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Highlanders more than a football entity
HIGHLANDERS FC is more than a football entity. It is life and everything to some and leaving Bosso in 1976 would have seen club legend Douglas Mloyi disowned by his own family. The decision no...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Bosso members finally get to choose chairman, secretary, committee member
THERE was excitement ahead of the original date of the Highlanders elections, then disappointment when the polls were postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.That excitement is upon us ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over COVID-19 health insurance fund
THERE appears to be confusion over when frontline medical personnel will start receiving the liability insurance package, as they claim they are yet to receive anything, neither have they received com...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Repentant nurses reinstated on payroll
More than 1 000 nurses removed from the monthly pay sheets for not working standard hours are being reinstated after apologising to the Government and reverting to normal duty shifts. Last mon...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dramatic U-turn on top bosses
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has agreed to reinstate dozens of ministry directors he unilaterally fired two months ago, making a dramatic U-turn after mounting pressure and ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:06hrs | 4663 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe nurses apologises to Chiwenga
Nurses at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital have publicly broken with the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina), resolved to resume normal shifts and most have apologised to the Government for disruptions in...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Police speak on RoilBAAs stoppage
POLICE yesterday said they were forced to walk on stage and stop proceedings during the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) last Saturday after organisers failed to stick to agreed timelines for the ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Woman attacks hubby's manhood with metal rod
IF you're a man in an abusive relationship, it's important to know that you're not alone.A man from Matopo in Matabeleland South province is allegedly living in "hell" at the hands of his abus...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:04hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2751 | by Staff reporter
Mkhaya's John Vul'gate challenge goes viral
AUSTRIA-based imbube music exponent Vusa Mkhaya's version of the John Vul'gate challenge went viral over the weekend with the artiste releasing a song Ngiyabongamina to celebrate his birthday....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Ibutho leNqama: Open letter to Mnangagwa
The President of Zimbabwe, Ibutho leNqama received with shock and dismay the remarks made by the Republic of Zimbabwe President, Mnanangwa when addressing the Zanu PF provincial committee in t...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 11:29hrs | 3799 | by Junior Ngwenya
5 arrested over Kwekwe violence
Five suspected gold panners allegedly hired to disrupt Zanu-PF primary elections for Kwekwe Central over the weekend have been arrested, as investigations into the incident continue. The prima...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mkoba primary poll results out
EDUCATIONIST William Gondo will represent Zanu-PF in the Mkoba constituency by-elections after trouncing four other candidates who were contesting in the party primary elections.Last week, Gov...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:18hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands receives CVs from aspirants
THE Zanu-PF Midlands Province election directorate on Friday received curriculum vitaes (CVs) from prospective candidates for three by-elections to fill seats that are up for grabs.The three s...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
VMCZ intervenes in Skyz Metro FM, Cal Vin beef
ZIMBABWE rapper Cal Vin and Skyz Metro FM seem to have buried their differences after the intervention of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) who sat the two down this week, with both parti...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:25hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to set up social media teams
ZANU-PF is set to come up with provincial social media teams to defend the party and Government programmes on social media following campaigns by opposition elements fomenting violence while tarnishin...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets 5 million vote margin in 2023 elections
THE newly-elected Zanu-PF Bulawayo Provincial executive committee has been tasked with mobilising party membership to ensure the party wins the 2023 harmonised elections by a 5 million vote margin....Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:42hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elects new executive
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Province yesterday elected Obert Msindo as interim chairperson and Mnothisi Nsingo as his deputy. A 15-member interim provincial executive committee that is expected to help t...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:09hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo Province holds elections
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Province will today hold elections to choose an interim executive committee that will steer the party forward and instill discipline among members.Bulawayo Province has been w...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:13hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Internet sensation Nkayi Maskandi Clopas Sikhosana's hit song
EVERY dog has its day. These words have proved to be true for a Nkayi Maskandi musician, Clopas Sikhosana, who after 14 years of strumming his guitar in the Gwamba Village rural area, recently became ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 10:21hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals should not demand Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients
Hospitals should neither turn away patients nor demand a Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients, particularly in emergency cases, the Government has said.The exhortation comes after th...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:04hrs | 742 | by Staff Reporter
Hospital chief executives fired
Chief executives of five major Government hospitals have been "relieved of their duties" by the Health Services Board as part of what is described as a "restructuring exercise" within the Ministry of ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube summoned to explain economic mess
A ZANU-PF MP for Rushinga, Tendai Nyabani has asked parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda to summon Finance Minister Mthuli to the house to explain why the country's economy continues to take a nose-dive....Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1036 | by newzimbabwe
The death of Sikhosana marked the end Mutodi activeness on twitter
The death of Zanu pf member Absalom Sikhosana marked the end of the sacked Deputy Minister of Information Energy Mutodi activeness on twitter.Mutodi is well known for posting off topic issues ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 777 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Sikhosana was unhappy with the new dispensation
