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Jah Prayzah ropes in Madlela
Axe-wielding musician, Madlela Skhobokhobo has been added onto the line-up of a forthcoming show to be headlined by Jah Prayzah (JP) in Bulawayo. Madlela who is preparing for his wedding next ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 376 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mathema laments lack of dams
Aprominent Matabeleland South traditional leader Chief Mathema has urged the government to ensure that people in the province benefit from the vast water bodies in their region.Chief Mathema w...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
New primary school for Gwanda
THE Gwanda Municipality has started constructing a primary school in the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle suburb, a development expected to help decongest schools in the mining town.Last year, the munici...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:43hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda gets a border post
GOVERNMENT has designated Gwanda District's Mlambapele as an official port of entry and has set up four dry ports to decongest Beitbridge and Forbes border posts. Mlambapele connects Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:01hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 48698 | by Nancy Mabaya
Matebeleland South police ban knobkerries
POLICE in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matebeleland South have imposed a three-month ban on the carrying of knobkerries and catapults, among other "weapons", citing increased crime in the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Stabbing after sex-for-taxi fare deal goes sour
A SECURITY guard has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman several times on her back accusing her of not honouring her promise to have sex with him after paying her taxi fare. Nqobizith...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Police woman beats up, robs ex-hubby
A HARARE based police woman allegedly teamed up with her two brothers and a workmate to assault her ex-husband before stealing R10 000, US$755 and household property worth RTGS$3 970 from him. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:34hrs | 2006 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Matabeleland South car accidents
THREE people died in separate road accidents in Matabeleland South Province on Friday and Saturday, provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said yesterday. He s...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for Bulawayo bus termini
THE Government in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council and the private sector intends to embark on a massive refurbishment of the city's dilapidated 56 bus termini as it moves to overhaul the co...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains with violent storms predicted
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted heavy rains accompanied by violent thunderstorms with possible flash floods with effect from this evening. The announcement comes at ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept: Heavy rains with violent storms predicted
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted heavy rains accompanied by violent thunderstorms with possible flash floods with effect from this evening. The announcement comes at ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 9350 | by Staff Reporter
Intratrek says Gwanda solar power plant can be ready by June
Intratrek Zimbabwe says it is ready to begin the long-delayed construction of the 100MW Gwanda solar power plant.Intratrek says it has secured US$14 million financing for the first phase o...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1011 | by ZimLive
Wicknell Chivayo donates $16 000 to an ill Gwanda man
Maverick Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has donated ZWL$16 000 towards medical fees for one Tamson Phiri from Gwanda who is suffering from invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Chivayo responded to ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:48hrs | 1174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US$14m funding for Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
The 100 megawatt (MW) Gwanda solar project has received fresh impetus after a local infrastructure fund, African Transmission Corporation (ATC) Holdings, agreed to extend US$14 million to finance the ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
A view from ko Bulawayo with Discent Bajila
When modernization and digitization deepen marginalization On the day I finished my Advanced Level examinations at Luveve High School in Bulawayo mid November 2006, my loving sister had alread...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 2867 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Gwanda girl's dream to be a pilot takes off
A quick glance into her small room at the students' residency before the interview, which came only an hour before her first experience in the air as a pilot, revealed there was panic and disquiet at ...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for robbery gang
POLICE have launched a manhunt for six robbers who attacked five mine workers and robbed them of R6 000, US$180, RTGS$800 and two cell phones in Colleen Bawn. Matabeleland South acting provinc...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Son assaults mother over witchcraft
A CHIPINGE man was last week dragged to court for allegedly brutally assaulting his mother over witchcraft allegations.When the accused, Nyasha Mutisi Musembu (25), of Siyakisa village under C...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer loses appeal in 14kg gold theft case
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya's bid to evade being put to his defence in the 14kg gold theft trial suffered a major blow after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to dismiss his...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo to stand trial for bribery
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is facing a charge of bribery after his company, Intratrek, transferred $10 000 to former Zimbabwe Power Company board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje's perso...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1140 | by Staff Reporter
Maphisa goes for two months without power
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo, Matabeleland South has gone for two months without electricity resulting in the area going without running water for the same period. The electricity outages have been ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
'Mgagao Declaration changed political dynamics'
The bid by nationalist leaders to negotiate with Ian Smith around 1976 did not go well with freedom fighters. As such, these efforts led to the emergence of power dynamics that saw Robert Mugabe posit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Cement sales plummet
REGIONAL cement maker Pretoria Portland Cement says cement sales at its Zimbabwe unit went down between 30 and 35 percent in four months ending 30 July due to a challenging economic climate that has s...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 05:42hrs | 3691 | by Staff Reporter
Drought decimates 5 000 cattle, Beef prices set to skyrocket
THE ravaging drought that has seen pastures depleted and water sources drying up has so far wiped out nearly 5 000 cattle in Matabeleland South Province only while thousands more are at risk if no imm...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 05:37hrs | 4069 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, Sadc have spoken; racists sanctions must go now!
