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Primary school pupils use buckets as chairs
Villagers in Bubi District Matabeleland North have clashed with their legislator Simelisizwe Sibanda after he told them that their contributions towards resolving a furniture crisis at Majiji Primary ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 21:55hrs | 1563 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe faces shortage of Nambya teachers
Zimbabwe is grappling with a serious shortage of Nambya language teachers as Hillside Teachers College in Bulawayo has yet to incorporate the language into its curriculum, despite earlier government a...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:05hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Iran-Zimbabwe to launch pharmaceutical joint venture
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from a major industrial boost following Iran's commitment to establish a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility and a tractor assembly plant in the country through a joint ve...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 07:12hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
32 Zimbabwean students to study mechatronics in China
Thirty-two Zimbabwean students will go to China to study mechatronics engineering under a joint training program between two vocational colleges.Students from Zimbabwe's Harare Polytechnic wil...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:03hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
No progress on Bulawayo-Nkayi Road
The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road is moving at a slow pace, with DIFFLOCK Construction, the newly-appointed contractor, already establishing its base and advancing the project...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
515 students graduate at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic
A total of 515 students graduated yesterday from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, marking a significant milestone in the institution's efforts to contribute to Zimbabwe'...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:55hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1516 | by Paul Siwela
Mnangagwa swears in qethu Minister
On Tuesday morning, President Emmerson Mnangagwa reinstated and swore in Honourable Simelisizwe Sibanda as the Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Dev...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:34hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now knows uqethu, reappoints Simelisizwe Sibanda
President Mnangagwa has re-appointed Bubi constituency legislator Simelisizwe Sibanda as the Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development after pard...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
MPs want local languages at schools
Lawmakers have underscored the importance of teaching local languages in schools to foster inclusivity, comprehension, and national unity. During a debate on promoting the development of previously ma...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:44hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister blames devolution delay for Ndebele language woes
A former government minister has criticised the government for failing to fully implement devolution, which he claims has led to the deployment of non-local language-speaking teachers in Matabeleland....Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mathema defends removed Minister
Chief Khulumani Mathema of Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, voiced support for Bubi MP Simelisizwe Sibanda's stance on the issue of Early Childhood Development (ECD) and language policies in Zimba...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:55hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Simelisizwe Sibanda apologises for doing the correct thing
Former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Simelisizwe Sibanda who was fired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for doing the correct thing has apologised for doing his job correctly.Si...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:01hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fired Minister for enforcing govt language policy
MEMBER of Parliament for Bubi Constituency in Matabeleland North Simelisizwe Sibanda has said he was enforcing Government policy when he called for the transfer of an ECD teacher who could not s...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 41 | 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
Mnangagwa incorrectly fires minister over tribal row
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Simelisizwe Sibanda following a tribal row in which he ordered the dismissal of a teacher who was incapable o...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:33hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Slow progress of Nust projects
THE Government has raised concern over the slow pace that the administration at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo is taking in completing key development projects, s...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Highway rehab set to resume
THE rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway is expected to resume in the next two weeks as the Government commits to improving the country's road infrastructure in response to concerns b...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Nkayi Road section opens
The Government has opened to the motoring public a completed section of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road near Turk Mine in Bubi District with the Government committing to avail more funds to complete the targe...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:28hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes more appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed three additional deputy ministers to complement those appointed last week, as announced by Acting Chief Secretary to the President Dr. Martin Rushwaya in a statement....Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF calls for peaceful DCC campaigns
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North leadership has called for a peaceful campaign as the party prepares for the District Development Committee (DCC) elections. The ruling party disbanded the DCCs in 20...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
CEO's case opens can of worms, suspended over hunting concessions
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) CEO Themba Moyo was suspended for allegedly being the "stumbling block" in efforts to capture all hunting concessions in the district by private players, accord...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo investigated over elephant sale?
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has reportedly deployed an investigation team to Tsholotsho district to find out if Higher and Tertiary Education minister ...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man survives buffalo attack
A MAN survived a buffalo attack while herding cattle after about 50 buffalo strayed from the Hwange National Park due to the destruction of the animal sanctuary's perimeter fence.Qhaba Thebe, ...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Whinsley Masara
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