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John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust donates mealie meal to San community
The John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust on Sunday donated mealie meal to the San community in Tsholotsho with 16.5 tonnes being distributed to 750 households.Distribution took place at Mtshina Pri...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 17:19hrs | 352 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe flood victims stranded four years later
Four years after devastating floods ravaged Binga, the government has yet to allocate houses to some of the affected victims, despite repeated promises of assistance. In February 2020, heavy rains cau...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:06hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military offer free medical support to Tsholotsho
When approached by a man in military uniform at her local hospital on Tuesday afternoon asking how he could help, Mrs Simayedwa Mnkandla of Sipepa area in Tsholotsho was taken aback .By her ow...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army hands over new school in Tsholotsho
The Zimbabwe Defence Force has completed and handed over Tshino Secondary School in Tsholotsho to the Tsholotsho Rural District Council. Nkululeko Sibanda, the council's chief executive, confi...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala launches his movement
Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has dumped Citizens Coalition for Change launching a mass nationwide democratic consultative process as he seeks to form a new national movement.Spea...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stops Khupe, Welshman Ncube civic awards?
The decision to award civic honors to opposition party stalwarts, Professor Welshman Ncube and Dr. Thokozani Khupe, made by the previous Bulawayo councilors, has reportedly been put on hold. This acti...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi was planned before Zimbabwe independence'
Former Co-Minister of National Healing and Integration, Moses Mzila Ndlovu, believes the Gukurahundi genocide that killed over 20 000 people in Matebeleland and Midlands was planned before independenc...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Malinga, Nyathi, Ngwenya nominated for civic honours
FORMER Bulawayo Mayor and Special Advisor to the President on National Disability, Alderman Joshua Malinga together with renowned historian Mr Pathisa Nyathi and Mpilo Central Hospital clinical direct...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF chefs have title deeds for grabbed farms'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has sensationally claimed that all top Zanu-PF chefs have acquired title deeds to the farms they grabbed from white former farmers at the height of the la...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Cop arrested for stealing handcuffs
A COP stationed at Jotsholo Police Station in Lupane, Matabeleland North, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a wheelbarrow, duty roster book, stock clearance book and handcuffs from the police s...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The magic innovation CCC needs to kick out Zanu
Innovation is a preserve for the young as the old do not know anything different from what they grew up doing. Chamisa's CCC should understand that the other word for Innovation is "Brainchild"....Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:44hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
2 prophets jailed for stock theft
TWO self-styled prophets from a Zionist church in Tsholotsho and a villager from Dete in Hwange have been jailed for nine years each for stocktheft.Promise Vundla (33) and Hawkins Sibanda (47)...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 17:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Qoki brings smiles to hundreds of households in Matebeleland
THE past few weeks have seen Qoki Zindlovukazi trending following a revelation that the group of Zimbabwean women in the diaspora are millionaires after investing so much in immovable property....Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland politicians not pushing enough on devolution'
CIVIC society organisations operating in Matebeleland have accused politicians from the region of lacking stamina to push for implementation of devolution of power as enshrined in the Constitution....Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
My desperate plea to billionaire Masiyiwa
Last Sunday I dwelt on the depressing theme of the hardship that journalists often endure for failing to toe the ill-defined line drawn by intolerant politicians.Newspaper editors must be the ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 9 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
'Chamisa, Mwonzora must unite first'
FORMER Cabinet minister and senior opposition official Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has urged the warring MDC factions led by Douglas Mwonzora and Nelson Chamisa to settle their differences first before engagi...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$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
Floods alert as rivers rise
TSHOLOTSHO District is on high alert for floods as water levels in the Gwayi and Khami rivers are rising at an alarming speed. With the Meteorological Services Department predicting more rains...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pleads for national unity, silent on gukurahundi genocide
AS THE country commemorated Unity Day yesterday, the ruling Zanu-PF implored Zimbabweans to shun violence and unite to foster enduring peace and national development.At the same time, the form...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Battle for control of MDC-T intensifies
Rival candidates have heightened their campaign activities ahead of MDC-T's extraordinary congress as the battle to control the party intensifies.Early this month, the Supreme Court gave MDC-T...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu argues that Gukurahundi genocide was dealt with by 1987 Unity Accord
IN VIEWS that are set to be a major talking point in the coming days and weeks, former Cabinet minister Obert Mpofu, says it is time to forgive and move on from the Gukurahundi killings of the 1...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo turns to sewage effluent to solve water crisis
BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to recycle industrial and domestic sewerage to augment water supplies as shortages of the precious liquid persist.The city's main supply dams have also been...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to resign as Minister
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will have to resign as Minister if he is endorsed by ZANU PF Matabeleland North province to stand as a Member of Parliament a constitutional expert has said. Shep...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 11:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 11 | by PUMA