Sadc rallied in resounding fashion against Western sanctions on Zimbabwe yesterday. The events across the region marked the climax of a process that started with the declaration, on 18 August this yea...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | 132 | by chronicle - editorial
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 897 | by Staff Reporter
Rehabilitaton of irrigation schemes in Matabeleland South set to begin
Rehabilitation of two irrigation schemes under the small holder irrigation revitalisation programme in Matabeleland South is set to begin soon, with feasibility studies for nine other projects current...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 14:33hrs | 617 | by Staff Reporter
Met Dept rules out heat wave
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing extremely high temperatures beginning Monday with Beitbridge recording 44,5º Celsius. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD), however, said temperatures would coo...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:05hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
SeSotho association pens books to promote language
THE SeSotho Language and Culture Association is penning Sotho text books for Form One pupils in a bid to promote teaching of the subject in schools. In an interview during a four-day workshop ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:03hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Businessman dies in hail of bullets
A PROMINENT Maphisa businessman was early yesterday morning shot dead in his home at the growth point in Matabeleland South. Tapson Ncube, who had business interests in mining, transport, reta...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3032 | by Staff reporter
14 655 graduates pass through Joshua Mqabuko Polytechnic
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Amon Murwira, has said the new curriculum for higher and tertiary education is meant to develop skills amon...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:44hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Peace-maker stabbed to death
A MAN was stabbed to death while attempting to restrain his suspected murderer from stabbing another man during a dispute. Bhekimpilo Dlamini (27) of Vukuzenzele Village in Filabusi was not as...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgement in ZPC, Chivayo fight
The Supreme Court has reserved ruling in a contract battle between businessman Wicknell Chivayo and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), after hearing arguments by lawyers representing both parties. ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 4571 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2038 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Master Zhoe targets bigger market
AFTER a successful third album launch in Gwanda last month, musician Master Zhoe, real name Thembinkosi Zhoe, says he is ready to take his music to all parts of the country.The Gwanda-based mu...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Construction of amacimbi plant nears completion
WORK on the country's first state-of-the-art mopani worm (amacimbi) processing plant in Beitbridge is nearing completion, a Cabinet Minister has said.In a telephone interview with Sunday News ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader booted out
THE Zanu-PF Matebeleland South youth league has suspended its chairperson Washington Nkomo on charges of indiscipline, fanning factionalism and abuse of office, among others.The youth league's...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:30hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1980 | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Matabeleland Collective speaks on tribal recruitment of student nurses in Matabeleland.
Matabeleland Collective strongly condemns the unfair, tribal motivated recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg, Mangwe, Gwanda, only one student at St Lukes, over 95 % of student nurses at Mpilo Sch...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1376 | by Matabeleland Collective
High Court orders mine to cease operations
The High Court has ordered Gwanda-based mining concern, Imani Mine, to cease operations with immediate effect after failing to follow proper mining procedures.The order was issued by Justice J...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland nurses programme, few 'southerners' added to list
MORE people from the southern region have been added to lists of student nurses enrolled last week at two Bulawayo hospitals after claims that more than 90 percent of the recruits were from Harare and...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Minister pledges to resolve 'shona' nurses recruitment
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Judith Ncube has pledged to engage responsible authorities to resolve the questionable recent recruitment of student nurses in Bulawayo. S...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruitment sparks uproar as only shonas get positions at Mpilo
DISGRUNTLED Bulawayo residents have criticised the selection process of 24 student nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital after 20 were selected from outside Matabeleland. The 24 reportedly started th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Botswana shoots Zimbabwe stray cattle
OVER 100 cattle from Ward 19 in Gwanda near Mlambapeli Border Post have been shot in Botswana in the past three weeks after they strayed into the neighbouring country. In an interview Matabele...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya rallies war vets against sanctions
The Zimbabwe National War Veterans' Association has embarked on a countrywide programme to mobilise its 60 000 members to participate in the anti-sanctions day scheduled for October 25. The da...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
BCC defends channelling of funds to 'Zanu-PF' ward
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has defended a decision to channel devolution funds towards Ward 28 saying the ward was considered a priority area as it is the least developed. Bulawayo ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:21hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Honda Fit driver dies in road accident
A HONDA Fit driver died on the spot while four other people were injured after he encroached onto the lane of oncoming traffic resulting in a head-on collision with a Toyota Corolla. Matabelel...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:13hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi tells councils to overhaul water, reticulation systems
VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has urged municipalities to overhaul their water and sewer reticulation systems in line with their growing populations. Speaking in an interview yesterday after a c...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:48hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
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