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Cont Mhlanga national hero status snub sparks Parly debate
GOVERNMENT's failure to bestow national hero status on late arts icon Continue-loving (Cont) Mhlanga was Thursday questioned in Parliament, with legislator Sipho Mokone claiming the snub had angered t...Published: 11 hrs ago | 660 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South agric show roars to life
THE 64th edition of Matebeleland South Agricultural Show will run from August 18 to 20 with the major attraction being the artificial insemination programme for cattle breeders.Matebeleland So...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under fire over Matebeleland projects
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of marginalising Matebeleland region after a breakdown of programmes undertaken by his government since 2021 showed that the region has the least number o...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland political parties divided on election pact
OPPOSITION political parties have expressed differing views on calls by activists and other stakeholders to form a united Matebeleland front ahead of the 2023 elections.A number of political p...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:26hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga challenged over gukurahundi killings after shock Ndebele lineage claims
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has invited spirited challenge over his involvement in the post-independence Gukurahundi killings after recently claiming that he and President Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 3703 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga traces his and Mnangagwa's lineage to Mzilikazi
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has claimed his family, and that of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, have roots in Mzilikazi's kingdom of Matebeleland.In a 17-minute video shot during his mee...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 9036 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exhibited traits of tribalism on Cont Mhlanga's national hero status
Observers have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of exhibiting traits of tribalism by failing to accord national hero status to the late legendary Zimbabwean playwright, actor and theatre director ...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:56hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South villagers perplexed over Zanu-PF victories
MATEBELELAND South province villagers are perplexed over how Zanu-PF continues to win elections in the province despite the area's glaring marginalisation.The area continues to be a Zanu-PF st...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Isn't it pure madness expecting the same govt that destroyed Zimbabwe to be entrusted with country's revival?
So, there are Zimbabweans exceedingly thrilled with the completion of the new parliament building, and the commissioning of a brand new capital, named Cyber-City, in Mt Hampden, several kilometers nor...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:51hrs | 249 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biti, Ziyambi in feisty Gukurahundi exchange
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Vice President Tendai Biti and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had a feisty exchange in Parliament this week over the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 198...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2689 | by Staff reporter
Large arms shipment claim an excuse to deploy military in Matebeleland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be planning to launch a fresh genocide in Matabeleland following reports that security operatives seized a large shipment of weapons at West Nicholson in Matabeleland ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:39hrs | 2388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dismiss claims large shipment of arms seized in Matebeleland South
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has dismissed reports that a large shipment of arms was intercepted and seized by the security services.The story by the Daily Mirror alleged that Zimbabwe's...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa officially recognises Matabeleland independence cause, talks about it daily
Just imagine UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, threatening to shorten the lives of all Scottish people who are calling for the independence of Scotland from UK or Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 3401 | by Israel Dube
Cabinet Minister burning ZANU-PF
Opposition parties have been given an early bonus ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections as factionalism is tearing ZANU PF Matebeleland South Province apart.The party chairperson Mangaliso Nd...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 15:14hrs | 4784 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bulawayo
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe's forgotten intellectual and leader
NDABANINGI Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:02hrs | 659 | by Tinashe Mushakavanhu
Macheso gets Bulawayo's support
King of Sungura Alick Macheso has got a lot of support from musicians who are set to grace his Bulawayo show tomorrow. ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:20hrs | 908 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF's Believe Gaule reported to National Leadership
ZANU PF central committee member and self proclaimed Tsholotsho declaration mastermind Believe Gaule has been reported to the party's National Chairperson and secretary for legal affairs in their capa...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 13:30hrs | 2266 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Smith Debate is a Stroke of Genius
We have Lisah Ncube (Dutchess of Matebeleland) to thank for initiating the Smith was better than Mnangagwa debate. I don't know whether she planned it&n...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:04hrs | 976 | by Simon Peter Chamisa
Zanu-PF Matebeleland South official dies
THE ruling Zanu-PF in Matabeleland South has been plunged to mourning following the death of Evelyn Mpofu who was the vice-chair in the provincial Women's League.Mpofu, who passed on Friday wa...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabwe ruling elite believes God appoints leaders then also know same God removes wicked rulers!
