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Phutheho: The decisive Matabeleland Initiative
The Phutheho Convention, a Matabeleland all-stakeholder gathering (Imbizo) which brings together the people of Matabeleland from all walks of life is arguably the best initiative Matabeleland has ever...Published: 8 hrs ago | 311 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabwe records 14 new Covid-19 cases
THE country has reported 14 new Covid-19 cases and no deaths in the last 24-hours bringing the total number of cases to 38 433. The vaccination programme is continuing countrywide with 690 653...Published: 14 hrs ago | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has no appetite for creating one-party state, claims Ziyambi
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has dismissed as malicious, claims by opposition parties and civil society organisations that Zanu-PF was planning to create a one-party state in Zimbabwe.The ...Published: 10 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana fumes as Zanu-PF youth leader shows up 'inappropriately dressed' to meet Mnangagwa
INFORMATION Ministry secretary Nick Mangwana has warned people coming to State House to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be respectful and sharply dressed.His counsel follows a recent phot...Published: 10 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 6724 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC targets 6 million voters
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance said it had gone a gear up in its rural mobilisation exercise targeting six million voters for the 2023 elections.The opposition party's secretary for rural...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:34hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
MRP leaders says his party is under siege
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has become one of the most controversial politicians in Matabeleland, leading a secessionist movement that has been in the cross hairs of government...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:16hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Former students move to lift Nkayi school
IN the winter of 2019, about 20 pupils from Sagonda Primary School in Matabeleland North's Nkayi district set out on a 53-kilometre walk aimed at raising funds to purchase building and educational mat...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Serial rapist nabbed
Residents of Bindura have sighed a relief after a suspected serial rapist who was allegedly raping minors between ages of seven to 10 was arrested on Wedn...Published: 08 May 2021 at 10:10hrs | 2113 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Man kills self over inherited plates
Guruve based Josphat Zvitete committed suicide by hanging himself on a mango tree after a misunderstanding with his wife over inherited plates on Friday.Mashonaland Central deputy police spoke...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 625 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Air Force of Zimbabwe hands over property to chopper crash victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) yesterday handed over household property worth thousands of dollars to the Fenyere family, whose house was razed to the ground by flames when the Agusta Bell 412 (AB 41...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon is over: Zacc warns bigwigs
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 32 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), nine of which are high-profile, as the dragnet closes in on senior government, poli...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | 2148 | by Staff reporter
Bumper harvest for Matabeleland
FARMERS in the Matabeleland region, which has over the years been largely characterised by low rainfall and poor yields, are expecting to harvest enough maize and traditional grains to last more than ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:22hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moots new party constitution
Zanu-PF has announced plans to draft a new party constitution which will have a clause compelling all members to be on the voters' roll and vote for party candidates, failing which they will face disc...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water points record spike in violence
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has decried the sharp increase in cases of violence at water points in Bulawayo.This was revealed yesterday following a survey conducted last...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:24hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces water crisis
PERENNIAL water challenges in Bulawayo have not only left residents with no access to the precious liquid but have subjected them to violence, including rape. Women and girls were the most aff...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in court over trio's death
The three people recently found dead at Bata Farm in Bindura were allegedly poisoned by two traditional healers they had consulted to perform money-making rituals. The trio was later strangled to deat...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters disrupt Mwonzora's meeting
Nelson Chamisa's MDC-Alliance supporters allegedly disrupted the start of an executive meeting that was expected to be addressed by MDC-T leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora in Bindura. Sen Mwonzo...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Maize harvesting in full swing across the country
Most districts are harvesting enough maize and traditional grains to last more than 12 months with only a few areas having enough to cater for six months and below, the Second Crop and Livestock Asses...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Trial of Zanu-PF activist who 'incited' Chiwenga to topple Mnangagwa falters
The trial of a Zanu-PF activist accused of circulating messages instigating vice president Constantino Chiwenga to stage a coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa suffered a false start on Monday af...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
RG Office's inefficiency unsettles Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East province is fretting over the Registrar-General (RG) Office's inefficiency, saying this would negatively affect their targeted five million votes in the 2023 elec...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Makuti-Chirundu stretch
The completed phase of the US$21 million Makuti-Chirundu road rehabilitation is expected to be commissioned by President Mnangagwa tomorrow, just over 18 months after he officiated at the ground-break...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa deserves 2023 re-election'
INFORMATION minister, Monica Mutsvangwa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa deserved to be reelected the country's leader in the 2023 for what she said was the incumbent's wise leadership in taming what...Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:19hrs | 1959 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa cuts off government departments over unpaid bills
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supplies to several government departments, local authorities and growth points as it seeks to recover ZW$2.1 billion in unpaid bil...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Process to issue Zimbabwe passports online begins
Passport seekers will soon be able to apply for the travel document in the comfort of their homes and schedule appointments with the Registrar-General's Office online, following efforts being made to ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2263 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills elderly couple
An elderly couple was killed by their grandson, thought to be mentally ill, wielding a log at Musetshwa Village in Zhombe on April 25. Mr Ambrose Ncube (74) was battered first on the head and ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:12hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reports five more Covid deaths
THE country has reported five more Covid-19 related deaths and 62 new cases on Tuesday bringing the total number of cases to 38 164. The vaccination programme is continuing countrywide with 43...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:12hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Ralph Mguni: my Mentor, my Teacher
