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Cattle rustlers wreak havoc in Mat South
POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for suspected cattle rustlers who stole and slaughtered three cattle valued at $2 300 in the bush.Police said the cattle were stolen betwee...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa comes face to face with bitterness of Matebeleland people
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came face to face with the simmering bitterness of the people of Matabeleland related to the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early to mid 1980s.This came a...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1707 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai exposed misplaced priorities in Zimbabwe
The devastating cyclone effects as witnessed and experienced in the eastern parts of the country makes a very sad reading of the kind of leadership Zimbabwe has had since the advent of indepen...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2824 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Bulawayo takes on Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came face to face with the simmering bitterness of the people of Matabeleland related to the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early to mid 1980s.This came a...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 3565 | by Staff reporter
Journalist Ndebele to appear in court today
POLICE yesterday arrested journalist Zenzele Ndebele for conduct likely to breach the maintenance of public peace at a meeting held at State House in Bulawayo where President Mnangagwa was meeting civ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in frank discussions with Matebeleland civic groups?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday held frank and robust discussions with Matebeleland civic groups at the State House in Bulawayo, stressing the need for national cohesion and collective efforts in taking...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:23hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Matabeleland Collective
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday held a meeting with the Matabeleland Collective at the State House in Bulawayo. Matabeleland Collective, an organisation comprising of churches and civ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:08hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Republic Police
During the Rhodesia era the police force then was called the British South Africa Police( BSAP). It was well trained, disciplined and efficient. More-so it had resources for use in combating crime. It...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 21:26hrs | 11481 | by Clemen Moyo
Uproar over Mnangagwa's 'brief' visit
Matabeleland South residents have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of ignoring them during his midweek visit to the province.The residents, his ruling party members and sections of civil s...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 4406 | by Staff reporter
Unfit and untrustworthy Ncube! God have mercy on MDC
Good leaders are born and not created. A good leader has to be confident, principled, constructive, honest, transparent democratic and fair just to mention but a few attributes. All the above attribut...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 21:04hrs | 3285 | by Hlonipani Masuku
Shona teacher deployment to be reversed
Deployment of teachers at infant level takes into consideration the language of instruction, especially the mother tongue spoken by the learners, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has sa...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:35hrs | 3912 | by Staff reporter
Ethnic card not to blame for poor school results in Matebeleland
The recent recruitment of 1 300 teachers, by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, with the bulk of them being deployed to Matabeleland provinces, is a stride in the right direction. ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | 635 | by Elliot Ziwira
No justification for ECD non-Ndebele Speaking Teachers
Dear Editor, The condescending article by Shumba Happison cannot go unchallenged as it is a concoction of tribal lies and displaced superiority complex. Oblivious ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 723 | by Sihle Ndlovu
Zimbabwe is for us all
I find it unfair for people like Ezra Tshisa Sibanda to say that the government is trying to get rid of Ndebele by employing teachers with Shona surnames to teach in Matebeleland and other Ndebele dom...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 18:29hrs | 2071 | by Shumba Happison
79 Matebeleland milling firms close shop
AT least 79 milling companies have folded up in the Matebeleland region due to economic hardships which have seen an increase in grey imports, an official has said.Addressing journalists after...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Vs The Ndebeles (Mthwakazi)
One of the most iconic figure of the 20th century and Mozambique's first black democratic president CDE Sambora Machel once said "Tribalism is like cancer to the society". In many African countries tr...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:59hrs | 2877 | by Nkosana Malinga
Who then is Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda?
After reading the letter from Felix Mafa to all MDC Provinces I became interested in unraveling this humble man. He is the only one in MDC so far who has positively engaged the Electoral college of MD...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:19hrs | 876 | by Henry Madiro
Chief Mtshane dismisses reports that he wants Chief Ndiweni recalled
THE deputy president of the Chiefs Council, Chief Mtshane Khumalo, has dismissed as false reports that he has written to the Government to recall Chief Nhanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna from his...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:25hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM: Releases its own Flag: Its colours, Symbols and Meanings
The Eagle: Represents our strength, courage, tenacity and our hawkish vision to advance the Restoration of Matebele Human Rights....Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1845 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Bosso battle mutiny
Highlanders are battling hard to douse the fires that have engulfed their camp following a stand-off between players and management. Bosso players have downed tools in their bid to force the c...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs
Matabeleland chiefs secretary Nothiwani Dlodlo has reported that Chief Mtshane Khumalo has escalated his fight against Chief Vwezi Maduna of Filabusi and Chief Nhanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:53hrs | 4740 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiefs demand answers on Gukurahundi
Traditional leaders in Matebeleland have written to the South African parliament requesting permission to be allowed to present "facts" about the 1980's mass killings in Matebeleland and Midlands as t...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs escalates their row with Mnangagwa
Defiant Matabeleland chiefs Vezi Maduma and Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni have escalated their row with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government- this time demanding the appointment of an independent prob...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs ditch Mnangagwa, back Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last Thursday received backed from two traditional chiefs following a meeting with the traditional leaders from Matebeleland who threw support behind him saying Zimb...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4033 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avails $30m for Matebeleland South roads
Government has availed $30 million for various roads in Matebeleland South Province under the road development programme.The programme was meant to fund the maintenance of roads and other deve...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:37hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Freedom First Project's response to the president's interview on France24
THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING FOR EVIDENCE! Freedom First project is deeply concerned and worried following the president of the of Zimbabwe His Excellence E ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1525 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?
