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ZANU PF only listens to violent rebellion!
The recent violent protests that rocked most Zimbabwe cities between 14 and 16 January 2019, have offered enough proof that the only way the ZANU PF regime will ever seriously listen to the people's g...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1159 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Callistus Ndlovu’s body to be airlifted to Plumtree rural home
THE body of the late national hero and former Cabinet Minister, Professor Callistus Ndlovu is set to be airlifted to his Brunapeg, Plumtree rural home today ahead of burial at the National Heroes' Acr...Published: 22 hrs ago | 727 | by Staff reporter
Pizza Inn, Chicken Inn open in Gwanda
SIMBISA Brands has opened its first Pizza Inn branch in Gwanda and a second Chicken Inn branch in the mining town. In an interview during the official opening of the new outlets yesterday, Chi...Published: 22 hrs ago | 264 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avails $30m for Matabeleland South roads
Government has availed $30 million for various roads in Matabeleland South province under the road development programme that will see maintenance of roads and undertaking of developmental projects in...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:30hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mzansi Express bus involved in accident
A Mzansi Express bus that was on its way from Johannesburg to Bulawayo has been reported to have overturned just near Gwanda.Journalist Mdududzi Mathuthu confirmed that the accident, “h...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 7975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi clears air on Nuanetsi Ranch ownership
President Mnangagwa has appointed a board of trustees for the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) and board of directors for Nuanetsi Ranch Limited. The board of trustees for DTZ are former Mu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1654 | by Staff reportert
Zifa Cup set for return
The Zimbabwe Football Association is set to bring back the biggest football competition, the Zifa Cup, after more than a decade of absence.The tournament was last contested for in 2005 as the ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:02hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa for Mwenezi 'Thank You' rally
President Mnangagwa will today descend on the Zanu-PF stronghold of Mwenezi for the Masvingo leg of the ongoing "Thank You" rallies to pay tribute to the people of Zimbabwe for voting for him and the ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 19:58hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe insulti cop to be reinstated
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to reinstate a cop who was fired from the force in 2014 for insulting former President Robert Mugabe.Chief Inspector Newton Jindu ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:43hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Police seek help to identify burnt bodies
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have appealed for assistance from members of the public in identification of five bodies that were burnt beyond recognition in two separate incidents and are bein...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Callistus Ndlovu death shocks Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended his condolences to the Ndlovu family following the death of former Cabinet Minister and Bulawayo provincial chairman, Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu. ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project comes to life, says Mthuli
A flurry of activity over the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project is expected in the next few weeks amid indications that the updating of feasibility studies would be concluded at the end of the first...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Fresh land Invasions in Matabeleland
There is a new land invasion in Matabeleland, this time by the government of Mnangagwa and Zanu PF. This program is spearheaded by the district Lands office in Filabusi. On the 8th of February 2019, M...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1313 | by MRP
Chiwenga suspectedly poisoned with deadly Polonium-210
Vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is suspected of suffering from the lethal polonium- 210 poisoning, and is reportedly admitted at an undisclosed Indian military hospital.High ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 47142 | by Staff Reporter
Power to empower ...how energy projects are brightening Zimbabwe economic prospects - Mthuli Ncube
In today's world, energy has revolutionised all of our lifestyles. From the palm of our hands we have instruments more powerful than the largest and most sophisticated computers from just a few ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1452 | by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
Chivayo in court over $10 000 ZPC bribe
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing a bribery charge after he allegedly transferred $10 000 into former Zimbabwe Power Company chairperson Stanely Ka...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya, Chivayo cornered
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya has been summoned by the police for allegedly evading $22 million tax, while Wicknell Chivayo appeared in court yesterday for al...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda community chases away teachers in satanism scare
TWO teachers from Lumene Primary School in Gwanda have been ejected from the school by irate parents who are accusing them of practicing Satanism after pupils collapsed mysteriously.The incide...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Brooklyn bus
About 31 passengers who were travelling in a Brooklyn bus from Bulawayo to Mussina lost valuables worth thousands of dollars when armed robbers aboard the bus pounced on them Monday night.Acco...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:36hrs | 3530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe running out of passport paper
REGISTRAR-General Clemence Masango yesterday told Parliament that the demand for emergency passports was now so high that his department might soon run out of passport paper.Masango made the d...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 6216 | by Staff reporter
When burying people becomes a lifestyle
Sporting a blue work suit and safety shoes, Margaret Nyakudya (50) is the centre of attraction at a funeral wake in Mt Darwin.The male villagers cannot help it, but are surprised by her braver...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 2724 | by Staff reporter
Former MP 'touches' neighbour's breasts
FORMER Zanu-PF Insiza South legislator, Malachi Nkomo, has appeared in court for allegedly touching a neighbouring farmer's breasts and stealing her SD memory card. Nkomo (52) of Plot 2 Athers...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
$5 million availed for construction of Umzingwane Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has allocated $5 million towards the construction of a new district hospital for Umzingwane under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).The curren...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:42hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
'I cut off head, private parts to sell for $25,000'
The Gwanda man who allegedly murdered a mentally challenged man and harvested the head and private parts yesterday said he had planned to sell the human pieces in Chiredzi.Honest Moyo, 22, who...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 14:21hrs | 4613 | by Staff reporter
