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Bopoma dam Project moves upstream to protect sacred ponds
The construction of Glassblock Bopoma Dam in Matabeleland South must be preceded by traditional rituals to appease the ancestors, according to local traditional leaders. Initially, the dam's planned l...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:45hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
JR Goddard roped in to construct Bopoma Glassblock Dam
The Zimbabwean government has endorsed the construction of the Bopoma Glassblock Dam in Matabeleland South province through a public-private partnership (PPP), aimed at bolstering bulk water supplies ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:49hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter
9-year-old commits suicide in Filabusi
A tragic incident occurred in Thandanani Village, Ward 1 under Chief Ndube in Filabusi, where a 9-year-old boy took his own life on Saturday last week.The young boy reportedly hanged himself u...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 13:17hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi senior cops bribed by Zinyama
TENSION remains high in Matebeleland South's Insiza district after marauding machete gangs invaded villages last week where they attacked people over a mining claim dispute.A numbe...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Filabusi gold wars turn ugly
IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a g...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dr Shingi Munyeza showed the Character of a leader
Sometime at the end of the year 2020, my Senior Founding Apostle at Victory Fellowship Church in Bulawayo, gathered his Senior Assembly Pastors and reminded them that in 2019, he had prepared the lead...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:51hrs | | by Tomson Dube
Insiza villagers angry with 'outsiders' exploiting macimbi
INSIZA villagers in Matabeleland South have complained over the exploitation of local resources such as amacimbi (mopane worms) and gold by people from outside the district who destroy vegetation....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Food crisis worsens in rural Matabeleland
THE food security situation in most parts of Matabeleland has reportedly worsened amid reports that some families are now only surviving on a single meal a day.According to the latest survey b...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Marriage Bill of 2017 - A personal reflection on why it will not fly!
I am sure most people have read the proposed Marriages Bill of 2017, which seeks to repeal and replace the existing Marriage Act (Chapter 5:11) & the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:01). ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 12:06hrs | | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 3 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Meet Zimbabwe's trailblazing female tribal chiefs
Nonhlahla Ndube has been chief of Insiza district, in Zimbabwe's south, for more than a decade. But her rise to power was far from smooth, ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Trevor Ncube captured by Mnangagwa?
South African-based Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube torched a storm with this tweet about the visit he paid First Lady Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa at her offices in Harare this afternoon. A...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lightning strikes woman at bus stop
A26-YEAR-OLD died on the spot after a bolt of lightning struck her while she waited for transport to her home at a bus stop in Filabusi.Sukoluhle Mkandla of Mahole area under Chief Ndube was k...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
A list of Mthwakazi Chiefs
Here is a list of iZinduna zakoMthwakazi, ezinye sezakhothama. 1. Bakwayi - Stanley Sithole »Matobo2. Bango - Godin Dube »Mangwe3. Bankwe - Silinga Sibanda »Mberengwa...Published: 05 May 2017 at 13:21hrs | 143 | by Staff Reporter
Suspended Zanu-PF chair in court for obstructing justice
Suspended Zanu PF chairman for Masvingo Province, Ezra Chadzamira (41) has appeared in court facing charges of obstructing the course of justice when he stopped a messenger of court from carrying out ...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chief Sibasa's methods irritate parents
CHIEF Sibasa's popularity ratings are sinking to microscopic levels ever since he assumed the unofficial duty of schools debt-collector two years ago.He does not squirm while donning his "borr...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 09:57hrs | | by Kamangeni Phiri
Gang rape after church teen was in love with 'attackers'
TWO teenagers from Binga who were facing charges of raping a 16-year-old girl have been found guilty of a lesser charge of engaging in sex with a minor after a court established that she was in love w...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Girl 'raped' after church service
TWO teenagers from Binga have been arrested for allegedly taking turns to rape a 16-year-old girl at night after a church service.Ndubeko Mwembe, 18, Kampandu Village and a 15-year-old boy fro...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Man in trouble for assaulting a fellow villager for breaking into school garden
Two men from Chief Ndube's area in Filabusi is in trouble after they flogged a fellow villager with an axe handle accusing him of breaking into the school garden.Dennis Dube (47) and Ernest Mh...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
AK47 shop raider disarmed by villagers
BRAVE villagers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South province, disarmed an AK-47 gun-totting robber who allegedly tried to shoot them after robbing a local shop. The villagers, risking their lives, confron...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Insiza's female chief lays down the law
Today is Wednesday and the sun is beating down mercilessly in the Filabusi area of Insiza district, Matabeleland South. A group of villagers has already gathered under a shed at Chief Ndube's homestea...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 16:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
My Roots, my proud identity - Part three
Taken from a eBook: "Sweet mother" Lomamqhaka died and left the boys in the care of the community. The boys where about 16 and 17 years old. But the boys could not take it kindly the passing o...Published: 18 May 2015 at 12:58hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata,
'Keep Zanu-PF out of Bulawayo,' says Dabengwa
Statement delivered y Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President at official launch of by-election campaign, 9th May 2015 at Stanley Hall, Makhokhoba, Bulawayo....Published: 11 May 2015 at 17:17hrs | | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Irate Hubby fined for beating wife with hose pipe
A man from Ukuzwisisa Village under Chief Ndube at Maruvumba area in Filabusi has been slapped with two months in jail with an option of $300 fine after he assaulted his wife whom he accused of i...Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 12:33hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman demands sex from father-in-law
A 44-YEAR-OLD woman from Insiza District in Matabeleland South, pulled a shocker when she challenged her father-in-law to sleep with her during a traditional court sitting last Monday. Mrs Son...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief fine adulterous couple $750
CHIEF Ndube of Matenda in Insiza has fined a widow and her married boyfriend $750 for engaging in an illicit love affair.The widow, Ottilia Ncube (40), was accused of engaging in a love affair...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Filabusi businessman rolls out community chicken project
A FILABUSI businessman and Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Secretary for Disability, Spare Sithole has rolled out a community self-help chicken project in a bid to empower chiefs.Speaking duri...Published: 22 Apr 2013 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Serializing Nguni Novel Igazi Labafo: Chapter 2
ISAHLUKO 1 ISAHLUKO 2 ...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 23:19hrs | 1 | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
Woman crushes would be rapist's testicles
A would be rapist, Mkhululi Ndubeko of Mpopoma had his testicles crushed by a woman as she wrestled with him to avoid being raped in front of her two children.On April 30, ...Published: 11 May 2012 at 08:17hrs | 52 | by Alois Sibanda
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