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Diaspora community form Funeral and repatriation service fund
Gwanda North community members based in South Africa have formed a funeral and bodies repatriation services group fund due to desperation of some colleagues whenever death strikes across the Limpopo....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:54hrs | 603 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo poet to launch album on Zupco bus
It's a listening session that can't be missed!Bulawayo actor-cum-poet Prince Ncube otherwise known as Mazilankatha in the local showbiz, is planning a bus trip for his fans where they will enj...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ndumiso Gumede the man
THE setting is Highlanders Sports Club, popularly known as Clubhouse, a perfect venue for the interview with Ndumiso Gumede since it is one of the properties acquired by Bosso under his chairmanship i...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldier ties note in full military honour
A BAYONET fixed on a rifle was used to cut the wedding cake that was adorned with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces badge and the national flag. The wedding came as an early Independence Day celebration for...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pandemic forces city dwellers to migrate
Thirty-nine-year-old retrenchee Thembelani Masuku ditched the bustling life of Bulawayo in May 2020 for his rural home in Matshetsheni village in Gwanda North, about 100 kilometres away.It was...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 49 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Lockdown defiance rife in Matabeleland South
THERE is widespread defiance of lockdown regulations in most parts of Matabeleland South province, a development that health authorities and police say is worrisome. Areas such as Gwanda, Mbal...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini miners case against ED in false start
The case of the Esigodini miners who were trapped at Matshetshe Mine had a false start at the High Court as Justice Christopher Dube Banda indicated that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter be...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued for silence over trapped miners' fate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and two of his ministers have been dragged to court for failing to avail information regarding the status of miners who got trapped at a mine in Matshetshe in Esigodini, M...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'One year needed to retrieve Esigodini trapped miners'
THE families of six illegal miners, including four from one family, that were trapped underground when a mine collapsed in Matshetshe, Esigodini, will conduct a burial ritual at the site, as authoriti...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt blasted for abandoning trapped miners in Matebeleland
GOVERNMENT has been rapped for its failure to retrieve six bodies of miners trapped in a shaft at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini since November 10.Today marks day 17 after the miners got trapped...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
40 trapped in collapsed Bindura mine
ABOUT 40 illegal miners were yesterday trapped at Ran Mine in Bindura after a disused mine shaft collapsed. Six miners were retrieved and rushed to Bindura Hospital for treatment, according to Zimbabw...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt unwilling to rescue 10 trapped Esigodini miners on tribal grounds?
Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance is concerned with the attitude of the ruling party concerning the trapped miners at Matshetshe mine at Esigodini, which is located under UMzingwane District in Matebelela...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Mandlenkosi Nkomo
6 workers trapped in collapsed Esigodini mine
SIX mine workers are reportedly still trapped in a mine shaft which collapsed last Tuesday at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini.Indications are that no efforts have been made so far to rescue them ...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Sambulo Ndlovu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the late Brigadier-General Sambulo Ndlovu as decorated General who served the country with distinction. Brig Gen Ndlovu died on Tuesday due to Covid-19 relate...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faction narrowly beats Zanu-PF to retain Gwanda mayoral seat
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday won the Gwanda mayoral election, narrowly beating Zanu-PF.MDC Alliance candidate Njabulo Siziba garnered five votes while Zanu-PF's Albert Ndlo...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cellphones for prison inmates
INMATES in prisons have not been spared from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic as they have gone for six months without seeing their loved ones as visits have remained suspended due to lockdown restric...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | | 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 | 4 | by Phathisa Nyathi
$100 bail for murder accused gold panners
FOUR gold panners suspected to be part of a mob that allegedly attacked a 35-year-old man from Gwanda before he was later found dead by a passerby, have been each granted $100 bail pending trial by th...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops up for stocktheft
TWO police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing five head of cattle from a grazing area in Gwanda which they later tried to sell. Tinashe Gono (26), who is based at Tuli Base in ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Butcherman up for murder over sex worker
A GWANDA man has appeared in court facing a murder charge after he allegedly stabbed his friend to death using a knife in a brawl over a sex worker.Obadiah Dube (38), who works at a local butc...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death in fight for hooker
A MAN from Gwanda was yesterday stabbed to death allegedly by his friend in a fight over a prostitute.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed th...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ condemns abuse of schools and properties in ZANU-PF fights
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) condemns in the strongest of terms utmost contempt it deserves the abuse of schools and their properties, especially buses, in the ensuing ZANU PF ...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 11:10hrs | | by ARTUZ
uMthwakazi was one ofAfrica's best governed polities
One of the things Ndebele people pride themselves in is the efficient manner in which their pre-colonial Kingdom known as UMTHWAKAZI was organised. The kingdom was so intelligently structured that man...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 11:30hrs | 7 | by George M Mkhwanazi
CIO operative Ncube declared National hero?
The late Central Intelligence Organisation Zenzo Ntuliki Ncube has reportedly been declared a national hero.Ncube died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo on Friday night.Zanu-PF Matabel...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 21:12hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Hero status for CIO boss?