Mohadi to embark on peace building programme countrywide
The national healing and reconciliation process has contributed to the country's security by removing social threats while building and fostering sustained peace and national cohesion, Vice President ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Expert help for Gukurahundi reburials
Ukuthula Trust, which was responsible for the recent successful exhumation and reburial of a Gukurahundi victim in Tsholotsho, says it is ready to assist families rebury their loved ones as part of ef...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gukurahundi exhumation and reburial video
Ukuthula Trust working with the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission exhumed the remains of a Gukurahundi Genocide victim in Sipepa, Tsholotsho on Sunday. The victim had been bur...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Villagers witness exhumation of remains of Mnangagwa linked genocide
VILLAGERS in Sipepa, Tsholotsho, in Matabeleland North province yesterday witnessed the exhumation of the remains of a villager who was killed during the 1980s political disturbances, as the peace and...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Gukurahundi victims exhumed and reburied
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has overseen a process that has led to the exhumation and reburial of a coup who were victims of Gukurahundi in Sipepa Tsholotsho. Senior Journ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 17:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matabeleland Collective demands gukurahundi truth from Mnangagwa
PRESSURE groups coalescing under the banner of the Matabeleland Collective are ratcheting up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that a truth-telling and associated prissuesprocess prec...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe commissioned gukurahundi genocide reports 'have been lost'
Reports of two government commissions of inquiry into post-independence massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands "have been lost", the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it has...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Man commits suicide after raping neighbour's wife
A 22-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man tried to rape his neighbour's wife (62) in a suspected muthi ritual and ran off to commit suicide after the woman overpowered him.Melusi Ndebele of Kapanyana...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:14hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Cyclone Idai to hit Zimbabwe
TROPICAL Cyclone Idai, which is brewing in Mozambique, is expected to hit Zimbabwe over the weekend with strong winds and thunderstorms likely to leave a trail of destruction in Manicaland, Masvingo a...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher loses two children in pit latrine accident
TRAGEDY struck the family of a Chikombedzi teacher in Chiredzi when her two children aged three and five, drowned in a pit latrine.The deceased were identified as Keith Mavesere aged (5) and t...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by newzimbabwe
ZANU PF, Jonathan Moyo, Strive Masiyiwa, Lovemore Madhuku, Jealousy Mawarire pentagon gangsters of evil
I am not amused by the discord between, Jonathan Moyo-Strive Masiyiwa, Jonathan Moyo-Lovemore Madhuku, Jonathan Moyo-Jealousy Mawarire that had been engineered by ZANU PF style of leadership. I hate J...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 14:59hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Qoki ZiNdlovukazi and associated donors feed the homeless this Christmas
The UK based Matebeleland and Midlands women Facebook group 'Qoki, ZiNdlovukazi...Manina Amahle' has again done Bulawayo proud by f...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Mmatigari
Chamisa badly wants a deal with Mnangagwa
FROM the time Nelson Chamisa entered mainstream politics as the youth chairman for the then newly formed MDC in 1999, his ambitions were quite evident. At the time all he was armed with was political ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
'Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe'
Now that I have your attention may I say that Im very disappointed with some Ndebele fools who have been flooding my inbox with insults saying that I am a sponsored Zanu PF thug.I will underst...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Rabson Mwenda
Vuka Byo Vuka successfully brings UK community together for a memorable occasion
Community initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, held in Manchester over the weekend, wasn't your ordinary or typical community event. There was nothing superfluous about it, it in fact, embraced what commun...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Tidi Kwidini
Guest speakers announced as all roads lead to Manchester for Vuka Byo Vuka
The organisers of UK initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, have announced a long list of key players in the Zimbabwe diaspora community who will be in attendance at the celebration in Manchester on Saturday...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Tidi T C Kwidini
Sipepa Secondary school destroys young man's life, Zimsec please act
Editor,I am deeply worried about administration of a school somewhere in Tsholotsho North by the name Sipepa Secondary school. How they handled the issue of my young brother.The matter is:...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Ncube
MDC Alliance setting up war vets wing
THE MDC Alliance is mulling setting up a war veterans' wing to represent ex-combatants in the opposition camp following a fallout with their counterparts in the Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe National Liber...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru party collapses
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) has all but collapsed after almost all its senior members deserted the party before it has even celebrated its third birthday....Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sipepa Nkomo regrets dumping Tsvangirai for Biti
Former Water minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, who recently resigned from politics, has revealed how he painfully regrets dumping the MDC then led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai for a splinter party led by...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPP top official rejoins Chamisa
A NATIONAL Patriotic Party (NPP) top official, who quit the Joice Mujuru-led party on Tuesday, has rejoined the MDC-T led by Nelson Chamisa, while his counterpart has hung his boots as resignations th...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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