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Govt to avail more funds for Lupane Hospital
GOVERNMENT has promised to provide more funding for the construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital.Matabeleland North is the only province without a provincial hospital.In March, Presi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 222 | by Staff reporter
Hwange to twin with Namibia, SA towns
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) plans to twin with Namibian and South African local authorities to improve service delivery in the coal mining town.The arrangements will also boost wildlife tourism a...Published: 12 hrs ago | 209 | by Staff reporter
Hope amid fear as relatives await fate of miners
FAMILY members of seven miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn sit around small fires and watch helplessly as rescue workers go in and out of the shaft where their relatives have been trapped undergro...Published: 12 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
'Flu bug not linked to coronavirus'
AS Zimbabwe is entering the Southern Hemisphere's colder winter months there is an increase in cases of flu but health authorities yesterday said the bug is not linked to the coronavirus.Howev...Published: 12 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF presidium admits CCC causing ruling party headaches
THE trailblazing Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is causing Zanu-PF serious headaches, with the ruling party's presidium openly acknowledging it was having sleepless nights plot...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 4493 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
7 feared dead in mine collapse
SEVEN miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn are feared dead after hoisting ropes to a skip bringing them up the shaft from underground snapped, plunging them back on a free-fall of about 200 meters....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC giving Zanu-PF sleepless nights, says Mohadi
FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi has admitted that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is giving Zanu-PF sleepless nights as he urged ruling party members to ‘pull up their socks'...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:15hrs | 8677 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's real fear over NGOs revealed
Zanu-PF has exposed its real reason behind the push for the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Bill, saying there is fear of a regime change plot backed by non-governmental groups, but legislators...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:42hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Man thrashes wife to death
A man from Tsholotsho has been arrested after he thrashed his wife with a Mopani stick, kicked her and stomped her throat resulting in her dying after he busted her sleeping on her alleged lover's bed...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo Airport saga: Govt in U-turn
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised for suddenly removing the shield emblem at Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.It also said it was re-designing the emblem and would soon erec...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Forex, fuel and airtime for chiefs
GOVERNMENT has announced a package for chiefs that will see them getting foreign currency allowances, medical aid, monthly fuel coupons and air time for ease of communication.Their cars will a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Zesa unit surpasses output target
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) surpassed its first quarter power supply target of 1 885,30GWh by 18,55 percent on account of improved generation from its power stations.In a power generation upd...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:08hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
87-year-old man goes missing
Police in Matabeleland South province are appealing for information that may lead to the location of an 87-year-old man from Filabusi who went missing on March 2.Matabeleland South provincial ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:34hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Harare govt removes shield signage at Joshua Mqabuko Airport
THE opposition Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) party has expressed anger over the removal of the shield signage at the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport in Bulawayo.Zapu described it...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Nightshifts at Lake Gwayi Shangani
CONTRACTORS at Lake Gwayi Shangani are now working night shifts to ensure the construction of the dam wall is completed next month.Construction work at the Lake Gwayi Shangani dam wall and ear...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Work to ensure smooth drive to Tsholotsho begins
THE rehabilitation of the 115km Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road has begun and is expected to be complete before the end of the year as the Second Republic ups the developmental momentum in the region....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council rangers go on rampage
A resident of Bulawayo's peri-urban St Peters village is nursing gunshot wounds after municipal rangers went on the rampage beating residents before firing live ammunition in a dispute over armed robb...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
Joyce Banda in Zimbabwe for groundbreaking ceremony
FORMER Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda is in the country where she will preside over a groundbreaking ceremony for a community project targeting hundreds of villagers in Hwange's Msuna area along the...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1455 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa welcomes Khupe
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday welcomed Thokozani Khupe saying the opposition party wanted to work with everyone to unseat Zanu-PF.Chamisa told cheering pa...Published: 07 May 2022 at 20:00hrs | 7938 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North roads have outlived lifespan
MOST public roads especially in Matabeleland North need reconstruction as they have outlived their lifespan, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking on the sidelines of a review meeting for all p...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
'Poverty is a choice'
SHE has set herself a target of being one of the biggest fish farmers in Matabeleland and Midlands region.Ms Patricia Tabengwa (67), a pensioner from Killarney suburb in Bulawayo believes that...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
'Conduct a third mobile voter registration blitz' ZEC told
EkhayaVote2023 takes note of the BVR blitz Phase 2 statistics released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and celebrates its volunteers who operated in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South Provinc...Published: 06 May 2022 at 17:32hrs | 269 | by EkhayaVote2023
Youth organisation partners with Unicef on Covid-19 programme
Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ) has stated implementing an outdoor design campaign on art mural to bring awareness through youth advocacy on Covid 19, substance abuse prevention and Sexual and Reproduc...Published: 06 May 2022 at 12:54hrs | 140 | by Stephen Jakes
Nelson Chamisa warned about Thokozani Khupe
Shadowy pressure group Team Pachedu has warned the Nelson Chamisa led CCC has been of its association with former MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. Pachedu accused Khupe of causing the death of th...Published: 05 May 2022 at 11:37hrs | 5345 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo, Matabeleland in 7-hour blackout