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South has requested the party to confer national hero status on the late Central Intelligence Organisation boss, Zenzo Ntuliki, who died on Friday night.Ntuliki (5...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mlambos Express Band makes Easter date with Gwanda
Energetic South Africa-based rhumba outfit, Mlambos Express Band are set to perform in Nkwidzi, Matabeleland South Province over Easter.The 15-member group will stage a free, all-night out...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umdeni wako Ngwenya udinga umzawabo u Robathi Moyo ozalwa eMatshetsheni
Umdeni wako Ngwenya udinga umzawabo u Robathi Moyo ozalwa ngu Cwente Moyo wase Matshetsheni eGwanda yena ongasekho emhlabeni. Unina ka Robathi ngu Ayida Ngwenya odabuka eNkayi. U Robathi wasuka ekhaya...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 11:48hrs | | by Ngwenya
Kezi Chief bans night movement of cattle
CHIEF Bango has ordered his subjects in Kezi to detain any truck they see transporting cattle at night and notify the police as part of efforts to curb rampant rustling in the area. In a speec...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Richard Muponde
'We're old relax bail conditions,' appeals Matshetsheni villagers
MATSHETSHENI villagers under Chief Marupi in Gwanda district who mobbed, attacked and destroyed three homesteads belonging to people they suspected to be stealing their cattle successfully filed an ap...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:08hrs | | by Lynnia Ndlovu
‘Cross fire’ man stoned to death
A GWANDA man was last Monday brutally killed in a “cross fire” revenge mission after being mistaken to be the brother of a man who killed his rival suitor in a dispute over a woman early this year...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Wrong man stoned, stabbed to death
A GWANDA man was last Monday brutally killed in a "cross fire" revenge mission after being mistaken to be the brother of a man who killed his rival suitor in a dispute over a woman early this year. ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:19hrs | | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Matshetshe villagers besiege court
ABOUT 100 Matshetshe villagers yesterday besieged Gwanda Magistrate Courts in solidarity with their 10 colleagues who were charged with public violence.The 10, many of them elderly, allegedly ...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 09:26hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Matshetsheni villagers released on bail
The 10 Matshetsheni Villagers who were arrested on allegations of burning 3 homesteads belonging to notorious cattle rustlers who had caused massive loss of economic survival and livelihoods to the pe...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 16:48hrs | 1 | by Matabeleland Solidarity Forum
10 village vigilantes arrested over Matshetshe arson attacks
POLICE in Gwanda have arrested 10 people from Matsheshe area under Chief Masuku who were part of more than 200 villagers who went on a rampage armed with machetes and axes on Wednesday and burnt down ...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Armed vigilantes burn stock theft suspects' homes
OVER 200 villagers from Matshetshe area under Chief Masuku in Gwanda yesterday armed themselves with machetes and axes and burnt down three homesteads belonging to suspected cattle rustlers in Insindi...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Killer driver handed year-long ban
A WOMAN has been banned from driving for a year after running over and killing a motorcyclist. Sibonisiwe Ndlovu, who runs a popular restaurant in Gwanda, was on Saturday fined $300 and her licence wa...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Montrose Studios upgrade in advanced stage
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services has said Zimbabwe is on the verge of achieving universal television and radio coverage due to the ongoing digitali...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 11:29hrs | 8 | by Pamela Shumba
Pregnant woman steals brandy
A PREGNANT woman has been sentenced to perform 105 hours of community service for stealing brandy from a supermarket in Gwanda Town.The six-month pregnant Tryphine Dube (28), of Silikwe Villag...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Gwanda man tries to grab and rape school girl on her way from school
A man from Matshetsheni in Gwanda tried to grab a grade 2 pupil at Emabilini Mine Amazon Filabusi intending to rape her but she managed to escape and informed her mother.This was heard by Fila...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda crops a near right off as superstition surrounds low rainfall
Villagers and farmers in the Gwanda area say that the continued dry spell in the district has completely wiped off their crops in the fields.While most parts of the country are enjoying heavy...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man, 60, dies after drinking brake fluid
A 60-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man committed suicide by drinking a bottle of brake fluid after two previous attempts had failed.Boy Khumalo of Spitzkop Medium Density in Gwanda Town who was employed as ...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 21:04hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
HIV+ rapist jailed 20 years
AN Esigodini widower who raped and infected a 10-year-old girl with HIV has been slapped with a 20-year jail term.Thulani Ncube, 34, of Matshetshe area in Esigodini had denied the two counts ...Published: 18 Oct 2014 at 06:01hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Anthrax outbreak, 25 cattle die
MATABELELAND SOUTH - THE recent anthrax outbreak that hit Zhukwe area in Gwanda killing at least 25 cattle left about three people under medical care, the state broadcaster ZBC reported today....Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 15:07hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Remains of woman (67), granddaughter (5) pulled out from a burning hut
CHARRED remains of a 67-year-old Esigodini woman and her five-year-old granddaughter were pulled out from a burning hut on Tuesday night in a suspected case of murder and arson.Shell-shocked ...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Temba Dube
Grade zero pupils learn in beer hall
GRADE Zero pupils in Mahole, Filabusi in Matabeleland South use an old beer garden as a classroom which villagers have condemned as not conducive to proper learning as well as a health and safety haza...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Indoor flea market turned into a church
A once very vibrant indoor flea market in Gwanda has been closed and converted into a church.The fl...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shona speaking teachers blamed for poor Grade Seven results
COUNCILLORS in Gwanda District yesterday blamed recruitment of teachers who cannot speak local languages for the poor Grade Seven examination results recorded by most schools....Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 21:04hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Gukurahundi blamed for 0% pass rate
THE poor Grade 7 results in the Matabeleland South province where some schools recorded a 0% pass rate has been blamed on Gukurahundi and the government's continued deployment of teachers who cannot s...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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