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Zapu's request to honour Dabengwa stalls at Coltart led council
A request by the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) to name a street in Bulawayo after the late liberation icon Dumiso Dabengwa remains unaddressed at the local council offices. The proposal, init...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:20hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
UK, Ireland healthcare carers hopefuls lose thousands to scammers
POPULAR Bulawayo mental health activist and founder of a mental health organisation, Win Over Addiction and Trauma (WOTA), Witness Bongani Mguni, has reportedly gone into hiding after allegedly defrau...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 10:06hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers Awards South Africa announce 2024 nominees
The stage is set for one of the biggest events on the social calendar with Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa releasing the nominees shortlist for their 9th Awards Dinner Gala.Social...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 21:34hrs | 944 | by Agencies
Fraudster name-drops Bulawayo minister
A 66-year-old man from Bulawayo, Filton Madlala Mguni, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding several citizens by falsely claiming to be in partnership with Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncub...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:58hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies suffer major defeat at War Veterans Congress
In a significant political shake-up within Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's key allies among war veterans, Christopher Mutsvangwa and Victor Matemadanda, faced unexpected defeats at the Zimbabw...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:45hrs | 3607 | by Staff reporter
Ncube beats Matemadanda, Mutsvangwa combined
Bulawayo provincial war veterans' chairperson, Cephas Ncube, has been elected as the new leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), unseating incumbent Christopher M...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:28hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party condemns Chiminya's Monomotapa claims
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vehemently denounced spurious claims made by Timothy Chiminya, who purports to be the Monomotapa King. The party characterized these claims as a blatant attempt ...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 09:35hrs | 1238 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsholotsho thief's luck runs out
A 20-year-old man from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, has been sentenced to over six years in jail after being convicted of unlawful entry, escaping from custody, and assault. The accused, Bukhabo Si...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 16:20hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chicken project official defrauds Bulawayo residents
A Bulawayo man, Philton Madlala Mguni, 66, has been accused of defrauding unsuspecting residents under the guise of being a Zanu-PF organiser for a women's chicken project. Mguni appeared bef...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:16hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Mafume accused of illegally pocketing prime land at Harare's expense
The Harare City Council is facing mounting scrutiny as it emerges that Mayor Jacob Mafume and several senior officials received stands under questionable circumstances, costing the municipality much-n...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Funding Shortages leave 'Mthuli' road unmarked
The road in Cowdray Park, constructed by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube ahead of the 2023 elections, remains devoid of essential safety features due to a ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume gifts Nox with Mt Pleasant residential stand
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has celebrated Afro-beats musician Enock "Nox" Guni for his enduring impact on the music industry, marking the artist's 20th music anniversary, 15th album launch, and birthda...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 7180 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade Vumbachikwe Mine
Illegal gold panners are reportedly sneaking into the closed Vumbachikwe Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, to extract gold, NewsDay has learned.Last Saturday, one of the panners was struck b...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:17hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3318 | by Staff reporter
The standardisation of the Ndebele language through dictionary-making
The thesis assesses the contribution of dictionary-making in Ndebele on the standardisation of the language. The production of the m...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 18:42hrs | 393 | by Samukele Hadebe
Plumtree men arrested for murder
Six men from Plumtree have been accused of fatally assaulting Soza Dube (52) from Ndolwane, whom they suspected of stealing a goat.According to Assistant Inspector Stanford Mguni, the acting p...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:26hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Malema and EFF will survive
Since its inception, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has waged and survived many political battles with Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu side by side, until last week when Shivambu dumped the EFF ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:03hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks food aid in Insiza
In Insiza district, members of the ruling party Zanu-PF are accused of manipulating the food aid distribution process. Villagers have pointed fingers at Zanu-PF councillor Sindiso Ndlovu of Ward 17 fo...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 11:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele monarchy resuscitation debate heats up
A call for the resuscitation of the Ndebele monarchy has sparked renewed debate. Advocates argue that it is crucial for preserving Ndebele cultural identity, which has been gradually eroded by western...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula fate mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding the fate of 19th century Ndebele King Lobengula - son of the nation's founder King Mzilikazi - is still a moot historical event to Ndebele people, some Zimbabweans and scholars...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 10:30hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa personal history mystery
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's origins and personal history is as clear as mud claims The Newshawks.There are many stories about Mnangagwa's roots and this is now subject to scrutin...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Violent crime rocks Gwanda
VIOLENT crime that includes robbery, kidnapping and rape is haunting villagers residing at resettlement areas of Gwanda in Matabeleland South.A villager, Jeremiah Zitha from ward 2 in Nyandeni...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu faction lays claim to government 'windfall'
CITIZEN Coalition of Change (CCC) self-imposed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's faction has written to the government requesting for the disbursement of a "windfall" due to the party unde...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa just had its driest February on record
A swathe of Southern Africa suffered the driest February in decades that wiped out crops, precipitated power shortages and threatened to send already high food prices surging further.Last mont...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Bulawayo mayor's house goes to tender
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon invite tenders for the construction of the mayoral mansion after the completion of the drawing of the bill of quantities.According to the latest council rep...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu says he will not pursue partisan politics
CCC secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu said yesterday he would not pursue partisan politics, but will push the national agenda interrogating issues that will help improve people's lives.In...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senator Tshabangu in the house
CCC interim secretary general, Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 other members were today sworn in as legislators in both the National Assembly and Senate replacing those that were recalled by the party....Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals
VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabha...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube camp daydreaming
POWER wrangles in the beleaguered Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) are deepening amid revelations by a camp led by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu that it will not budge or enter ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu's political fate has reached a dead end?
