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Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland politicians have let us down'
MATABELELAND human rights and political activists have blasted the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC formations for letting the region down by not fostering development.This came out...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't fall to Zanu-PF bribery, Zapu says ahead of by-election
Zapu acting president, Isaac Mabuka has implored the people of Mangwe in Matebeleland South not to fall to Zanu-PF bribery tictics during this weekend's by-election.Mangwe constituency fell va...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:33hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF accused of vote-buying
THE MDC Alliance has accused Zanu-PF of vote-buying ahead of the Mangwe by-election in which their candidate Vincent Sihlabo will fight it out with the ruling party's Hlalani Mguni and six other conte...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phumuzile Phiri geared to grab Mangwe constituency from ZANU PF
Phumuzile Phiri a 30 year old lady is running for MP in Mangwe Constituency which has 17 rural wards and is found in Matabeleland South. The constituency is endowed with a lot of wild life and...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Stay loyal to Dr Nkomo, vote Zanu-PF, says Khaya Moyo
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has said that the people of Mangwe in Matabeleland South need to stay loyal to the ruling party as doing so meant they woul...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aims to retain Mangwe Constituency
With about two weeks to go before the Mangwe constituency by-election, the Zanu-PF leadership has challenged party members to honour the 1987 Unity Accord by ensuring the party retains the seat....Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rolls out Mangwe by-election campaign
ZANU-PF has invaded Mangwe constituency, where it has deployed all manner of political arsenal to retain the seat left vacant following the death of deputy chief whip Obedingwa Mguni in April....Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 vie for Glen View South seat
The opposition MDC faces a stern challenge to retain the Glen View South seat with nine candidates having successfully filed their nomination papers last Friday.Vincent, the son of the late MD...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 to contest in Mangwe Constituency by-election
EIGHT candidates will contest the Mangwe Constituency by-election set for 7 September.The candidates successfully filed their papers to the Nomination Court which sat on Friday at the Gwanda M...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP's widow faces seven challengers
The widow of the late Zanu-PF Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni, Hlalani, faces a challenge from seven other candidates at the constituency's by election on 7 September. Mguni died at a Harare hospita...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
By-elections take centre stage
The ZANU-PF Politburo yesterday extensively discussed the forthcoming by-elections in Lupane East, Glen View South and Mangwe constituencies in which the revolutionary party is eyeing resounding victo...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late Zanu-PF MP's widow selected for by-election
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South Province has selected the widow of the late Mangwe MP, Obedingwa Mguni, Hlalani Mguni to represent the party in the upcoming by-election in the constituency.The Nomi...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangwe, Glen View South by-elections date set
President Mnangagwa has set September 7 as the day for National Assembly by-elections in Mangwe, Matabeleland South and Glen View South in Harare that fell vacant following the deaths of Obedingwa Mgu...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana shames Zanu-PF MPs
Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has said Zanu-PF MPs who failed to go and give their comrade Obedingwa Mguni should hang their heads in shame. Mguni, the Zanu-PF Mangwe ...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Intolerance is Zimbabwe's major undoing
FOR weeks on end the main opposition MDC party has been threatening to take to the streets and bushes of rural areas to protest the country's deteriorating economic situation while the ruling Zanu-PF ...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Editorial Newsday
MDC MPs demonstrate spirit of Ubuntu at Mguni burial: Sikhala
The huge number of opposition MDC Alliance legislators at the burial of Zanu PF deputy chief whip and Mangwe legislator, Obedingwa Mguni was reciprocal to the spirit of Ubuntu exhibited by the ruling ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obedingwa Mguni buried
Former Home Affairs Deputy Minister and Mangwe legislator, Obedingwa Mguni has been buried at his rural home in Macingwane, amid glowing tributes of his humility and impeccable work ethic.Judg...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor Parliament Clinic blamed for ZANU PF MP death
Members of Parliament have blamed the ill equipped Parliament clinic for the death of Zanu-PF Mangwe legislator Obedingwa Mguni, saying had it been properly stocked, his life could have been saved. ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obedingwa Mguni a national hero, says Zanu-PF bigwigs
PLUMTREE Zanu PF bigwigs have unanimously agreed that the late party's deputy chief whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni be conferred with national hero status, considering his history in the liberation...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mguni declared liberation war hero
FORMER Home Affairs Deputy Minister and Mangwe MP, Obedingwa Mguni, who died on Tuesday has been declared a liberation war hero and will be buried at his homestead tomorrow. Mguni (57), who wa...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF MPs pay their condolences to Obedingwa Mguni
The death of Mangwe legislator Obedingwa Mguni (Zanu-PF) united Parliament yesterday as legislators from across the political divide took turns in the National Assembly to pay their condolences. ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns 'humble cadre' Mguni
Zanu-PF has sent a condolence message to the Mguni family following the death of Deputy Chief Whip and legislator for Mangwe Obedingwa Mguni in Harare on Tuesday. Mguni, who was also Zanu-PF p...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Obedingwa Mguni collapses and dies?
