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Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 1 hr ago | 162 | by MLF
Demystifying Zimbabwe's Cyber Bill
This past week I was among those that were observing the Zimbabwean parliamentary publichearings on the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, gazetted on May 15 2020. These public hearings ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 173 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2570 | by The Big Interview
Mohadi blames colonisers for not teaching Zimbabweans how to run economy
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, has blamed the country's former colonial ruler of not teaching native Zimbabweans to run the economy as the southern African nation battles a prolonged economic downturn....Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 20:32hrs | 4653 | by Staff reporter
Fresh cracks rock Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
A STORM is brewing in Zanu-PF over the ruling party's newly-launched war veterans' wing - pitting many former freedom fighters against their national spokesperson Douglas Mahiya.This comes as ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:16hrs | 4432 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated Gwanda - Maphisa road needs urgent upgrade
THE 66km Gwanda-Maphisa Road remains dilapidated, forcing Government officials and other travellers to drive for 464km via Bulawayo to access the two districts of Matabeleland South Provin...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults 'naked' woman (78)
A 35-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for beating up a 78-year-old woman who is his neighbour. Xolisani Maphosa of Matsholomotshe Village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to assaul...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for 'bribery'
A GWANDA police officer has been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$270 bribe from a local miner to stop any police raids. Blessing Zenya (32) who resides at the ZRP New Camp in Gwanda was ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:13hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Killer arrested after staging suicide
A GWANDA miner has been arrested for allegedly strangling his workmate before dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initiall...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3987 | by Staff reporter
Online, radio lessons challenged
GOVERNMENT'S efforts to offer on-line and radio lessons to schoolchildren stranded at home due to the COVID-19 lockdown, which forced schools to re-main closed, has been challenged by non-governmental...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Malaria death toll rises to 279
THE malaria death toll in Zimbabwe has risen to 279 since January amid reports that 306 365 have been infected with the disease. In April the deaths stood at 201 with 185 585 cases countrywide...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda miners 'arrest' suspected robbers
SMALL-SCALE gold miners in Gwanda have arrested suspected robbers who attacked Muzenda Mine near Coleen Bawn, 20km south of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.The suspected robbers, tra...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Madlela to launch Ntikoloshi
Ngamnanka hit-maker, Madlela Skhobokhobo has set August 7 as the day he will finally launch his third album titled Ntikoloshi. The album, a follow up to Majazana which he released last year, w...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa donates masks, food to Mat South women's league
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated masks and food to the Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Province Women's League. Speaking during a distribution of the items at the Zanu-PF party offices in Gwanda on ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project by the Zimbabwe Power Company (Z...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
Herdsman jailed 12 years for rape
A 22-YEAR-OLD herdsman from Filabusi has been jailed for 12 years for raping his employer's granddaughter on three occasions after she was left in his custody. The man from Sibambene Village i...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Gwanda offices defaced
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South provincial offices in Gwanda were on Sunday sprayed with graffiti, denouncing the ruling party and calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down.Residents of...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2418 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Government to recruit development officers in Matabeleland
GOVERNMENT has invited applications for 56 vacant posts for community development coordinators in Matabeleland North and South provinces. In a public notice by the Ministry of Women's Affairs,...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
1976: The year Bosso lost its entire junior squad to the armed struggle
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has over the years been viewed as more than a soccer outfit, in the process earning itself countless monikers such as Ithimu Yezwe Lonke, Ezikamagebhula and Bosso just to nam...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Chasi wants Chivayo to start work on Gwanda solar project
GOVERNMENT wants Intratek Zimbabwe to start implementing the Gwanda Solar Project as the cancellation of the more than US$183 million deal will be costly. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ente...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo trial to resume in 2 weeks
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $5,6 million is set to resume in two weeks following the Supreme Court ruling on Monday, overturning...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Chasi wants reprieve for Chivayo
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has given Intratrek exactly six months to feed 10 megawatts into the national grid, adding intrigue to the raging court case against the company after the Supreme Court t...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2775 | by George Mkhwanazi
Artisanal miners 'arrest' machete gang leader
