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Gwanda North MP accused of rape
Gwanda North legislator Desire Nkala, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been accused of rape by a 37-year-old woman who claims he assaulted her at a lodge in Harare on May 8, 20...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 20:05hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda magistrate bribery case to be decided in January
Harare regional magistrate Mr. Farai Gwitima will deliver his ruling on the bribery case involving Gwanda magistrate Talent Phiri on January 6, after the defence closed its case on Friday. Phiri, 35, ...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:17hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF losing candidate refuses to give up on Gwanda North
Despite his defeat in the recent elections for the Gwanda North constituency, Lungisani Costa TwoMinutes Ncube, a former ZANU-PF candidate, has vowed to continue serving his community through impactfu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:12hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
SA gives Zimbabwean immigrants lifeline
Vusumuzi Dube, a 48-year-old former lecturer from Gwanda North in Matabeleland South, has no regrets about his decision to migrate to South Africa in 2007. Dube, who was previously employed at Joshua ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:13hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mathema bemoans lack of schools, clinics
Gwanda North traditional leader, Chief Khulumani Mathema, has expressed concern over the lack of essential facilities such as schools and clinics, forcing local residents to travel long distances for ...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:19hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Chief pleads for more police deployments as illegal miners wreak havoc
Chief Khulumani Mathema of Gwanda North has called on the government to deploy additional police personnel to his community to address the rising violence associated with illegal mining activities....Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:18hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora community form Funeral and repatriation service fund
Gwanda North community members based in South Africa have formed a funeral and bodies repatriation services group fund due to desperation of some colleagues whenever death strikes across the Limpopo....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:54hrs | 628 | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Lungisani 'Twominutes' Ncube invests US$350 000 in developing Gwanda North
Nestled amidst the enchanting vistas of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, Lungisani Twominutes Ncube emerges as a luminary figure, embodying the essence of community stewardshi...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:34hrs | 116 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joy as Zapu finally wins council seat
ZAPU finally won one council seat in Matebeleland South during the August 23 election for the first time in three decades.Zapu last won a seat in 1985 when the party was led by the late ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
150 000 electoral officers for Zimbabwe polls
ABOUT 150 000 electoral officers will be deployed to the 12 370 polling stations that have been identified across the country for voting on August 23, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said....Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC Door-to-door campaigns intensifying in Gwanda
Door-to-door campaigns intensifying in Gwanda North as CCC candidate Desire Nkala seek to be elected as constituency house of assembly member....Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 17:43hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean family buries four Boksburg gas victims
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Lushongwe Village in Gwanda as relatives and friends of four family members who were part of the 17 people who died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksbu...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
VIEW: Full Zimbabwe poll candidate list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the final list of candidates who successfully submitted their papers during the sitting of the Nomination Court for the August 23 harmonised ...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZEC extends election fee payment deadline
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has extended the deadline for the payment of election fees to 4pm today, 22 June, following an outcry from some prospective candidates who failed to pay as a re...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in early 2023 elections lead
Zanu-PF candidates have been duly elected- unopposed- in some areas owing to rampant confusion within opposition ranks where the parties failed to field candidates.The ruling party went uncont...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party threatens mass action
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has threatened mass action if the preliminary delimitation report produced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is adopted in its current form.The part...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane, Matobo main road 'forgotten'
Villagers in UMZINGWANE and Matobo, Matabeleland South have bitterly complained over the poor state of the main road linking the two areas.Matobo ward 15 councillor Dickson Moyo said the Old G...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South could lose constituencies
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South Province have called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to decentralise the voter registration exercise to rural areas in order to protect the provinc...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | 5 | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Minister urges Matabeleland South to register to vote
MATABELELAND South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Abednico Ncube has called on people in the province to register to vote in the 2023 harmonised elections. This comes...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pandemic forces city dwellers to migrate
Thirty-nine-year-old retrenchee Thembelani Masuku ditched the bustling life of Bulawayo in May 2020 for his rural home in Matshetsheni village in Gwanda North, about 100 kilometres away.It was...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies in horrific crash, body found perched on a tree
A prominent Highlanders fan based in Gwanda town died in a horrific crash late Sunday after he was apparently ejected from his rolling vehicle and left perched on a tree.Though police were not...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Solar projects boost food security in Matabelaland
GLOBAL humanitarian organisation, Practical Action, has rolled out a US$2,3 million solar-powered irrigation projects aimed at transforming drought-prone Gwanda North district into a greenbelt....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi officials, 3 foreign nationals arrested
