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Illegal miners invade Rhodes Estate in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has deployed security and environmental agencies to the Rhodes Estate in the Matopos National Park following growing concerns over illegal gold mining activities that are thr...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:53hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to ramp up flights from Johannesburg to Bulawayo
Zimbabwe's privately owned airline, Fastjet, will scale up its services between Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport and Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.Fastjet ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Settler leads King Mzilikazi commemorations
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has criticized the state of the roads leading to King Mzilikazi's grave, comparing it unfavorably to the well-maintained roads to Cecil John Rhodes's grave. Durin...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:59hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Delma Lupepe sucked in nasty mine dispute
Former Amazulu Football Club owner and businessman Delma Lupepe is embroiled in a contentious legal battle over allegations of fraudulently acquiring Duive Enterprises Private Limited, a mining entity...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:04hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions
TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Bosso scores major deal
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has scored a major deal ahead of today's blockbuster Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Dynamos, which will save the club thousands of dollars.Bosso and...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa wants Cecil John Rhodes remains taken to Europe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has suggested that the remains of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes can be removed from the Matopos National Park in Matabeleland South and returned to the Unite...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland roads get facelift
The District Development Fund (DDF) has embarked on a massive rehabilitation of roads and bridges in Matabeleland to improve infrastructure in the region.The government department, which falls...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avails $30m for Matabeleland South roads
Government has availed $30 million for various roads in Matabeleland South province under the road development programme that will see maintenance of roads and undertaking of developmental projects in...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New activities for Matopos National Park
A TOUR operator in Bulawayo is planning to introduce new tour packages to excite visitors to Matobo National Park as the industry is fast adopting innovative and diverse ideas that will revive interes...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim politicians urged to shift focus from election results to rebuilding the nation
Politicians must accept last week's controversial election results, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa elected leader of Zimbabwe after serving as interim president since November last year – and shift fo...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Agencies
Politicians urged to shift focus from election results to rebuilding the nation
Politicians must accept last week's controversial election results, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa elected leader of Zimbabwe after serving as interim president since November last year - and shift focu...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 10:56hrs | 1 | by Agencies
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
Why devolution of power is non-negotiable
The argument that was and is still propounded by some sections of the Zimbabweans society is both frivolous and vexatious for a number of reasons, which I will discuss in this instalment.Let me, h...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:54hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo
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
Zimbabwe's PPC Ultra Marathon classified as Comrades qualifier
ORGANISERS of the PPC Ultra-Marathon have made a giant leap by getting the race classified as qualifier for the revered Comrades Marathon after enlisting the services of leading sports timing company,...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo will rise again,' says Mnangagwa
Government is working towards the resuscitation of strategic industries in Bulawayo to restore the city to its former glory, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday.He said this w...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe bash faces massive protest
SOCIAL movement, Tajamuka/Sesijikile is organising a massive demonstration to protest against the holding of President Robert Mugabe’s 93rd birthday bash in Matobo district, an area that bore th...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rubbishes protests over Mugabe's birthday bash
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has rubbished protests by opposition parties against the hosting of the 21st February Movement celebrations in Matabeleland South province saying they do not have a say in...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe birthday bash moved to Cecil John Rhodes' school
IN an ironic twist, President Robert Mugabe's birthday bash has been moved from Matopos National Park to the Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (Reps), named after Cecil John Rhodes, who spearheaded...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Gukurahundi poem emerges
Another heart wrenching Gukurahundi poem has emerged on social media demanding answers to...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Alice Dube
Tsvangirai wants Matabeleland plan
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says there is an urgent need to craft a government policy that will address the legitimate grievances of the people of Matabeleland, including the thorny issue of t...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe birthday organisers appeal for donations
COMMITTEES tasked to organise this year's 21st February Movement celebrations met yesterday at Matobo Research Centre, with an appeal to well-wishers to donate towards the event.The 10 com...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's birthday 'should be celebrated like Xmas'
President Robert Mugabe's birthday should be celebrated like Christmas Day, the ruling Zanu-PF youth league has said, adding that the veteran leader is "The Messiah" to them.According to N...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to picnic on Gukurahundi graves
My People, I have been busy trying to recover the more than $1 million that I was swindled by a known international criminal. As a result, I was not able to follow developments back home for a few...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:34hrs | 6 | by Dr Stop It
Gukurahundi area perfect for Mugabe's birthday gig, Zanu PF
The hosting of President Robert Mugabe's birthday at Matopos National Park, a few kilometres from a mass grave of people killed during the massacres in the 1980s is meant to promote domestic tou...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 03:27hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Matabeleland South fundraising for Mugabe bash
