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Ufasimba takes Gwanda by storm
A rising Imbube music group has taken the mining town of Gwanda by storm through a genre that locals can identify with.The streets of Jahunda are vibrating to traditional sound laced with capt...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 16:45hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Mzansi Express Outreach Programme donates essential goods to Gwanda community
The Mayor of Gwanda, Honourable Thulani Moyo, recently was on hand to receive much-needed blankets and office equipment from Mzansi Express. He also thanked the Bus operator for paying school fees and...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 09:05hrs | 49 | by Ndou Paul
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 39 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
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 | | by Staff reporter
'Allocate more funds for Nkayi projects'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to increase funding in the 2023 budget to ensure speedy completion of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Ziminya Dam projects, which would enhance economic activity and create more ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 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
Massive crowds at Matabeleland Independence celebrations
THOUSANDS of people yesterday celebrated the country's 42nd Independence anniversary in both Matabeleland South and Matabelelend North provinces.In Matabeleland South, the main celebrations we...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda varsity construction starts
GWANDA State University (GSU) is set to start developing 87 hectares of land in Gwanda Town which the institution was allocated by the Government.The university is still operating from Epoch M...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zec Bulawayo under fire over poor voter registration
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) officials in Bulawayo have come under fire for allegedly failing to escalate the voter registration exercise in the city.This was after reports emerged last...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz erects base stations, CICs in Matebeleland South
GOVERNMENT, through the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz), has established four shared base station towers and 13 Community Information Centres (CICs) in Matabele...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa sues Gwanda
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has taken Gwanda Municipality to court for failing to pay a debt of nearly $140 million in unpaid water supplied to the town over a six-year period....Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents take council to task over outdated pipes
RESIDENTS in Gwanda have called on the municipality to urgently take action on the outdated asbestos cement (AC) pipes which have been bursting frequently causing serious water challenges in the minin...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | | 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 | 4 | 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 | | 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
War veterans 'tired of empty promises'
WAR veterans from Bulawayo and Matabeleland South provinces have urged Government to address their grievances once and for all as they are tired of empty promises that have been made over the years wi...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Problems won't be solved by Zimbabwe Government ( ZANUPF)
How can the Zimbabwe Government solve Matebeleland problems when the same Zanu PF system is the chief creator of all our problems?Our problems today as a region were created, knowingly and del...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by VV Vodloza kaVodloza
Parliament hopeful jailed for conning residents
A GWANDA Central parliamentary candidate for the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) in last year's elections has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conning residents of about RTGS $800....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi play gets Nama nomination
GWANDA-based Jahunda Community arts group is on cloud nine after its production, 1983: The Dark Years was nominated for the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), whose ceremony is set for the...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies during church service
A 60-YEAR-OLD Gwanda woman died during a church service after allegedly succumbing to high blood pressure.Matabeleland South Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirme...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court victory for mum blocked from seeing child
A GWANDA woman has dragged her ex-husband to court for denying her access to their five-year-old daughter who is staying with his parents.Ms Nobuhle Sibanda (24) of Jahunda Suburb said Thamsan...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's short-lived glory!
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (EDM) remains as a most accomplished game-changer history-maker who cheated the local witches in his mother's womb and beyond! The colonial gallows at youth for h...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Evangelist Reginald Thabani Gola
Tsvangirai Death: The only truth is
Amidst all the speculation and misinformation surrounding the final days of the late former Zimbabwe Prime Minister and leader of the MDC-T, Dr. Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, it remains to be seen whethe...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Analyst, Johannesburg
Gold Baron's wealth laid bare in suit
A suspected gold baron in Bulawayo, Kudakwashe Kurai Muzira, is entangled in a nasty divorce wrangle with his wife which has allegedly exposed his vast wealth such as properties in Bulawayo's affluent...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks in tribalism and nepotism storm
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it is concerned and disappointed by the Zimbabwe National Parks and wildlife Authority's conduct in regard to their employment policy. Mthwakazi Republic...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matabeleland South boosts network connectivity
Government has intervened to address poor network connectivity in Matabeleland South Province with a team of mobile service providers descending on the provincial capital of Gwanda to map out strategi...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning: Zimbabwe govt breaks silence
Government has launched a fully-fledged investigation to smoke out those behind the suspected poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is recovering at a private hospital in neighbouring Sou...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe insincere'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Saturday expressed shock at the level of underdevelopment in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, but opposition parties and local pressure groups dismissed the Zanu-PF lead...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Barcelona legends attend Zanu-PF rally
