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Matebeleland chiefs ditch Mnangagwa, back Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last Thursday received backed from two traditional chiefs following a meeting with the traditional leaders from Matebeleland who threw support behind him saying Zimb...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 3855 | by Staff reporter
Police seek help to identify burnt bodies
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have appealed for assistance from members of the public in identification of five bodies that were burnt beyond recognition in two separate incidents and are bein...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Fresh land Invasions in Matabeleland
There is a new land invasion in Matabeleland, this time by the government of Mnangagwa and Zanu PF. This program is spearheaded by the district Lands office in Filabusi. On the 8th of February 2019, M...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1305 | by MRP
PHOTO: Matabeleland chiefs visit Nelson Chamisa
Two prominent Matabeleland Chiefs namely Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna and Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi visited MDC leader Nelson Chamisa this week at his Morgan Richard Tsvangirai Headquar...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 13678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mysterious deaths rock Mkwabeni schools in Filabusi
THE Vokola community in Filabusi, Insiza district, Matabeleland South has expressed concern over the "mysterious deaths" of pupils in their local schools in the past month. Two pupils have die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna recieves death threats
Outspoken Matabeleland Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi has received death threats over his open stance on the Gukurahundi genocide that killed an estimated 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midland...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Armed robber' businesswoman in court
A GWANDA based businesswoman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a group of mine workers before stealing mining equipment worth $3 760 and $200 cash. Siboniso Sayi (40), ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mahlalela ropes in Omkhula in new film
AFTER making waves last year with short films, South Africa-based Zimbabwean producer Mthulisi Moyo has returned with a rib-cracking film titled Mahlalela Wants His Faeces Back, where he features popu...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:25hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Man (22) 'rapes' neighbour granny (88)
A 22-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for raping his 88-year-old neighbour after he unlawfully gained entry into her bedroom hut in the middle of the night while she was asleep. Trust Ncu...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Police lament prevalence of murder cases
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it is concerned with the spate of murder cases that are occurring around the country especially in Harare, Tsholotsho, Nyanga and Filabusi.In a statemen...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:10hrs | 313 | by Staff Reporter
Man fatally strikes neighbour with a brick
A FILABUSI man struck his neighbour with a brick on the head resulting in his death following a misunderstanding during a drinking spree. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chi...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt 'killer' villager
POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a villager who allegedly fatally struck a man from Filabusi with a brick and he died in hospital four days after the attack. Everson Ga...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:23hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP attempts to bribe chief over Gukurahundi
Political Activist Nothiwani Dlodlo has alleged that the Member of Parliament for Insiza South Spare Sithole has been trying to bribe Chief Vezi Maduna with groceries and fuel in a bid to stop him fro...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2397 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bus fares up 100%
LONG distance bus operators have increased their fares by up to 100 percent, with most attributing the hikes to fuel shortages that are forcing them to buy it on the black market. Operators sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Zapu backs Chief Maduna on Petitioning President Mnangagwa to address Gukurahundi issue
The Dumiso Dabengwa led Zimbabwe's oldest opposition party Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) has declared its support for the Matabeleland elderly chief Vezi Maduna Mafu for petitioni...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:25hrs | 857 | by Stephen Jakes
Fisherman drowns after hippo attack
A FISHERMAN drowned in a dam in Filabusi during a fishing expedition with colleagues when their boat capsized after a hippopotamus attack. The body of Vengai Gumbunje (52) of Dungwa village un...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:44hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Closing date for Form One pupils' online registration set
THE online application for Form One boarding school places is closing on December 21, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said. The Electronic Ministry Application Platform (EM...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:42hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna playing politics
Recent actions by Chief Vezi Maduna of Avoca, Filabusi in Matabeleland South to petition the United Nations to intervene in the Gukurahundi issue in Zimbabwe may have been a miscalculation by those wh...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2272 | by Bevan Musoko
Chief Maduna seeks Amnesty protection after confronting Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
OUTSPOKEN traditional chief Vezi Maduna Mafu has sought protection from Amnesty International's South African office while claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assigned state agents to trail him ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:22hrs | 9110 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF conference venue in lockdown
ESIGODINI, the venue of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference, has been placed under security lockdown ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit later this week, six months after he survive...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba under threat
THE ZANU-PF national people's conference, scheduled to take place in Esigodini from Tuesday to Sunday, is under threat of flooding after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned of hailstor...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife, hangs self
A 31-YEAR- OLD man from Mberengwa allegedly killed his wife in cold blood after he found her with a boyfriend and disappeared from home, only for his body to be discovered hanging from a tree about 10...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2355 | by Staff reporter
The Umthwakazi Nation Remember King Lobengula
