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Cop arrested for assaulting workmate
A POLICE officer based in Kezi has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his workmate with a sjambok after accusing him of proposing love to his wife. James Madovi (31) of ZRP Kezi Staff Quar...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
ZBC monopoly to be broken
The government on Thursday took the first step to break the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation's television monopoly by inviting applications for six new free-to-air commercial TV licences.The ...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2739 | by Staff reporter
BAZ calls for community radio and television licence applications
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has made a call for applications from Zimbabweans wishing to operate community radio, television and campus stations.Six free to air national comme...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Matobo council frustrates Nkomo memorial project
LALANGWE Mbambangwe Memorial Trust, a non-governmental organisation founded by a former ZPRA cadre in honour of the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo has accused Matobo Rural District Council of...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Prophet rapes and infects teenage girl with STI
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet from Maphisa has been arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old teenager under the pretext of healing her and infected her with an STI in the process.The prophet, ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 766 | 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 | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Rains disrupt Clean up campaign
Heavy rains of Friday disrupted the National clean up campaign which was being officiated by Vice President Kembo Mohadi in Maphisa Matabeleland South.The rains started falling midway du...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 449 | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi victims want an apology from Mnangagwa
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is in the process of educating the police about Gukurahundi as law enforcement officers will play an important role of summoning witnesses to te...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:24hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi harvester strangles leopard, arrested
AN expedition to harvest the much sought after mopani worms (amacimbi) almost turned tragic for a security guard employed at Whitewater High School in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, as he found ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
10 armed robbers go berserk
A MINE worker was shot dead while several others were injured when about 10 robbers armed with a gun and machetes went on the rampage attacking people in Maphisa, Matobo District on Thursday night. ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Mine worker shot dead by armed robbers
A MINE worker was shot dead while several others were injured when about 10 robbers armed with a gun and machetes went on the rampage attacking people in Maphisa, Matobo District on Thursday night. ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1207 | by Staff Reporter
Woman murders husband with petrol fire
A BULAWAYO woman has appeared in court facing a murder charge after she allegedly doused her husband with petrol before setting him on fire in a dispute over an extra marital affair. Sindiso N...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Rural transport operators hike fares
TRANSPORT operators plying rural routes have increased fares to capitalise on an increase in the number of people travelling to their homes to spend Christmas with their families. A snap...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:44hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Rain, strong winds and lightning expected today
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted rain, cold weather accompanied by strong winds and lightning to affect mostly the Southern parts of the country beginning today. ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Matopo Small Scale Miners tributaries beneficiaries at Logger heads With Police and Falcon Gold Proxy
According to the Matopo Small Scale Mining Trust's members, the ZRP officers are making it difficult for them to fully utilize the mining production on their tributaries. This is due to Joseph Mupasi ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:29hrs | 806 | by Enos Denhere
'The genocide that robbed me of my father'
The doctors' strike was just one of those stories that we have become accustomed to as Zimbabweans and it didn't mean much to me until my father was hospitalised and subsequently passed on at the Unit...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:58hrs | 489 | by Sinqobile Tesa
Herdboy jailed for stealing cow
A LIVESTOCK herder in Kezi, Matabeleland South, has been slapped with a mandatory nine-year jail term for stealing a villager's beast worth $4 000.Bukhosi Nyoni (20) pleaded not guilty to a st...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa goes for two months without power
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo, Matabeleland South has gone for two months without electricity resulting in the area going without running water for the same period. The electricity outages have been ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Police pursue Zanu-PF armed robbery gang leader's assassins
The police are yet to arrest assassins who raided a business man's house in Maphisa, Matabeleland South on Tuesday morning before fatally shooting him and making off without taking anything. T...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:37hrs | 7361 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman dies in hail of bullets
A PROMINENT Maphisa businessman was early yesterday morning shot dead in his home at the growth point in Matabeleland South. Tapson Ncube, who had business interests in mining, transport, reta...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stage sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over shona nurses recruitment
Hundreds of people thronged Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Monday, with the hope of being recruited as student nurses following the controversial recruitment of nurses a week ago where locals from Matabe...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2924 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Names and naming: More about the defensive barrier surrounding Inyathi (Emhlangeni)
TODAY we seek to complete the regiments/settlements that constituted the defensive barrier, isiphika, around the capital town of Inyathi, also known as Emhlangeni. As we shall see later, K...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 181 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Bleak future for communal farmers
Communal and subsistence farmers in most parts of rural Zimbabwe are facing a bleak farming season due in two months as the military government has resorted to distributing seed and other inputs such ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 1740 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Gukurahundi victim documents horror story