FORMER Deputy Home Affairs Minister Obedingwa Mguni reportedly collapsed and died late Tuesday. While officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were not immediately available for comment, N...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:23hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa's MPs cost taxpayers $100,000
MDC-Alliance Members of Parliament have come under fire for performing political antics which cost the taxpayer over $100 000 through the re-sitting of the House last Friday. The National Asse...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tensions boil over at a Zanu-PF Parly caucus forum
TENSIONS boiled over at a Zanu-PF parliamentary caucus meeting on Wednesday morning as MPs confronted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over the parlous state of the economy and their welfare issues....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to change constitution
Zanu-PF wants Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to initiate another constitutional amendment, but this time, to ensure that the provision which saw 60 women getting into Parliament on free seats contin...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Punish panic buying influencers'
MANGWE legislator, Obedingwa Mguni is advocating for stiffer penalties on individuals influencing panic buying by peddling lies on social media.Responding to a motion passed in parliament by H...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree town hit by artificial cement shortage
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has bemoaned that Plumtree town was recently plunged into artificial shortage of cement.This happened as there are escalating speculations ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Stephen Jales
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politburo unanimously agreed to retain Mudenda as the Speaker
PARLIAMENT today elects the Speaker of the National Assembly, Senate President and their deputies. Zanu-PF yesterday caucused on the matter at the ruling party headquarters in Harare. The appo...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Did you see Guitars In Parliament today
SEVERAL musicians won parliamentary seats in this year's harmonised elections.Dingumuzi Phuti, Elias Musakwa, Energy Mutodi, Obedingwa Mguni and Joshua Sacco are some of the prominent musician...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Zanu-PF still in the lead, wins 110 seats out of 153 announced
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced a further 50 National Assembly results, bringing the total so far to 153.Of the 153 Zanu PF has won 110 seats while the MDC Alliance got 4...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga slams Chamisa's street antics
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission by making unsubstantiated claims of improp...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells Chamisa that 'Laws made in Parliament'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by making unsubstantiated claims of im...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote for Zanu-PF, says Khaya Moyo
PEOPLE in Matabeleland South have been urged to vote for the ruling party Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa, just like what they did in the 2013 harmonised elections when the party won all the 13 Nation...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to work hard to turn around economy, says Khaya Moyo
ZANU-PF will work hard to turn around the country's economy if voted into power in the forthcoming harmonised elections, the party's Politburo Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland releases candidates names
MATABELELAND North and South have released names of candidates who successfully submitted nomination papers for the 2018 harmonised elections.In Matabeleland North, a total of 156 National Ass...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly urged to review tenure of perm secs
HOME affairs and Culture deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has urged Parliament to review the term of office for permanent secretaries to avoid abuse of power."Permanent secretaries should have ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Fierce fight over electoral law amendments
ELECTORAL amendments still remain a pipedream after Justice minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi on Tuesday negated almost all proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill by MDC-T chief whip, Innocent Go...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama in Parliament over 'coup government' comment
There was drama in the National Assembly yesterday after fuming opposition legislators labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a "coup government" after Zanu-PF legislators rejected a d...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South calls for re-run of Zanu-PF primaries
Some Zanu-PF senior leaders in Matabeleland South have described the recently held primary elections as a fraud saying there should be fresh polls that will be held in a free, fair and transparent man...Published: 04 May 2018 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU(PF) Matabeleland South candidates list for nomination
National Assembly Bulilima East Ethel Moyo, Methias Ndlovu, Nqobizit...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:26hrs | 2 | by Stephen jakes
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Vote God-chosen Mnangagwa,' says Abednico Ncube
MATABELELAND South Provincial Affairs minister Abedinico Ncube has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as God-chosen to lead the country.Ncube made the remarks at the ground-breaking ceremo...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Divisions rock Zanu-PF following a military coup
Serious divisions have gripped the ruling Zanu-PF party now led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who toppled former president Robert Mugabe following a military coup that catapulted him into power....Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in fresh headache
THE ruling Zanu-PF is reportedly in a dilemma over how to proceed with its planned purge of all party and government officials linked to axed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, after it emerged that t...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalists, allies shut out
ZANU-PF has shut the door on former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists ahead of this week's Central Committee elections.The party is set to hold Central Committee elections this wee...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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