One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations,...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2595 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Stay away and Looting in Zimbabwe: A narrative created to push for a national dialogue
Zimbabwe does not get tired to engage into processes that will help the corrupt and governance failures survive another day. As I write this article I have no doubt in my mind that what is happening n...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:10hrs | 739 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Storms warning for Matebeleland provinces
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned members of the public to be cautious of scattered violent thunderstorms which will be accompanied by lightning and strong winds in the western p...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Who ever is running Mnangagwa's Twitter page should replace George Charamba
Everytime the Presidental spokes person speaks one feels like there are listening to a heartless despot. A person who gives a clear impression the government has never done wrong and can never do wron...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1297 | by Tese Pese
Massive teacher shortage in Matabeleland South
MATABELELAND South Province primary schools are operating with only 210 qualified Early Childhood Development teachers out of an expected 1 294, an education official had said.Presenting a rep...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:54hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM condemns Human Rights violations in Zimbabwe
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), after receiving an avalanche of credible information and hard evidence of mass and indiscriminate human rights violations by the army...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1624 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1023 | by The Times (UK)
Painful solution for Zimbabwe's crisis
The panacea to Zimbabwe's problems will not emerge from Julius Malema bail out proposal but from the following;Painful decisions must be taken with calculated outcomes and pain must be felt ac...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:23hrs | 6047 | by Paul Siwela
Mnangagwa's rule may not last very long
Ten days ago, Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, hiked the price of petrol by 250 per cent, making it the most expensive in the world. There had been an acute fuel shortage for months and this ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 6033 | by Peter Godwin
Police block Bulawayo Gukurahundi march
ANTI-RIOT police in Bulawayo Monday blocked dozens of survivors of the 1980s Matebeleland and Midlands Gukurahundi massacres from presenting their court petition calling on authorities to open an inqu...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:42hrs | 2442 | by newzimbabwe
Strong DRC Church shames puppet Zimbabwe Christians
The win by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opposition's Felix Tshisekedi in the recently held long-overdue elections certainly did not come on a silver platter - as witnessed by the current&nbs...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | 7553 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Strive Masiyiwa is a stumbling block' says Trevor Ncube
Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube blamed the failure of MDC led by Tsvangirai and Simba Makoni’s MKD to unite on Strive Masiyiwa who whom he described as a stumbling block and full of ego...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 16:47hrs | 6673 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The death of Tongogara as told by Lookout Masuku and Dumiso Dabengwa.
Josiah Magama Tongogara : The interview that cost his life:This excerpt was taken from a Rhodesian Combat Pilot who played a pivotal role in the Cease Fire Agreement and the formation of the N...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:29hrs | 20438 | by Social media
Zimbabwe leaders spilled too much blood - country can never be blessed!
Ever since Zimbabwe gained independence from its erstwhile colonial master Britain 38 years ago, the majority of its people have never experienced real prosperity, joy and peace - as there has been on...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | 5411 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Qoki ZiNdlovukazi and associated donors feed the homeless this Christmas
The UK based Matebeleland and Midlands women Facebook group 'Qoki, ZiNdlovukazi...Manina Amahle' has again done Bulawayo proud by f...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 08:41hrs | 1834 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF MP attempts to bribe chief over Gukurahundi
Political Activist Nothiwani Dlodlo has alleged that the Member of Parliament for Insiza South Spare Sithole has been trying to bribe Chief Vezi Maduna with groceries and fuel in a bid to stop him fro...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2413 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3613 | by Israel Dube
1893 MHRRM: Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
From The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement's Information and Publicity Department#ThisMovement1893 MHRRM: Seskhona Thanking the leadership, membership and all keen followers...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:42hrs | 709 | by 1893 MHRRM Information and Publicity Department
Gukurahundi victims remembered
BULAWAYO based pressure group, Ibhetshu Likazulu has urged President Emmerson Mangagwa to release the Dumbutshena and Chihambakwe commissions reports on the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres by the Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:52hrs | 2633 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa commissions diamond mining plant
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) crushing plant here, marking the country's transition from alluvial to conglomerate diamond mining as he warne...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
The Gukurahundi victims demand apology and compensation
Dear Editor, As we commemorate the Matebeleland and Midlands massacres conservatively put at over 20,000 civilians on 22 December our demands for a justice cannot be ignored. The sensele...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:27hrs | 1203 | by L Dube
Open Letter to Motlante
Date: 15th December 2018 Mr Kgalema Motlanthe Chairman of The Zimbabwe...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2716 | by The 1893 MHRRM-UK Leadership
Zanu-PF 'Chinhu chedu' politics dominates Esigodini Conference: While Zimbabwe burns!
As the long suffering Zimbabweans continue to carry the burden of an economy that is on free fall, rampant food shortages, unemplyment and widespread demonstrations, ZANU-PF continues to exhibit its e...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:07hrs | 948 | by Walter Nyabadza
Zapu backs Chief Maduna on Petitioning President Mnangagwa to address Gukurahundi issue
The Dumiso Dabengwa led Zimbabwe's oldest opposition party Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) has declared its support for the Matabeleland elderly chief Vezi Maduna Mafu for petitioni...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:25hrs | 900 | by Stephen Jakes
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