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US$950,000 Lupane bridge cost sparks outrage
The recent commissioning of the US$950,000 Somgolo Bridge in Lupane has sparked significant outrage, with various stakeholders expressing concerns over the exorbitant cost and calling for a probe into...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:06hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland calls for transparency in army, police recruitment
Residents of Matabeleland have called for a decentralized recruitment process for civil servants, including soldiers, police officers, and nurses, amid growing concerns that the region is being overlo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 08:49hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadre laments neglect of war vets
A South Africa-based Zipra war veteran, Chandagwinyira Chose, has expressed disappointment over the government's alleged neglect of former liberation war fighters.Chose's remarks follow accusa...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:18hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Freedom Alliance seeks to grow its Matabeleland footprint
The Matabeleland-based movement, Freedom Alliance (FA), has launched a call for its members to broaden the scope of its influence by recruiting their families - specifically wives and children - to jo...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 10:00hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles in Zimbabwe outrage over 'offensive' new school textbook
The introduction of a compulsory Heritage Studies subject in Zimbabwean schools has ignited a wave of discontent among stakeholders in Matabeleland, who have criticized the curriculum for marginalizin...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 19:56hrs | 3773 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers say Mphoko was Mugabe's ideal successor
Exiled former Cabinet ministers Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere have described the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko as a deserving successor to former President Robert Mugabe, follow...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:01hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland angered by King Munhumutapa's Private Member's Bill
A Private Member's Bill introduced by self-proclaimed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, has ignited controversy in Zimbabwe, particularly within the Matabeleland region. Chiminya's bill seeks to ame...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:39hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
IsiNdebele language under threat
The iSiNdebele language is under threat of being eliminated, suppressed, and corrupted, despite ongoing efforts by speakers and writers to preserve and promote it, experts revealed during the inaugura...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
'Ndema Ngwenya foretold present political, cultural, language crisis'
Describing Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya simply as a novelist would be an understatement, as his intellectual work, political activism, and academic contributions foretold many of the political, cultural, a...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings stalls amid logistical challenges
The Gukurahundi public outreach programme, initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July 2024, has hit a major roadblock due to unresolved logistical issues.The programme, designed to prov...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 18:44hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs not fit to lead Zimbabwe genocide consultations'
TRADITIONAL leaders tasked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead Gukurahundi consultations are ill qualified to deal with the emotive matter, an academic Samukele Hadebe has said.Hadebe made...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tribalists defend Mnangagwa's actions
A DEPUTY minister's demands for the transfer from a primary school in Bubi of an early childhood development (ECD) teacher with a Shona name has been met with mixed feelings, underlining the sensitivi...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:42hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leader remembered for blocking Mugabe farm takeover
The late Chief Malaki Masuku of Kezi has been commemorated for his courageous actions in defending Maleme Ranch from government seizure during the era of former President Robert Mugabe. Jospha...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2023 another wasted year for Matebeleland
Former principal director in the office of the prime minister Samukele Hadebe, says 2023 has been another year of deferred hopes for Matebeleland, a region that has suffered years of marginalisation....Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The return of Saviour Kasukuwere: Will Tyson punch above his weight?
The comeback of Saviour Kasukuwere, a former Zanu-PF political commissar and ex-cabinet minister who recently declared his presidential ambition, is capable of dividing Zanu-PF in a way that can influ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa using chiefs to sanitise Gukurahundi genocide'
Gukurahundi is haunting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as evidenced by his attempts to use traditional leaders to appease affected communities in the region, leader of Bulawayo-based political outfit, t...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Freedom Alliance plots 2023 election roadmap
FREEDOM Alliance (FA), a grouping of Matabeleland political and civic organisations, says it has embarked on initiatives to unite all progressive forces to ensure the Matabeleland region gets the righ...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Freedom Alliance leaders unveiled
NEW political outfit, Freedom Alliance unveiled its leaders at a congress held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo at the weekend.The congress ran on Friday and Saturday.Public policy an...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
The death of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - A fiting tribute to an enigma
1. Paying tribute to an enigma I was on a bus on Thursday morning, the 24th May 2019, travelling through Botswana from Kwa Bulawayo, Mthwakazi when news abo...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:45hrs | 6 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Zimbabweans commemorate Gukurahundi genocide
On 22nd December 2018, Zimbabwe shall be commemorating 31 years since the 1987 signing of a pact between Robert Mugabe of ZANU PF and Joshua Nkomo of PF-ZAPU forming a 'united party' called ZANU...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:29hrs | | by Mbuso Fuzwayo
MDC-T President Khupe lash out at cowards
MDC president Thokozani Khupe has lashed out at her political male rivals saying their criticism of the elected leaders of her new formation border on cowardice.Khupe, the newly-elected leader...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe defends MDC-T candidate list
THOKOZANI Khupe, leader of the breakaway faction of the opposition MDC-T yesterday defended her decision to rope in "outsiders" to fill in vacant posts in her executive structures during her party's e...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Khupe amends MDC-T constitution
THE Thokozani Khupe-led faction of the MDC-T has accused late opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai of tampering with the opposition party's constitution to create a one centre of power, resulting in a...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's face removed from MDC-T logo
MDC's incoming secretary-general Nixon Nyakadzino confirmed the congress resolved to remove Morgan Tsvangira's face from the MDC-T logo, and replaced it with a baby face."It's not the party symbol...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T gets new leaders
EXPELLED MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe was yesterday elected unopposed as the leader of a breakaway MDC-T formation, and the ex-deputy prime minister quickly said she did not regret cutting t...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T congress endorses Dr Khupe
THE much-talked about Dr Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T extraordinary congress held in Bulawayo yesterday resembled a routine meeting meant to rubberstamp Dr Khupe's rise to the helm of the faction of the ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Tribalism will fuel conflict in Zimbabwe'
MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has urged local party leaders against fomenting ethnic tensions, saying this had the potential of degenerating into a civil war.Bhebhe made the remar...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Axe hangs over Sandi-Moyo
Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi-Moyo's future in President Robert Mugabe's government hangs in the balance after pressure was brought to bear on her to resign from her position in the powerfu...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic prospects gloomy
ZIMBABWE'S economic prospects look gloomier as the country races towards 2018 elections that are likely to be marred by violence, Centre for Public Engagement director, Samukele Hadebe has said....Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo women bear less children - National Family Planning Council
WOMEN in Bulawayo metropolitan province bear the least number of children compared to their counterparts in other provinces across the country, statistics have shown.According to the Zimbabwe ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Who bombed Salisbury fuel tanks: ZANLA Or ZIPRA?