It has become common place for discredited and unloved failed national leaders in Zimbabwe to grasp at every straw to hold on to power, including the use ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 316 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Roads upgrade continues across Zimbabwe except in Matebeleland
The rehabilitation of roads across the country under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) is continuing, with citizens praising the Second Republic for transforming the road network....Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:06hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu under siege
ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu is reportedly under siege according to a leaked audio from Believe Gaule.Believe Gaule a former MDC senator and Jonathan Moyo ally claims that ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 9387 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking audio exposes deep ZANU PF factionalism
In a shocking and bizarre plot twist in the ZANU PF internal political dynamics ahead of central committee elections, a ZANU PF official from Matebeleland North unwittingly admitted to leading a facti...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 7571 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zapu chairperson Mbayiwa collapses, dies
WAR veteran and Zapu national chairperson, Mark Nzula Mbayiwa, has died.Mbayiwa collapsed and died at his Bulawayo home on Saturday, party secretary general Mthulisi Hanana said."It is...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:58hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Students in Matebeleland struggle to pass exams
MATOBO residents have blamed the poor pass rate in the district on low budgetary support to schools in the area.They made the remarks at a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee meeting on budget, ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:55hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu guided by the Joshua Nkomo ethos on Gukurahundi
Gukurahundi is definitely a painful subject to those who witnessed it and those who participated in the military operation. Everyone who is or was involved in the operation agrees that it was a pa...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 14:23hrs | 1209 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Hunger stalks Matebeleland South
HUNDREDS of families in drought-prone Matebeleland South are in urgent need of food aid after poor harvests.To avert a food crisis, a government taskforce has been set up in the province to re...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa targets Mash Central
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa told his supporters that he is now targeting ZANU PF strongest province Mashonaland Central &n...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 11:22hrs | 2156 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe army fed up with Mnangagwa, claims Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa, claims that the army is now fed up with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and is ready to replace him in the coming 2023 elections.Add...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 16802 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabweans don't need to be reminded of painful history why does regime keep telling us about colonialism?
So, the Zimbabwe ruling establishment believes that the people of this country - especially, those who suffered the brunt of the regime's unimaginable cru...Published: 31 May 2022 at 19:48hrs | 819 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Gukurahundi is not a Matebeleland issue'
Gukurahundi genocide is a national crisis that needs a national outlook and solution, the former speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo has said, noting that even if the Zanu-PF government were to remov...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:37hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son wants father's remains exhumed from National Heroes Acre
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to late liberation war hero and former Vice President Joshua Nkomo, is demanding the immediate exhumation of his late father's remains from the National Heroes A...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Condolence message for the Late Chief Mabhikwa- Vusumuzi N. Khumalo
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honorable Senator Monica Mutsvangwa joins His Excellency, President Dr. E.D Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning the passing o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a pariah state that can't even be trusted by fellow African countries!
Can African countries genuinely trust the rogue Zimbabwe regime?In fact, should African nations be so foolhardy and naive as to place their trust in a proven pariah state as Zimbabwe?W...Published: 17 May 2022 at 16:41hrs | 1063 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt parcelling out ZPRA properties
FORMER ZPRA cadres who contributed their demobilisation payouts and managed to purchase various properties across the country are set to lose some of the properties after it emerged some of the assets...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU reinstates suspended members
THE Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) council of elders has lifted the ban on the party's senior members who were suspended last year for suing their leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo.The six ar...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | 626 | 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 | 941 | by Staff reporter
Matopo women, youth make expectations for 2023 elections
Women and youth in Matobo, Matabeleland South called for the elected leaders to diversify sustainable projects for food security and income following the ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 320 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi rebuff Mnangagwa overtures
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has turned down President Emmerson Mnangagwa's invitation to attend this year's independence celebrations which will be held in Bulawayo for the first time.Mnang...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi condemns Elvis Nyathi murder
As Black Umfolosi and international musicians, we totally condemn the most cruel, evil and babaric killing of our dear innocent brother Elvis Nyathi in Diesploot by our own black South African b...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:59hrs | 929 | by Thomeki Dube
Govt says Zimbabwe faces deadly famine
Deputy minister of agriculture, Douglas Karoro, has said the drought experienced during the 2021/22 farming season has adversely affected the country's food security situation.In a speec...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles not interested in Zimbabwe independence celebrations in Bulawayo
From on set, let us set the record straight. Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland, which voluntarily gave away its independence to the BSA Co on 13 Sept...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 673 | by Israel Dube
Uloyiko statement on Elvis Nyathi's death
Uloyiko creative team would like to express its deepest condolences to the family of Elvis Nyathi, the Matebeland family and the African family for the the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in our country...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 17:03hrs | 1915 | by Siphelo Mtshetsha
Oppressive Zimbabwe govt to blame for Elvis Nyathi's death
While we do not condon the killing of foreigners in SA by South African mobs that have taken the law into their own hands, the death of Elvis Nyathi at the hands of vigilantes in South Africa and many...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 13:22hrs | 945 | by Israel Dube
Street mural exposes Zimbabwe's divided society
THE Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe's two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial st...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 432 | by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
3 Matebeleland hospitals to get solar power plants
THREE hospitals in Matebeleland region are set to benefit from solar power plants through a project being implemented by a consortium of local independent power producers (IPPs) and German partners....Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles reject Zimbabwe unitary state through election boycott
Through the boycott of the recent voter registration and by- election boycott, the the people of Matabeleland especially the youth, have ditched the oppressive Zimbabwe unitary state for the Republic ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 10:21hrs | 2163 | by Israel Dube
Matebeleland youths urged come up with bankable ideas
THE Business Economic Empowerment Forum has encouraged youths from the Matebeleland region to be patient and go through protocols and procedures required to establish bankable businesses.Speak...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF gains ground in Matabeleland North
The ruling ZANU PF showed force and presence in Binga when the party held the mother of all rallies in the remote area of Binga, Mat North. The party managed to reduce the margins in its defea...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:08hrs | 2149 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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