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Sibangilizwe Nkomo's ZAPU Presidency settled in court
In a significant legal ruling, the Bulawayo High Court has upheld Sibangilizwe Nkomo's nomination and election as the president of ZAPU during its 2021 elective congress. The decision, delivered by Ju...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 14:59hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF brings science into campaign?
Zanu-PF has said it will deliver a scientific campaign whose messaging will speak to realistic transformation of citizens' lives as articulated by President Mnangagwa at the launch of the party's camp...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$150 million Old Gwanda road construction begins
THE Government has approved the construction of the 120km Bulawayo-Old Gwanda Road at a cost of US$150 million by a private contractor with work expected to commence tomorrow in a Build, Operate and T...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Drug dealers hiding behind shonalism'
ALLEGED drug dealers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South province, are reportedly hiding behind tribalism saying they are being targeted because they are not locals.Most of the suspected drug kingp...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora pampered with vast farm, Mercedes-Benz
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has taken delivery of a brand new Mercedes-Benz from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, adding to a farm he was also given for free early this year in what is see...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fury over Heroes Day celebrations at Bhalagwe mass graves
MATOBO villagers have taken exception to government holding Heroes Day celebrations in Matabeleland South at Bhalagwe mass graves where Gukurahundi victims are buried.The infuriated villagers ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane, Matobo main road 'forgotten'
Villagers in UMZINGWANE and Matobo, Matabeleland South have bitterly complained over the poor state of the main road linking the two areas.Matobo ward 15 councillor Dickson Moyo said the Old G...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean villagers climb trees to make cellphone calls
Villagers in many districts in Matabeleland South province have appealed to telecommunications companies to install cellphone signal towers to improve network coverage in their areas.According...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
No CALAs, no exam results
NEARLY 1800 pupils and teachers who contracted Covid-19 when schools opened last month have recovered from the disease, in another milestone that shows how the country has continued its top tier manag...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China brings water to Matobo
GOVERNMENT through a partnership with China Aid has drilled 22 boreholes Matobo District, Matabeleland South to ease the water shortage affecting the community.This has seen the number of bore...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF forces villagers to pay for war vets' welfare'
AS the country gears for 2023 elections and political tensions rise, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) highlights how traditional leaders and Zanu-PF activists are coercing villagers across...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South could lose constituencies
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South Province have called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to decentralise the voter registration exercise to rural areas in order to protect the provinc...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora suffers Matabeleland blow
MDC Alliance says leaders of the rival MDC-T in Matabeleland South are tracing their footsteps back to the party after initially joining the Douglas Mwonzora-led outfit.Former MDC Alliance Mat...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader Moyo resurfaces
THE leader of the militant Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, last week made his first public appearance after going into 'hiding' for nearly a month fearing arrest.Moyo escaped ar...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister urges Matabeleland South to register to vote
MATABELELAND South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Abednico Ncube has called on people in the province to register to vote in the 2023 harmonised elections. This comes...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matobo clinic projects successful
THE initiative to rope in diasporans to play a key role in developing their areas of origin is paying off in Matobo District, Matabeleland South with major projects especially in the health sector bei...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Work on Bulawayo-Kezi road to honour Joshua Nkomo'
MATOBO North Member of Parliament Edgar Moyo has called on the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development to work on the Bulawayo-Kezi Road as a way of honouring the late Vice-President Dr ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesn worried over turned away voters
INDEPENDENT elections watchdog, the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (Zesn) has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to step up voter education campaigns in view of the high number of voter...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins by-elections
ZANU-PF has won the two council by-elections that were held in Matabeleland South province on Saturday. The ruling party was among the parties that contested Beitbridge East Ward 15 and Matobo...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi fights in Chamisa's corner
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party has rallied behind opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's rejection of the results of the just-ended harmonised elections, saying there was massive evide...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe fights cost opposition votes
CIVIC society groups based in Matabeleland have blamed the two warring MDC-T factions, led by Nelson Chamisa (left) and Thokozani Khupe (right), for selling out their parliamentary seats to the ruling...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zanu-PF retains two-thirds majority
Zanu-PF has retained its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly following the announcement of the latest batch of results from 55 constituencies announced today. The party now has 144 se...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader eyes Parly
The leader of the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) says he is contesting in the Matobo North parliamentary election tomorrow to fight against the marginalisation of Matabeleland and Midland...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi thanks Bulawayo
Mthwakazi Republic Party today held one of its best rallies, outside Bulawayo's Large City Hall. Despite the fact that we had paid for the venue and been cleared by the Zimbabwe Republic Police who la...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 20:53hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
'Undenge jailing sends message to thieves'
