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Pitfalls of Liberation Movements in Zimbabwe
This paper seeks to provide an introductory general overview of the pitfalls associated with liberation movements in Zimbabwe up to a certain historical point. However, the most accurate and u...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:30hrs | 10 | by Josh Mhambi
Uncle Sam lacks moral authority to lecture on democracy
ON Thursday 29 June, President Mnangagwa addressed a gathering of small scale miners where he emphasised his Government's support to the most productive sectors of the economy. He told the min...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 9 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe, Rwanda relations put to test again
ZIMBABWE'S diplomatic relations with Rwanda face a new test as it emerged a prominent Zanu-PF and anti-sanctions activist has launched a tirade against President Paul Kagame.Apart from denounc...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inside three swing provinces that will decide entry to State House in 2023 polls
The 2023 general election may see the highest turnout in decades, though it comes at the same time as vast uncertainty about the independent auditability of the voters roll and electoral systems, ball...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:29hrs | | by Farai Chirimumimba
Mnangagwa meets former Malawi leader
AFRICANS should listen to the wise wisdom of President Mnangagwa who has emphasised economic development that leaves no one and no place behind, visiting former Malawian President Joyce Banda said....Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at pains to charm Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made desperate moves to appease the people of Matebeleland over the early 1980s Gukurahundi genocide which claimed 20 000 lives.Mnangagwa, who is yet to public...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dam levels start to rise
DAM levels in the southern region have started rising following incessant rains that have been experienced in the past weeks.In a statement, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) corporate...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alleges assassination attempts by Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE'S opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, believes that the country's ruling Zanu-PF has decided to assassinate MDC-A leader Nelson Chamisa because all its other effort...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matabeland provinces start receiving Intwasa inputs
GOVERNMENT has started distributing farming inputs to Matabeleland provinces under the Intwasa/Pfumvudza programme before the onset of the rains expected to start next month. Government introd...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-First Lady Banana buried
THE late former First Lady Mrs Janet Madade Banana was buried yesterday besides her husband, the late Reverend Canaan Banana, at the family homestead in Bembe, uMzinyathi, in Matabeleland South. It wa...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga orders construction of Lupane Prov Hospital
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has ordered work on the construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital to resume with immediate effect after Government injected $47 million for the completion of th...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concern over open defecation increase
MATABELELAND North and South provinces are failing to shed off the tag of having the highest number of people practising open defecation in the country, a latest ZimVAC report has revealed. Th...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must wake up before it is too late
Reading through the biography of Chris Hani, one can't help but notice the frustration that he went through during his days in exile in Zambia where the African National Congress (ANC) was preparing t...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:32hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Stanley Khumalo
British Queen divides Matabeleland leaders
The decision by Her Majesty the Queen of England to invite United Kingdom based Matabeleland activist Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga to her 2019 Party at Buckingham Palace has created a war of words be...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Arrest of Zenzele Ndebele plot to suppress truth on Gukurahundi
Arrest of journalist, Zenzele Ndebele, yesterday morning at Bulawayo state house, Mnangagwa's meeting venue with Matabeleland civic organizations, is a plot to suppress the truth on Matabeleland...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
'100 men abaducted in Matabeland during protests'
MDC Official Mathula Lusinga has alleged that more than 100 boys and men were rounded up and taken to an unknown location during the past three days in Bulilimamangwe area of Matabeleland.Lusi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 12:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF girds loins for major economic uplift
An army donning nothing remotely linked to a camouflage – apparels made from a tapestry of red, yellow, black and green colours – invaded the usually sleepy environs of Esigodini, Matabeland South...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government steps up road projects
Government has stepped up major road rehabilitation programmes across the country as it closes in on this year's target to spruce up over 50 000 kilometres of road.This year, Treasury released...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
75 land barons arrested
AN inquiry into the illegal sale of State land in urban areas is now 60 percent complete and so far, 75 land barons have been arrested for fraud, theft of trust funds and other corruption-relate...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa must not be allowed to rule Matabeleland
He has a genocide case to answer in Matabeleland. If Emmerson is prepared to compensate white farmers for the loss of land he should also be ready to compensate Matebeles for the genocide by giving th...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
MRP president's speech at the occasion of the launch of the union of Mthwakazi Parliament
It has been a torrid, bumpy and painful journey from 2013 to this momentous occasion today. As I speak before you now, I'm holding back floods of tears of both joy and pain. 2013, the birth of Mth...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:50hrs | 2 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Chivayo engages Mnangagwa
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo says he could have completed the 100 megawatt (MW) Gwanda solar project in eight months had it not been for the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board's intransi...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zec employed serving CIOs
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted to employing serving members of the army, the police and the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) before forcing them to resign, a commissioner ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shalom Project Trust condemns attack on Khupe
Shalom Project Trust director Anglistone Sibanda has condemned in strongest terms the tribal and physical attack on MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe by party's acting President Nelson Chamisa's su...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The election cannot be free and fair
The forth coming general elections cannot be free and fair. After holding violent successive elections since 1980, the Mnangagwa regime is not showing any signs of allowing a truly democratic process ...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Patron Khutshwekhaya Nketha - Zapu Secretary for Elections
How can Mthwakazi let bygones be bygones?
