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Senator exposes Gukurahundi 'denialists'
Zanu-PF officials from Matebeleland have been accused of blocking any debate and motions on Gukurahundi whenever they are presented in Parliament.The claims were made by recalled MDC Alliance ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience
IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most of the comrades I found there had been trained in Angol...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo
$150m needed to rehabilitate roads, bridges in Matabeleland North
THE District Development Fund (DDF) needs about $150 million to rehabilitate 150km of roads and bridges damaged by incessant rains in Matabeleland North. DDF has a total gravel road network of...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP engages it's grassroots in Bulawayo
Mthwakazi Republic Party "MRP" yesterday held a public meeting in Ward 28 Cowdray park Bulawayo's biggest Ward. The meeting was held as part of the party's restructuring exercise as well as thanking t...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:10hrs | 1 | by MRP
Man clobbers wife, sister with hammer, spears them to death
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva has described an Inyathi man who struck his wife and sister with a hammer before finishing them off using a metal spear following a rumour of infideli...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death sentence for double murderer
AN Inyathi man who struck his wife and sister with a hammer before fatally stabbing them with a spear, following a rumour of infidelity has been sentenced to death for the double murder.Amos N...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny, grandson axed to death
A-56-year-old woman and her nine-year-old grandson were found dead with multiple axe wounds all over their bodies at their homestead in Bubi District, Matabeleland North. The murder weapons, an axe an...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top CIO operative Moyo dies
A senior officer in the President's Office and war veteran Austin Peter Moyo has died.He was 62.Moyo, whose war name was Madayiza, was involved in an accident last Tuesday and succumbe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rally was marked by football tournament at Siganda centre
Mthwakazi Republic Party today held a rally at Siganda in Bubi constituency. The rally was marked by football tournament at Siganda centre.Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said the event which...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man cut wife's head off
A-31-YEAR-Old man from Inyathi in Matabeleland North allegedly cut his wife's head off and tried to kill himself by slitting his throat and drinking poison.This followed an infidelity row betw...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bees sting woman to death
A 76-YEAR-old woman from Bubi District died after she was stung by a swarm of bees that suddenly appeared in the garden while she worked with villagers on a project.Peggy Nkiwane of Mkhonyeni ...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry as gun-toting police officers raid kitchen tea party
Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni was yesterday grilled in the National Assembly over an incident in Siganda, Tsholotsho, where police officers allegedly pounced on women at a kitchen tea p...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police block Khupe rally
POLICE on Saturday dispersed a rally that was being addressed by MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe at her rural home in Siganda, Bubi.Khupe - who is at loggerheads with her principal Morgan T...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF threatening Mthwakazi communities Biometric votes
Mthwakazi Republic Party leadership has claimed that it is reliably informed that ZANU PF is going around Mthwakazi communities threatening communities who would vote against them.Party secret...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 19:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulelani has never toiled and suffered with uMthwakazi
