Search / Musa ncube
21 mothers burned alive during Gukurahundi remembered
Human rights advocacy group Ibhetshu LikaZulu has issued an emotional tribute to 21 women who were burned alive in Emkhonyeni, Tsholotsho, on March 16, 1983, during the Gukurahundi genocide. The tribu...Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:30hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
ARVs shortage hits Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho district in Matabeleland North is grappling with a severe shortage of anti-retroviral (ARV) medication, despite having the highest number of people living with HIV in Zimbabwe, according to...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:55hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust donates mealie meal to San community
The John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust on Sunday donated mealie meal to the San community in Tsholotsho with 16.5 tonnes being distributed to 750 households.Distribution took place at Mtshina Pri...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 17:19hrs | 367 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt launches major housing project in Matabeleland North
In a significant step toward its goal of providing affordable housing for all citizens, the Zimbabwean government has launched a new housing project in Emthunzini Township, Matabeleland North Province...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 6009 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, wife bring relief to Sibasa villagers
SINGWANGO 1 Primary School under Chief Sibasa, in Matabeleland South province used to walk long distances with two bottles of water, one for themselves and one for their teacher.This is now a ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs disown Zimdollar
Members of Parliament from the ruling Zanu-PF party have called for the disbursement of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations in United States dollars, as they expressed concerns about servi...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's rigging tendencies exposed
Zanu-PF's rigging practices in elections were seriously exposed during internal primary polls to choose candidates who will represent the party in the coming watershed general plebiscite. The party ha...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 23 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
'Army deserter' blocked from contesting Zanu-PF primaries
An aspiring Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Tsholotsho South has been disqualified from contesting in the party primary elections as he was said to be an army deserter.Judas Nkomo was set to ...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
43 Zanu-PF members eye House of Assembly seats in Mat North
A TOTAL of 43 candidates are eyeing House of Assembly seats in Matabeleland North province after submitting their Curricula Vitae for the ruling Zanu-PF primary elections this week.Twelv...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa blasts parly ad hoc committee
OUTSPOKEN independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week attacked the composition of the Parliament ad hoc committee analysing the preliminary delimitation exercise report cautioning on possible...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Preliminary Delimitation Report tabled before Parliament
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) preliminary delimitation report has been tabled in the National Assembly following its presentation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa electoral body's c...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF offers US$ allowances to village heads
VILLAGE heads from all parts of the country are, with immediate effect, expected to receive US$ allowances while Government will also increase their monthly salaries in local currency.Zanu-PF ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losing Tsholotsho South Zapu candidate accuses Zanu-PF of cheating
LOSING Zapu Tsholotsho South candidate Leonard Mthombeni has claimed rigging by the ruling Zanu-PF party in the March 26 by-elections, and vowed to go all out for victory in elections expected next ye...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masuku, Mutsvangwa retain top posts in the Zanu-PF National Women's League
ZANU-PF's National Women's League yesterday re-elected Angeline Masuku as the deputy secretary for the women's wing, while Secretary for Administration Monica Mutsvangwa also retained her post at the ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho injivas' example is worth emulating
Tsholotsho people working in South Africa commonly referred to as injivas have taken seriously the country's development philosophy Ilizwe lakhiwa ngabaninilo (Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo) as they have...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF had voters roll with pictures?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of issuing a voters' roll with colour pictures to Zanu-PF candidates while denying the same to the opposition in what critics say amounts to vo...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3 Matebeleland hospitals to get solar power plants
THREE hospitals in Matebeleland region are set to benefit from solar power plants through a project being implemented by a consortium of local independent power producers (IPPs) and German partners....Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to remain unitary State, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain a unitary State and no amount of machinations from the country's detractors, or those calling for a separate State, will divide the country, President Mnangagwa has said.A...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu flexes political muscle in Mat North
ZANU PF senior politburo member in Matabeleland North Obert Mpofu is leading from the front in the campaign as the 26 March by election draws closer. ZANU PF has already secured a ward victory...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 10:03hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu-PF ready for elections'
ZANU-PF is already preparing for the harmonised elections set for next year as it rallies its candidates for the by-elections to be held in the coming two weeks.The ruling party has denounced ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Recalls cost State $3,7 Billion in unnecessary by-elections
QUESTIONS are arising from the rational citizens whether there is much to benefit the nation in general and Matabeleland in particular from the March 26 by- elections in which most of the seats became...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 09:34hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Stop abusing war vets in Zanu-PF politics, Mahiya told
A NEW group of war veterans calling itself United War Veterans, which comprises Zipra and Zanla cadres has told Zanu-PF secretary for war veterans' welfare Douglas Mahiya to stop abusing former libera...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for by-election in Matebeleland North
