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Disappointing amacimbi harvest to affect prices
Villagers in Bulilima District, Matebeleland South Province, a key hotspot for the harvesting of mopane worms (amacimbi), are facing a disappointing harvest this season, despite receiving good rainfal...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:50hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Drought halts operations at mopane worm processing plant
Operations at the Mbvelelo Mopani Worm Processing Plant in Matshiloni, Beitbridge District, have come to a standstill due to a significant shortage of mopane worms, a vital raw material for the facili...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:07hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Government starts revival of Joshua Nkomo homestead
CONSTRUCTION work has begun in earnest on the site where the old homestead of the family of the country's late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was located in Kezi, Matebeleland South ...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates warned
AHEAD of the sitting of the nomination court tomorrow, aspiring Zanu-PF candidates have been strongly urged to respect the electorate and not assume that victory will be given to them on a silver plat...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal food vendors overwhelm council
Crime and grime in Bulawayo's city centre has seen the rise of unlicensed food outlets and mobile vendors that thrive in illegal trade.Taking a walk in the city centre is practically a nightma...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
West Nicholson-Mberengwa road is really bad
GOVERNMENT is rehabilitating the West Nicholson-Mberengwa Road linking Matabeleland South and Midlands provinces.The road is one of the five major roads in Matabeleland South that are being ta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tension over amacimbi harvesting
A prominent Matabeleland South traditional leader has lashed out at people from outside the province he accused of employing poor methods of harvesting mopane worms (amacimbi) amid rampant destruction...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, please also explain why ZANU PF imposed sanctions on my one-year-old son!
I cannot stand it when the powerful and wealthy whine over clearly banal ‘injustices' inflicted upon their high and mighty little angels - yet, these same people have, themselves, perpetrated the mo...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 16:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pupils to receive amacimbi fortified porridge
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a school feeding programme for pupils aged between seven and 11 years who will receive mopane worms fortified porridge in a bid to address the pupils' nutritional challe...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers drive out amacimbi harvesters
VILLAGERS from the Dombo area in Gwanda District are driving out mopane worm harvesters from their areas saying they are depleting their wealth.Traditionally, mopane worms (amacimbi/madora) ar...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 16 | by Fortune Moyo
Amacimbi processing plant set up in Beitbridge District
GOVERNMENT in conjunction with development partners has set up the country's first state-of-the-art mopani worm processing plant in Matshiloni area in Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South. The amac...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Phutheho: The decisive Matabeleland Initiative
The Phutheho Convention, a Matabeleland all-stakeholder gathering (Imbizo) which brings together the people of Matabeleland from all walks of life is arguably the best initiative Matabeleland has ever...Published: 11 May 2021 at 22:53hrs | 5 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Gwanda commercialises amacimbi harvesting
GWANDA Rural District Council (RDC) is awaiting approval of draft by-laws aimed at commercialising the harvesting of mopane worms (amacimbi/madora) in the area, which would help generate revenue for t...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fatal fight over amacimbi
A 44-year-old Bulawayo man died before admission to Mpilo Central Hospital after he was assaulted over amacimbi by two men in Old Pumula suburb. The late Mr Khumbula Homes Zulu suffered a swol...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers angry with 'outsiders' exploiting macimbi
INSIZA villagers in Matabeleland South have complained over the exploitation of local resources such as amacimbi (mopane worms) and gold by people from outside the district who destroy vegetation....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
New restaurant opens in Bulawayo
Check out this unique new establishment, The Good Place Restaurant, situated downtown of Bulawayo, offering a coterie of dishes that include western and traditional African menu.The restaurant...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:38hrs | 25 | by Jamela
Albert Ngulube an exceptional MP as communities are urged to guard to natural resources
RURAL communities should jealously guard against the plundering of their natural resources which they should use to improve their welfare. We only have ourselves to protect our own resources.T...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's wife launches school feeding scheme for Harare
ZIMBABWEANS should unite in fighting hunger in schools and ensure every learner acquires education regardless of social standing, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has said.Speaking at ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai destroyed the ZCTU
Those who have meticulously followed developments on the country's labour landscape since the turn of the millennium will, no doubt, concur with me that Morgan Tsvangirai (may his departed soul rest i...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
The girl at the market
They stood at the edge of the busy market, two complete opposites like night and day, winter and summer. The light-skinned girl was a life-size cut-out from a fashion magazine; smooth caramel skin...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 11:28hrs | 22 | by Jera
Matebeleland South villagers in bid to trademark amacimbi
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have teamed to come up with policies that govern the harvest of amacimbi/amadhora from their area.Information from the province shows that the delicacy...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:35hrs | 14 | by newzimbabwe.com
'You all miss Mugabe after your-PFee'
My People,I perfectly understand the fact that all of you are feeling guilty about your premature celebrations following the military ouster of Gushungo around this time last year.In f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Dr Stop It