Greetings to the mighty Mthwakazi Nation, uMthwakazi omuhle, oNdlela zimhlophe, uband' olubandwe yizitha zalutshiya. Uband'olwabandwa kusukela ngo1893 kuze kufike elalamuhla. Ubando olwabandwa lango19...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 17:22hrs | 2 | by Greater Sibanda, Mzilikazi II's Spokesperson
Australian Embassy donates school furniture to five primary schools in Bubi district
The children at five primary schools in Bubi District in Matabeleland North ended the second school term of the year on a very good note. This comes when the Australian Embassy in Zimbabwe donated a t...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 12:01hrs | | by Agencies
MRP takes its campaign to Siganda
The President of Mthwakazi Republic Party Mqondisi Moyo and his entourage comprising Colman Khanye National Organising Secretary and Nkanyiso Ngulube National executive member among other member...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Herdsman sodomises boss' children
A HERDSMAN from Inyathi who allegedly sodomised his employer's children, a boy aged five and an eight-year-old girl over a period of one year, has been arrested.The man (24) (name withheld to ...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for abusing 10 year old girl
A 21-year old herd boy in Siganda area in Inyathi is in trouble after he allegedly dragged the ten year old girl into a bedroom and sexually abused her through rubbing his manhood in between her t...Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Rhodesian aircarft brought down in Bubi
In today's piece we continue the interview with Retired Major Nditsheni Dube pseudo name Smallboy or Maleveni Omncane relating to us his exploits in the jungles of Lupane, Nkayi and Bubi during th...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's granddaughter dies
ONE of the few remaining direct descendants of the last Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, Princess Simoli Khumalo, has died. She was 87. She succumbed to a chronic liver ailment at Mpil...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Second elephant attack victim dies
A MAN who was battling for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital's intensive care unit following an attack by an elephant in Bubi, has died. Lipson Mhlanga, 69, died yesterday, days after his employee Lu...Published: 31 May 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Granny bewitched me to commit crime, says madman
AN Inyathi man believed to be mentally disturbed was hauled to court for allegedly inserting his fingers in his niece's private parts, claiming that he was committing the crime because his grandmother...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:52hrs | | by Tatenda Gapare
Man sodomises employer's grade 3 son
A MAN from Inyathi was hauled before the courts for allegedly sodomising his employer's Grade Three son. The 20-year-old was employed as a gardener at the victim's house in Goodwood Village sometime i...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:07hrs | | by Tatenda Gapare
'Nansi iAlbum yenu ebeliyilinde ngamehlo abomvu'
Salibonani balandeli bethu kanye labantu bakithi eMatebeleland yonkana. Sithi sesiphindile njalo ukuliphakululela ukudla kwendlebe okumnandi njengezibiliboco. Sithi sing'amafik'amahle iqembu lenu elid...Published: 07 Apr 2015 at 16:35hrs | | by Amafik\'amahle
Man, 37, in court for raping a 91-year-old woman
A 37-year-old Inyathi man allegedly raped a 91-year-old woman after he found her alone at her homestead.Thandolwenkosi Moyo pleaded not guilty and told the court that he did not have knowledg...Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Emily Mbewe
Man 'rapes' granny, 91
A 37-year-old Inyathi man allegedly raped a 91-year-old woman after he found her alone at her homestead. Thandolwenkosi Moyo pleaded not guilty and told the court that he did not know where the woman ...Published: 07 Mar 2015 at 14:50hrs | | by Emily Mbewe
Man teams up with son, tie wife to tree
A MAN from Siganda, Matabeleland North, who had a dispute with his wife, teamed up with his son and tied her to a tree. Themba Agent Nkala last month had a physical confrontation with his wif...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Danisa Masuku
Where is omasiganda music now?