THE Government is committed to fighting corruption by public officials as evidenced by the jailing of former Cabinet Minister Samuel Undenge and more prosecutions of that nature will help fight agains...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
A polling station in Matobo has only 7 registered voters - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said one polling station in Matobo district has only seven registered voters a figure that gets into the number of presidential candidates three times....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 10:11hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
List of Mthwakazi candidates
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, says his party managed to successfully field candidates in all the 12 constituencies in the Bulawayo province while in Matebeleland North they managed to...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 12:01hrs | 27 | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF Mat South eyes poll clean sweep
Zanu-PF is poised for another clean sweep in Matebeleland South province in this year's harmonised elections after some of its candidates for local government were unopposed at the Nomination Court wh...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early poll lead
Zanu-PF has taken an early lead in the 2018 harmonised elections after some of the party's candidates submitted nomination papers unopposed.Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Matabeleland South pro...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T power-mongers plotting against Alliance'
MDC ALLIANCE spokesperson and leader of the MDC, Welshman Ncube has sensationally claimed that some power-hungry MDC-T officials had embarked on a mission to derail the coalition project after they we...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi not contesting presidential polls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has reiterated his party's position not to contest the presidential poll, saying he will stand as a Matobo North constituency parliamentary candidat...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP President summoned by Matobo youths
Mthwakazi Republic Party's National Executive Committee led by it's President Mqondisi Moyo who is also the party's Parliamentary candidate for Matobo North was summoned to Matobo North's Ward 16 by t...Published: 22 May 2018 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa postpones Harare, Chitungwiza primaries
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has postponed primary elections in Harare and Chitungwiza provinces to this coming weekend ostensibly to allow formally employed people to vote.MDC national chairper...Published: 22 May 2018 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Chamisa MDC-T polls
Chaos yesterday rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC primary elections after the party shelved the internal polls to choose parliamentary candidates until Wednesday.The postponement was ostensibl...Published: 21 May 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another Gukurahundi victim exhumed
The Nyathi family in Silozwi in Matobo North, could not hide their joy when the remains of their relative who died in the hands of the brutal Gukurahundi, was exhumed today the 19th of May 2018....Published: 20 May 2018 at 13:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lovemore Moyo holds maiden rally as UMD president
FORMER MDC-T national chairperson, Lovemore Moyo last week held his maiden rally as president of the United Movement for Devolution (UMD), in Matobo North constituency.In his address, Moyo, wh...Published: 10 May 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU(PF) Matabeleland South candidates list for nomination
National Assembly Bulilima East Ethel Moyo, Methias Ndlovu, Nqobizit...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:26hrs | 5 | by Stephen jakes
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Khupe sets splinter MDC-T interim structures
FORMER MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe has started setting up interim structures, with Bulawayo Proportional Representation legislator Nomvula Mnguni, now acting chairperson for her breakaway f...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai to blame for MDC split'
Former MDC chairperson Lovemore Moyo has accused the party's late leader Morgan Tsvangirai as the culprit being behind the latest split in the main opposition.This comes after the party's supr...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to blame for MDC-T chaos, says Moyo
FORMER MDC-T chairperson, Lovemore Moyo, has accused the party's late founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, of sowing seeds of divisions that have rocked the opposition party, culminating in the formati...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance will lose polls, says Moyo
FORMER MDC-T chairperson, Lovemore Moyo has warned that the MDC Alliance's chances of grabbing a poll victory against Zanu PF in the upcoming elections were slim citing discord in the rank and file of...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Govt killing Matobo dogs'
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it has come to its attention that the government through the veterinary department has killed over hundred dogs,more are still dying through wrong vaccination, in Toh...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
MRP address rally in Maphisa
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Wednesday addressed a rally in Maphisa where it claimed it was well received by the villagers."The people of Matobo North constituency welcomed MRP with enthusiasm,...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mqondisi Moyo @forty and MRP @four know your party's history
I thought it prudent for you to know your leader Mqondisi Moyo and your party in general, though I will not state everything here.Mqondisi Moyo the founding member and current President of Mth...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 11:58hrs | 108 | by Stephen Jakes
Moyo disowns Khupe?
MDC-T national chairperson Lovemore Moyo, who recently revealed his intention to quit politics, has dismissed reports of having any link with one of the party's factions allegedly led by deputy presid...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T chairperson quits politics
MDC-T chairperson Lovemore Moyo is quitting active politics at a time the mainstream opposition is imploding due to differences over party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's unresolved succession amid growing...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP holds rally at Thintanani Business Centre in Gulati, Matobo North
Mthwakazi Republic Party has successfully held a rally at Thintanani Business Centre in Gulati, Matobo North.The rally which was organised by the villagers themselves, proved to the party lead...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MRP twin rallies in Matobo north attracts thousands
Mthwakazi Republic Party President, Mqondisi Moyo on Saturday led his National Executive Committee, party candidates as well as party officials within its rank and file to Matobo North where a success...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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