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Matebeleland South senator raps govt over Bulawayo water crisis
Matebeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has accused the government of lacking the political will to address the ongoing water crisis in Bulawayo, which is grappling with its worst water shortag...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt letting Matebeleland down'
Matebeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has criticized the government for its failure to adequately build schools in the region, attributing this oversight to the rise in teenage pregnancies an...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 2018 is MDC's 'year of misfortunes'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described the year 2018 as a year of misfortunes for the party.In his condolence message last weekend to the family of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsva...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T bigwig dies
MDC-T Senator for Matobo constituency in Matabeleland South, Ms Sithembile Mlotshwa, has died. Ms Mlotshwa died yesterday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals where she was admitted for an undisclosed ill...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Taking politics emotionally causes violence,' says Mphoko
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has warned against taking politics emotionally saying such an approach resulted in political violence. Mphoko, who is also the minister responsible for nation...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops free to urinate behind trees at roadblocks
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Obedingwa Mguni has given police manning roadblocks countrywide a green light to urinate and defecate in the open as they please as there is no law against ...Published: 12 May 2017 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
'Allow Mugabe to rule until he dies'
Zanu-PF Manicaland senator Judith Mawire has proposed that President Robert Mugabe must be allowed to rule for life in recognition of his role in the liberation of Zimbabwe.Mawire was cont...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Recall ambassadors,' broke Mugabe govt told
Senators have urged the Foreign Affairs ministry to recall ambassadors, as government is struggling to pay them, and deploy low level diplomats.Zimbabwe's diplomats are living rough as the cas...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ambassadors serve at the mercy of Mugabe
Zimbabwean diplomats around the world who face evictions over rent arrears amounting to $7 million serve at the mercy of President Robert Mugabe, foreign minister has said.The country's ...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 09:38hrs | | by Alice Dube
Habakkuk Trust celebrates human rights day at St Sebastian Secondary School
The Civic organisation Habakkuk Trust is today (Saturday celebrating the Human rights day at St Sebastian Secondary School in Sigangatsha in Matobo Ward 6.The organisation said the celebration...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Highlanders Legends to play against Matobo select team on peace celebration day
Highlanders Football club legends will on Wednesday play against the Sontala select team in Matobo in belated peace day celebrations organised by the Habakkuk Trust.This was reveled by the tru...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF MP mobilise villagers to demonstrate against Arda
ZANU-PF Member of the National Assembly for Matobo South constituency Soul Mahalima Ncube has allegedly formed an "unholy alliance" with MDC-T Senator for Matobo Sithembile Mlotshwa and some NGOs ...Published: 25 Sep 2016 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matobo land demonstration: 23 due for court
Police in Maphisa have formally charged 23 of the originally 40 villagers who were arrested before engaging in a demonstration in the growth point yesterday morning.17 others were discharged w...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Matobo land demonstrations: 40 arrested
At least 40 people including MDCT Matobo senator, Sithembile Mlotshwa are in police custody following a foiled community land demonstration. Over two hundred heavily armed anti riot police off...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 17:13hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP's music deplores plight of war vets
Parliamentarian and former deputy minister of Justice, Fortune Chasi (Mazowe South MP Zanu-PF) has ventured into the world of music, singing against political violence, highlighting the plight of war ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Local Musicians not treated well - Senator Mlotshwa
Matabaleland South Senator for MDC-T Sithembile Mlotshwa has said local musicians are not treated well and what was the government policy on their issues.She said this in parliament directing ...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Local Govt bill is a 'Manyenyeni must go Bill'
MDC-T senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has blasted Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere for making efforts to buldoze the shoddy local government Bill into law with only the zeal to have Harare May...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Habakkuk trust to host engagement of authorities with villagers over National Parks squabbles
Habakkuk Trust will on Friday host policy dialogue meeting on management of natural resources, especially looking at Matobo National Park amid revelations villagers were complaining that they were fai...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
320 cops dismissed last year alone- Chombo
Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo has told parliament that last year alone the force dismissed 320 police officers for stealing and abusing their offices at road blocks and other offices.H...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Spot fines to end,' Minister Chombo says
TRAFFIC police officers will soon stop collecting fines for traffic offences in cash at roadblocks to curb corruption in the force, the Minister of Home Affairs, Ignatius Chombo, said yesterday....Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Tsvangirai appoints Shadow Cabinet
Morgan Tsvangirai today announced his shadow Cabinet that he said will work hard in crafting and articulating alternative policies and programmes for the country.He announced his shadow cabine...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 16:11hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Big belly soldiers irk senator Mlotshwa
Matabeleland South MDC-T senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has expressed his dissatisfaction of the capability to discharge duties by some soldiers who have big bellies.Asking the Defence Minister S...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Father Zim's Kezi home falls apart: Senator being mischievous
The story by the Newsday of 15 March 2016 claiming that Father Zimbabwe's Kezi home is falling down, cannot go unchallenged as leaving it like that gives a wrong perception to the public. The Ne...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 14:00hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Father Zimbabwe's Kezi home falls apart
The late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's Kezi rural homestead is gradually collapsing as the government is not keen on maintaining residences' of prominent liberation struggle icons an opposition se...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Chiefs always disrespected- sen. Mlotshwa