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) Western region yesterday disrupted electricity supplies to some parts of Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South affecting operati...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:34hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guarantees media reforms
THE raft of media reforms that the Second Republic is undertaking have been President Mnangagwa's long-held dream that is now coming to fruition.Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and B...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:00hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Laying of pipes brings Gwayi-Shangani water closer
AN over a century old dream to bring water from Lake Gwayi-Shangani to Bulawayo is close to reality as some pipes for laying the pipeline that arrived in the country last week have been placed at stra...Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:38hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane villagers accuse Zec of ambush
VILLAGERS in Umzingwane, Matabeleland South province, have accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of ambushing them in the just-ended biometric voter registration (BVR) blitz after the progra...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zinara set to disburse $17bn under ERRP2
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) is this year set to disburse $17 billion under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) with the parastatal having so far allocated over ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:59hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Mine owner kicked out by invaders
A MINE owner in Matobo has lost his mine to invaders who are reportedly being assisted by the government officials in the takeover of the property.Ndodana Moyo says he has been the owner...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:46hrs | 913 | by Stephen Jakes
IOM seek to address irregular migration flows in Africa
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is working flat out in an effort to curb the irregular migration flows in Africa amid revelations it has trained 40 frontline officials (16M/24F) on ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:43hrs | 279 | by Stephen Jakes
Most stateless people are in Matabeleland due to Gukurahundi
MATABELELAND REGION is the one that is currently having the largest population who are stateless due to Gukurahundi.This was reve...Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:01hrs | 425 | by Stephen Jakes
Zipra was behind the Salisbury fuel tanks bombings
Former Zipra chief of logistics Thomas Ngwenya has challenged claims that Zanla forces bombed the Salisbury fuel tanks in 1978, insisting that it was Zipra that was behind the sabotage that proved to ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:28hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the chief of Ntabazinduna
Dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the traditional leader of his area despite moves by the government to strip him of his powers.Ndiweni, who is in ex...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
A Zimbabwe-born academic extraordinary thirst for knowledge
With an impressive profile of world recognised academic qualifications obtained at home and abroad, United States-based Zimbabwean academic and technician, Busani Nkosiyabo Siphambili says acquiring e...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:22hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls creation of Smart cities
FIGTREE in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, has been identified as one of three places in the country to be transformed into a digital and green energy smart city.Announcing the plan in ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Plea for voter registration blitz extension
CIVIC Society organisations, political parties and the public in general have pleaded with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to extend its mobile voter registration blitz which ends today....Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:16hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Thokozani Khupe takes Chamisa campaign to Plumtree
Former MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe took her voter mobilization program to Plumtree on Friday where she encouraged citizens to register to vote for CCC leader Nelson Chamisa in the 2023 electi...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 10:48hrs | 4864 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police hunt for attempted murder suspects
POLICE are hunting for two suspects accused of attempting to kill two villagers using dangerous weapons.Matabeleland South police spokesperson, Loveness Mangena said police were looking for Ma...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 14:13hrs | 567 | by Stephen Jakes
Ekhaya vote takes voter education to rural areas
Ekhaya vote, a consortium of civic organisations have intensified voter education in rural areas in a bid to increase voter awareness....Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 528 | by Stephen Jakes
Matabeleland communities feel the effects of climate change
Villagers in Bubi ward 19 are living in fear after a herd of elephants invaded their fields. The invasion which began a week ago h...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 389 | by Stephen Jakes
Matobo councillor, villagers clash over land
VILLAGERS in Ward 24, Matobo North in Matabeleland South are at loggerheads with their councillor for allocating land to a white man.The villagers told Southern Eye that they believe that thei...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:01hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Water projects to boost Bulawayo investment
THE ongoing Government funded water projects will go a long way in enhancing Bulawayo's investment opportunities and spur its economic growth momentum, Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minis...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:58hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to support xenophobia victims
GOVERNMENT is ready to support Zimbabweans who face xenophobic attacks and any form of crisis in foreign countries and they remain welcome to return home. Information, Publicity and Broadcasti...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Human rights group exposes rampant violations of female waste pickers' rights
The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) have revealed that female waste pickers in Bulawayo face challenges ranging from lack of protective clothing, poverty, very low prices of the picking...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:26hrs | 151 | by Stephen Jakes
Young Filabusi born CEO makes World Economic Forum young leaders list
THE Zimbabwean Chief Executive Officer of African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), Lesley Ndlovu, has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Class of 2022.Born...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 18:31hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU must not Capitulate or Bulk under political pressure
My loss under the MDC ticket under Prof Welshman Ncube in 2013 was devastating personally, professionally and politically. We had a great campaign and candidates and hey a great programme to create a ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 15:32hrs | 1072 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Mnangagwa threatens rivals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to rivals within the ruling Zanu-PF amid fears of sabotage ahead of the December elective congress where he fears he will be challenged by his d...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | 6355 | by Staff reporter
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