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2 notorious robbers shot dead in Bulawayo
Two suspected robbers, Aleck Moyo (37) and Bongani Tshuma (41), were killed in a shootout with police in Bulawayo on Sunday. The incident occurred after detectives from CID Homicide received i...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:29hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Matopo Hills clean-up campaign
A Matopo-based environmental conservation organization has launched a series of clean-up campaigns aimed at preserving the heritage site where Cecil John Rhodes is buried. Located atop a grani...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:29hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Remains of 21 people exhumed in city
Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Nyangazonke in boundary dispute
Chief Nyangazonke finds himself entangled in a prolonged dispute with his neighbor, Mr. Johannes Hart, whom he accuses of encroaching on his property in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South Provi...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chief, village heads clash
CHIEF Nyangazonke Ndiweni in Kezi, Matabeleland South province, has reported five village heads to police on charges of illegally parcelling out land in an area under his jurisdiction.Public M...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief fines witch hunters
CHIEF Nyangazonke of Kezi's traditional court last Friday fined two witch hunters — Lloyd Chimanya (32) and his assistant Sergeant Chidyodyo — three cows and four goats for illegally operating in ...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits plight of Gukurahundi genocide victims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that most people in areas that were affected by the Gukurahundi disturbances soon after independence do not have identity documents and birth certificates....Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda goes into trance before fleeing traditional court
A WITCH hunter, commonly called tsikamutanda, from Karoi in Mashonaland West, went into a trance before fleeing from Chief Nyangazonke's community court in Maphisa, Matabeleland South on Friday, last ...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief summons witch hunter
A TRADITIONAL leader in Kezi, Chief Nyangazonke has summoned a tsikamutanda (witch hunter) operating in the area to explain his activities.Tsikamutandas are reportedly wreaking havoc in Matabe...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matobo chair dies in accident
Zanu-PF party Matobo district chairman Obert Moyo died on Saturday evening after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision along the Matobo-Bulawayo road.Moyo was coming back from a cere...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Masuku is installed
THERE was pomp and grandeur yesterday in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province as people came from far and wide to witness the installation of Mr Nkulumane Masuku as the substantive Chief Masuk...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the chief of Ntabazinduna
Dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is still the traditional leader of his area despite moves by the government to strip him of his powers.Ndiweni, who is in ex...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Nyangazonke reads riot act against corrupt village heads under his jurisdiction
CHIEF NYANGAZONKE Ndiweni of Kezi in Matabeleland South has read the riot act against corrupt village heads whom he accuses of parcelling out land without his consent leading to the mushrooming ...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions devastate rural communities
RURAL communities are among the worst areas affected by illegal sanctions as the embargo has led to limited opportunities for communities increasing poverty levels.Studies have shown that the ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Truth-telling can put closure to Gukurahundi'
CHIEF Nyangazonke of Kezi, Matabeleland South province, yesterday urged Gukurahundi victims to speak out and air their views on the issue before their traditional leaders.The traditional leade...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pasture depletion adds misery to Matabeleland South
A serious shortage of pastures for live stock has brought more misery to villagers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are already affected by the socioeconomic im pact of the Covid19 pandemic...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Chiefs reject Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cocktail of measures to pacify the south-western parts of the country that bore the brunt of the 1980s massacres by the army have been greeted by strident opposition fro...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cloud seeding commences countrywide
CLOUD seeding has commenced across the country, the Meteorological Services Department has said. Speaking in a telephone interview, a forecaster Mr Haanyadzisi Batisayi said seeding started in...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loser's one punch 'kills' gambler
A "SORE-LOSER" in Matobo District allegedly felled a gambler he had lost money to with one punch, leading to the man's death in hospital three days later. Lizwe Mlalazi (37) of Bhalagwe villag...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | | by Staf reporter
Chiefs elect members for Senate seats
CHIEFS from all parts of the country yesterday elected 16 of their members who will take seats in the Senate alongside 80 other Senators.At least two chiefs were elected from each province and...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi 'victim' remains exhumed
A family from Silozwi in Matobo last week exhumed the remains of their relative, who was reportedly killed during the Gukurahundi massacres, after several failed attempts.Police on several occ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Wife kills hubby in beer money row
A MAN from Matobo District died on the spot after his wife stabbed him during a domestic row over money for beer.Feluna Moyo (20) of Phathalika village, under Chief Nyangazonke in Sun Yet San,...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coronation is purely a cultural issue and not political
Chiefs Council chairperson chief Mathema told Southern News that the claim to kingship was purely a cultural issue and not political.He, however, quickly dismissed their links with the Mthwaka...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why the installation of a Ndebele King is rationally incontestable
After 124 years since the dethronement of the last Ndebele king, Lobhengula Khumalo, there is bound to be opportunists who may want to take advantage of the vacuum as well as saboteurs who may be inte...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by George Mkhwanazi
Does Bulelani Khumalo qualify by descent?
