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Diasporas gift Tsholotsho with private school
A dedicated group of Zimbabweans based in South Africa has mobilized resources to construct a state-of-the-art private boarding and day school in the Tsholotsho district of Matabeleland North province...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:39hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi Day celebrations bring Bulawayo to a standstill
Bulawayo came alive with vibrant colors and festivities during the annual King Mzilikazi Day celebrations, which halted business in the city and marked the most significant event yet honoring the foun...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 8368 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Matebeleland chiefs visit King Lobengula's relative
MATEBELELAND chiefs recently visited the daughter of King Lobengula's last born son who resides in Plumtree to share notes on Ndebele history.Lobengula, the son of the founder of the Ndebele k...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (77) kills self over goats
A 77-year-old man from Tsholotsho committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over the ownership of family goats early this week.The deceased Hebert Zilawa Tshuma of Diwala Line under Chief G...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 11:53hrs | 9 | by Peter Matuka
Injiva pour R40 million into Tsholotsho school project
TWO Zimbabwean entrepreneurs based in South Africa have joined hands to invest about R40 million towards the construction of a modern high school in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu in Tshol...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New boarding school for Tsholotsho
TSHOLOTSHO district in Matebeleland North is set to have a third boarding school following the setting up of Royal Avenues High School in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu area.The pr...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:40hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Double murder shocks Tsholotsho villagers
THE brutal killing of 73-year-old visually impaired Mhlanga Bahono Mkhize and Getrude Ncube (36) from Mgogodleni line in Tsholotsho District on New Year's eve has left the community in shock.T...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver kills wife, neighbour
IN a fit of jealous rage, a 38-year-old Kombi driver from Tsholotsho allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death before turning his rage on a 73-year-old neighbour whom he also killed in cold blood....Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby
HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think....Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho woman seeks assistance to fulfil dream
A 25-year-old woman from Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North Province is appealing for financial assistance to commence university studies to fulfil her dream of becoming a social worker.M...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho gets town board status
GOVERNMENT has granted Tsholotsho a town board status in line with the national vision of transforming the country into an upper middle-income economy by 2030.This was revealed by Local Govern...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to burn ex-lover alive
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Mavava line under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province who couldn't accept that his ex-lover had moved on has been arrested for allegedly torching a hut in whi...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vacancies for 3000 school heads and deputies
THE Government is set to recruit 2 988 headmasters and deputies to fill primary and secondary school vacancies in a massive recruitment drive set to improve pass rates and maintenance of infrastructur...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Tsholotsho has highest HIV burden
GROWING up in a poverty-stricken family, and being discriminated against by her own father drove Thabiso Ndlovu straight into the hands of men.The 21-year-old from Maphane Village in Tsholotsh...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho injiva arrested for murder 16 years later
A 55-year-old man from Tsholotsho who skipped the country 16 years ago after allegedly committing murder has been arrested after he sneaked into the country thinking he would not be detected.M...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
4 men fatally assault 66-year-old man
A 66-year-old Tsholotsho man died after he was allegedly attacked by four men who accused him of attacking their friend.Matabeleland North Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system.Communities living near national parks are allo...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho MP declared liberation hero
TSHOLOTSHO South legislator and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Zenzo Sibanda, who succumbed to Covid-19 on Wednesday, has been declared a liberation hero.Sibanda (50) will be buried in Bhubh...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mahlathini heir apparent dies
The heir apparent to Chief Mahlathini chieftaincy in Tsholotsho, Jabulani Jiyane has succumbed to Covid-19.Jiyane, whose age could not be ascertained, was acting chief following the death of h...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group conducts Gukurahundi memorial
BULAWAYO-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Sunday conducted a memorial service for 22 Gukurahundi victims, who include 21 women and a man who were burnt to death by the North Korean-trained Fi...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs, Zanu-PF bigwig clash
TSHOLOTSHO chiefs have crossed swords with an aspiring Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson, Owen Sibanda, who faces charges of grabbing vast tracts of land in their areas of jur...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bees sting woman to death
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman from Tsholotsho, who is a stroke victim, died on the spot after being stung by a swarm of bees that attacked her and her mother. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chie...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen tied to tree, sjamboked to death
FOUR Tsholotsho villagers allegedly teamed up and assaulted a teenage neighbour with a sjambok after tying him to a tree before detaining him overnight leading to his death, police confirmed yesterday...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reprter
Police arrest 6 000 people in Harare and Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reported that more than six thousand people have been arrested in Bulawayo and Harare for various crimes including obstructing gfree passage of traffic and touting. ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 12:20hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cop acquitted of brutally assaulting teen suspect