BULAWAYO police on Friday, arrested four Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) officials and three foreign nationals for an as yet to be established offense.The four MRP activists were arrested in Co...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:25hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Over two thousand attend MRP Mtshazo Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Saturday held a successful campaign rally that was attended by two thousands people.The day started with a tournament pitting seven local teams as organised by MRP ...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Over two thousand attend MRP Mtshazo Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Saturday held a successful campaign rally that was attended by two thousand people.The day started with a tournament pitting seven local teams as organised by MRP M...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
List of Mthwakazi candidates
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, says his party managed to successfully field candidates in all the 12 constituencies in the Bulawayo province while in Matebeleland North they managed to...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 12:01hrs | 27 | by Ndou Paul
Matabeleland releases candidates names
MATABELELAND North and South have released names of candidates who successfully submitted nomination papers for the 2018 harmonised elections.In Matabeleland North, a total of 156 National Ass...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chaos to rocks MDC Alliance during nomination, as MDC-T Provincial Chairperson oppose alliance deal
Chaos is likely to rock the MDC Alliance during nomination court amid revelations the MDC-T Provincial chairpersons have ditched the alliance and divided to field candidates in places where some allia...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T to announce constituencies it will hold primaries
MDC-T is today expected to announce constituencies where it will hold primary elections before Saturday following its aspiring candidates' failure to reach consensus in the constituencies.The ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidate challenges poll outcome
RETIRED army chaplain and lawyer, Similo Jonah Ndlovu has disputed his defeat by sitting Gwanda North MP, Madodana Sibanda in the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections, claiming the voting process was ...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU(PF) Matabeleland South candidates list for nomination
National Assembly Bulilima East Ethel Moyo, Methias Ndlovu, Nqobizit...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:26hrs | 5 | by Stephen jakes
Demoted Zanu PF politicians in Gwanda go on solo vote buying campaign ahead of polls
Some demoted Zanu PF officials are reported to have gone on a solo vote buying campaign in the Gwanda north after the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration dumped them for their links to the...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'We are the survivors of DDT,' Mthwakazi leader tell mourners
Mourners were left asking for more after the address by MRP President Mqondisi Moyo at the boundary of UMzingwane, Gwanda North and Matobo North constituencies. This happened at the occas...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
UMzingwane Constituency organises tournament
Mtwakazi Republic party President Mqondisi Moyo and his National executive was invited at uMzingwani Constituency at Ndonga business centre, where a tournament for six under sixteen teams has bee...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Who will miss out being buried at the Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa or Mugabe?
Being buried at the Heroes Acre seems to be very important for members of Zanu-PF when they are gone. It is an honour that appears to be bestowed to those who are loyal to the party not necessarily th...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 09:49hrs | 3 | by Nomalizwe Mbulu
We are called tribalists
When we complain that our region gets the last and least priority from government we are called tribalists and all sorts of names.Today's mega headline is that Government has sourced money for...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 09:34hrs | 6 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Hundreds attend Simbumbumbu rally
Hundreds of villagers from Simbumbumbu attended Mthwakazi Republic Party's rally that was addressed by its President Mqondisi Moyo. Some villagers had to travel all the way from Khozi, Maphani, Gwanda...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
All is now set for MRP Simbumbumbu Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo is set to address thousands of party surpoters this coming on Saturday at Simbumbumbu business centre in Gwanda North Matabeleland South. The rally has...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 19:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zapu berates Mugabe
A SENIOR Zapu official has sensationally remarked that President Robert Mugabe does not deserve to be buried at the National Heroes Acre because of his role in activities that contributed to Zimbabwe'...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 16:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
+2,000 attend Mthwakazi Party Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Saturday held a successful campaign rally that was attended by two thousand people.The day started with a tournament pitting seven local teams as organised by...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi party in door to door campaign
Mthwakazi Republic Party Council candidate for a ward 8 in Gwanda North Never Moyo, on Sunday started a door to door campaign as he drums up support for the party ahead of 2018 elections.His m...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF leaders in Gwanda loot food aid
Zanu PF leaders in Gwanda's Nyandeni area reportedly looted food aid meant for villagers and denied several beneficiaries of the aid access to it.This was reported by the Zimbabwe Peace Projec...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
MRP President Mqondisi Moyo set to Address Gwanda North Rally
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo is set to address yet another MRP campaign Rally in Gwanda North precisely at Mtshazo Business center. Inkunzi Mbizo campaign rallies are gatherin...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi party first Mat South rally a huge success
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said its first Matabeleland South Campaign rally dupped Inkunzi Mbizo Campaign rally which was a success. The party said the Rally was attended by over Five hundre...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 10:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi Party rally in Matobo cleared by police
POLICE in Matabeleland South have cleared Mthwakazi Republic Party's (MRP) application to hold its first campaign rally today in Matobo North constituency, which is being eyed by the secessionist part...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party holds first campaign rally in Matabeleland South
Mthwakazi Republic Party is set to hold its first campaign rally in Matabeleland South, after the rally was officially cleared by the unpredictable Zimbabwe Republic Police. Party's spokespers...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 09:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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