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Zimbabwe to digitalise 3 500 schools
GOVERNMENT targets to fully digitalise about 3 500 schools countrywide within five years in an effort to enhance e-learning and quality education, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Pa...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:52hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe telecoms investment costs drop 35%'
ZIMBABWE's infrastructure sharing model has yielded up to 35 percent drop in the cost of investment in the information and telecommunications sector, which will largely benefit ordinary consumers and ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga enjoys village life
After achieving so much in the arts and having founded Amakhosi Cultural Centre, multi-award winner Cont Mhlanga has retired to his rural home of Lupane in Shabulani Village, Matabeleland.Over...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:07hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:09hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Government to solve Cowdray Park sewer problems
THE Government has set aside over $45 million targeted at improving the country's water and sewer infrastructure, a move which will see 90 percent of all urban dwellers having access to safe drinking ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 08:09hrs | 560 | by Staff Reporter
Chinotimba rescues Bulawayo youth
A CHANCE meeting between a Bulawayo young man and Zanu-PF's Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba when he was in Bulawayo proved a life-changing encounter for the youth. Mr Shadreck Ndlovu...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:08hrs | 2167 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches national clean up program
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be launching a national clean up campaign on the 5th of December in a Harare we have learnt.In line with the program, the ministry of higher and tertiary educ...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 18:54hrs | 7018 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Death by 'snake bite' in deep well story takes new turn
THE story of a Lupane man who was allegedly fatally bitten by a snake in a 49-metre deep well has taken a new twist amid claims that he fell to his death in the shaft after a rope he was using broke. ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 4070 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on national budget
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday expressed mixed reactions to the 2019 National Budget statement with a majority saying it represented a bold, painful but very necessary step to return the country to prosperity....Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Colliery rescuers retrieve snake victim's body
RESCUERS from Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) yesterday used hooks to finally fish out the body of a Lupane man who was allegedly fatally bitten by a snake in a well last Wednesday. The...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2595 | by Staff reporter
Deadly snake in 45 metre well derails efforts to retrieve corpse
A SNAKE that allegedly fatally bit a 25-year-old man from Lupane in a 45-metre deep well on Wednesday last week has kept rescuers at bay as everyone is afraid to enter the well and retrieve the body. ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa hands over radio receivers
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has called on Zimbabweans to use information as a tool to foster unity and development than abuse it to denigrate each other...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
ZOU Vice Chancellor in court over $180k goat scandal
The Zimbabwe Open University Vice Chancellor Professor Alfred Champion Ncube and Finance Director Mr Garainesu Shoko appeared at the Harare Magistrates court on 15 November 2018 over a charge invo...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 11:44hrs | 4726 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland people excluded in developmental projects
Matebeleland chiefs have written a petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa bemoaning their alleged economic marginalisation which they said should be corrected under the new dispensation.In t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:50hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs' letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa - Fulltext
From the Office of.... CHIEF VEZI MADUNA MAFU OF AVOCA FILABUSI COMMUNAL LANDS 9 October 2018 The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:46hrs | 5148 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 7272 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | 1347 | by cite.org.zw
Bus conductor jumps out of moving bus, run over
A BUS conductor from Nkayi died on the spot after he was run over by a bus when he jumped off the moving vehicle to run after a passenger.Mr Mayibongwe Ncube (21) of Mfume village, under Chief...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 20:12hrs | 6220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches supplementary feeding programme in Matabeleland North
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a supplementary feeding scheme aimed at curbing malnutrition and stunting in children aged between 6 and 59 months in Matabeleland North province....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 632 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt to procure digitisation transmitters
Government says it will soon procure 32 digital transmitters and set-top boxes it requires to finalise the digitisation programme.Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Moni...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to deal with wayward members
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Matabeleland North province will soon expel rogue elements that have started fanning factionalism within the party.Cracks are allegedly forming in the province fann...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Price monitoring mechanism for cement retailers
THE Government will consider directing cement manufacturers to put in place monitoring mechanisms with the view of taking stern measures against retailers selling the commodity at prohibitive prices a...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:08hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 516 | by Brian Maregedze
Hamara injects $5m hatchery expansion project
ONE of the country's leading poultry inputs suppliers, Hamara Chicks has invested about $5 million for the expansion of its day-old chick hatchery as it moves to satisfy market demand.Hamara C...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 07:58hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Shun all forms of graft, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged university graduates to shun all forms of corruption and thrive to spearhead eradication of graft in the building of the Second Republic. In an acceptanc...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:30hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa installed as Chancellor for Lupane State University