BARCELONA football legends Edgar Davids and his Dutch compatriot Patrick Kluivert made a surprise appearance at the Zanu-PF presidential youth interface rally in Gwanda yesterday in a bid to meet Pres...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jahunda Information and Communication Technology commissioned
PRESIDENT Mugabe has bemoaned lack of development in some parts of Matabeleland South saying there was a need for deliberate projects aimed at developing such areas.Speaking at the official op...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Barcelona legends meet Mugabe
"IMPRESSIVE, simply amazing," these were the words echoed by Dutch football legend Patrick Kluivert moments after he and another great, compatriot Edgar Davids as well as Spanish football Rayco Garcia...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rushed to hospital by helicopter after Mugabe rally
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left the venue of President Robert Mugabe's rally in Gwanda in an ambulance and was immediately airlifted to Gweru after he started vomiting amid fears he c...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe bemoans Matabeleland South under-development
President Robert Mugabe has bemoaned the under-development of some parts of the country as compared to others, hence the need to ensure developmental programmes are accelerated in these areas for the ...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA-based businessman donates vehicles to BICC church
BLESSED is the hand that giveth than the one that taketh. The biblical teaching has been grasped by Gwanda-born and South Africa-based business mogul Mr Justice Maphosa who donated two brand-n...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mlambos is back with a bang: accident turned an incident
Turning stumbling blocks to stepping steps of success is what Mlambos is fond of, whereas 2016 December's headlines had 'Mlambos in car accident,' the January entertainment front news has "Mlambos' Su...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
Gwanda demonstration today
Gwanda Residents AssociationAt the residents public meeting which was held at Jahunda Hall on Friday the 14th of October 2016, amongst other resolutions taken by residents was that Gwanda resi...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Gwanda Residents cry over water problems
Gwanda Residents have cried foul over the escalating water problems bedeviling the mining town.The problems of water in the town were made public during a meeting conducted by the Gwanda Resid...Published: 15 Oct 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda residents fight ZINWA water administration
Gwanda residents have vowed to fight to the bitter end for the eventual takeover of the administration of the town's water treatment plant by council from the Zimbabwe National Authority (ZINWA), sayi...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda residents mourn death of Deputy Commissioner General Rhodes Moyo
Go well our HeroStatement from Gwanda Residents Association on the passing on of Deputy Commissioner General Rhodes MoyoOn behalf of all residents and stakeholders of Gwanda, The Gwand...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Mzembi blasts fake prophets
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Walter Mzembi has blasted opposition activists for staging violent demonstrations in Harare last week saying their activities are affecting local tourism....Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Melissa Mpofu
Chibuku lights up Gwanda beerhall
TEN groups will today compete for a spot to represent Matabeleland South in the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional dance national finals. The provincial finals taking place at Blanket Mine Beerhal...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Nhlalwenhle Ngwenya
Pastor wins $0 maintenance case
A GWANDA pastor stunned the court when he claimed that he was not offering a single cent as maintenance to look after his daughter who is epileptic, claiming that he was no longer getting anything fro...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:51hrs | | by Lynnia Ndlovu
National Pledge gets mixed response
THERE was a mixed response on the inaugural National Pledge recital yesterday with government schools reciting it while most private schools did not embrace it. At government schools, some parents bro...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporters
PDP activist abducted, goes missing
The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday alleged that its Matabeleland South provincial secretary for security, Elliot Shelton, was abducted by suspected State security agents in G...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda prominent businessman Mathemba dies
A Gwanda Residents Association spokesperson Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo posted on Facebook that the businessman who help many boys in the mining town by providing them with employment has passed on....Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 05:28hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Highlanders bids Sibanda farewell
In true poetic justice Highlanders gave veteran Gwanda football legend Mathemba Sibanda who died of heart failure in Gwanda early Monday morning the best farewell he deserved.Sibanda was part ...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 14:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Football administrator dies while being treated at hospital
One of Gwanda's finest football administrators - Mathema Sibanda had died.Sibanda ran a thriving soccer academy - Jahunda All Stars that mentored and produced Harare City assistant coach - Mkh...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 10:45hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
South African rand rejected in Gwanda
The South African rand which is on a free-fall is being rejected by businesses in Matabeleland South.In recent months, the rand collapsed to R17,91 against the dollar leaving thousands of Zimb...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 11:35hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Thank you MaJahunda but we need to do a lot better
New year's Statement from Gwanda Residents Association Gwanda Residents Association would like to thank you the residents of Gwanda, AmaJahunda Amahle, for an incident free festive season...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 09:47hrs | | by Aifheli Mudau, Gwanda Residents Association Spokesperson
Ama-Jahunda come together to develop their area
People from Gwanda who are dotted around the world has made an initiative to come together and forma developmental outfit called AmaJahunda with the aim of developing their Gwanda district. The follow...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 10:55hrs | | by AmaJahunda Initiative
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