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Cops in court for bashing burglary suspect
Three police detectives have been dragged to court facing assault charges against a burglary suspect.They are Valentine Dhliwayo, 40, James Chiduwo, 43 and Isaac Musungati, aged 34.The...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 10:27hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Council boss blows thousands on bling
Chiredzi Council, which is struggling to deliver standard services to its 300 000plus residents, is in the eye of a storm following revelations that the local authority could be pampering its executiv...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:56hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi Town Council to upgrade water supply systems
Chiredzi Town Council has tabled an ambitious 5 year development plan which will see the town intensely improve water supply and modernize all its infrastructure.This came out at a recent post...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 13:57hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Lawyer and seven residents acquitted over repressive MOPO Act
CHIREDZI Magistrate Vimbai Mtukwa on Monday 4 December 2023 acquitted eight Chiredzi residents, who had been on trial for allegedly contravening the provisions of the Maintenance of Peace and Order (M...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 16:13hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim lawyer, seven residents detained over repressive MOPO Act
EIGHT Chiredzi residents in Zimbabwe are languishing in prison after they were denied bail following their arrest charged with contravening the provisions of the repressive Maintenance of Peace and Or...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 11:17hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa rally barred venue booked by Zanu-PF
POLICE has banned another Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally which was slated for Friday at Chivi Growth Point.The opposition was also barred from holding a rally in Chiredzi, Tshovani ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 20:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
8 CCC members nabbed over banned Chiredzi rally
POLICE in Chiredzi have arrest eight members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for allegedly defying a ban on their party rally at Tshovani Stadium on Wednesday.CCC spokesp...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police ban Chamisa rally
IN yet another big blow on efforts to level the political playing field ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections, police in Chiredzi, Masvingo province, yesterday banned opposition Citizens Coaliti...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa commissions Avuxeni community radio station
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica Mutsvangwa today commissioned Avuxeni FM community radio station in Chiredzi in a landmark development which bears testi...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 21:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi residents left in shock over the tragic death of two minors
RESIDENTS of Chiredzi are still in shock after two minors from a local pre-school allegedly suffocated to death in a vehicle trunk this Tuesday.The minors, Celine Shiri (3) and Lynet Musungatu...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Chiefs clash at funeral
The long standing feud between Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira and newly installed Chief Nemamwa recently escalated at a funeral when representatives from the two chieftaincies nearl...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 18:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Companies challenge ZCTU over unvaccinated workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s court challenge against compulsory vaccination of workers has suffered a major blow after government and several private entities cited as respondents di...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints 3 Shangaan chiefs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has elevated three Shangaan headmen to chiefs in a move that has been described as a plot to douse the simmering tension between Zanu-PF and the Shangaan community....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Mahlathini heir apparent dies
The heir apparent to Chief Mahlathini chieftaincy in Tsholotsho, Jabulani Jiyane has succumbed to Covid-19.Jiyane, whose age could not be ascertained, was acting chief following the death of h...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Tshovani dies
Long-serving Chiredzi paramount chief, Chief Tshovani has succumbed to Covid-19-related complications this morning.Chief Tshovani (75), born Hlaisi Mundau died this morning at Colin Saunders H...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Zanu-PF MP clashes with some residents over CDF
CHIREDZI West residents are up in arms with their legislator Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu-PF) for planning to channel half of the constituency development funds (CDF) towards refurbishment of Tshovani Stad...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reverses corrupt sugarcane plot allocation
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials, their relatives and security agents who were corruptly allocated sugarcane plots in Chiredzi by minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira were last weekend ordered to su...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga anger forces Chiwenga to abort trip
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was last week forced to abort a trip to Chilonga communal lands, where over 12 000 villagers are facing eviction after angry traditional leaders told Masvingo provi...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres
IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with ty...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo approves Chiredzi TC, RDC budgets
The local authorities of Chiredzi both the Town Council and the Rural District Council's (RDC) 2021 budgets have been approved by the Minister of Local Government, National Housing and Public Works, J...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chilonga SI amended
Government has published an amended Statutory Instrument aimed at paving way for the development of a massive irrigation scheme on 200 000 hectares in south eastern Lowveld. A few minor errors...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo businesses defy lockdown regulations
MASVINGO province, which has been labelled as one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country, still has most of its businesses open, despite the 30-day national lockdown announced early this month by the...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's riot police bashes 11-month baby
POLICE in riot gear on Saturday accidentally struck a baby with a truncheon in Chiredzi barely two days after the world commemorated Human Rights Day on Thursday last week.The 11-month-old bab...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I will always support Chamisa,' says dismissed ZPCS officer
A former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer, John Mahlabera has vowed to continue supporting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa despite losing his job over a tweet in which he p...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa slammed over false promises