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been installed as the Chancellor for Lupane State University (LSU) during the occasion of the institution's 9th graduation ceremony in Lupane.The event that pr...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 16:07hrs | 1173 | by Staff Reporter
Senior cop dies in head-on collision with haulage truck
A senior Bulawayo police officer, Assistant Inspector Mthokozisi Sibanda, died on the spot together with his wife when a Honda Fit car they were driving in was involved in a head-on crash with a haula...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Mbonisi Gumbo of MRP gives his 2018 election analysis
Mbonisi Gumbo of MRP offers a post-mortem and surgical assessment of the 2018 Elections. Mbonisi Gumbo is MRP's founding Secretary for Information and Publicity. In this wide ranging interview we are ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:33hrs | 278 | by Thulani Nkala
Zanu-PF official, sangoma jailed over pangolin scales
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North deputy provincial secretary John Khumalo (65) and a traditional healer, Sithembiso Tshuma (42), were yesterday jailed for nine years each for illegal possession of a pangoli...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:37hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land audit begins next week
The Zimbabwe Land Commission will embark on a national land audit from the 22nd of October to the 24th of November to establish a full account of all agricultural land.The long awaited land na...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:19hrs | 4071 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi killings can never be forgotten by forgiveness
THE opinion penned by Xolani Ndlovu published in Tuesday's titled, Matebeleland needs to forgive 36 years after Gukurahun...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 413 | by S Ncube
Zimbabwe govt notorious for over spending - senator Mwonzora
MDC Alliance senator and secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said Zimbabwean government of Zanu PF is notorious for over spending year in year out. Speaking in parliament Mwonzora said...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 422 | by Stephen Jakes
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 13618 | by Compol HRA
Zimbabwe black market rates tumble
PARALLEL market rates plummeted in Bulawayo yesterday after Government guaranteed the 1:1 convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into the United States dollar as well as av...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | 7292 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project to displace 300 families
CLOSE to 300 families are likely to be displaced by the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, with plans to resettle them on alternative land at an advanced stage.Briefing Matabeleland North Provincial ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Govt to set up new suburb in Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is set to establish a new suburb in Bulawayo with more than 2 000 housing stands and will build civil servants' houses in Lupane, Matabeleland North. Delays in construction of civil...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Mat North leaders accuse parastatals of bussing employees from other provinces
MATABELELAND North political and traditional leadership have expressed concern over marginalisation of local people who they said are being sidelined from jobs at Government projects in the province. ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Impotent hubby ties wife to bed, assaults her
A man who has a dysfunctional manhood tied his wife onto their matrimonial bed and pummelled her several times for allegedly having an affair.Clifford Lunga (43) told Lupane resident magistrat...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Goblins seize maternity ward
IN a strange incident, pregnant women and nurses were moved from Lupaka Clinic to a safe place and pupils at two primary schools stopped going to school after goblins allegedly sexually attacked them....Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM praises Zenzele Ndebele, calls for a UN Commission of Enquiry
The 1893 MHRRM takes this opportunity to congratulate and give special thanks to one of Matebeleland's finest Human Rights Activists, Zenzele Ndebele, for his informative and forthright documentary on...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1465 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Zimbabwe road upgrades gather pace
THE modernisation of major roads, particularly the much-talked about Harare-Beitbridge highway, is gathering pace after Government officials met Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC)...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe State Universities must also open for business: Part II
The first installment on subject above, acknowledged the provincial economy concept being emphasized in the devolution agenda of the second republic and called for a leadership of state universities, ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 1135 | by Enock Jonathan
Famous Bishop stranded on tree for 6 hours after car crash
APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) leader Bishop Johannes Ndanga and a colleague spent six hours perched on a tree in the crocodile-infested Bubi-Lupane Dam after a vehicle they were trave...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:02hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Lupane hospital turns to crowd-funding
St Luke's Hospital in Lupane has hit hard times, with officials asking for assistance in a bid to contain the desperate situation."Hospital faced with financial difficulties, please donate thi...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:18hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe University not a priority'
THE Government yesterday said construction of the $1 billion Robert Gabriel Mugabe University was not on its priority list as it does not want to create new problems before solving existing ones. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter
Roles of Provincial Councils, Ministers spelt out
Implementation of devolution enjoins central Government to release funds for provincial budgets to ensure that areas lagging behind in terms of development are prioritised, Local Government, Public Wo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Expectant mothers vacate clinic over goblins sexual attack
HEALTH workers, expecting mothers and some patients have allegedly vacated a clinic in Lupane following sexual attacks by suspected goblins, authorities have confirmed.Expecting mothers in wai...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Bread price shoots up, bakeries shut down
THE price of bread is set to go up today as bakers struggle to secure flour amid rising operational costs and shortage of foreign currency to buy essential raw materials and equipment, it has emerged....Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:24hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Teachers flee goblins' sexual terror
TEACHERS at a school in Tsholotsho District that failed to open after they fled to their respective homes following goblin attacks last week, have demanded that villagers put up in their rooms to witn...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
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