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Umzingwane pupil drowns in heavy rain
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has reported that a school child of Swazi Primary in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South was drowned by heavy rains recently.The recently hea...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 14:21hrs | 2430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Behold the 4th Chimurenga!
We do no not seek to dispense ourselves from the past. We are a product of our past. We do not seek to despise our fore bearers because we are where we are because of them. We are part of the revoluti...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:15hrs | 5103 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4878 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1083 | by Ayanda Manala
Matabeleland North remains without provincial hospital
MATABELELAND North Provincial Medical Director Dr Purgie Chimberengwa has appealed to Government to urgently complete construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital as the province faces a critical shorta...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zapu condemns police clampdown
Zapu has condemned an alleged police clampdown against villagers in Mangwe after the community staged a protest against the alleged unfair recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg Hospitals.T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South police ban knobkerries
POLICE in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matebeleland South have imposed a three-month ban on the carrying of knobkerries and catapults, among other "weapons", citing increased crime in the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC losing ground in Matebeleland
The Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) continues to lose ground in Matebeleland, a region once considered the party's stronghold in the early 2000s.Until 2013, the MDC was...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2658 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema's appointment as Education Minister a disaster for Mthwakazi
The recently announced changes in the cabinet by Mishack Sibanda effected by Emerson Mnangagwa government leaves a lot to be desired.Cain Mathema is a former member of the Froliz party which l...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3597 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President.
Tobacco seedling scheme for Matabeleland
DIVERSFIED agro-based concern, Mhuri Farming plans to roll out a tobacco seedling-growing scheme in Matabeleland to promote production of the crop in the region. Of late, the Tobacco Industry ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:10hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo steps in the heart of Mnangagwa
The fugitive Jonathan Moyo made a bold step in Mnangagwa's heart with guns blazing accusing ED of nepotism and Tribalism. He took no prisoners in his twitter accusing ED of sidelining the Ndebeles fro...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:05hrs | 34659 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1137 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mnangagwa's govt accused of tribalism over nurses saga
The government has been accused of perpetuating tribalism through the recruitment of student nurses from outside Matabeleland for training at major hospitals in the region.Bulawayo residents h...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora Perspective of Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe
Something big is happening to Emmerson Mnangagwa he has come to realisation that his approval ratings have slumped. With the public confidence at its lowest. The mega deals have not materialised...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1665 | by Mirriam Gasho
Govt official stokes fire for minister
WOMEN Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development minister Sithembiso Nyoni has come under fire after an official in her ministry said Matabeleland North people were "unemployable"....Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:41hrs | 3924 | by Staff reporter
uSithembiso Nyoni uzondisa isizwe samaNdebele ngenkulumo yakhe
UMphathintambo wokuthuthukiswa kwabasakhulayo kumabhizimi amancane njalo emele abenyakatho yeNkayi ephalamende leZimbabwe uNkosikazi Sithembiso Nyoni uzondise isizwe samaNdebele ngenkulumo yakhe ayits...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:54hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe meets Ian Smith in afterlife
Please Note: The credibility quotient for this article is this: If it deals with politics it's a fact; if it is dramatized it's fiction; if it is outrageously u...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 8580 | by Field Ruwe
A view from ko Bulawayo with Discent Bajila
When modernization and digitization deepen marginalization On the day I finished my Advanced Level examinations at Luveve High School in Bulawayo mid November 2006, my loving sister had alread...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 2887 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Sithembiso Nyoni lampooned for lack of seriousness
Minister Sithembiso Nyoni torched a storm from fellow MPs when her ministry reported that it had failed to employ ward development coordinators in Matebeleland North because there are no people qualif...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2760 | by newzimbabwe
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda blasts 'disgraceful' Minister Nyoni
Disgraceful, shameful and cruel Minister of Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Sithembiso Nyoni has caused resentment & anger lying that his ministry has failed t...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 10:00hrs | 3032 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Matebeleland South calls for 30% youth quota
A MATABELELAND South youth advocacy group has called for a 30% youth quota instead of 10 parliamentary seats allocated to the youth for the 2023 elections in proposed constitutional amendments....Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6691 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Relief as Zimbabwe expects rain
The Meteorological Department (MSD) says Manicaland and the country's southern region b- including Bulawayo – should expect some rains today, although many other areas that have been reeling from th...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:50hrs | 5863 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu an anti sanctions hero?
