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How Dabengwa Made me a Freedom Fighter - Confessions of a Zipra Cadre
I must have been 15 years old herding cattle EMlageni near Siwubu along the Manzamnyama river in 1967. I remember the year very well. It was a very hot day and it was schools holiday. So, it was aroun...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1292 | by ZAPU Department of Information Publicity and Marketing.
Army generals pay tribute to national hero Masuku
THE late national hero, Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku has been described as a steadfast, humble and hardworking soldier who gave his life to the country.The Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Masuku declared national hero, buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been declared a national hero. He was buried at Lady Sta...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku burial today
Zimbabwe Defence Industries general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery. He was 61. ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1646 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani dam to solve Bulawayo water problems’
GOVERNMENT is committed to permanently addressing Bulawayo's perennial challenges through the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project with at least US$122 million having been channelled so far ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:56hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Overcrowding worries at isolation centres
HEALTH officials have been urged to speed up Covid-19 testing of returnees so they can be discharged to avoid crowding at quarantine centres. This comes as the quarantine centre at Mosi-oa-Tun...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube told to quit politics
Former MDC Chief Communications Strategist Gifford Mehluli Sibanda has urged MDC Alliance Vice President to retire from politics and focus on building a legacy in the legal fraternity. Writing...Published: 10 May 2020 at 17:09hrs | 5365 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Homeless troop back to CBD
HOMELESS people in Bulawayo, who disappeared soon after the announcement of the total national lockdown on March 30, are back on the streets capitalising on the Government's decision to downgrade to l...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:28hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
More returnees released from quarantine
NINETEEN more Zimbabweans were released from the Mosi-oa-Tunya High School Covid-19 quarantine centre yesterday bringing to 34 the number of discharged people. The Social Welfare Department wh...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:34hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Ban on second-hand clothes to be enforced
The ban on second-hand clothes imports must be strictly enforced after Cabinet was briefed on smuggling rackets in south-eastern Zimbabwe that could see more Covid-19 cases as a result. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Detective 'rapes' daughter for 7 years
A 43-YEAR-OLD police detective has been arrested for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter on several occasions from the time she was 10 years old. The cop, who cannot be named for ethical...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls releases quarantined returnees
Mosi-oa-Tunya Quarantine Centre in Victoria Falls has released the first group of 15 returnees after they completed the mandatory 21 days in isolation and tested negative for Covid-19. The cen...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Lupane gas project remains a pipe dream
Asea of poverty pictures Lupane in Matabeleland North, a district sitting on an untapped lucrative coal bed methane gas resource, which has witnessed several ribbon-cutting ceremonies ostensibly to ki...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Man 'murdered, dumped in bush'
FOUR men from Gwanda have been arrested after they allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted another man during a drinking spree before dumping the body in a bush. Their victim's family made a...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions hamper effective response to Covid-19
THE Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow on countries' economies across the globe as they implemented measures to combat the transmission and spread of the virus. For Zimbabwe, the virus h...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi villagers on brink of starvation due to bad road network
Nkayi villagers in Matabeleland North province are threatened with starvation as the department of social welfare is failing to deliver maize to the district due to the bad state of Bulawayo-Nkayi roa...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:40hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
GMB starts importing GMO maize for consumption in Zimbabwe
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has started importing genetically modified maize for consumption in the country. Addressing delegates at a Matabeleland North provincial taskforce meeting in Bu...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says more work needed in Covid-19 fight
THE National Chairman of the Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said there was more work to be done to combat the spread of the coronavirus in the country.VP Mo...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi happy with Matebeleland North preparedness
VP Mohadi is satisfied with the Covid-19 preparedness in Matebeleland North, although some few changes needed to be done."I have been checking on the preparedness of the province and also to c...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi mourns 40 years of Shona rule
Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland to be precise, is today the 18th of April 2020 celebrating its so-called 40 years of Independence.As they celebrate their forgeries of independence, it is not yet Uhuru f...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1793 | by Mqondisi Moyo
10 solar panels stolen from clinic
THIEVES broke into Dandanda Clinic in Lupane, Matabeleland North and stole 10 solar panels that were used to power the local primary health institution. The theft occurred on Saturday at about...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
'MPs, govt officials should contribute $1 000 each towards COVID-19'
Proportional Representation MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) has called on MPs and government officials to donate $1 000 of their monthly earnings towards funding the country COVID-19 war ches...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:49hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assesses compliance in cities
President Mnangagwa yesterday said empty streets that greeted him when he toured Chegutu, Kadoma and Kwekwe demonstrated high compliance levels by citizens with Government's directive for them to stay...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
How Mike Auret tried to stop Gukurahundi
THE sad death of prominent Zimbabwe political activist Mike Auret in Ireland this morning is a significant event in the history of human rights in the country and its predecessor Rhodesia.Aure...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Crisis Solely a Result of Poor Planning by the Illegitimate Regime
Zimbabwe power short ages will not be resolved - as long as the ED led illegitimate regime continues to sleep at wheelAs the Zimbabwean citizenry and economy is ravaged by incessant powe...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:22hrs | 593 | by Jasmine Toffa