SELF-IMPOSED Citizens' Coalition for Change secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's political fate has effectively reached a dead end after a new steering committee led by former Entumbane-Njube MP Ding...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes new legislators
CCC interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 others are expected to be sworn in as Senators and members of the National Assembly next week after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission confirme...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intraparty strife engulfs CCC
THE beleaguered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been plunged into further turmoil as internal divisions and bitter infighting have come to the fore, following the submission of the list of Sen...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Welshman Ncube, Biti have now become merchants of chaos'
Former Pumula MP in Bulawayo Albert Mhlanga has lambasted Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi-Kore for 'imposing themselves' as the new rotational interim leaders of the fast dying opposit...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gatekeepers in Ministry of Sports and Arts stiffle growth and innovation
In the pursuit of progress and development, it is disheartening to witness how gatekeepers within the Ministry of Sports and Arts are hindering the growth of the arts sector. These departments, intend...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 12:43hrs | | by Farai Mazango
Money fuels CCC brutal infighting
MONEY has taken centre stage in the deteriorating and now chaotic opposition CCC infighting triggered by recalls of elected legislators, senators, councillors and mayors by the party's self-imposed se...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC splits into three warring factions
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has disintegrated into three distinct yet fluid factions following last week's resignation of Nelson Chamisa which took some legislators and party officials by...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Who will lead Chamisa-less CCC
Zimbabwe's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faces internal turmoiI after destroying itself from within amid political implosion, leaving the party rudderIess facing an uncertain future. The...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu and his CCC team to deliberate on Chamisa resignation
The opposition CCC nine-member interim steering committee led by secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu says it will meet tomorrow to discuss founding party leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to quit the o...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu names CCC interim national leadership
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu has set up an interim leadership structure that is mobilising members ahead of his party's national congress to elect a substant...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gayton McKenzie takes his anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbridge
Recklessly xenophobic South African opposition Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie and members of his right-wing party took their anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbri...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube comes out to state the correct position on CCC turmoil
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube blasts 'charlatans who think truth does not matter'
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council blames human error for 'Barnabas' land ownership dispute
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is locked in a fraud allegation with a local war veteran, Jackson Barnabas Sibanda emanating from an error of omission involving a piece of land that the latter bought ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggler arrested
A Bulawayo man, Raytor Chibvongodze (42), from Queenspark suburb, has been arrested by Plumtree police for smuggling over 1,400 litres of fuel valued at US$2,280 from Botswana, confirmed Acting Matabe...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Nguni/Sotho People who occupied parts of modern-day Zimbabwe before Mzilikazi
There is a general misconception that King Mzilikazi and is Ndebele people were the first Nguni group to traverse and settle in what is now modern-day Zimbabwe. However, this is not accurate.T...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:37hrs | 2 | by Thomas Sibanda
Bulawayo rarely buys mayoral cars
Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart's recent statement about rejecting the procurement of a mayoral vehicle has been revealed as a non-issue, as it turns out that the local authority last purchas...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mob murders man over robbery
In a shocking incident that unfolded in Maphisa, Kezi, Matabeleland South province a man was allegedly murdered by a mob consisting of over 20 individuals on Monday for robbery.The circumstanc...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Residents reject Chamisa's Vic Falls mayoral nominees
Residents in Victoria Falls have rejected the mayoral and council committee chairperson candidates nominated by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Reports indicate that the party attempted to im...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
LSU vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa sucked in cattle procurement scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa has been fingered in a procurement scandal following revelations that the university purchased cattle at an inflated price and only a few wer...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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