BULAWAYO - THE story of who really bombed The Rhodesian fuel tanks in then Salisbury - now Harare - is one of the several liberation stories whose truism might remain a contested issue forever as the ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 16:11hrs | 60 | by Divine Dube
Deeds registry to go digital
THE deeds registry process would be conducted electronically as part of the ongoing ease of doing business reforms being championed by the Government.The provision for online deeds registr...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bill faces rejection
BULAWAYO residents are gearing up for a fight against government's proposed constitutional amendments amid fears Zanu-PF will use its two thirds majority in Parliament to force through the first c...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa to headline armed struggles in Southern Africa conference
ZIMBABWE liberation war stalwart and Zapu president, Dumiso Dabengwa, is set to headline a conference on politics of the armed struggle in the region at Witwatersrand University in South Africa at...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top UZ lecturer Matshakayile-Ndlovu dies
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) senior lecturer, prolific author, linguist and the first man to pen a PhD thesis in isiNdebele has died. Tommy Matshakayile-Ndlovu, 71, who was also key in the writ...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:40hrs | 10 | by Nqobile Tshili
Sizinda widows fear to lose their house
Sizinda widows have told the Public Policy Research Institute of Zimbabwe that they are living in fear of losing their houses as they are facing challenges of changing the ownership of the properties ...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The rise and rise of Bulawayo's motivational speaker
BULAWAYO'S young motivational speaker and writer, Njabulo Moyo continues to rise on the academic ladder, with his latest offering, Motivating the Inner Soul being well received by some of Zimbabwe's p...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:04hrs | 26 | by Mbongeni Msimanga
Econet apologises over isiNdebele 'mistake'
Zimbabwe's largest mobile phone operator Econet Wireless yesterday apologised to its subscribers after it sent a message to their phones with a wrong IsiNdebele spelling, torching a storm among some l...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Econet in Ndebele spelling mistake row
A SPECIAL good morning treat promotion by mobile telecommunications operator Econet Wireless turned into a public relations nightmare after a spelling mistake attracted ire from Ndebele speakers....Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 19:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PIZ officials pen a book about corruption
The Public Policy Research Institute of Zimbabwe director Samukele Hadebe and and a Policy analyst Batler Tambo has penned a book chronicling the issues of corruption which have crumbled the economy o...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
'Use indigenous languages to teach sciences'
MATHEMATICS and Science subjects should be translated into indigenous languages, a development academics believe will result in a high pass rate in schools. It has also emerged that some African and E...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 10:12hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Dismissing our vendor economy is 'selling-out'
'The streets are our employers' : Dismissing our vendor economy is 'selling-out' and failure to nurture economic nationalism.The ultimatum by the stat...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Richard Mahomva
Uproar over non-Ndebele speaking teachers
DEBATE has emerged over the appointment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers to teach the language in primary schools in the Matabeleland region with education officials saying they were now moving t...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Ndebele language under threat
The Ndebele language is under threat and risks becoming extinct amid concerns by its custodians that most teachers of the language in the country's primary schools do not speak it as their first ...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Makhosi Sibanda
Gwanda Council admits to bungling on staff salaries
The newly elected Municipality of Gwanda Council has admitted to bungling on senior council members' obscene salaries released to press recently.Speaking at a Gwanda Agenda public indaba o...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 12:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
It never rains but pours for Obert Mpofu
MINES and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu, whose name was dragged into recent investigations by the now troubled Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, faces fresh accusations of resisting a Cab...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 19:03hrs | | by FinGAz
Deal sparks fear of a parallel govt in Zimbabwe
If recent reports of a planned platinum-for-arms deal between Russian State corporation Russian Technologies and Zimbabwe are true, then it may be another attempt at securing off-budget financin...Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 04:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter, Yolandi Booyens
Call to give preference to local languages
Bulawayo residents have appealed to the Government to craft an education policy, which would compel schools and learning institutions in each province to give preference to local languages.Sp...Published: 23 Apr 2012 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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