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Mphoko will be arrested, says Zacc
FORMER vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has said he is not corrupt, and never stole anything during his time in office.Mphoko said this during an interrogation by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Com...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 3952 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko wants ZACC to arrest Mnangagwa, Mugabe
EMBATTLED former State Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has challenged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to arrest incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former president Robert Muga...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:07hrs | 6585 | by newzimbabwe
By-elections show Zanu-PF's prowess?
ZANU-PF has polled a total of 25 597 votes to the MDC Alliance's 11 369 in all by-elections held since last year's harmonised elections, statistics from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) have re...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:33hrs | 228 | 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 | 166 | by Staff Reporter
Rape assist woman arrested
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Matobo district has been arrested for allegedly helping her boyfriend (20) rape her 10-year- old cousin. The lovers, whose names have been withheld to protect the iden...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Bhalagwe heroes acre status rejected
A Matabelaland civic society organisation Ibhetshu lika Zulu has rejected the notion that Bhalagwe memorial site should be treated as a heroes acre. In a statement on Sunday issued by the Secr...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 20:48hrs | 2061 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'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 | 669 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm sets up $2 million gold plant
A CHINESE investor has pledged to set up a US$2 million gold processing plant in Maphisa district, Matabeleland South province, bringing relief to small-scale miners who have endured years of challeng...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Explosive Bosso indaba expected
AN explosive indaba is expected at the Highlanders club house tomorrow when the fading Bulawayo giants' members meet for an annual mid-year review meeting. Members will demand honest answers o...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Construct Gukurahundi monument at Bhalagwe: Zapu
ZAPU has petitioned government to erect a monument at the Bhalagwe mass graves in Matobo, Matabeleland South, as part of measures to bring closure to Gukurahundi victims.Zapu spokesperson Iphi...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
SA cops gun down armed Zimbabweans
TWO suspected armed robbers from St Joseph, Matabeleland South and another robber yet to be identified, were shot dead by South African Police who intercepted a cash-in-transit heist on Tuesday mornin...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt failing to honour Joshua Nkomo'
ZAPU believes government has not honoured its late leader and father Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, by failing todeclare the day he passed away a national holiday.Nkomo, who was born on June ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Names and naming: Naming as a form of documentation
NOT so long ago we visited Beitbridge District to capture the voices of the youth. We visited Beitbridge East and the area provided me with an opportunity to reflect on naming, the subject that I am d...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:12hrs | 199 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Panic grips Mat South farmers
Farmers in Matabeleland South have been gripped by panic after 4000 cattle have died due to drought.According to provincial livestock experts, the drought is likely to wipe out almost half of ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1930 | by Gibson Nyathi
China drills boreholes in Matobo
CHINA is drilling at least 21 boreholes in the dry Matobo district to alleviate water shortages that have ravaged the district for a long time.Matobo Rural District Council CEO Elvis Sibanda c...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
From KoBulawayo to Bulawayo @ 125
No sooner had Dr Leander Starr Jameson sauntered into the Maxim Hotel located just west of the Market Square did he pronounce Bulawayo a town. That happened on June 1, 1894, making Bulawayo 125 years ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 743 | by Pathisa Nyathi
'Freezing' temperatures to hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans face an extremely cold winter as weather experts are predicting freezing point temperatures in some places in the country.The Sunday Mail has gathered that areas such as Matobo in ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 5265 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers demand restoration of Kalanga chiefs
VILLAGERS and headmen in Plumtree are pushing for the reinstatement of Kalanga chiefs who were demoted during the colonial era to appease Ndebele chiefs who reportedly provided soldiers to the British...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3870 | by PUMA
200 Matobo villagers face eviction
About 200 villagers in ward 25, Fox Farm, Matobo district are set to be evicted this week after receiving notice of eviction orders.Villagers who spoke on condition of anonymity told Southern ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 612 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Matebeleland South gold wars turn bloody as gangs rampage
Avigilant Masotsha considers himself lucky to be alive.Masotsha, who hails from Kwekwe, was one of the more than 20 illegal miners who were panning for gold underground when a tunnel suddenly ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:31hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 5663 | by Harare Correspondent
Matobo mine victims named
POLICE have released the names of the five artisanal miners who died at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South, after a tunnel collapsed following a gold rush on Monday. About 1 000 fo...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:53hrs | 471 | by Sytaff reporter
Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabwe to desist from dividing country
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe to desist from practices and attitudes that divide the country. The Head of State and Government said dialogue was a central plank in the Second Republic. ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Let's dream, think Zimbabwe'
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E.D. Mnangagwa, at the burial of the late Mishack Ntundu Velaphi, National Heroes' Acre, May 9, 2019 ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 573 | by ED Mnangagwa