Matabeleland South MDC-T Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has claimed that in most of the time Chiefs from Matabeleland are disrespected even by fellow Chiefs from Mashonaland as at some point people from ...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matabeleland senator Mlotshwa skeptical about the defence University programmes
Matabeleland South MDC-T Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has expressed reservations about the programmes which the defence University would be teaching indicating that in the 1980s the army was used to bu...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 10:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabweans should engage in sex once a month,' MDC-T official
Matabeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa (MDC-T) yesterday said people and shops selling libido-enhancing herbs were spreading in the country."The C...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of being intolerant
Matabeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa (MDC-T) yesterday described Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa as intolerant, as she blasted him for his remarks ...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T senator releases album
Controversial Matobo senator Sithembile Mlotshwa celebrated her 50th birthday in a lavish manner by releasing an album.Her six track album is titled Mntanami Lo.Mlotshwa sampled some o...Published: 25 May 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Dokora grilled over 'O' Level internship
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora was last week grilled in Parliament over his plans for industrial attachment of school leavers with some senators suggesting the move was t...Published: 12 May 2015 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T senator cries foul over birth certificates
MATOBO Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has claimed orphans in her constituency are still being issued with the old version short birth certificates, which did not bear their parents' names and this had se...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa clueless
FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday disclosed to Senate he had no idea how he was going to cut the wage bill gobbling 85% of the country's National Budget.His disclosure came as Senat...Published: 20 Dec 2014 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe will never legalise prostitution and homosexuality'
ZIMBABWE will never legalise prostitution and homosexuality, a Member of Parliament has said. Speaking during a two-day National Aids Council (NAC) workshop for journalists in Kadoma, Kindness Paradza...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Zimbabwe cops to be taught to smile
ZIMBABWE traffic police officers are set to undergo smiling lessons to ensure that they treat visiting motorists with kindness and not scare away tourists, Home Affairs deputy minister Ziyambi Ziyambi...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health minister allays fears foreskins could be sold
Men are embroiled in a dispute with Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa over fears are being illicitly to the global cosmetics industry and traditional leaders. Parirenyatwa ...Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministry clears air on foreskins
THE Health and Child Care ministry has cleared the air about the controversial disposal of foreskins of circumcised men.Some men had been complaining that health institutions were using their ...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bizarre circumcision claims
A ZANU-PF senator has claimed that Western countries are encouraging Zimbabwean males to be circumcised as a ploy to weaken them so they can take over their land and women.Mashonaland West sen...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreskins used in anti-ageing product
FORGET the stories you have heard about female rapists, pouncing on "unsuspecting" men, raping them in order to gather supplies for sperm banks and for other purposes, such as sorcery.Foreskin...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Peter Matika
Deadly Ebola virus, Zimbabwe in red alert
ZIMBABWE is on high alert for the deadly Ebola virus which is wreaking havoc in West Africa as all entry points are prepared to deal with the haemorrhagic fever, a government official has said....Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Where are the foreskins?'
MDC-T Matabeleland South senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has backed her motion calling for a ban on circumcision of children under the age of 18 by claiming that foreskins of circumcised men could be u...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'What happens to these foreskins' after circumcision asks lady senator
MDC-T Matabeleland South senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has backed her motion calling for a ban on circumcision of children under the age of 18 by claiming that foreskins of circumcised men could be used...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 06:46hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Senators demand circumcision ban
MDC-T's Matabeleland South senator Sithembile Mlotshwa yesterday moved a motion urging a ban on circumcision of minors saying the country is "creating a generation of useless men".Mlotshwa...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Child circumcision ignites debate
Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over an on-going male circumcision campaign, especially that which targets children.Zimbabwe introduced medical male circumcision in 2009 following st...Published: 25 May 2014 at 14:12hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
No exams for other indigenous languages
Government is not yet ready to offer examinations in most of the 16 languages recognised by the new constitution due to shortages of textbooks and trained teachers for those languages, a Cabinet m...Published: 25 May 2014 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to investigate racist ZRP officer
Government has said it will investigate a police officer from Matobo District of Matabeleland South who was found racially harassing white cyclists.MDC-T Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa raised...Published: 23 May 2014 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's govt to regulate churches
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Nicholas Goche yesterday told Senate that government was considering coming up with a policy framework to regulate churches.He said Cabine...Published: 16 May 2014 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Circumcised men abandon condoms
WASHINGTON DC - Ernest Dhlamini of Mbabane city, Swaziland, was circumcised in 2006, to enjoy what he calls a clean life.Dhlamini says he is worried that a large number of men circumcised und...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by VOA
'Stop circumcising infants,' says senator
WASHINGTON DC - A Zimbabwean legislator says the Health ministry should stop circumcising children under the 2009 medical male circumcision programme.Matobo senator Sithembile Mlotshwa said ch...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Senator wishes she could change the Bible
MDC-T Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa says she wishes that she could change the bible and get rid of the verse that says women should submit to their husbands as it made females more vulnerable....Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF 'using food aid to build support ahead of elections'
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF has been accused of using food aid to build political support ahead of general elections in Zimbabwe later this year.Zanu-PF officials are said to be circumve...Published: 05 May 2013 at 17:36hrs | | by Aislinn Laing I Telegraph
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