Calls to implement devolution grow louder
THE distribution of resources to fight the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the need for government to fully implement devolution of power to allow provinces to map their own action plans to handle such ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:27hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
70% of Lupane State University lecturers, students relocate
SEVENTY percent of Lupane State University (LSU) lecturers and students have relocated from Bulawayo to the institution of higher learning's campus in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Village head complains over complicated Traditional Leaders Act
Villager head Khumbulani Joseph Nkomo of Skali Village in Lupane under Chief Mabhikwa has complained over the contradiction made in the Traditional Leaders Act as to who is in charge of villager heads...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 214 | by Steve Grays
Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa assasination: new details emerge
FRESH details have emerged around the death of the country's first black doctor and Zapu vice president Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa in 1962, that the Rhodesians wanted to recreate as an accident scene. ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2294 | by Staff reporter
School deserted after goblins attack
A SCHOOL in Lupane District, Matabeleland North is nearly deserted after pupils were assaulted by suspected goblins, Lupane District School Inspector, Mr Lovemore Ncube, has said.Mr Ncube said...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 18:05hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Lupane passports scandal deepens
A Pakistani national allegedly acquired identity and travel documents against set-down procedures for foreign nationals at the Lupane Registrar's Office in Matabeleland North, which has been placed un...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:36hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni berates Mnangagwa's govt
Outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has lambasted the government for failing to designate community radio stations to Ndebele communities.He defined this segregation ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
Goblins shut down school '5 pupils thrashed by invisible beings'
FIVE pupils at Mhlanga Mlambo Primary School in Lupane, Matabeleland North were left rolling on the ground after invisible things thrashed them while they were playing at the school grounds.Th...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
High Court frees soldier who savagely attacked son
High Court Judge, Justice Nokuthula Moyo has freed an army sergeant jailed for brutally assaulting his 12 year old son with a switch.Khulumani Nkomo was jailed for 24 months by Lupane Magistra...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1576 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MRP to drive out non-local teachers from Matebeleland?
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) President, Mqondisi Moyo, addressing a rally at Tshabalala Hall Saturday.Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has threatened to drive out all non-local teachers in Mat...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:36hrs | 2405 | by Staff reporter
Lupane passport office under probe
GOVERNMENT has ordered a probe into issuance of passports at the Lupane registry office in Matabeleland North province following reports of underhand dealings and alleged victimisation of whistleblowe...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Govt secures investor for Lupane methane gas project
GOVERNMENT has secured an investor for the Lupane methane gas project and production is expected to start in July this year. The project is expected to start producing 15MW this year and 1 000...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University relocates more faculties to Lupane campus
Lupane State University has announced that it has relocated more other faculties to the Lupane campus with effect from early this month....Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1568 | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC doesn't have power to deal with vote-buying
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it does not have the powers to investigate the issue of vote buying because it is a criminal case which should be handled by the police.Zec's r...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Malaba retires
Agribank chief executive Mr Sam Malaba has retired after 16 years at the helm of the financial institution. He was appointed CEO in May 2004 after serving as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3892 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa playing dangerous gukurahundi games in Matabeleland - we see blood on the floor
This has to be put as crude as it is. Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF government and the Shona majority that cheered the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade and celebrated the death of innocent Matebeles in the 198...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4930 | by Israel Dube
Siblings to hang for double murder
TWO siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000,...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang wreaks havoc in Lupane
AN eight-member machete-wielding gang on Thursday morning went on a rampage in Lupane, Matabeleland North leaving victims seriously injured before fleeing with undisclosed amounts of cash and grocerie...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Transport crisis hits Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has been hard hit by a transport crisis, amid reports that the country's 46 prisons are being serviced by 11 security vehicles. Mechanical...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Manhood enlargement backfires
A manhood enlargement procedure has allegedly turned a Lupane woman's marriage into a nightmare as the husband has become abusive following complications. The woman has since sprinted to the c...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:41hrs | 5300 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chairman flees axe-wielding hubby at funeral
Wife says it's big!Matabeleland North Zanu-PF youth chairman Tamuka Nyoni escaped death by a whisker in Lupane after a fuming resident chased after him with an axe for allegedly having an affa...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:40hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams still at critical levels
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has said national dam levels remain low with Bulawayo supply dams still at critical levels. In a statement, ZINWA said the national dam level aver...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 791 | by Staff reportert
Varsities accept payment plans
STATE universities have started accepting payment plans from students for tuition fees in response to an outcry by the learners and parents over the recent fees hike. The Government recently p...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Binga floods, 1 dies, 34 families rescued
ONE person died after he was swept away following floods that hit Matabeleland North's Binga district, while 34 families were rescued. The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) swiftly deployed re...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
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