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Chief Marupi's death leaves family searching for answers
Chief Marupi's death in Harare on Sunday has triggered a feud between his family and the local councillor who drove him to the capital, allegedly without their knowledge.The 28-year-old chief ...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 12:44hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers pool resources to rehabilitate road
Villagers in Gwanda North, Matabeleland South province, have pooled resources to rehabilitate the Shaka-Mtshabezi Road due to delays by the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency. Ward 4 cou...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:02hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Staff exodus at Gwanda RDC sparks concerns
Gwanda Rural District Councillors have expressed concern over the high turnover of council management staff, which they believe is impeding the progress of development projects in the area.Dur...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Miners wreak havoc on roads
GOVERNMENT has expressed shock after illegal gold miners dug a four-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as vandalism of national infrastructure persists.Road and railway...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda - Beitbridge road faces collapse as illegal miner tunnel under it
ILLEGAL gold miners have dug a 4-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as their vandalism of national infrastructure continues unabated with several roads and railway infrastructu...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking today's Nomination court
NOMINATION Courts sit countrywide today for all candidates aspiring to contest in harmonised elections set for August 23, paving the way for serious political campaigning.Candidates vying for ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South residents miss out on govt jobs due to internet challenges
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern that a few people in Matebeleland South are utilising its online portal for government jobs.The concern was contained in a report tabled ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 19:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Loose lion spotted in Filabusi
Parks rangers have been deployed to Filabusi to track down a lion which is reportedly on the loose in the Matabeleland South area.The fierce man eater was first sighted in the Amazon area on M...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Families to be displaced by the Bulawayo-Old Gwanda road project
THE construction of the 120km Bulawayo-Old Gwanda Road will result in the relocation of people living within a 70-metre radius of the road and new homes will be built for the affected families....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara directors acquitted
FORMER Zinara chief executive Frank Chitukutuku and ex-technical director Moses Juma were yesterday acquitted of corruptly awarding a tender to a local company for the rehabilitation of roads in three...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers recover 100 stolen donkeys
A GWANDA anti-stocktheft campaign group, Gohole Diaspora Vulture Team, claims to have recovered at least 100 stolen donkeys.Gohole Diaspora Vulture Team chairperson Vodloza Sibanda said his gr...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland region gets only $789,6 million for road projects
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed $789,6 million towards road development projects in Matebeleland provinces in the first four months of this year out of a combined tota...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers resort to gold panning
Some teachers in rural schools in Gwanda district are absconding lessons to go and conduct mining activities, councillors say.Councillors also bemoaned the continued hiring of teachers that&nb...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 20:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Manama hit by water shortages
THE Manama business community in Gwanda has bemoaned the acute water shortages in the business centre amid reports that they fetch the precious liquid about 5 kilometres away.Boreholes a...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infrastructure projects to change the face of Mat South
Matabeleland South Province is set for a major facelift as a number of infrastructure projects being spearheaded by Government are progressing well, with some nearing completion.At Joshua Mqab...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers drive out amacimbi harvesters
VILLAGERS from the Dombo area in Gwanda District are driving out mopane worm harvesters from their areas saying they are depleting their wealth.Traditionally, mopane worms (amacimbi/madora) ar...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The godfather of Matebeleland politics, Abednico Ncube
The creation of empires and dynasties through the Zanu-PF structures continue to gain thrust and traction within Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South as noted with the continuous personalization of the vast ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 48 | by Jerry Zinodla
Gwanda commercialises amacimbi harvesting
GWANDA Rural District Council (RDC) is awaiting approval of draft by-laws aimed at commercialising the harvesting of mopane worms (amacimbi/madora) in the area, which would help generate revenue for t...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda stray hippo shot dead
ONE of the two stray hippopotami in Lushongwe Village in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South province has been killed.The hippo was killed on Sunday night by rangers from Zimparks who have bee...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown fatigue hits Gwanda town
GWANDA town is slowly turning to be a ticking bomb as residents are no longer observing regulations of the ongoing 30-day strict lockdown.Under the newly imposed Level 4 lockdown, members of t...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda RDC workers test Covid-19 positive
GWANDA Rural District Council has closed down its premises after three workers tested positive for Covid-19 while the Municipality of Gwanda has closed all departments except critical ones after also ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Probe into Gwanda goat deaths launched
AUTHORITIES have launched an investigation into mysterious deaths of goats in Makwe area, Ward 8 in Gwanda. A team comprising officials from Gwanda Rural District Council, Zimbabwe National Pa...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Vampire' terror in Gwanda