A POLICE officer, together with his two accomplices, who were facing charges of brutally assaulting a Msitheli High School student (16) in April, have been acquitted by a Bulawayo magistrate due to la...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop 'abducting, brutally assaulting' schoolboy over cellphone
A BULAWAYO police officer and a city council security officer are accused of abducting and brutally assaulting a schoolboy (16), leaving him for dead after pulling his private parts.The two ac...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs reject Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cocktail of measures to pacify the south-western parts of the country that bore the brunt of the 1980s massacres by the army have been greeted by strident opposition fro...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe wanted to be a soldier
Tendayi Madhomu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Who is Thokozani Khupe; where and when was she born?A: ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in a fix over settling witchcraft cases
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matabeleland said they were in a fix over how to handle cases of witchcraft because of the contradictions between constitutional law and local culture.The Constitution d...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu's 4×4 car not stolen
CHIEF Gampu's 25-year-old son allegedly crashed his official vehicle during a joyride and lied that it had been stolen. The unregistered Government official double cab Isuzu worth $50 000 had ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu's vehicle stolen
CHIEF Gampu (54) of Tsholotsho allegedly had his motor vehicle stolen on Wednesday night in Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb.According to a police internal memorandum, the traditional leader - born A...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho villagers face water woes
ALMOST 40 years after independence, marginalised Tsholotsho villagers are still living in abject poverty, with no access to clean water and toilets, exposing them to waterborne diseases.Villag...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Gampu sues ex-girlfriend over fraud
CHIEF Gampu, born Ashlel Sithole (73) of Tsholotsho, has taken his alleged former girlfriend to court, accusing her of swindling him of $34 900 in a house purchase deal.Soneliso Ndlovu (52) of...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Murder over puppy in Tsholotsho
A MAN from Tsholotsho has been arrested for allegedly killing a colleague during a misunderstanding over ownership of a puppy. Villagers apprehended Bhekimpilo Ncube (25) of Malilahunda village, under...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean armed robber shot dead in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN armed robber based in South Africa was shot dead during a shoot-out with crime prevention security officers after he was involved in a robbery and carjacking incident in the neighbouring ...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Woman kills, dumps newborn
A MARRIED 37-year-old woman from Tsholotsho has been arrested after she allegedly gave birth, slit her baby's throat and dumped the body in a dam.Future Ncube of Tshabanda village, under chief...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man slits lover's throat & hangs self
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho hanged himself after killing his girlfriend of two months by slitting her throat.Thembelani Sibanda of Masekesa village under chief Gampu, committed suicide c...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chief Gampu probes Minister July Moyo over ban of Ndebele king coronation
A Matabeleland Chief Gampu has probed the Minster of Local Government Public Works and National Housing July Moyo over the government's ban of the coronation of a Ndebele King which was slatted for ma...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why the installation of a Ndebele King is rationally incontestable
After 124 years since the dethronement of the last Ndebele king, Lobhengula Khumalo, there is bound to be opportunists who may want to take advantage of the vacuum as well as saboteurs who may be inte...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 4 | by George Mkhwanazi
Tsholotsho councillor nabs xmas day ‘rapist' in SA
A Tsholotsho councillor, who in December 2016 gained fame after hunting down a second fugitive rapist, has again been instrumental in the arrest of a man who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl on Chri...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Phase 2 - Voter Registration Centres
Constituency Ward Registration CentreBulawayo South 6 Barham Green - HallBulawayo South 6 Barham Green - Primary SchoolBulawayo South 6 Founders - High SchoolBulawayo South 6 Green...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lightning bolt kills one pupil, injures 7 others
A GRADE Seven pupil at Jekwa Primary School in Murehwa was killed, while seven others were seriously injured after being struck by a lightning bolt on Wednesday.The injured pupils are admitted...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Phase 2 Bulawayo - ZEC Voter Registration Centres
Dates 29 Oct - 13 Nov 2017 Bulawayo Remember you can register at any registration centre near you and th...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mobile registration programme for Birth Certificates and National Identity Cards - BULAWAYO
Mobile Registration Programme (2017) for Birth Certificates and National Identity Cards - BULAWAYOWard 1Milton Junior Primary School 04/09/2017 - 04/09/2017Eveline High School 05/09/20...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by online
Tsholotsho man downs three 750ml bottles of vodka, dies
A MAN from Tsholotsho collapsed and died after downing three 750ml bottles of vodka at a local business centre.Thembelani Ncube (23) of Maminya Line, under Chief Gampu was found dead on Saturd...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills mother with knobkerrie over $500
A 42-year-old Tsholotsho man allegedly bashed his mother (62) with a knobkerrie to death in the presence of his daughter (4) when the woman had told him that she had used $500 he had given her to keep...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Home alone granny dies in inferno
AN 80-YEAR-OLD granny who lived alone in Tsholotsho has died in an inferno.Shoes Ncube of Simanje Village under Chief Gampu was burnt beyond recognition at her home which is adjacent to that o...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEST WE FORGET: The Zipra commander who lost his sight in combat
PEOPLE from all walks of life will tomorrow converge on various places across the country to commemorate the Heroes Day, a day set aside to remember the sacrifices made by the gallant sons and daughte...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chief's values eroding- Chief Gampu
Chief Gampu has expressed concerns that the traditional leaders' values seem to be eroding away from the people as the nation seem to have a lot of elderly people abusing young girls.He made t...Published: 14 May 2017 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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