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Gwanda to introduce paid parking in CBD
Gwanda Municipality is set to introduce paid parking in the Central Business District (CBD) as part of its efforts to maintain order and improve revenue collection in the mining town.This move...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:27hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Flooding woes as Gwanda drainage system fails
Residents of Gwanda, the Matabeleland South capital, have expressed concern over the town's drainage system, which has been overwhelmed by recent heavy rains, leading to flooded streets and homes....Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:52hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund targets US$20,000
Gwanda Mayor Alderman Thulani Moyo has launched the 2024 Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund with a target of raising US$20,000 to support over 250 vulnerable community members. The fundraising initiative, a...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:55hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda sets up first-ever urban development committee
Gwanda Municipality has established its first Urban Development Committee in collaboration with various Government departments to enhance the coordination and implementation of development projects.&n...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:51hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Mayor pushes University to move into town
Gwanda is planning to take advantage of Gwanda State University's (GSU) projected 12 000 student population and make business out of it, the mayor Thulani Moyo has said.Moyo told Two Nations i...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses former Gwanda Mayor's rape conviction appeal
THE High Court sitting in Bulawayo dismissed an appeal by Rido Mpofu, the former Mayor of Gwanda who had been convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on rape charges. In a statement, ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda to refurbish water treatment plant
GWANDA Municipality is working towards refurbishing its water treatment plant to boost water supply in line with its population growth.The council has said the refurbishment of the water treat...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mayor advises residents on council's door-to-door rates collections
Gwanda mayor Thulani Moyo has advised residents that council workers will start door-to-door collection of taxes as the local authority is still working on the upgrading of the payment systems....Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 12:24hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda mayor says, 'I am Mnangagwa's first-born-mayor'
The only mayor from the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe, Thulani Moyo of Gwanda Municipality, expressed his excitement at being referred to as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "first-born mayor" follow...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 13:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues Gwanda residents 9 years later
The government has issued instructions to the Surveyor-General's Office to conduct a survey of the residential stands at Judd Farm in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province. This decision comes after ben...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mayor pledges to improve service delivery
The newly elected Mayor of Gwanda, Councillor Thulani Moyo, has called on fellow councillors to set aside their political affiliations and focus on serving the interests of the people who entrusted th...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Failed Gwanda solar project angers residents
THE 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project awarded to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has turned into a white elephant after it was abandoned due to the long protracted legal dispute with reside...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:35hrs | 12 | 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
Gwanda residents up in arms against land developer
SOME Gwanda residents have petitioned Matebeleland South Provincial Affairs minister Abednico Ncube to take action against a Harare-based land developer for failing to service their housing stands....Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 4 | 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
Gwanda council in land storm
THE Municipality of Gwanda (MOG) is in the eye of a storm after it irregularly parcelled out land originally designated for key public infrastructure despite written objections from residents who have...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over toilets
GWANDA residents have complained over the municipality's delay in redeveloping Jahunda suburb. This came out during a public meeting conducted by the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) a...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda residents cry foul over undelivered stands
OVER 300 Gwanda residents who purchased residential stands at Judds Farm in the Matabeleland South capital from a Harare-based land developer in 2015 have petitioned the council and government demandi...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 000 hectares of land for Gwanda housing
GWANDA Municipality has said it will prioritise those on the housing waiting list in the allocation of residential stands after Government allocated 2 000 hectares of land to the local authority....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda new stand owners in a dilemma
GWANDA residents, who have built houses on stands that are not serviced, are stuck as there is no running water or toilets, posing serious health risks.Some of the stands were allegedly alloca...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda demands water system management from Zinwa
THE Municipality of Gwanda has expressed concern over failure by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to hand over the mining town's water management systems to the local authority as per Gov...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa to hand over water systems to Gwanda, Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said it will comply with the Government directive to hand over water systems to Gwanda and Beitbridge municipalities by April 18.Zinwa was dir...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-mayor jailed 12 years
FORMER Gwanda mayor, Rido Mpofu (71) was slapped with a 12-year jail term on Tuesday for raping a 15-year-old orphaned minor who was staying at his home.He appeared before Bulawayo regional ma...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panners encroach onto Bulawayo- Gwanda Highway
ILLEGAL gold miners have encroached onto the Gwanda-Bulawayo Highway, posing a risk to motorists and passengers. Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights coordinator Khumbulani Maphosa said they were w...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda water supply cut off
