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Chief Dakamela's ambitious vision

WHEN vehicles head in the direction of Nkayi on 4 April, where Chief Mbusi Bekithemba Dakamela will be hosting his famed annual Imiklomelo kaDakamela, the traditional leader believes that they will be serving a purpose bigger than most of …

Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:06hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter

Steady progress in Bulawayo-Nkayi Road rehab

The rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road has gained momentum, with the contractor working on a 23km stretch from Inyathi Business Centre, affirming the Second Republic's commitment to infrastructure development in Matabeleland North P…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:41hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi school head under investigation

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has initiated an investigation into Mpumelelo Primary School in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, following a series of complaints from residents regarding maladministration, poor academic …

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:01hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter

No progress on Bulawayo-Nkayi Road

The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road is moving at a slow pace, with DIFFLOCK Construction, the newly-appointed contractor, already establishing its base and advancing the project.The contractor has laid base material …

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter

MP urges Zimbabwe govt to engage private sector for rural industrialisation

Nkayi South legislator, Jabulani Hadebe, has urged the government to engage the private sector in driving rural industrialisation as a way to improve infrastructure, create employment, and foster economic development in marginalized commun…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:00hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter

CCC MP's demand role in agricultural inputs distribution

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators are calling for greater involvement in the distribution of agricultural inputs in their constituencies, claiming that this is necessary to ensure fairness and prevent political bia…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:08hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains leave six families homeless in Nkayi District

Six families in Mkhanyiso Village under Chief Madliwa are homeless after heavy rains caused extensive flooding on Monday, destroying homes, crops, and livestock in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North Province.The torrential downpour, measur…

Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 19:10hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi councillor appeals for donations for school

Nkayi Ward 26 councillor, Busisani Sibanda, has appealed for donations to complete the construction of a classroom block for Early Childhood Development (ECD) learners at Sombengo Primary School.Sibanda said the construction of the block w…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:06hrs | 128 | by Stephen Jakes

'Bulawayo-Nkayi Road funds diverted'

Senator Sengezo Tshabangu from Matabeleland North has accused contractors of misappropriating funds meant for the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road project, which has remained incomplete for 31 years. Tshabangu, who is the leader of the opposition in Pa…

Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:18hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter

16 teachers paraded naked to check who was menstruating!

A SENIOR staffer at Nkayi High School in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province is accused of demeaning female teachers after forcing them to pose naked for an ancillary staff member to check which of them was on periods. The senior m…

Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi businessman Mtsheli Sibanda dies

Mtsheli Sibanda, a prominent businessman from Nkayi, passed away on June 16 at the age of 52 after battling diabetes for many years. He was laid to rest at his rural home in Mtshatshane village in Nkayi on Saturday. Nkayi South legislator …

Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Man hammers love rival's testicles

A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North Province sustained swollen testicles after his love rival "struck" them with a hammer upon allegedly catching him having sex with his girlfriend.This was heard when Mthabisi Dlamini appeared before Bu…

Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-Nkayi Road section opens

The Government has opened to the motoring public a completed section of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road near Turk Mine in Bubi District with the Government committing to avail more funds to complete the targeted portions of the road project.While …

Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:28hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi School of Nursing closed

THIRTY-THREE trainee primary care nurses at Nkayi District Hospital have been moved to other nursing schools in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces following the temporary closure of the institution, which has disrupted lectures following th…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:53hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter

Calls for urgent repair of Victoria Falls, Tsholotsho, Nkayi roads grow louder

MATEBELELAND North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Richard Moyo, has urged the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development to speed up the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway as well…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Contractors resume Nkayi road rehabilitation

Contractors responsible for the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and the road leading to the Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of the city have deployed their teams on-site to resume work. The Government, in collaboration with…

Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

MP bemoans Nkayi timber 'looting'

The Nkayi Rural District Council is facing calls to improve its monitoring and protection of timber resources, which are being illegally harvested by companies, with no tangible benefits reaching local communities.Jabulani Hadebe, the Memb…

Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Government still prioritising rehabilitation of Bulawayo-Nkayi Road

The government remains committed to completing the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi road, and work is expected to resume once funds are released by the treasury, according to a senior government official.The contractor is currently on …

Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nkayi Villagers cry for help

Villagers under Headman Manguni in Nkayi have requested urgent government assistance and help towards tackling challenges that have made life difficult for the people of Nkayi. Villagers revealed that Nkayi had been left behind under the n…

Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Nkayi clinic proposal vanishes

AN application for the construction of a clinic in the Mtshabi area, ward 5 in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, has reportedly disappeared.Villagers, who are currently walking an average of 20 kilometres to the nearest Nesigwe Clinic to…

Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Work on Bulawayo-Nkayi Road begins

WORK on the rehabilitation of the 158km Bulawayo-Nkayi Road has resumed following the disbursement of funds by Government for the project as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding major projects in Matabeleland…

Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi roadworks resume

WORK on the rehabilitation of a 15km stretch of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road is set to resume with contractors now in the process of mobilising machinery and other equipment, and expected to be on the site for the road works.The rehabilitation …

Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Government to start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip

GOVERNMENT will next month start upgrading Nkayi Airstrip in Matabeleland North Province with $40 million already set aside for the project as the Second Republic continues to roll out key infrastructure development across the country.The …

Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

NUST student has solutions to power challenges

HE started with developing a unique dry biomass-powered prototype machine in 2020, which has the capacity to pump up to 60 000 litres of water per hour, a model that could be scaled up for use on larger commercial projects in mines and irr…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Allocate more funds for Nkayi projects'

GOVERNMENT has been urged to increase funding in the 2023 budget to ensure speedy completion of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Ziminya Dam projects, which would enhance economic activity and create more job opportunities in the district.This …

