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Heavy rains expected
Heavy storms coupled with localised heavy downpours, strong winds and lightning are expected across the country until Saturday, following the storms across the southern, western and central areas yest...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 2502 | by Staff reporter
Moana ‘ghost' haunts family
HIGH drama, confusion and controversy have become the hallmarks of the late socialite and fitness trainer Michelle "Moana" Amuli's burial with the feud surrounding her interment dividing opinion among...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 10689 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe fights expulsion from MDC-T at High Court
MDC-T acting national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has approached the High Court seeking a review of his expulsion from his party position last week by the national council.MDC-T inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 2453 | by AFP
Genius' 'snake' was always hungry and he fed it well
JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure had a "snake". And this "snake" was not for the fainthearted because it was alwa...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 3789 | by Staff reporter
DNA results delay Moana burial
THE burial of the late fitness trainer-cum-model Michelle "Moana" Amuli could be delayed for about two weeks as the family has to follow a lengthy Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing process to verify...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:48hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify Ginimbi death probe
NATIONAL police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said they were intensifying investigations into the death of socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure who died in ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:43hrs | 4006 | by Staff reporter
Two workers arrested for stealing 100kg gold ore
TWO general workers at a mine in Gwanda have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 kilograms of gold ore from their workplace. Qhubekani Ndlovu (25) from Gwanda and Elias Sibanda from N...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:17hrs | 1306 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF calls for peaceful DCC campaigns
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North leadership has called for a peaceful campaign as the party prepares for the District Development Committee (DCC) elections. The ruling party disbanded the DCCs in 20...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Khupe suspends top ally
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has suspended her party's national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe after he exposed alleged plans to manipulate the forthcoming extraordinary congress to choose a new...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | 14365 | by Staff reporter
2022 completion target for Nkayi road project
CONSTRUCTION of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road will be complete in two years if funding challenges are addressed, a Cabinet Minister has said. Government has stepped up major road rehabilitation prog...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
David Pocock set for return to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE-BORN David Pocock, one of the finest rugby union players to represent Australia, has announced his retirement from the sport to pursue his interests in grassroots rugby and conservation in hi...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 24521 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must talk less and listen more
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today scheduled to meet Matabeleland traditional leaders in Bulawayo to, among other things, discuss the emotive Gukurahundi issue, marginalisation and development of t...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP wails in Parliament
ZANU-PF MP for Nkayi South Stars Mathe shocked legislators on Wednesday after she requested for an opportunity to wail over sanctions in the National Assembly in the middle of a debate.This co...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:11hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:47hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 09:28hrs | 7253 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP accuses Mudenda of favouritism
A ZANU-PF MP has accused National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda of favouritism by giving preferred legislators more opportunities to contribute in Parliament than others.The allegations were ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 20326 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | 98 | by Vincent Gono
Let's save Nkayi from irresponsible timber extraction!
One can not silently bear the pain and sadness of the wanton harvesting of the teak and pine trees from Sivomo and Gwampa Forests, in Nkayi District, coupled with the degradation of the enamel-rich so...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1265 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chief Mvutu succession war rages
THE wrangle within the Mlotshwa family in Monde outside Victoria Falls is far from over after the family failed to agree on who should succeed Chief Mvutu who died six years ago. Chief Mvutu, ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi District Council withdraws order to suspend CEO
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has withdrawn its application at the High Court in which it sought an order interdicting its suspended chief executive officer Mr Zimbabwe Ndlovu from accessing coun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on Bulawayo City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has descended on Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to investigate alleged corruption in the municipality. A team of ZACC investigators are said to have...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Ndlovu suspended
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Mr Zimbabwe Ndlovu has been suspended without benefits and pay for alleged abuse of office.Mr Ndlovu was suspended last Friday pendin...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:02hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe frustrated by Khupe 'mindless' recalls
FRUSTRATED MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has taken aim at acting party leader Thokozani Khupe for allegedly concentrating on strengthening her position by "mindlessly" recalling MPs and cou...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 9145 | by Staff reporter
Role of government and Matabeleland Collective under scrutiny
For decades, successive Zanu-PF governments have attempted to introduce developmental and political programmes in Matabeleland without consulting the locals. In all instances these programmes ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:01hrs | 759 | by Lovemore Moyo