Mthwakazi economy can sustain it's people and the continent
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Mthwakazi nation which lost its sovereignty in 1893, when the British collaborated with the Shona people to rule the state through the rule by conquest has...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Why devolution of power is non-negotiable
The argument that was and is still propounded by some sections of the Zimbabweans society is both frivolous and vexatious for a number of reasons, which I will discuss in this instalment.Let me, h...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:54hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Trio steals 28 buckets of amacimbi
THREE Beitbridge men have been arrested for stealing 28 buckets of amacimbi valued at $720 from a harvester.Thokozani Chirukure, Themba Machakari and Sydney Moyo sped off after they loaded Mr ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$100 000 macimbi processing plant for Beitbridge
THE African Development Bank has set aside $100 000 to support a mopani worm (macimbi)-processing centre wholly-owned by women in Beitbridge.The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is prov...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War erupts over amacimbi
Villagers in Gwanda are up in arms with people from other provinces who have swarmed the district to harvest mopani worms.Thousands of people drawn from provinces outside Matabeleland South re...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi processing plant for Beitbridge
Women and youths in Beitbridge district are set to benefit from the establishment of a Mopani worm processing plant after the government sourced funding from the African Development Bank for the proje...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 15:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans
Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the s...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi
Amacimbi invaders warned in Kezi
Amacimbi harvesters from other regions who have descended at Matopo district have been banned and ordered to leave with immediate effect by area leader, Chief Nyangazonke of Maphisa in...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 03:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Amacimbi expected to rack in $500,000
The Forestry Commission says the harvesting and sale of amacimbi in Matabeleland South province is expected to generate more than half a million dollars this season.The commission's provin...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 15:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16 people dead over 'amacimbi tax'
At least 16 people have been killed in a row over a disputed charge on the sale of caterpillars in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The larvae were being sold for food in south-eastern Kat...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by BBC
Man kills cousin over amacimbi and isitshwala supper
A BULAWAYO man, who killed his drunk cousin for shouting at him and his wife for having served him isitshwala and amacimbi (mopani worms) instead of meat, has been sentenced to two years in prison fo...Published: 27 Jul 2014 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Thulani Ndlovu
Man steals amacimbi to buy baby clothes
A 26-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man stole three buckets of amacimbi (mopani worms) from his sister and sold them claiming he wanted to raise money to buy clothes for his yet to be born child. Dyke Ndlovu...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 06:41hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Man bashes lover with a burning log over amacimbi
A 53-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man who assaulted his girlfriend with a burning log over mealie-meal and amacimbi was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $100 or spend 30 days in jail.Tsemi Nhatare of Bh...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rape victim offered packet of amacimbi (mopane worms)
A 51-YEAR-OLD man raped his neighbour's nine-year-old daughter and then tried to buy her silence with a packet of amacimbi (mopane worms), a court heard.The ...Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
15 years for Gwanda Rapist
A 51 year old Gwanda repeat rapist, Collin Ncube of Garikai Township has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in jail.Ncube was found guilty of raping a nine year old child in October l...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
51 year old Gwanda man rapes 9 year old child
A 51 year old man from Garikai Township of Gwanda Collin Ncube today stood trial for raping a 9 year old girl from the same township.It is the state case that sometime between October and ...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 17:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of kgs of Macimbi exported from Gwanda to Harare
Hundreds of kgs of Gwanda's proud produce of Amacimbi are find their way out everyday destined to Bulawayo and Harare biscuit making factories.In a wide ranging interview with a family fro...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 22:17hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Amacimbi vs frog's legs
I AM thinking of the frog's legs I wrote about some weeks back which I discovered in a Chinese supermarket, and then the reaction of this lady from Indonesia I am attending college with when I showed ...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 06:24hrs | | by Christopher Mlalazi Lighterside
Zimbabwe bushmen demanding to be taken back to the bush
TSHOLOTSHOLO - Zimbabwe's starving San community, commonly known as bushmen, are demanding to be taken back to the bush saying the government has neglected them for many years.The San were mo...Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Serializing Nguni Novel Igazi Labafo: Chapter 2
ISAHLUKO 1 ISAHLUKO 2 ...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 23:19hrs | 1 | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
Man stopped at Switzerland customs for carrying dead caterpillars - amacimbi - madora
The thought of munching through this festering mound of dried dead caterpillars would be the stuff of stomach churning nightmares.But one man was so determined that his rare but banned 'delic...Published: 29 Aug 2012 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi - madora disappearing from rural diets
PLUMTREE - Job Mthombeni loves traditional food. One of his favourite culinary delights is Mopani worms, referred to locally as amacimbi, which means caterpillar in Ndebele. At an early age he under...Published: 23 Mar 2012 at 07:45hrs | | by Ignatius Banda
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