GWANDA Town has been without water supply since Thursday over unpaid dues.Gwanda Mayor Councillor Njabulo Siziba said the Matabeleland South provincial capital was affected after Zesa cut off ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lockdown cripples councils'
BULAWAYO city councillors have bemoaned the crippling of service delivery by the COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, forcing it to go on auto-pilot.The lockdown has also affected the holdi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More schools needed in Gwanda
GWANDA District in Matabeleland South province has a dire shortage of schools and existing institutions are crowded. Schools countrywide have closed indefinitely due to a spike of Covid-19 cases. ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Decade of darkness in Gwanda suburb
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North suburb in Gwanda have no kind words for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), saying the entity has neglected them by not electrifying their homes for over 10 y...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 stalls Gwanda Hlalani Kuhle sewerage piping
GARIKAI/HLALANI Kuhle housing scheme residents of ward eight in Gwanda have embarked on a project to install sewage pipes at their houses after their municipality failed to do so for 14 years since th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
15 years on, no sanitation for Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries
Thabo Siziba of the Garakai/ Hlalani Kuhle area, ward 8, in Gwanda Urban, has stayed for the past 14 years without access to water. Residents in the area have waited for the past 15 years for the Gwan...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | 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
MDC frustrated by toxic politics
MDC bigwigs say they are frustrated by the painfully slow progress towards the much talked about national dialogue amid claims that Government are blocking South African officials from returning to th...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets rare support from Thokozani Khupe
Councilors from the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T and MDC Alliance voted together on Monday to elect Gwanda Ward 4 Cllr. Njabulo Siziba as the new Gwanda Mayor.His Worship Siziba replaces expelled...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 21:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gwanda mayoral polls deferred
ELECTIONS for Gwanda mayor were yesterday deferred to next week amid reports that rival groups from Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance had mutually agreed that they needed more time to campaign, Southern Eye re...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance in tricky Gwanda mayoral polls
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance yesterday said it was confident of retaining the Gwanda mayoral seat although stakes favoured its rivals, Zanu-PF and MDC-T.The Gwanda mayoral polls will be...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T clears air on recalled councillors
THE MDC-T has vowed to monitor operations of their candidates who were deployed to local authorities in the country, vowing to recall those who are involved in corrupt activities.This comes af...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T recalls Gwanda mayor
THE MDC-T has recalled Gwanda Mayor, Councillor Jastone Mazhale as the party continues in its quest to remove all members aligned to the MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa scuffle cripples local authorities
THE turf war between MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa has left operations in the country's major cities and towns paralysed after she recalled a record 84 council...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe persists with MDC Alliance massacre
TRIGGER-HAPPY MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has expelled several more MDC Alliance councillors in Bulawayo, Gwanda, Beitbridge and Marondera as she stops at nothing to decimate rival Nelson Chamisa's i...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Gwanda councillors and Mayor fully behind Chamisa
In an extraordinary joint sitting of the MDC Alliance Mat south provincial management committee and the Gwanda Central CCC with the councillors from the Provincial capital. His worship the May...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 5 | by Ntando Ndlela MDC Alliance - Mat south spokesperson
'I won't defect to Khupe,' says Gwanda mayor
GWANDA mayor Jastone Mazhale yesterday pledged undying loyalty to the MDC Alliance and its leadership as he denied reports of crossing the floor to the Thokozani Khupeled MDC-T.Mazhale is amon...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Mayor; all Councilors defect to Thokozani Khupe
MDC Alliance Gwanda Mayor Jastone Mazhale and his entire Council have defected from the Nelson Chamisa led entity to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T.The councilors met with MDC-T Acting Nat...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
TelOne donates trees to Gwanda
TELONE has donated 50 bins and 200 trees to the Gwanda Municipality as part of the company's corporate social responsibility and efforts to promote sustainable environment management.In a spee...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda suburb residents build Blair toilets
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North Extension suburb in Gwanda have resorted to constructing Blair toilets at their homes as they have gone for several years without proper ablution facilities. Some r...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers lead Makokoba clean up
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube was joined by her counterpart Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi and the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi in cleanin...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda proposes 300% rates increase
GWANDA Municipality has proposed to increase rates by 300% as the town council moves to improve service delivery as part of a drive to attain city status by next year.The town says it is battl...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baboons terrorise Gwanda
Baboons are causing havoc in the mining town of Gwanda, where they are raiding homes for food and ambushing shoppers outside retail shops.The troops of baboons are also said to have been causi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested after high speed chase
A POLICE officer, who allegedly led a heist at former Gwanda mayor, Knowledge Ndlovu's Ettrick Mine and allegedly stole gold ore worth thousands of United States dollars, was reportedly arrested after...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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