Obert Mpofu is a man who makes headlines and probably the biggest political character and player in Matebeleland. In his capacity as Secretary for Administration in ZANU PF, Obert Mpofu is the m...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 08:32hrs | 10094 | by Nicholas Ncube
The Country's biggest Fraud
"Who can ever forget that a whole Mugabe and his government were shaken by a lone and few Dzamara followers sitting in Africa unity gardens vowing not to eat until Mugabe finds time off his busy sched...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2892 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
1893 MHRRM Declares Matebele History Month
In a week's time, on the 5th of November specifically, uMthwakazi will be regrouping as a people and as a united Nation to reflect, remember and commemorate one of the fiercest battles fought by Afric...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 12:54hrs | 956 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
224 students awarded Russian scholarships, only six from Matebeleland
Only six students from Matebeleland out of 224 Zimbabwean students were recently awarded scholarships to study at Russian universities, under the Russia Bilateral Scholarships Programme.This c...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:28hrs | 3247 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 54 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Matebeleland tops in undocumented children: ZHRC
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said a number of children in Matebeleland and Masvingo provinces are struggling to secure birth certificates after their fathers abandoned them and skip...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:55hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10733 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Matebeleland civic groups threaten to disrupt nurses' training
A GROUPING of civic groups, under the banner Matebeleland Collective (MC), has threatened to disrupt nurse training lessons at Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) to force government to address ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2043 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Why not Eastern Province, why Manicaland?
Naming our provinces tribally was a white man's way of diving us so they could rule unhindered. Remember united we stand and divided we fall, it was one way of entrenching and stamping their authority...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:57hrs | 438 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Impilo student nurse recruitment: A case for regionalism, federalism or cessation for Matabeleland
The recent case highlighting Shona hegemony in student nurse recruitment at Mpilo Hospital has inflamed the tribal conflagration already gripping Zimbabwe. Hiring twenty Shona candidates and only four...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1097 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Mnangagwa name dragged into extortion scandal
ZANU-PF'S Matebeleland South youth league chairperson Washington Nkomo has been fingered in a US$12 000 extortion scam involving a Shangani miner using President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name. The scam ha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1810 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader booted out
THE Zanu-PF Matebeleland South youth league has suspended its chairperson Washington Nkomo on charges of indiscipline, fanning factionalism and abuse of office, among others.The youth league's...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:30hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Teaching Ndebele, Shona, English at all schools will bring down barriers
LAWYER Tymon Tabana on Friday, October 11, filed a High Court petition asking the court to find the government in wilful default of the law and order the minister of primary and secondary education to...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 20:48hrs | 1217 | by Tymon Tabana
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1980 | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Matabeleland Collective speaks on tribal recruitment of student nurses in Matabeleland.
Matabeleland Collective strongly condemns the unfair, tribal motivated recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg, Mangwe, Gwanda, only one student at St Lukes, over 95 % of student nurses at Mpilo Sch...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1380 | by Matabeleland Collective
All set for MTHWAKAZI Maskandi Festival 2019 in Joburg
Mthwakazi Maskandi Festival is a festival that was started by the Maskandi Music artists based in RSA that originally come from Matebeleland region which is also known as Mthwakazi. That's where the n...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 573 | by Nkosini Tshuma
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 13:16hrs | 820 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man steals from church, blames dead man
All set for Mthwakazi Maskandi Festival 2019 in JoburgMthwakazi Maskandi Festival is a festival that was started by the Maskandi Music artists based in RSA that originally come from Matebeleland r...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2113 | by Staff reporter
Consortium provides feed and water for Matabeleland South cattle
A group of non-governmental organisations have initiated a programme called Sizimele in Matabeleland South aimed at providing survival stock feed and drilling boreholes pumped by solar to save livesto...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:17hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South EPO challenges rural schools
RURAL schools should embrace the new curriculum and come up with programmes that will enhance development within their provinces, Matebeleland South Education Planning Officer, Mr Godfrey Mathuthu has...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 303 | by Siphosami Mhlanga
Only Zimbabwe citizens themselves have the power to change their lives
Since 1990 - when I was in Lower Six - have been writing article after article - as if singing from the top of mountains - trying to advise the Zimbabwean government and showing them where they were g...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:03hrs | 619 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe is on course to become major Lithium and Tantalite producer
Zimbabwe is on course to becoming a major producer of Lithium and Tantalite following the successful raising of capital on the London Stock Exchange by Premier Mineral Resources.Lithium and Ta...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 11:58hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
An ethnic Genocide is brewing in Matebeleland as Ndebeles get tutsified by Mnangagwa's government
The Zanu PF's Rozvi mambo fraud in which the system is fronting Mike Moyo as their answer to King Bulelani Lobhengula, is the official government response to Matabele efforts to free themselves from S...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2641 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Matebeleland Chiefs turn heat on govt
Chiefs in Matebeleland have vowed to defy a government ban on the coronation of a South African Bulelani Collins Khumalo as Ndebele king revealing that plans are afoot to hold the ceremony in October....Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North, Namibia agree to co-operate in 8 sectors
MATEBELELAND North province and Namibia's Omaheke region have agreed to co-operate in at least eight sectors with agreements set to be signed before the end of the year. Matebeleland North Pro...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: UN Special Rapporteur releases scathing report on Zimbabwe
In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, I conclude today the first official visit carried by a United Nations Special Proc...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 13:39hrs | 6159 | by Online
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