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South has started fundraising for the 21st February Movement celebrations slated for next month in the province.This follows the setting up of 10 committees to spearhe...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe insults, mock Matabeleland on Gukurahundi
Matabeleland pressure groups and opposition political parties have labeled President Robert Mugabe as an insensitive old man who has insulted the region. Mugabe has controvers...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 04:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF chairman discharged from hospital
MATABELELAND South Zanu-PF provincial chairman, Rabelani Choeni, who was involved in an accident last week, has been discharged from Gwanda Provincial Hospital and is recovering at home in Beitbri...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills workmate, feds him to hyenas
A MAN from Lupane who killed his workmate and hid the body in a bush near Matopos National Park where it was devoured by hyenas, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in jail.According to lo...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matopo's domestic tourism promotion bears fruit
The Matopo National Park's drive to promote domestic tourism is yielding positive results with locals constituting at least 70 percent of visitors flocking the world heritage site.The nati...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 20:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Animal rights activist gears for sponsored walk against elephants killing
The animal rights activists Samuel Nkomo is geared for the sponsored walk from Matopos National Parks to Victoria Falls in a bid to increase awareness on the issue of protecting wildlife and [protesti...Published: 24 Nov 2015 at 05:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matopos National Parks wins a Trip Advisor Certificate
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority has announced that the Matopos National Parks has won the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for 2015 as it managed to renovate its facilities in the year...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
SA minister protest not visiting Rhodes grave site
South Africa's Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene has said Zimbabwe is a hospitable country but bemoaned being denied 'opportunity to visit Cecil John Rhodes grave'.Rhodes is buried at M...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
80 tonnes boulder crushes honey gatherer to death
"BETWEEN a rock and a hard surface" is a common maxim, a convenient expression often used to express dire situations or dilemmas people may find themselves in.The saying is as common as muck, ...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:19hrs | 2 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka and Mncedisi Buhali
Suspected ritual murders rock Matobo
Villagers in Matobo under Chief Malaki Masuku are living in fear following a spate of mysterious disappearances of people and suspected ritual murders in the area. Chief Masuku said one ma...Published: 06 May 2015 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe xenophobic, suffers from senile dementia - response by a Kalanga
Addressing journalists in Harare at the end of the SADC Extraordinary Summit on 29 April Mugabe made the following not only shocking but absolutely unfortunate, irresponsible, biggoted and unpresident...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 10:49hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Matopo National Park fencing completed
Matopo Rhino Protection Initiative has completed the 52 kilometre fencing programme at Matapo National Park in Matabeleland South.This was confirmed by John Burton, Chairman of Matobo Rhin...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 09:05hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
ZANU PF threatens to dig up Rhodes' grave - faces resistance from villagers
ZANU PF threatens to dig up Rhodes'grave - faces resistance from villagersZANU PF supporters in Bulawayo have threatened to dig up the grave of Cecil John Rhodes in Matopos National Park amid ...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's CIO blocks Rhodes exhumation in Matopo
Remains of Zimbabwe's colonial master, Cecil John Rhodes got an unlikely help when members of the dreaded CIO blocked Zanu PF members from exhuming them at Matopos National Park in Matabeleland South...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man survives surprise crocodile attack
A Bulawayo man is lucky to be alive after he bravely fought a crocodile while fishing at a supposedly 'safe' fishing site in a dam at Rhodes Matopos National Park.Emmanuel Mhaka, (32), said he...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 18:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a Haven for Tourist Attraction
The sparkle and glitter of the tourism industry in Zimbabwe is regaining momentum at an accelerated rate. The New York Times recently published an article stating that Zimbabwe is a priority destinati...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Suitable Kajau
Rotary Club of Bulawayo donates to Tjewondo Primary School
Handover of classroom furniture and soccer balls to Tjewondo Primary School in Matobo District by the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South On Wednesday 2...Published: 25 Oct 2014 at 13:03hrs | 3 | by Collin Nyabadza, Executive Director - Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust
US provides over $300,000 for Elephant and Rhino Conservation in Zimbabwe
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) provided over $300,000 for elephant and rhinoceros conservation in Zimbabwe, pushing the amount that the agency has donated in Zimbabwe since 20...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 14:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Tourists in grisly find
THE skeletal remains of a Bulawayo man who went missing four years ago have been found in a cave by tourists visiting the Matopos National Park.The group rushed to inform police of their grisl...Published: 30 Aug 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
San community feels marginalised
ALMOST a year after the adoption of the new Constitution, members of the San community still feel marginalised and denied freedoms and liberties as equal citizens of Zimbabwe.The Constitution...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Poachers kill two rhinos at Matopos National Park
TWO rhinos at Matopos National Park were discovered killed with their horns hacked off by suspected poachers as renewed attacks against the endangered species sparked outrage from environmentalists st...Published: 10 Nov 2013 at 02:52hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Uproar over 'sacred' Njelele Shrine resurfaces
A fresh uproar over the 'sacred' Njelele shrine in Matabeleland South province has re-surfaced with a group of spirit mediums and war veterans deciding to conduct their rituals at the place of pilgrim...Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Njelele shrine re-opens
NJELELE shrine was officially re-opened yesterday after a ceremony to cleanse the holy place was successfully completed, amid calls from chiefs for people to respect the area's rites and beliefs....Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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