A Bulawayo-based Gukurahundi survivor is engaging writers to document what he went through during the mass killings and says he wants to ensure the country's history is not distorted.Charles T...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Matobo clinic projects successful
THE initiative to rope in diasporans to play a key role in developing their areas of origin is paying off in Matobo District, Matabeleland South with major projects especially in the health sector bei...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 153 | by Staff Reporter
Khaya Moyo mourns Plumtree accident victims
Bulilima-Mangwe Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has mourned three accident victims who died in a horrific truck accident along the Plumtree-Brunapeg Road last week. The accident occurred at the 62-ki...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Crash kills sex abuse witnesses
THREE people who were testifying in a court case involving a police officer who was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing 21 pupils at Bulu Primary School in Mangwe District died while nine others w...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Woman stays with two lovers in same house
A Maphisa woman has shocked villagers in the area after her two male lovers settled to stay with her in the same house for two months since neither of them could let her go.At first Pretty Man...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 18:00hrs | 6441 | by Staff reporter
Genocide survivors want to meet Mnangagwa
GUKURAHUNDI victims in Matabeleland South's Kezi district say they want to be addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom they want to explain why the government targeted civilians in the killings...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:18hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi affected families want IDs
FAMILIES affected by Gukurahundi disturbances in Matabeleland region have urged Government to expedite the issuance of identity documents, saying it will help speed up the healing process and put the ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:28hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
High emotions at Gukurahundi hearings
WOMEN from Tsholotsho and Maphisa failed to hide their emotions and wept openly as they narrated the gruesome experiences they went through during post independence disturbances popularly known as, Gu...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm sets up $2 million gold plant
A CHINESE investor has pledged to set up a US$2 million gold processing plant in Maphisa district, Matabeleland South province, bringing relief to small-scale miners who have endured years of challeng...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Ministers lead Makokoba clean up
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube was joined by her counterpart Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi and the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi in cleanin...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1154 | by Staff Reporter
6 men arrested for murder
SIX men from Kezi have been arrested for allegedly beating up a fellow villager for spilling beer on them during a drinking spree at a local nightclub. Mihlayifani Ndlovu (18), Lungisani Ncube...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
1 200 get employment at Zupco
THE revival of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has created jobs for more than 1 200 people and more drivers and conductors are set to be hired countrywide starting next month. Zu...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Repositioning Bulawayo for the future
This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to a...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 905 | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
Bulawayo businessman sues sheriff
A BULAWAYO businessman and former South African Airways (SAA) boss, Elphas Mavune Maphisa has challenged the attachment of his property after losing a legal wrangle with a property dealer, John Pocock...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1738 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour to death, on the run
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Maphisa is on the run after he allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife on the chest over an undisclosed issue.Matabeleland South acting provincial police sp...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:48hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
100 years jail for armed robbery brothers
TWO brothers from Mberengwa district who committed a spate of armed robberies and rape in the same district, have been sentenced to a combined 100 years in jail by a Gweru regional magistrate. ...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi folk fail ZNA intake
Only 17 people made the cut to join the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) last week at Chikombedzi, despite the army relaxing its entry requirements for marginalised communities, an official has said....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2265 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3228 | by Staff reporter
Investigations into Gukurahundi memorial destruction begins
POLICE have started investigating into the mysterious destruction of memorial plaques for Gukurahundi victims at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, nearly a month after the incident.Susp...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 385 | by newzimbabwe
$3million availed for Bulawayo-Kezi road
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has started road construction and rehabilitation in most districts in Matabeleland South to improve accessibility. Last year Treasury ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Man doused with petrol, set on fire
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Kezi, Matabeleland South died after he was doused with petrol and set on fire by yet to be identified suspects, police have confirmed.Abednego Ndlovu from Bhidi Village ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed over neighbour's murder
A 19-YEAR-OLD Kezi man has been dragged to court over allegations of fatally stabbing his neighbour.Ashton Ncube was last week not asked to plead to murder when he appeared before Kezi magistr...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
3 die in fresh SA xenophobic attacks after Ramaphisa threat
SUSPECTED fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes. T...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2523 | by Staff reporter
Bodies rot in mortuary
MATOBO Proportional Representation legislator Rosy Mpofu (Zanu-PF) on Tuesday said the district has been without electricity for weeks due to load-shedding, poor maintenance and vandalism of Zesa Hold...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi plaques destroyed
UNKNOWN people last week destroyed memorial plaques that were erected on February 21 at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, in memory of the thousands that were killed in Midlands and Matabelelan...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:05hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
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