I was troubled by the assertions/insinuations made by Peter Zwide Ka Langa Khumalo's spoke's person on this platformHe states that Mr Bulelani Khumalo is South African! which is factually true...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by George Mtshede
The unmaking of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first 100 days in office
This remains as a devastating betrayal of what had passed the mark as a most seasoned and immeasurably impressive start for Zimbabwe's God-given miraculous survivor president, Emmerson Mnangagwa! Back...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:10hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Challenges that have faced dialogue around Gukurahundi genocide
"The creation, arming and dispatching of Gukurahundi to this part of the country was not my role. It was the role of the security committee chaired by Mugabe whose members were Emmarson Munangwagwa, S...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Witch hunter in search of goblins shuts school
A SELF-PROCLAIMED tsikamutanda allegedly shut down a school in Matobo District in Matabeleland South on Tuesday and performed rituals in teachers' houses, saying he was searching for goblins which wer...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spy's appetite for Maleme farm still on
Central Intelligence Organization operative Rodney Mashingaidze is alleged to have parcelled out one hundred dollars each to some village heads so that they mobilize villagers stage a demonstration at...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Benson Mume
Goblins molest 300 women
HUNDREDS of women claim to have been molested by goblins round about the same time in Kezi, Matabeleland South.These revelations were made last Monday during a meeting organised by Chief Nyang...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Goblins force female teachers to wear male underwear
FOUR female teachers have left Gohole II Primary School in Kezi, Matabeleland South this term after complaining that they were being sexually terrorised by suspected goblins resulting in them waking u...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 21:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavily pregnant Woman axed after goats eat neighbour's vegetables
A 58-YEAR-OLD man is on the run after he struck a heavily pregnant 20-year-old woman with an axe on the head and arm, leaving her for dead when her family's goats devoured vegetables in his garden....Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ibutho Lenqama welcomes the crown Prince Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo
JOHANNESBURG - IButho leNqama regiment would like to applaud the combined efforts of the Khumalo family, the Mthwakazi Chiefs and stakeholders in the process of identifying and naming the rightful hei...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 16:46hrs | | by Junior Ngwenya (Ibutho leNqama Spokeperson)
Mphoko told to address Gukurahundi issue by Matabeleland chiefs
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matabeleland have called on Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to step up efforts in addressing the emotive and unresolved Gukurahundi issue.Mphoko - who is in charge of ...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo clan disowns Mzilikazi II
THE Khumalo clan members have distanced themselves from the new self-imposed Ndebele king, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, also known as Mzilikazi II.This comes amid reports that the new "Ndebele kin...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is a dissident says ZAPU Youth Front
If people don't know who is a dissident, they must know that its Mugabe. A dissident is defined as a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, organization or institution. A diss...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 23:04hrs | | by ZAPU Youth Front
ZAPU/ZIPRA opens fresh probe into Kezi human bones saga
Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) war veterans association have opened a fresh probe into Kezi human bones saga.This comes after the conti...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Bakidzanani Dube
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Celebrations for Joshua Nkomo's life
PEOPLE have been urged to turn up in their numbers at the homestead of the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo in Kezi today to celebrate his life and contributions to the country before and afte...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims 'hurriedly' reburied without any forensic analysis
Suspected human bones believed to be of victims of the Gukurahundi massacres discovered in Kezi, Matabeleland South last week were "hurriedly" reburied without any forensic analysis, raising questions...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief fines traditional leaders for incompetence
A KEZI chief has fined three village heads under his jurisdiction for incompetence after they failed to perform duties assigned to them.Chief Nyangazonke of Matobo district summoned the villag...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mass 'gukurahundi' grave found in Kezi
HUMAN remains have been found exposed at two different sites in Kezi, Matobo district.When The Chronicle visited the area, the human remains were scattered along the banks of Bhode River near ...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:44hrs | | 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 | 159 | by Staff Reporter
Respect chiefs, says Mphoko
VICE-PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko has urged the nation to respect chiefs, saying they play a leading role as custodians of cultural heritage and tradition.Addressing mourners at Matopo...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas bounce back
IT seems tsikamutandas are far from running out of ideas in robbing villagers of their livestock as they now identify themselves as prophets-cum-traditional healers.Villagers in Mlahla...Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
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