ARTISINAL miners in Gwanda have apprehended the leader of a machete gang that had reportedly unleashed a reign of terror in Matabeleland South province, robbing miners of gold and gold ore.The...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries take July Moyo to court
FOUR Gwanda residents who are beneficiaries of residential stands under the Government funded Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme have taken Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo and Gwanda Mu...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 16:51hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man robs and rapes ex-girlfriend
A 38-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after he allegedly raped and robbed his 19-year-old girlfriend at her workplace in 'revenge' after she decided to dump him. The man who cannot be named to p...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
New termini for Zupco buses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has identified seven bus termini which will be used by Zupco buses and kombis as designated picking and dropping points to decongest the central business district (CBD)...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo fraud acquittal reversed
The trial of Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo on a criminal fraud charge of US$5,6 million fraud involving Zimbabwe Power Company's Gwanda solar project, will now proceed after the Supr...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
VACANCY: 56 job opportunities unveiled in Matabeleland
Team 2020 notes that the Ministry of Women's Affairs Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MWACSMED) has advertised 56 vacancies for Community Development Coordinator in Matebeleland Nor...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2990 | by Team 2020
ZCIEA starts distribution of Masks
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) has started distribution of Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers, Infra-Red thermometers, COVID-19 Information Posters to informal workers and traders...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 515 | by Stephen Jakes
Solving political turmoil key to addressing Zimbabwe's economic crisis
ZIMBABWE is experiencing one of its worst economic crises since independence characterised by cash and foreign currency shortages, fuel scarcities, rampant prices hikes, hyperinflation and increased v...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:35hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
'Snow' in Matebeleland South
A THUNDERSTORM affected some parts of Matebeleland South on Friday resulting in the fall of hail, triggering a social media frenzy as people thought it was snow that had resulted from falling winter t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South Province starts PCR testing
MATEBELELAND South Province has started polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Covid-19 in Beitbridge, Plumtree and Gwanda using GeneXpert machines as part of Government's efforts to decentralise t...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:28hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Police visibility in rural communities increased during lockdown
Police visibility has increased in the rural areas than before due to Covid 19 lock down operations.This is revealed in the latest Zimb...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 407 | by Stephen Jakes
Teen drops cap at crime scene, arrested
AN 18-year-old teenager from Filabusi has been arrested for allegedly robbing a 44-year-old woman who was with her daughter at her homestead before attempting to rape them, before dropping his cap as ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
'Truckers fuel border jumping'
THE Matabeleland South provincial task force on Covid-19 has called for strict supervision of cross-border truck drivers transporting goods following reports that some of them were assisting some peop...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife in infidelity row
A BEITBRIDGE man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally stabbed his wife for having an extra marital affair.Forget Mleya (42) from Zezani area left his place of residence in Beitbridge a...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 16:57hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:03hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Matebeleland South miners
MACHETE gangs have wreaked havoc in Matebeleland South province, attacking miners and robbing them of their gold ore.The marauding gangs recently hit three mines in a week, leaving several inj...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch livestock scheme
President Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the Presidential Livestock Scheme at Cleveland Range in Harare to support livestock farmers. Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Info...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Pauper burial for Gwanda accident victims
CHARRED bodies of three victims of the Brooklyn Express bus accident that occurred on November 15, 2018 in Gwanda are set for pauper burial after remaining unclaimed for close to two years.The...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Unclaimed vehicles at Zimra depot to be auctioned
At least 100 vehicles abandoned at Vehicle Inspection Depots in Gwanda and Bulawayo will be auctioned if not claimed within 30 days, according to a notice by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commiss...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Violent crimes rear ugly head in Matebeleland South
POLICE in Matebeleland South have recorded a case of man who was bludgeoned to death at his estranged wife's Beitbridge home, another of a violent machete attack on a miner in Gwanda and yet another o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Thieves crash in getaway car
TWO men from Bulawayo who were court on camera stealing from a vehicle in Gwanda were arrested after their getaway car was involved in an accident during a speed chase. Mpilwenhle Ndlovu (35) ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha feel Covid-19 pinch
IT'S a Tuesday morning and Dennis Dube, popularly known as Ndlesto, is basking in the sun gazing at the pride of his life, a spotless Quantum that is parked at a car park in Emakhandeni suburb. ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
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