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Matebeleland has critical shortage of rehab centres
A critical shortage of drug rehabilitation centers in Matebeleland South and Matabeleland North has left residents with limited options for addressing escalating drug and substance abuse, according to...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 15:56hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mzansi Express Outreach Programme donates essential goods to Gwanda community
The Mayor of Gwanda, Honourable Thulani Moyo, recently was on hand to receive much-needed blankets and office equipment from Mzansi Express. He also thanked the Bus operator for paying school fees and...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 09:05hrs | 75 | by Ndou Paul
Fatal axe attack in fight over girlfriend
A 23-year-old Mberengwa man died upon admission at hospital after being axed by a drinking mate in a misunderstanding involving a girlfriend.Prince Ncube of Village Dungwe under Chief Bangwe i...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Nhlamba of Gwanda granted state-assisted funeral
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted the late Chief Nhlamba of Garanyemba in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, a state-assisted funeral.Vice President Constantino Chiwenga will represent the gov...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
22 Gwanda villagers on the run after rampage
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have launched a manhunt for 22 villagers alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted fellow villagers whom they accused of stocktheft.This was revealed in a G...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, cattle rustlers in bloody clashes
MASHABA area in Matabeleland South province was the scene of bloody clashes at the weekend after Botswana cattle farmers teamed up with Gwanda villagers to attack suspected cattle rustlers.The...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic posts impressive results for year end 2021
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has shrugged off the adverse effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns to post an inflation adjusted ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 14 | by Agencies
Miner dies as locomotive plunges 100m
A 36 YEAR OLD MINER from Matabeleland South died on the spot after a locomotive he was driving underground at Blanket mine developed an electrical fault resulting from a power cut forcing the machine ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:14hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Stanbic donates US$15000 haemodialysis machine to Gwanda Provincial Hospital
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank, has donated a Haemodialysis machine to Gwanda Provincial Hospital to alleviate challenges faced by kidney patients at the health institution and i...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 12:39hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Gwanda Provincial Hospital receives dialysis machine
STANBIC Bank yesterday donated a haemodialysis machine worth US$15 000 to Gwanda Provincial Hospital.Matabeleland South Provincial Development Co-ordinator Ms Latiso Dlamini said Government is...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
DDF to rehabilitate Sitezi-Mayezana road
THE District Development Fund (DDF) has agreed to rehabilitate Sitezi-Mayezana Road in Gwanda after revelations that the road was in bad shape.DDF Matabeleland South provincial co-ordinator Mo...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villager kills wife over missing cash
POLICE in Matabeleland South are investigating a murder case where a man from Guyu, Gwanda South, allegedly killed his wife following a dispute over missing cash.Trust Ndlovu (38), allegedly b...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent rights activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo dies from Covid-19
Prominent civil society activist and human rights advocate Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo died from Covid-19 at a Gwanda hospital late Thursday.Fuzwayo was treasurer-general for the Crisis in Zimbabw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faction narrowly beats Zanu-PF to retain Gwanda mayoral seat
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday won the Gwanda mayoral election, narrowly beating Zanu-PF.MDC Alliance candidate Njabulo Siziba garnered five votes while Zanu-PF's Albert Ndlo...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP official Mehluli Mthembo Dube dies
Mthwakazi Republic Party official Mehluli Dube has died. This was confirmed by the party president Mqondisi Moyo."It is with sorrow and grief that I announce the passing away of our Mthwakazi ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Murder, robbery over beer
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was strangled to death at a bottle store in Filabusi after he allegedly refused to buy a round of beer for a group of men.The killers allegedly robbed the man of about $140 a...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assassination attempt - Zanu-PF official reacts to claims
A Zanu PF official Jason Zhuwao through his Facebook post said there was no assassination attempt at the Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the sixth President Robert Mugabe's youth interface ra...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda hospital faces closure
MATABELELAND South's biggest public health institution, Gwanda Provincial Hospital, on Friday discharged patients admitted for various ailments due to water shortage with indications that the hosp...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Hospital not to blame for toddler amputation
Following recent reports in the media on allegations of gross negligence by nurses at Gwanda Hospital children's ward which resulted in a one month old baby having to have a hand amputated, the Gwanda...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Ministry of Health investigates Gwanda Hospital after baby loses arm
A MONTH old baby has had her right arm amputated after nurses at Gwanda Provincial Hospital allegedly mutilated it while trying to insert a cannula.The Ministry of Health and Child Care yester...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:01hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Angry kombi driver strikes cop with a brick
A GWANDA municipality security officer was on Thursday hit by a brick on the head and sustained injuries when a commuter omnibus driver who was angry after his vehicle was clamped over unpaid tickets ...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 10:21hrs | | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Road victims to be compensated
THE government will soon introduce an insurance cover and financial scheme that will see the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development compensating accident victims and footing their hospi...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:10hrs | 9 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
LMG founder buried
REVOLUTIONARY music group Light Machine Gun (LMG Choir) founder Give Nare was buried on Saturday at his rural home in Buvuma, Gwanda South. Nare, 79, who had four children, died last Wednesday at Gwan...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
LMG Choir founder dies
REVOLUTIONARY music group Light Machine Gun (LMG Choir) founder Give Nare has died.He was 79.Nare died on Wednesday at Gwanda Hospital after suffering a heart attack.LMG – th...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Bongani Ndlovu
Gwanda hospital gets equipment, beefs up medical staff
Gwanda Provincial Hospital has acquired equipment and has beefed up its medical staff in what authorities at the institution say is part of government's efforts to boost the health delivery system....Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda buries it's heroine