Rape victim's baby in mystery death
A 13-year-old girl, who fell pregnant as a result of sexual abuse, gave birth last month only for the child to die 20 days later under mysterious circumstances. The girl, who was sexually abus...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'Thank You' Rally cancelled
THE Matabeleland South "Thank You" rally that was scheduled to be addressed by President Mnangagwa at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda today has been postponed until further notice. In an interview...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address Gwanda Thank You Rally
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to address a Thank You Rally at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda on Friday. He decided to hold the rallies countrywide to thank Zimbabweans for overwhelmingly voting for...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:09hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' businesswoman in court
A GWANDA based businesswoman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a group of mine workers before stealing mining equipment worth $3 760 and $200 cash. Siboniso Sayi (40), ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Storms warning for Matebeleland provinces
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned members of the public to be cautious of scattered violent thunderstorms which will be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in the western p...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Firm launches smart metering technology
A BULAWAYO-based company, Brainswork, has introduced new water conservation smart metering technology. The water saving technology enables municipalities, individual households, institutions a...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:25hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares for Matabeleland South 'Thank You' rally
Zanu-PF Matabeleland South province has activated its provincial organising committee to begin preparations for the presidential Thank You Rally that will be held at a date to be announced.Mem...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
2 assaulted for selling fake gold
TWO Gwanda men have been hospitalised after they were severely assaulted for trying to sell fake gold for $5 000 to a dealer. Matabeleland South Provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:48hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes scam backfires
A Ward 2 Councillor is allegedly to have assured illegal settlers situated along Gwanda Road in Bulawayo that if they vote for him he will fix they legal status and make sure they become legal settler...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 2639 | by Mandla Ndlovu
University housing deal sought
GOVERNMENT is on the verge of securing at least $150 million from a local bank for construction of on-campus accommodation at recently established State universities, a Cabinet minister has said....Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:03hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative threatens to shoot cops with AK47
A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation operative based in Gwanda has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill three police officers and a civilian with an AK47 rifle. Takura ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:02hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for stoning Zanu-PF offices
A MAN from Gwanda has been arrested for ganging up with his accomplices, who are still at large, to damage property at the Zanu-PF Matabeleland South provincial offices during last week's violence and...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:18hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
6 burnt to death after accident
SIX people, two of them believed to be children, were yesterday burnt beyond recognition when their car burst into flames after veering off the road and hitting a tree at the 259-kilometre peg along t...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 2366 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo blow as Judge says he must answer fraud charges
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo must stand trial to answer to fraud allegations levelled against him over the Gwanda solar project, a High Court judge has ruled.Chivayo is facing tw...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
+300 families' homes razed to the ground
MORE than 300 families who had illegally settled at Willsgrove Farm in Umguza District were left homeless after they were evicted from the property and their homes were demolished this week. T...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
3-gun thief committed to mental institution
A man who escaped from police custody before stealing three guns at Gwanda Urban Police Station has been committed to Mlondolozi Mental Prison after doctors confirmed that he was mentally unstable. ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 'Operation Murambatsvina II' implemented in Kesington plots
Police in Bulawayo on Thursday demolished housing structures in Kesington Plots after the messenger of court got a court order to execute the eviction of occupants in the area which is along Gwanda ro...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 3495 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More doctors report for duty
More doctors yesterday heeded Government's call to return to work and joined their colleagues who reported for duty on Monday. In a statement yesterday, Government said all doctors who had bee...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
'Education now preserve of the rich'
AS the first term opens today, parents and guardians in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces have raised concern over the skyrocketing cost of education and the strike by teachers.Teachers'...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Doctors divided over strike
Cracks have begun to emerge among striking junior doctors after some of them returned to work yesterday as part of an agreement they signed with the Government at the weekend. However, others ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 08:57hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Doctors report for work in 5 cities
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that in the past two days all doctors have resumed their duties in the following areas:Marondera - All Doct...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 10:08hrs | 4729 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gwanda Municipality constructs 5-megalitre reservoir
The Gwanda Municipality has embarked on a project to build a five-megalitre reservoir to address the Matabeleland South town's perennial water woes.Mayor Jastone Mazhale told Southern Eye that...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:48hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers attack cops, flee to SA
A GROUP of 15 suspected border jumpers reportedly stoned a member of the Zimbabwe National Army and beat up his police colleague for allegedly trying to block their passage to South Africa through an ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Mujibhas, chimbwidos to undergo vetting
Zanu-PF has recommended the vetting of war collaborators to determine genuine members who are supposed to receive their benefits as enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe National Liberat...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:31hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
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