His proud self is still intact. He has never been different at any time and space. We should accept that the Nguni people are known for their high self-esteem are a proud people. In the interview he m...Published: 02 May 2021 at 17:13hrs | 1242 | by Nomazulu Thata
Solutions to eliminating the demon of tribalism
The demon of tribalism that has affected the Ndebele nation since 1980 can be eliminated from Zimbabwean society. Hate and resentment between the Ndebele and Shona will not solve any challenges faced ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 13:51hrs | 1053 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Zanu-PF parades returning Mutinhiri
Zanu-PF in Mashonaland East yesterday paraded former MDC Alliance member Tracy Mutinhiri and 51 other people that defected to the ruling party from the opposition.Mutinhiri, also a former depu...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | 1970 | by Staff reporter
Potraz donates laptops to rural school
GOSHA Secondary School in Chikwaka last Tuesday became the biggest beneficiary after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) donated to it 12 laptops, a desktop, mu...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:34hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Mobile network operators to set up more tower sites
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has said mobile network operators are engaging local authorities to acquire land in order to set up 13 telecommunication towe...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:16hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Man robs schoolboy of $5, pays for sex services
A Dotito man, Joseph Mafios (23) allegedly pounced on a 15-year-old who was coming from studies around 9pm on Thursday and robbed him of cash.The minor told Mafios that he had no money but Maf...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | 740 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Dotito
Woman kills self after suspecting hubby of cheating
A Mudhindo, Guruve woman Melisa Murehwa (20) took her life by poisoning after she suspected her husband of cheating.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dh...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:24hrs | 574 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
'Willowgate' Shava refused to work over his US$100k arrears yet no qualms enforcing 'no work no pay' over slave wages
The 1980s Willowvale Motor Industries scandal in which the Zanu PF ruling elite used or rather abused their positions of power and authority to buy new vehicles at the low controlled prices, ostensibl...Published: 01 May 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1194 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tribalism is unwelcome and unconstitutional in the new Zimbabwe dispensation
A news article appeared recently in a local media publication that said that the Minister of Justice Ziyambi accused an MDC-T Senator Khaliphani Phugeni of being a tribalist who apparently had e...Published: 01 May 2021 at 09:11hrs | 828 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Ndebele Mayor is dismally failing Bulawayo: Why is the Bulawayo Residence Association mum about BCC discrepancies?
Without the former deputy mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Karambani, the senior executives in the City Council are failing to eradicate corruption in the city. The BCC is once again in the headlines today f...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1945 | by Nomazulu Thata
Unpacking the lobola refund issue
Zimbabweans were highly active on social media discussing an underreported 2015 court ruling which made a ruling that a man can sue his in-laws to recover lobola if his wife cheated on him. The ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1916 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ziyambi accuses MDC-T senator of tribalism
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has accused MDC-T senator Khalipani Phugeni of being a tribalist for alleging that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marginalising the Matabeleland region by not appoin...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
'Jealous' man strikes ex-wife with machete
A MACHETE-wielding, jealous, Kanyemba man stormed his ex-wife's house and attempted to kill her by striking her several times on the head on Wednesday.The furious Meeting Joko stormed at Tapiw...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 17:32hrs | 1484 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kembo Mohadi and Enos Nkala learnt lifetime lessons; Israel Dube my reply!
The first time I agreed with Israel Dube about facts in our mainstream politics. Let me make it clear however, that I am not appealing to Israel to drop death threats hanging on my throat: I have been...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 12:48hrs | 3529 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tribalism row erupts in Senate over vacant vice president position
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi accused a Senator of being a tribalist on Tuesday for claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marginalising Matabeleland and women by failing to appoint a new v...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:40hrs | 6887 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi removal was necessary for 'nation building'
Since Kembo Mohadi is on record saying Matabeleland genocide was necessary for nation-building, we also put it on record that his sacking by Mnangagwa following his sexual romps was good for nation bu...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2273 | by Israel Dube
Govt on drive to promote marginalised languages
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a nationwide drive to promote previously marginalised indigenous languages.Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told journalists at the la...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 345 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe's maize harvest to hit 20-year high
Zimbabwe is expected to harvest 2,7 million tonnes of maize during the 2020/21 summer cropping season, the highest yield in 20 years, the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment report shows. ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 513 | by Staff writer
A call to all Mthwakazi organisations to have unity of purpose
As I extend my greetings to you all, please note that I write to you as a citizen of Mthwakazi, whose identity, values, beliefs are Mthwakazian and whose allegiance is to Mthwakazi. What a journ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | 1305 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Grace Mugabe son's associate manhandles reporter
An associate of Russell Goreraza, son to former First Lady Grace Mugabe manhandled and snatched away a cell phone of The Herald Mashonaland Central Bureau Fungai Lupande as she took pictures of Gorera...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 16:59hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's senators reject Mnangagwa Bill
SENATORS from the Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC-T party yesterday deviated from their party position on the Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill and rejected clauses giving unfettered powers to Pr...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 6295 | by Staff reporter
Family basket shoots to $28 300/month
THE monthly cost of living for a family of five has shot to $28 362 from $26 560 in March, data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) indicated yesterday. Price increases have continu...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reports three more Covid-19 deaths
THE country has reported three more Covid-19 related deaths and 16 new cases in the last 24-hours bringing the total number of cases to 38 102.The vaccination programme is continuing countrywi...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 12:40hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
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