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has come under fire from his supporters in Chiredzi for neglecting a former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer fired for supporting him.Chami...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Before the July 30 elections in 2018, MDC Alliance's swashbuckling and technophile public relations machine nourishingly fed us the optics of what we were told were the makings of a political tsunami ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa bans 2 officials
ZIFA has banned two of its officials in Masvingo for five years and ordered them to pay back over US$5 000 to four Ghanaian players whom they swindled after promising them employment at a "highly-payi...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shangani circumcision teams turn away health partners
Shangani villagers in Chiredzi have shut out all health partners from taking part in this year's circumcision ceremony which started on Sunday, citing intrusion into their culture.The end of t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets demand employment for their children
Veterans of the 1970s liberation struggle, have called on government to ensure their children are given jobs despite lack of qualifications, claiming their offsprings have been denied a lot of chances...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief raps army, Mnangagwa
A Chiredzi traditional leader has accused the army of meddling in a dispute over the Noremwe chieftainship amid claims that the government has anointed an undeserving candidate.Chief Tshovani ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in court after 'tribalistic' chief appointment
ZIMBABWE'S minority Shangaan group has taken the government to court after it installed a chief from outside the tribe.The complainants argue the move by the government to install a chief from...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:49hrs | | by CAJ News
Mnangagwa drawn into tribal storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been taken to task for allegedly stoking tribal tensions in Chiredzi by "imposing" a Karanga to be chief of Shangani people in the district.Hlaisi Mundau, who ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 18:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya blames MDC bigwigs for chaotic structures
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya last week blamed the party's top leadership for the party's loss in Chiredzi West during the harmonised elections last year, saying imposition o...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Chamisa's Chiredzi rally flops
Hordes of MDC supporters ignored thousands of anti-Nelson Chamisa flyers strewn all over Chiredzi to attend a rally addressed by the youthfull opposition leader on Sunday.The fliers which read...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens unlawful change of Mnangagwa govt
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Sunday threatened unlawful change of power in the country, suggesting that President Mnangagwa would not see off his constitutional five-year mandate. The o...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newly-commissioned road needs repairs
The newly-constructed 2,4km West Road in Tshovani Township in Chiredzi, which was funded by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) at a cost of ZWL$510 000 and commissioned by Masvingo Pro...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs jeered at party rally
Zanu-PF supporters in Chiredzi booed and hauled insults at the party's Masvingo provincial Women's League chairperson Alignia Samson and Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu at victory celebrations held...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parly committees probe Chiredzi child prostitution
THREE parliamentary thematic committees on Tuesday descended on Chiredzi on a fact-finding mission on child prostitution as well as sexual reproductive health and rights.The committees that ca...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demands to introduce Shangaan in Zimbabwe education
MINORITY communities southeast of Zimbabwe in Chiredzi are advocating for the introduction of their languages in the school curriculum and the hiring of teachers conversant in the language.The...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by CAJ News
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Communities hail construction of Shangani-style campsites
CHIREDZI communities have applauded the construction of Shangani-style campsites at Gonarezhou National Park, saying the move will go a long way in preserving their culture.Gonarezhou Conserva...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members ditch Mnangagwa regalia
MASVINGO Zanu-PF provincial leadership got a rude awakening last week, when Chiredzi district chairpersons revealed that they had stopped wearing party regalia in public places for fear of being shunn...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
News farmers are lazy, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial vice chairperson, Ailes Baloyi has savaged resettled farmers in the district for just sitting idle on the land without producing anything of value.Speaking during t...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regalia a disgrace, party youths tell Matutu
Few weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a politburo meeting and ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs stationed at Shake-Shake building to always put on party regalia, national vice youth chairperson...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacy shut down over expired, unregistered drugs
MEDICINE Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) closed down Angel Pharmacy at Checheche Business Centre in Chipinge for selling more than 25 types of drugs which were either expired, unregistered or unr...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'prison officer' fired
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has finally fired the prison officer accused of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa by addressing MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as "my presid...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe authorities intensify clampdown on dissent
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have laid misconduct charges against a prison officer, who allegedly attended an opposition political party rally ahead of the country's harmonised elections.The Zimbabw...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 16:42hrs | | by Stepohen Jakes
Chief Tshovani walks away from Heroes Acre
There was drama at Chiredzi District Heroes Acre on Monday after Chief Tshovani and his entourage walked out of a heroes day celebration event held at Chitsanga.He walked away in protest again...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chieftainship wrangle sucks in July Moyo
CHIEF Tshovani of Chiredzi district has taken Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo and the president of the National Council of Chiefs, Senator Fortune Charumbira, to...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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