Zanu-PF Matebeleland North chairman, Richard Moyo, has says the revolutionary party has covered enough ground for it to win the upcoming by-elections.Moyo, who is also Matabeleland North Minis...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate to tackle Gukurahundi in Parly
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC)'s parliamentary candidate for Tsholotsho South constituency, Tapson Sibanda has vowed to make a lot of noise about the Gukurahundi issue in Parliament if he wins th...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly bounce-back latest
THE High Court yesterday cancelled Monday's ruling stopping by-elections in six constituencies that allowed People's Democratic Party (PDP) members to bounce back to Parliament without being subjected...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion grips new/ old party
CONFUSION reigned supreme in the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party when it double fielded candidates in two Bulawayo wards at yesterday's seating of the Nomination Court for by-el...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sithembiso Nyoni not fit for the Vice Presidency
Matebeleland North is a hive of activity as ZANU PF prepares for its Annual National People's Conference. There are people on the ground and rumours on the ground , as well as social media articles an...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Terror Ngwenya
'I bed 6 women a day'
DOES having many sexual partners mark out a man as great in bed?A man from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo left a court reeling in shock after he allegedly boasted that he was a ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma snatches client's hubby
FOR Sephukile Mathuthu, from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, things were not going well for her husband Prince Mathuthu when they decided to consult a sangoma, Malandisa Ncube, from Old Magwegwe subur...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman begs court to 'force' husband to indulge in sex with her
WHAT do you do when you're married and your partner doesn't want to indulge in sex anymore?Such is the dilemma being faced by a 50-year-old woman from Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman rips hubby's scrotum
IN a shocking incident of domestic violence, a Bulawayo woman allegedly ‘severed' her estranged husband's scrotum and penis with her nails apparently in anger after she was reportedly served with a ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Juju storm: Businessman physically and sexually abuses wife
A Bulawayo businessman is at the centre of a messy intimate-partner abuse storm after his wife sensationally claimed that he was in the habit of physically and sexually abusing her as punishment for "...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man seeks protection order against 'abusive' mother-in-law
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Northvale suburb in Bulawayo last Thursday failed to get a protection order against his mother-in-law whom he was accusing of harassing him and his family.Hlebiso Ndlovu...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman caught bedding wife's younger sister
IT was the worst kind of betrayal for a Bulawayo woman when she busted her husband in bed with her younger sister.Bekithemba Ndlovu from Selbourne Park, whose company is situated at Cumberland...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sjamboks wife over infidelity
A Bulawayo man allegedly assaulted his wife with a sjambok (imvubu) the whole night, claiming he was getting rid of a prostitution demon which was possessing her.Brian Ndlovu from Makokoba sub...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
In-laws thrash man over unpaid lobola
NO lobola, no sex!A Bulawayo man was mercilessly thrashed by his in-laws before they took away his wife and three children because he had not paid lobola.As if the accusations that he ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man threatens to kill wife with lightning
WHILE many people are happy that the rainy season is upon us, a woman from Ntabazinduna is living in fear of losing her life after her estranged husband threatened to kill her by lightning while in he...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matebeleland North to launch poll campaign
THE Zanu-PF Matebeleland North provincial leadership has called a Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting to introduce the party's winning candidates to members and also launch the election ca...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jotham Moyo: Utility player who was most feared
Do not call him Jotham Moyo but Big Joe because the slender tall body is no longer there. In its place is a legendary player who could play in any position but not in between the sticks.Hi...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Husband 'killer' remanded
THE trial of a Bulawayo woman who allegedly caused the death of her 77-year-old husband started with the woman claiming that she fought him in defence.Celia Muneri, 75, allegedly pushed Takaid...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Man's genitals and lips cut off in horrific ritual murder
A Lower Gweru man was allegedly killed in a horrific ritual murder and thrown into Vungu River.Master Ncube, of an apostolic sect believed to be in his early 30s reportedly had his nose, ...Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 21:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Kidnappings surge ahead of Zanu-PF elections
Zanu-PF Secretary for Women's Affairs Oppah Muchinguri yesterday said there were reports of more kidnappings and intimidation ahead of the party's 6th Women's League conference which begins in Harare ...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos, vote-rigging mar Zanu-PF elections
Allegations of vote-buying, kidnapping and rigging have marred the build-up to the ruling Zanu-PF women's league elective congress set for next Friday.The congress would take place a week afte...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man (63) fined $120 for defaulting in paying maintenance
A 63-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been fined $120 or two months in jail for defaulting in paying $40 monthly maintenance for his former wife.Kayisa Ncube, of House Number 61087 Pelandaba su...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 03:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'It's cold out there' says Prof Moyo
Zanu-PF candidate for Tsholotsho North Constituency, Professor Jonathan Moyo has made a passionate plea to fellow comrades from his party who filed nomination papers to stand as independent candidate...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF's final list of candidates
ZANU PF - HARARE PROVINCE: FINAL LISTSENATORIALCONSTITUENCY CANDIDATE1. Chitungwiza&...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 19:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
No imposed candidates please
IMPOSED candidates standing on Zanu-PF ticket in the forthcoming elections will not be tolerated, a senior party official has said.Addressing a meeting in Plumtree recently where he donated mo...Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 11:30hrs | | by Sehlule Zondo
Load More Stories