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

New Nkayi dam to have hydropower station

GOVERNMENT is constructing 12 high impact dams countrywide including Ziminya Dam in Nkayi, Matabeleland North, which will have a hydropower station on site.Ziminya Dam was mooted 24 years ago but no work had been done since the conception …

Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tsholotsho, Nkayi roadworks take shape

THE construction of major roads linking Bulawayo with Nkayi and Tsholotsho districts has gathered momentum as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding infrastructure development projects in the Matabeleland regio…

Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

FULL LIST: Donors who assisted Nkayi farmers which lost 21 cows revealed

A full list of donors who  assisted the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has been availed.  The donation of 17 cattle have been donated by lea…

Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 17:27hrs | 22 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Early Christmas for Nkayi family which lost 21 cows...as they get 16 more

The Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has received an early Christmas present after veteran farmers and well wishers donated 16 cows to them. In an event…

Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Donations pour in for Nkayi cattle loss family

WELL-WISHERS who have been touched by the story of the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant have mobilised donations including cattle to be handed over to the family today.The cattle, which wer…

Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi gets new CEO

THE Local Government ministry has appointed Silibele Mpofu as the new Nkayi Rural District Council chief executive officer (CEO) despite the Zanu-PF-dominated council preferring Lawrence Mudimba for the post.Mudimba had been acting chief e…

Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Wrangle over Nkayi top job

Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting Chief Executive officer Mr Lawrence Mudimba who …

Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Wrangle over Nkayi top job

Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting Chief Executive officer Mr Lawrence Mudimba who …

Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi sends roads SOS to govt

NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has sent a distress call to the Government over lack of road maintenance machinery, a development that has seen it being shortchanged by contracted companies.The RDC last took delivery of road maintenance…

Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Villager excited over gains from goat meat project

For 60-year-old Soni Nkomalama of Sihlengeni Village in Ward 5 of Nkayi district, the direct goat meat marketing approach has been a game changer.Latest  Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme newsletter states that the proud owner of…

Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes

WATCH: Former students association donates to Zwelabo Secondary School in Nkayi

Former students of Zwelabo Secondary School in Nkayi under their grouping named Zwelabo Former Students Association (ZFSA) have donated books, soccer kit and 10 500 Rands for the drilling of a borehole at their former schoolThis was reveal…

Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:56hrs | 202 | by Stephen Jakes

Bulawayo-Nkayi Road works resume

ENGINEERS are back on site and work on the rehabilitation of the 158km Bulawayo-Nkayi Road has resumed as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding major projects in Matabeleland North province.Developing sound ro…

Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Community fundraise for the school in Nkayi

The Community Podium has partnered with the Citizens Initiative organisation in a fundraising drive that seeks to raise an amount of US$10 000 to  help Nkayi villagers in Matabeleland North  finish one classroom block of Gwelutsh…

Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

Zanu-PF MP on the spot over $2m

Nkayi South villagers have poked holes into claims by their Zanu-PF legislator Stars Mathe that she has built three schools using $2 million disbursed under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).Mathe, who became MP for the constituency …

Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Another dam for Matabeleland

A new 98 million cubic metre dam is being built by the Government in Nkayi district, making it the third major water body under construction in Matabeleland.The Government, through the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), is also con…

Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Kidnapped Nkayi boy to be repatriated from Kenya

Authorities from Zimbabwe and Kenya are working on paperwork to repatriate a seven-year-old boy from Nkayi who was kidnapped and taken to Kenya in 2016 in a case of human trafficking.The boy, Awakhiwe Ackim Ncube was abducted while playing…

Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi diasporans mobilise R22k to construct dam back home

NKAYI residents based in the diaspora have mobilised R22 000 to construct Mbizi Dam to ease the water crisis in Nkuba village.This comes as the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is set to begin the construction of Ziminya Dam in Nk…

Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Govt asked to explain on lost education period

Nkayi legislator Chief Ndlovu has questioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Cain Mathema on what measures his ministry has done to compensate for the lost time for the learners and teachers considering the delayed opening …

Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 10:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Nkayi community Parliament lobby for independent and non partisan chiefs

Nkayi Community Parliament has crafted resolutions on Duties and Roles of Chiefs with the aim of advocating for these to be the hallmarks of how the traditional leaders operate.The resolutions came after a recent virtual discussion in whic…

Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes

Govt only constructs 10km stretch of road in 5 years

GOVERNMENT only managed to construct a mere 9,5 kilometres of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road between 2015 and 2020, a progress report on construction of the road by Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona reveals.Only 53km …

Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi Community Parliament: The model for peace in Matabeleland

The recently established, Nkayi Community Parliament, which fosters community involvement, participation and the development of Nkayi District, is a haven of ideas, peace, mutual respect and political tolerance within the district. The par…

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:24hrs | 51 | by Nhlanhla Moses

Nkayi South MP's rant stokes fire

NKAYI South legislator Stars Mathe (Zanu-PF) has come under fire for criticising residents who had expressed disgruntlement over delays in the rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road.Mathe lost her temper during a Khulumani FM radio talk…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt urged to prioritise e-Learning in marginalised areas

NKAYI-Learners, teachers and parents in Nkayi have implored the government to prioritise marginalised communities under its much vaunted e-Learning Strategy. This comes hard on the heels of an e-learning strategy update from the government…

Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF scuttled Nkayi development'

FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe has alleged that developmental projects that he initiated during his tenure as MP from 2000 to 2009 were scuttled by the Zanu-PF government for political reasons.He told a virtual debate organised by t…

Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Delays in Nkayi-Bulawayo Road rehab irk locals

NKAYI residents have expressed concern over the delay in the rehabilitation of Bulawayo-Nkayi Road, saying that government lacked commitment and political will to develop the district.Residents, during a virtual discussion on the state of …

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

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