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | 3686 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb. Mpilo Khumalo's body was ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | 3162 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi can only be resolved with the victims
The Gukurahundi sanitisation project fronted by Jenni Williams and her cabal is a dismal failure except for its obscenity and vulgarity of holding vile celebrations in Bhalagwe - a scene of heinous cr...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:04hrs | 1058 | by Lizwelethu Dube
Man found dead along highway
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North was on Monday found lying dead along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo road in Nyamandlovu, shortly after he was discharged from Mpilo Central Hospital where he was ad...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Internet sensation Nkayi Maskandi Clopas Sikhosana's hit song
EVERY dog has its day. These words have proved to be true for a Nkayi Maskandi musician, Clopas Sikhosana, who after 14 years of strumming his guitar in the Gwamba Village rural area, recently became ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 10:21hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Unity for power and development
In order to consolidate unity of our people as Zimbabweans, provincial names indicative of what tribe is found where are not helping bind the tapestry of oneness. Manicaland, Mashonaland, ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:07hrs | 370 | by Tondo
Borehole drilling scam surfaces
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans, who are in need of borehole drilling services are made to pay exorbitant charges in foreign currency or give away livestock by a cartel of companies suspected to be of foreign...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Zesa announces power cuts
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) will embark on a temporary 16-hour power supply cut this Thursday for the purpose of carrying out critical annual maintenance wor...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:11hrs | 5450 | by Staff reporter
186 arrested in Nkayi for breaking Coronavirus regulations
Zimbabwe Republic Police in Nkayi have reported that they have arrested 186 people for violating COVID-19 lockdown measures.According to the police the arrested persons were found carrying out...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 15:26hrs | 1416 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1960 | by MLF
Only 8 metres of Gwayi-Shangani dam wall has been constructed so far
TREASURY has released a further $200 million for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North with eight metres of the dam wall having been constructed so far.Located in Hw...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:37hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party burns, Zanu-PF rejoices
NELSON Chamisa has everything to gain by embracing the growing calls for unity talks between him and interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe - and everything to lose by spurning the mooted dialogue, analys...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3011 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Madlela to launch Ntikoloshi
Ngamnanka hit-maker, Madlela Skhobokhobo has set August 7 as the day he will finally launch his third album titled Ntikoloshi. The album, a follow up to Majazana which he released last year, w...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Retail shops reject local currency
Reports from Habakkuk Trust Community Advocacy Action Teams in Matabeleland Province indicate that a significant number of shops are refusing to transact in local currency.The trust in a repor...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 4007 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe blames coronavirus, and lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, has postponed the party's court-directed extra-ordinary congress which was slated for next month - where a substantive new party boss was to be chosen.Kh...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
The commodification and tribalisation of Bulawayo politics
The current imported and tribalistic nature of politics in Matabeleland generally and Bulawayo in particular, is cancerous and anti-development. This commodification and tribalisation of politics is a...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1874 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Government to recruit development officers in Matabeleland
GOVERNMENT has invited applications for 56 vacant posts for community development coordinators in Matabeleland North and South provinces. In a public notice by the Ministry of Women's Affairs,...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames poor roads for failure to feed villagers
GOVERNMENT has blamed poor road network for failure to feed hungry villagers in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, amid reports that the majority of people in the district were starving.Human...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2882 | by George Mkhwanazi
VACANCY: 56 job opportunities unveiled in Matabeleland
Team 2020 notes that the Ministry of Women's Affairs Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MWACSMED) has advertised 56 vacancies for Community Development Coordinator in Matebeleland Nor...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 14:49hrs | 3087 | by Team 2020
ZCIEA starts distribution of Masks
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) has started distribution of Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers, Infra-Red thermometers, COVID-19 Information Posters to informal workers and traders...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 522 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Zimbabwe govt releases names of quarantine absconders
The government has released a list of people who escaped from quarantine centresMashonaland WestCaroline ChirozviLoveness KamwendoMolline ChimuchekaJudith Masuku (Kadoma)...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:24hrs | 3774 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Names of Coronavirus escapees realeased
The government has released a list of people who escaped from quarantine centres. The list come a few days after Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana threatened that all escapees will be published....Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 17:33hrs | 2737 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa loses 15 MPs
MDC Alliance MPs who have been boycotting Parliament yesterday started trickling back to the House and were heckled by their Zanu-PF counterparts, who jeered and labelled them MDC-T instead of MDC All...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7957 | by Staff reporter
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