The fierce encounter at Lalaphansi and a little later at the Shangani River in October, 1893, between Imbizo gallant Forces of King Lobengula and the Imperialist Forces were initial incide...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:13hrs | 1540 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:39hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | 2799 | by Staff Reporter
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 9596 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
Teenager jailed 10 years for raping neighbour's daughter (10)
A teenager has been jailed 10 years for raping his neighbour's 10-year-old daughter while she was in the fields guarding crops from birds.Ashely Sibanda (19) of Lunyame Village in Filabusi ple...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 12:11hrs | 1899 | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU calls for the release of Gukurahundi commision report
Zimbabwe African People's Union, the primary target of the 1980s Gukurahundi Genocide stands in full support and defence of Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi and his call for addressing of the issue....Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1609 | by ZAPU
1893MRM condemns the government's treatment of Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu
Recent reports about the treatment of Chief Maduna by Zimbabwe's government through the country's secret security services are greatly condemned by our Movement for human and peoples' rights. Chief Ma...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 07:20hrs | 544 | by 1893MRM
Bosso will never die, says Modi
BULAWAYO businessman and philanthropist Raj Modi says while human beings are mortal Highlanders are immortal. The businessman, who is also Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, made the de...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:44hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Chase Skuza out of prison
AFTER seven months in prison, singer Chase Skuza (pictured) is out and hitting the ground running as he has already lined up shows to announce his return. Skuza was in April this year arrested...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2120 | by Staff reporter
Marginalisation and wanton killing of Matabeles will cause civil unrest in Zimbabwe
MLO Supreme Council not only welcomes but highly commends two brave and factual statements by Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi and Chief Sinqobile Mabhena of Esigodini. There is no better way of tel...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1078 | by Israel Dube
Safari operator sues Zinwa, illegal settlers
SAFARI operator Debshan has taken the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and two fishing cooperatives to court after cooperative members illegally settled on its property in Matabeleland South....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs?
A petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Chief Vezi Maduna pleading with him to act on the marginalisation of Matabeleland and to set up a commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi genocid...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2695 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIO confine Chief Maduna?
The District Intelligence Officer of Filabusi a Mr Mlotshwa allegedly summoned the all powerful Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi to his office on Thursday over the petition the ch...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 16:55hrs | 9932 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Bus catches fire, 40 feared dead?
Unconfirmed reports claim that a Brooklyn bus which plies the Zvishavane to Musina via Filabusi was burnet to ashes near West Nicholson yesterday evening around 2300hrs while headed towards Musina. ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | 9643 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland people excluded in developmental projects
Matebeleland chiefs have written a petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa bemoaning their alleged economic marginalisation which they said should be corrected under the new dispensation.In t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:50hrs | 797 | 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 | 5210 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 7319 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | 1360 | by cite.org.zw
Chiefs in Matebeleland plan to meet Mnangagwa over gold wars
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South have said the escalating gold wars that have claimed a number of lives in Esigodini threaten national peace and should be treated as a State of Emergency. ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Godlwayo meets in Avoca for a developmental agenda
One of the proudest people on planet earth are found in a place called Godlwayo in Filabusi under their much respected Chief, Vezi Maduna okaDambisamahubo Mafu. These people are culturally astute and ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 07:54hrs | 884 | by Thulani Nkala
Gold Baron seeks bail at High Court
NOTORIOUS Esigodini gold dealer Baron Dube, who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in the area, has approached the High Court seeking bail pending trial. Dube of Habane ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 14029 | by Compol HRA
'Killer cop granted bail'
THE family of a three-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was allegedly strangled by his police officer father is locked in a bitter wrangle with the cop who allegedly hid the body and tried to conduct a b...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:03hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop': Wife goes into hiding
THE mother of a three-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his police officer father has gone into hiding saying she fears the cop could kill her as well. Albert Nhenda (33), a Constable i...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot cop 'kills' son (3)
AN anti-riot police officer from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly strangling his three-year-old son and claiming the boy died due to injuries sustained after falling off the stairs. Al...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mathema defends police stance on gold panners
GOLD panners have themselves to blame for the deadly gold wars, the Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Heritage, Cain Mathema, said yesterday. In an interview, Minister Mathema defended the ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube ‘shoots & kills' rival in gold war
BARON Dube, a prominent gold baron from Esigodini in Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a rival panner in escalating gold wars. Dube who is from Habane sub...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance rep runs from stock theft rap
LOSING MDC Alliance Insiza South Parliamentary candidate Honest Mafu is on the run from the police who are pursuing him for three counts of stock theft. Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village in Filabu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
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