Music When I was aged 10, my school teacher organised a train trip from Mutare to Victoria Falls during the Easter holidays. That was the first time I experienced a train ride in my life. We were a g...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Fred Zindi
Woman barred from attending husband's funeral
A WIDOW from Inyathi Village was barred from attending her late husband's funeral after her in-laws accused her of killing him.Rachel Ngwenya's husband, Melfort Tshuma, allegedly fell ill and ...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 20:13hrs | | by Winston Sithole
Girl (12) goes missing
POLICE are investigating the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl from Bulawayo's Barbourfields suburb who went missing on Friday last week after boarding a bus from Nkayi and heading for Bulawayo....Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tototo 'brewery' busted
POLICE in Siganda in Matabeleland North Province busted a homestead in Village 2, Mbembeswana area which was used as a "brewery" to manufacture the illicit and dangerous brew popularly known as kacha...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bodies found at VP Nkomo's farm buried
THE two men who were recently found dead in a septic tank at the late Vice-President Landa John Nkomo's farm in Insuza have been buried.The bodies of Nhlanhla Dube (23) and Pilate Moyo (2...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man rapes woman and falls asleep
AN alleged rapist reportedly tied his victim, raped her four times before falling asleep, giving the complainant enough time to escape and inform neighbours.Inyathi villagers then teamed up an...Published: 14 Jun 2013 at 03:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as stolen bag demands to be returned to its rightful owner
A Siganda family in Inyathi, just outside Bulawayo, which had deserted its home following terror unleashed by a stolen bag is reportedly caught at crossroads after seeking help from a traditional heal...Published: 09 Feb 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stolen bag harasses thief, demands to be sent back to owner
A Siganda family in Inyathi, just outside Bulawayo, has deserted its homestead after a stolen bag unleashed terror and struck fear into their son's life, allegedly requesting to be returned to its ri...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
O-Level exams begins today
Ordinary Level examinations are starting today, with examination papers having been dispatched to all centres countrywide.The examination papers include the ones that were withdrawn and reset ...Published: 29 Oct 2012 at 04:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt owes Zimsec millions of dollars in Grade Seven examination fees
GOVERNMENT owes the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) millions of dollars in Grade Seven examination fees, a situation that has severely compromised the smooth running of the operations of...Published: 27 Oct 2012 at 20:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Headmaster loses November exam papers while travelling to Bulawayo
THE acting headmaster of Sijahugwe Secondary School in the Siganda area of Bubi District, Matabeleland North, allegedly lost O-level examination question papers while travelling from Bulawayo to the s...Published: 16 Oct 2012 at 23:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court uphold five more death sentences
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed five more death sentences, two of them of men who murdered their lovers.On Tuesday the Supreme Court sitting in Bulawayo also confirmed three death sente...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:36hrs | | by Court reporter
Thokozani Khupe to ditch Makokoba
MDC-T Deputy president Thokozani Khupe is planning on dumping her Makokoba constituency in Bulawayo for rural Nkayi deeming it a safe haven, reports indicate.She has a newly built homestead in...Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 06:34hrs | | by Monica Dlamini
Desist from violence, MDC-T tells its supporters
Movement for Democratic Change led by Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has urged more than 200 supporters at a rally at Stanley Hall in Bulawayo to desist from violence as the nation is about to h...Published: 13 May 2012 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diasporan based Zimbo declares interest in Bubi parly seat
A Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom has declared his interest in contesting for the House of Assembly seat for Bubi in elections scheduled for this year.The country expects to hold harmon...Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stabbed headmistress released from hospital
THE headmistress of Siganda Secondary School, Mrs Concillia Ngwenya, who was recently brutally stabbed by a male teacher at the school, has been discharged from hospital.Mrs Ngwenya was admitt...Published: 29 Nov 2011 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Social Justice tops the MDC agenda - Welshman Ncube
Over eight hundred MDC supporters converged at Nesigwe Business Centre in Nkayi North for an MDC ward rally where the President of the party Welshman Ncube told them that the creation of a just and a...Published: 21 Nov 2011 at 17:53hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mentally disturbed woman raped the whole night
A MAN from Inyathi is on a collision course with the law after he forcibly slept with a 54- year-old mentally retarded woman.The incident happened at the complainant's bedroom when the accused...Published: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social Justice Tops The MDC Agenda: Welshman Ncube
Over eight hundred MDC supporters converged at Nesigwe Business Centre in Nkayi North for an MDC ward rally where the President of the party Welshman Ncube told th...Published: 01 Nov 2011 at 11:30hrs | | by -
Welshman Ncube visiting every village, valley and hamlet
MDC leadership is visiting all its structures throughout the country in line with the congress resolution to visit all the corners of the country. In its last congress the MDC resolved to visit every ...Published: 01 Nov 2011 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Prof Ncube to clear confusion on Matabeleland money
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Professor Welshman Ncube, who is also the leader of the Movement for Democratic Chnage, will next week visit the Bulawayo business community to clear the confusion on t...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 06:15hrs | | by Sehlule Zondo
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