Revelations emerging following the death of Zanu PF Acting Bulawayo Chairman Absolom Sikhosana who was declared a national hero and buried in Harare is that he was confused and unhappy with the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:39hrs | 2934 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7938 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges peace in time of coronavirus
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political mile...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
RBZ not printing more money, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has said the printing of new $10 and $20 denominations does not translate to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) printing more money, but it was merely swapping RTGS balan...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa castigates illegal demos
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political scor...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Social distance burial for Absalom Sikhosana
National hero Absalom Sikhosana was laid to rest at the revered national shrine in Harare on Wednesday at a colourful event president upon by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The burial was done ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4950 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere remembers Absalom Sikhosana
Former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukewere has shared his fond memories with the late ZANU PF Politiburo member Absalom Sikhosana who was buried on Wednesday after being declared a national hero. ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:31hrs | 3698 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Absalom Sikhosana died a bitter man'
The late ZANU PF Politiburo member Absalom Sikhosana died a disappointment man due to the developments that took place in the ruling ZANU PF party since the bloody coup that ended 37 years of Presiden...Published: 19 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 4067 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhosana hero status divides Zanu-PF
FISSURES have reportedly emerged in the Zanu-PF hierarchy over the impromptu declaration of the late politburo member Absolom Sikhosana as a national hero.A group of senior party bigwigs and w...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 7992 | by Staff reporter
Go well true blue Ndebele warrior
I AM very sorry to learn about the death of Absolom Sikhosana, who I got to know quite well in my formative years in Bulawayo during the late 1950s right through the 1960s.Although he was abou...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:50hrs | 978 | by Muchadeyi A Masubda
Mnangagwa consoles Sikhosana family
President Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to the Sikhosana family following the death of Zanu-PF Politburo member Absolom Sikhosana on Saturday from a heart ailment he had battled for some time. ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana to be buried in Harare this Wednesday
THE late national hero, Absolom Sikhosana will be buried this at the national heroes acre in Harare this Wednesday.A representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, William C...Published: 18 May 2020 at 21:26hrs | 3494 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF neglected Sikhosana'
THE late Zanu-PF politburo member and acting Bulawayo provincial chairperson Absolom Sikhosana died a pauper with well-wishers only chipping in two days before his death to pay for his prescribed medi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 8030 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana death 'shakes Zanu-PF'
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said the late national hero Absolom Sikhosana was a dedicated and loyal cadre with unquestionable credentials. He made the remarks yesterday while delivering a condolen...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 3018 | by Staff reporter
Zapu scorns 'useless' ex-secretary general Absolom Sikhosana
OPPOSITION Zapu has slammed late Zanu-PF politburo member Absolom Sikhosana for being a "useless and harmless" man who did not deserve to be conferred with the highest honour of the land.Sikho...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1285 | by newzimbabwe
Late Sikhosana hailed as humble
FORMER Zanu-PF secretary for youth affairs and politburo member, Absolom Sikhosana has been described as a humble politician.Sikhosana (71) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospit...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism versus Populism: A tale of the MDC-Alliane's dilemma
THE genesis of problems daunting MDC today can clearly be traced back to 2016, if not earlier as the party has a brave tendency of choosing populism over constitutionalism, sad story from the same "de...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 251 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Absolom Sikhosana declared national hero
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared Absolom Sikhosana, a Zanu-PF Politburo member who died yesterday a national hero.Sikhosana (70), who was also acting Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo Pro...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Absolom Sikhosana dies aged 71
Zanu-PF Politburo member and ex-party secretary for the youth league Absolom Sikhosana has died aged 71 at a Bulawayo hospital.His death was confirmed by Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolu...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:10hrs | 6922 | by Staff reporter
Hero status for Clark Mpofu
PIONEER liberation fighter Clark Mpofu has been declared a liberation war hero and his family would be provided with a State assisted burial.Mpofu succumbed to a heart attack on Saturday at Mp...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:26hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Stanley Square in state of disrepair
STANLEY Square, one of the institutions associated with the nascent stage of the country's liberation movement, in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb is in a serious state of disrepair in sharp contrast to it...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs threaten Kwekwe Hospital staff'
KWEKWE General Hospital medical superintendent, Patricia Mapanda on Monday appealed to government to tighten security at the institution to protect its staff from marauding machete gangs who usually m...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chides Harare, Bulawayo DCCs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged ZANU PF District Coordinating Committees (DCC) set in Harare and Bulawayo to be more visible. During the 336th Ordinary Session of the Politburo in Harare on...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Cal_Vin hits back at Skyz Metro FM
RAPER Cal_Vin, who is under fire from a Bulawayo radio station after he released a controversial single titled Im So Bulawayo, which takes a dig at the radio station and one of its DJs, has come out g...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:12hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro bans 'yesteryear star' rapper Calvin
Bulawayo based radio station Skyz Metro has banned City rapper Calvin's music from their airwaves vowing not to work with him in any way until he develops his "mental stability."The decision b...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 12:32hrs | 3532 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF searching for Ndebele interpreter?
The ZANU PF National Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has been hailed for supervising and presiding over preparations of a successful National People's Conference.Delegates who atte...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 08:39hrs | 4259 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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