5 miners die in mine collapse
FIVE illegal miners died when a tunnel at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South province collapsed while about 15 Amakorokoza were underground. The incident happened on Monday w...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1108 | by Staff Reporter
4 dead in Matobo mine disaster
Four gold miners have died, with the death toll expected to rise to six, after Nugget Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South Province collapsed this Monday morning. 12 other miners remain trapped ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 22:30hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland women decry exclusion from traditional justice system
WOMEN in Matebeleland provinces have decried their poor representation in the traditional justice system, claiming it showed that they were still looked down upon by their male counterparts.Th...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda woos investors with incentives
GWANDA, which is eyeing city status in a year, has dangled a carrot to investors by offering incentives to businesses willing to set base in the gold mining town.The town is located 126km sout...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:34hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Pioneer guerilla Tshinga Dube speaks on first operations
IN our past two editions we published the military and political exploits of renowned pioneer guerilla fighter, David Mongwa Moyo aka Sharpshoot. Moyo spoke about his deployment in a unit of 1...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 4473 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Collective demands gukurahundi truth from Mnangagwa
PRESSURE groups coalescing under the banner of the Matabeleland Collective are ratcheting up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that a truth-telling and associated prissuesprocess prec...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
'Bukalanga Gathering 2019 Will Be Spectacular' - Organisers
Organisers of the UK annual cultural event dubbed the Bukalanga Gathering have emphasised that this year's event will not only be interesting but will also be unique and special. Speaking to B...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1086 | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
ZAPU's independence day message
As Zimbabweans remember the end of colonialism and the advent of independent rule on 18 April 1980, it is saddening to note that what every citizen celebrated as a new chapter has in actual fact been ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 2162 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Gukurahundi made us poorer
My family in Tsholotsho at a homestead called Pumula, three kilometres west of Pumula Mission Hospital was originally of a humble background. My father Vosaka Josiya Moyo and his wife Tshonaphi Moyo(M...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:52hrs | 811 | by Clemen Moyo (Mr)
Chief Ndiweni fights eviction of white farmers
THE surprise eviction of popular Ntabazinduna farmers, Brain and Carol Davies, who operate Tabas Induna Farm, has attracted the wrath of local chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni.The couple was served wit...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
Dan Tshanda's Zimvavwe protégé keeps Splash alive
In the heat of a nostalgic moment as revellers are dancing and singing along to the sounds of the late Dan Tshanda at the Red Café' koBulawayo on a hot Sunday night, DJ Keitho drops a splash song by ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first black woman to get driver’s licence
JOANNA Sibanda's life has been one long series of firsts and she is not shy to tell anyone who cares to listen. When one visits her warm home, she speedily unearths a stash of certificates and...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:25hrs | 5515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Matabeleland leaders finally find each other
Yesterday, 21 March 2019, more than 120 civic societies, church bodies, faith based and community based organisations' leadership met the President of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnanga...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2311 | by Matabeleland Collective
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 825 | by Ben Shepherd
Sex-drought ravages Matobo women
SEVERE sexual hunger is reportedly stalking women in Matobo District in Matabeleland South amid reports that some married women whose husbands work in South Africa and Botswana are now turning to herd...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
Heatwave threatens to slash harvests in drought-hit Zimbabwe
Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest -- until her farm outside Bulawayo sweltered through a record five-day heatwave in late Fe...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | 1597 | by Reuters
Bulawayo leads in women in abuse cases
As Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women's Day last week, local gender rights advocacy group — Musasa Project — released a damning report in which Bulawayo w...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
'Beer binge victim' murdered, says family
THE FAMILY of a man, who was previously reported to have died from an alcohol binge, is seeking justice, as it has emerged that he could have been murdered under unclear circumstances.Police h...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:00hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Bodies rot in mortuary
MATOBO Proportional Representation legislator Rosy Mpofu (Zanu-PF) on Tuesday said the district has been without electricity for weeks due to load-shedding, poor maintenance and vandalism of Zesa Hold...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele communal farmers evicted to pave way for shonas in Filabusi
Threats by the government to evict communal farmers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, to allegedly pave way for those from outside the province are stoking fears of tribal clashes in the area, analysts...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 7223 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders players continue strike
HIGHLANDERS players continued with their strike yesterday over unpaid salaries by refusing to train for the third day until their grievances are fully addressed.The disgruntled players also de...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 14:25hrs | 1529 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso players strike again!
A STRIKE by Highlanders players yesterday forced the club to cancel this week's training programme after players insisted they would only return to training after being paid at least their January sal...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | 363 | 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 | 381 | by Staff reporter
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