Hundreds of Gwanda villagers braved the Friday afternoon hot sun to lay their last respects to liberation war heroine Jane Tapela Mandipa.Mandipa died on the 18th of August at the United Bulaw...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Foetus dumped near police camp
A FOETUS was found dumped at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Old Camp in Gwanda Town on Friday last week in a suspected case of abortion.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson I...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 06:36hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Boy knocked by Injiva's car, suffers broken leg
13:17, 26 Dec - +263 7* *** ****: Road Traffic Accident at Sidzibe Business Centre, under Ward 5, Mbabala Village , Headman Ngomondo, Chief Maduna,Insiza.[(A) name supplied] was given th...Published: 26 Dec 2014 at 16:43hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Ailing Nigeria based Zim driver treated from a car as Ebola fears rage on
GWANDA - A ZIMBABWEAN engineer-based in Nigeria was on Tuesday night treated from a Toyota Fun Cargo vehicle at Gwanda Hospital after exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms as health officials were scared...Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four kids escape death as house collapses on them
MATABELELAND SOUTH - FOUR children from the same family survived death by a whisker when the house they were sleeping in collapsed following strong winds in Zelezele village, Gwanda South, on Satu...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted woman torches self in love dispute
GWANDA - A JILTED 22-year-old woman, Vimbai Galustus is battling for her life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after reportedly burnt herself with fire following a scuffle with her husband...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mazowe disGracefully crushed' in Gwanda
First lady Dr Amai Grace Mugabe was for the first time in her series of rallies today brought up to a hugely disappointing crowd of about only 3 000 to 4 000 people in the Matabeleland South ca...Published: 13 Oct 2014 at 18:59hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Body in a government car cause scare in Gwanda
A body of a deceased woman carried in an open government vehicle has caused a huge scare in Gwanda.Information brought to the attention of Bulawayo24 News by a worried click of residents ...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Senior JM Poly lecturer killed in Gwanda Kombi Accident
A senior lecturer at Gwanda's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic Ms Thabani Ntabeni died in a road accident on Thursday afternoon.Ntabeni died on the spot when a Toyota Granvia Commuter Om...Published: 06 Sep 2014 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
When will Gwanda's water issues be solved??
The water administration wars between the Municipality of Gwanda and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) appear never ending.Gwanda has no steady water yet again with some areas ...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vapostori gathering claims life
A Gwanda man died on Sunday evening from injuries he sustained in a road accident at Mtshabezi turn-off along the Gwanda-Bulawayo road en-route to collect congregates of the African Apostolic Church w...Published: 10 Jun 2014 at 11:22hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Death toll rises in Gwanda accident
Three people have died following a horrific car crash in Gwanda on Saturday. Nompilo Dube and her son Decent Nhliziyo died on Saturday afternoon when a taxi veered off the road and hit them as the...Published: 06 May 2014 at 02:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Latest on Gwanda accident
Latest news on the Gwanda accident indicate that the driver of the Granvia was drunk and unlicenced and is reported to have fled from the scene and is still at large. The driver is reported ...Published: 04 May 2014 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Granvia driver hijacks impounded vehicle in movie style
A Security guard at the Gwanda Vehicle Inspection Depot (VID) is currently admitted at Gwanda hospital following injuries he sustained in a hit and run accident when a kombi driver tried to "hijack" h...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 15:00hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Rain soaks patients at Gwanda hospital
Female patients admitted at Gwanda hospital have to take cover each time it rains because of a leaking roof at the provincial referral centre.Bulawayo24 witnessed patients gathering water usin...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda surgery in illegal abortions scam
A surgery located in the sprawling high density suburb of Phakama and owned by Dr. Pugie Chimberengwa, the Gwanda hospitals' medical superintendent has reportedly been involved in a baby abortions...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Senior official plays down corruption reported at Nursing school
A Senior Tutor at the Gwanda Hospital Nursing school has played down the massive recruitment corruption activities reported from the institution.In response to ...Published: 20 Feb 2014 at 09:15hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
More chaos from Gwanda Provincial Hospital
Following media reports of massive corruption at Gwanda Hospital Nursing School more damning reports of corruption and mismanagement are emerging from the hospital.Latest very reliable sources...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 12:39hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Shocking recruitment 'corruption' at Gwanda School of Nursing
Staff members at Gwanda Provincial Hospital privy to activities at the Gwanda School of Nursing operating within the hospital have released information suggesting there is massive corruption...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF minister vow to fix journalist
Gwanda based journalist Albert Ncube (Mazhale) on Monday got unspecified treats from Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs minister Abedinico Ncube over 'hostile stories on him'.Albert Ncube h...Published: 14 Jan 2014 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by zimbabwefocus.com
More details avail on Gwanda helicopter crash
Details on this morning's helicopter crash in Gwanda keep trickling in.Latest information coming from the site...Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 13:07hrs | 15 | by Moyo Roy
Mayor injured in a charity soccer match
GWANDA mayor Knowledge Ndlovu suffered a knee injury after falling awkwardly in a charity soccer match held to raise money for the Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund at Phelandaba Stadium on Sunday....Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 01:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to rescue Gwanda
THE cash-strapped Gwanda Town Council, currently facing a deepening water crisis after failing to settle a $5 million debt it owes the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), on Monday resolved to...Published: 20 Nov 2013 at 01:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family reunited with their stolen 3-months-old baby
A Mzilikazi family has just been reunited with its 3-months-old baby that was stolen about three months ago.The world came crashing around Nqotshiwe Sibanda after her newly born baby had been ...Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Brothers fatally assaults a fellow reveller
Two brothers appeared before a Gwanda magistrate yesterday facing murder charges after they allegedly teamed up to assault a fellow reveller resulting in him sustaining serious injuries leading to his...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 03:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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