DO vampires exist? According to legend, they are evil mythological beings which feed on blood and can morph into a bat or wolf. Most people associate vampires with movies or Count Dracula, the legenda...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road rehab in Gwanda lies in jeopardy
Road rehabilitation work in Gwanda lies in jeopardy after some contractors dumped the project over non-payment for services.The late disbursement of Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZIN...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Nothing wrong with donkey abbatoir'
CONSERVATISTS say the non-existence of a law pertaining to the slaughtering of donkeys will lead to the extinction of the animal species in the country, once a donkey abattoir under construction in Bu...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda community raise alarm over water
COMMUNITIES in gwanda here have raised alarm over lack of action by authorities in addressing the water crisis after five dams burst and emptied following heavy rains in the last season.The da...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elephants cause havoc in Gwanda
A SOUTH Africa-based company working in the Hwange National Park in anti-poaching operations together with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) has shown interest in helping Gwanda farmers...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8-hour storm pound Gwanda, washes away 3 dams
They received poor rains last year, and hunger followed as they did not harvest anything.The villagers had to rely on the benevolence of non-governmental organisations, and government food...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 07:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave trail of distruction in Gwanda
AN EIGHT-HOUR downpour in Gwanda South left a trail of destruction, leaving communities desperate.The heavy rain started shortly after 3PM last Thursday and ended after 11PM in Gungwe area und...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Hungry hyenas terrorise villagers
HYENAS are terrorising Gwanda South villagers by invading their homesteads killing livestock as they become more desperate for food due to the drought.Villagers who are already reeling from th...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Villagers starve as GMB has no sacks
Gwanda villagers face starving as huge amounts of maize aid is stuck at the Grain Marketing Board due to shortage of sacks and money.This was disclosed last week on Friday during a Gwand...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Grace Mugabe's farm equipment donation fails to reach beneficiaries
Gwanda rural district councillors have made shock revelations that they are not aware that First Lady Grace Mugabe distributed farming equipment meant for them last year.This is despite the fa...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 05:31hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Gwanda South MP dies
FORMER Gwanda South Member of Parliament Orders Shakespeare Mlilo has died.He was 64.His brother and family spokesperson, Engineer George Mlilo said Mlilo succumbed to heart problems a...Published: 27 May 2015 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Marvelous Moyo
Shock, fear and anger grips Gwanda
SHOCK, fear and anger have gripped Gwanda town following the grisly killing of a 35-year-old woman by her estranged husband on Friday evening.The woman's semi-naked and mutilated body was retr...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabs ex-wife to death in Gwanda
A Gwanda woman has been brutally murdered by her former husband.Sikhathele Mpofu was murdered on Friday evening near Gwanda Rural District Council workshop close to the railway line.Th...Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man, 60, dies after drinking brake fluid
A 60-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man committed suicide by drinking a bottle of brake fluid after two previous attempts had failed.Boy Khumalo of Spitzkop Medium Density in Gwanda Town who was employed as ...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 21:04hrs | 3 | by Marvelous Moyo
Zanu-PF official exposed as a poacher
ZANU PF Ward 18 councillor Mphathiswa Ncube was yesterday named as a poacher who has previously been fined twice by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) for illegal fishing.Nc...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Russian woman resorts to prostitution in Zimbabwe, hubby takes kids away
Residents of Gwanda in particular the night club goers are complaining of a foreign white woman "umlungu" who is reported to be a nuisance in the town's drinking places.The woman (name sup...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 11:52hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Pilot who crashed and buried a helicopter, named
A PILOT who crashed and buried the wreckage of a chopper at Doddieburn Ranch near West Nicholson earlier this month has been named as Frikkie Lutzkie, a South African underworld business tycoon and fo...Published: 23 May 2014 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Helicopter crash still shrouded in mystery
THERE were more questions than answers yesterday as investigations to establish what really transpired at Doddieburn Farm near West Nicholson where a helicopter was buried after crashing, continued....Published: 22 May 2014 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Former Gwanda Councillor in illegal land sales
Former ZANU PF councillor for Ward 8 in Gwanda North constituency Rachel "Dura" Ncube has been swindling South African based people from her ward of huge amounts of money promising to get them ...Published: 10 May 2014 at 20:16hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Uproar over non-Ndebele speaking teachers
DEBATE has emerged over the appointment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers to teach the language in primary schools in the Matabeleland region with education officials saying they were now moving t...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Vusumuzi Dube
When a hero dies... as Gwanda buries veteran educationist
The old Ndebele adage "umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" meaning that a person is confirmed who he truly is by the people around him, was confirmed in rural Bengo Village of Gwanda South on Sunday morning...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 19:48hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Government cancels grain loan scheme for Gwanda
The government has immediately stopped the grain loan scheme to all 23 wards of Gwanda District with immediate effect.Information received from the Gwanda Rural District Council is that the M...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 17:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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