A new era: a new president Yet Mthwakazi seems to be back to square one so soon after the brief euphoria ushered by the timely departure of the Mugabes. Mth...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 23:09hrs | | by Annitha Ndlovu
Biker cut to pieces in head-on
A PROMINENT Gwanda biker was decapitated in a head-on collision with a truck along the Bulawayo- Beitbridge Highway.The crash occurred at the 72 kilometre peg near Mbalabala on Tuesday around ...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renaming Mashonaland, Matabeleland and Manicaland Provinces of Zimbabwe
Mashonaland should be renamed Northern Region, Matabeland renamed Southern Region and Manicaland Eastern Region. Provinces named after tribes will not unite Zimbabwe in any way. They only make the ide...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 10:17hrs | | by Gilbert O'Neil Mushure
Mthwakazi party wants to remove fear from citizens
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has said his party's aim is to remove fear from "our people" and get everyone talking freely about social injustices in Matabeleland and Midlands....Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
British 'excessively defensive' on atrocities in Matabeleland
THIS is the fifth in a series of articles of a detailed research paper by British academic Hazel Cameron on the state-sponsored killings of civilians by Zimbabwean security forces between 1982 and 198...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Hazel Cameron, British academic
Yadah players 'consult' sangomas - Magaya
Frustrated Yadah FC president and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder, Walter Magaya has lashed out at his team members who don't attend his church services.This past Sunday, ...Published: 23 May 2017 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Crisis coalition condemns 'careless statement' on shut down schools in Matabeland South
Crisis coalition would like to condemn in the strongest possible terms the callous and careless statement attributed to a senior government official that the government is considering closing forty sc...Published: 23 May 2017 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe reactivates emergency operations over Cyclone Dineo
The government has reactivated emergency operations ahead of by Cyclone Dineo which is expected between Thursday and Monday next week.The Civil Protection Unit today called for an emergenc...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 22:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ababalisi beMatopo High bacela ucansi kubafundi
ABAFUNDI beMatopo High abangamankazana sebedlela egilweni nanko phela sokuvele ukuba kulababalisi asebethwalise abafundi laba amagabha avuzayo ngokucela ukuya emacansini labo, uMthunywa ukuz...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by YiNtatheli kaMthunywa
'Bulawayo households least poverty-hit'
BULAWAYO Province has the least number of households living in poverty in the country, statistics reveal.According to the Zimbabwe Poverty Atlas report for 2015 released recently by the Zimbab...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabwe wont hesitate to revive ties with North Korean says Mugabe
Zimbabwe might consider establishing diplomatic ties with North Korea, President Robert Mugabe has said. He however said the country has lost connection with North Korea which is under a ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe purges Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF yesterday handed three-year suspensions to War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa, his wife Monica, the women's league national secretary for administration Esphinah Nhari and expelled 1...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over STEM registration venues in Mat'land
A cross section of Matabeleland people have been irked by unveiling of just one office for aspiring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students to register.Stem programme...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 12:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Door to door HIV tests a hit
AT least 3,000 people from two provinces have voluntarily tested for HIV in the door-to-door testing programme that began in October, the Zimbabwe Population Based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA) has ...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 05:24hrs | | by Lisa Shirichena
MDC Renewal step up congress preparations
MDC Renewal has upped its preparations for its congress in August to elect substantive leadership, decide on Party Symbol, constitution, economic Blueprint, party Ideology and roadmap to 2018....Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 16:05hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
uSomabhizimisi udlova abantwabakhe lomalukazana azibulale
KULOSOMABHIZIMUSI weTsholotsho okhethe ukuquma impilo yakhe ngoba esemangalelwe ngumkakhe ukuthi uhlukuluza abantwabakhe emacansini.Kucatshangelwa ukuba uNorman Dube obelebhizimuzi yemitshova...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 16:21hrs | | by Mthokozisi Dube
Zimbabwe National Army recruits officer cadets
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has embarked on a nationwide recruitment of officer cadets in a move meant to further strengthen the country's defence forces.Speaking on the sidelines of nati...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 07:04hrs | | by Oswell Moyo
The Super Legends finally come to Bulawayo
South African based ace Zimbabwean Kalanga Rhumba outfit Mlambos Express Band, popularly known as the Super Legends will this festive season rock the City of Bulawayo for the first time since its ...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 11:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi How It Came About and Who It Affected and the Matabeleland Genocide
Gukurahundi was started by ZANU-PF soon after independence in areas of Manicaland, particularly Chipinge, and all areas of Mashonaland. The killings had started before independence, but were then ...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:31hrs | | by Tsolo Dube
City water woes set to ease
BULAWAYO City Council yesterday commissioned a $1,3 million water purification plant at Criterion Water Works. Acting Mayor Councillor James Sithole said the rehabilitated plant has increased dr...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 08:44hrs | | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Helicopter crash still shrouded in mystery
THERE were more questions than answers yesterday as investigations to establish what really transpired at Doddieburn Farm near West Nicholson where a helicopter was buried after crashing, continued....Published: 22 May 2014 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Resident Minister admits to being party to corruption
Minister of Provincial Affairs Matabeland South Abednico Ncube brewed a shocker in Gwanda on Saturday when he unrealisedly confessed in public that he corruptly aided the release of an arrested pe...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu's employee elected new Victoria Falls mayor
SIFISO Mpofu, an employee of Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Obert Mpofu, is the new mayor of Victoria Falls after MDC-T councillors voted for a Zanu-PF candidate on Monday.S...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 03:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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