.Chief Jahana succumbed to blood pressure related complications on Tuesday.His body will be taken to Gokwe this afternoon, where he will be ...Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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