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IsiJahunda: Death of a language, people
THERE are more than 7 000 living languages in the world, but Unesco predicts more than half will be extinct by the end of the century.IsiJahunda might be one of the tongues as the language is ...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:42hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
3 robbers shot dead in Gwanda
Three robbers who were terrorising and targeting people keeping large amounts of money in Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province were on Tuesday killed after a shoot-out with police.Police s...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Reservoirs from Beitbridge to Plumtree
GOVERNMENT working with its development partners is setting up water reservoirs along Shashe River stretching from Beitbridge to Plumtree border posts as part of efforts to control cattle movement bet...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gungwe community calls for rehabilitation of Gungwe Dam
VILLAGERS in the Gungwe area in Gwanda District have called on Government to expedite efforts to repair the Gungwe Dam wall which was destroyed by floods about five years ago.Matanangombe, Nka...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Botswana appoints commission to probe livestock theft on Zimbabwe border
Botswana's president has ordered an official inquiry into livestock theft on his country's border with Zimbabwe, the government announced on Monday.Acting President Slumber Tsogwane named a ni...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 19:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe High faces water crisis
MAGWEGWE High School in Bulawayo is facing serious water problems amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was told last Thursday.The issue was revealed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
A product of Rhodesia's cattle improvement scheme
In the early 1940's in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the Government was promoting a cattle improvement scheme whereby bulls from imported European breeds were made available to the indigeno...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 19 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
1893MRM condemns the government's treatment of Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu
Recent reports about the treatment of Chief Maduna by Zimbabwe's government through the country's secret security services are greatly condemned by our Movement for human and peoples' rights. Chief Ma...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by 1893MRM
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs?
A petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Chief Vezi Maduna pleading with him to act on the marginalisation of Matabeleland and to set up a commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi genocid...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CIO confine Chief Maduna?
The District Intelligence Officer of Filabusi a Mr Mlotshwa allegedly summoned the all powerful Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi to his office on Thursday over the petition the ch...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 16:55hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele Chiefs' letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa - Fulltext
From the Office of.... CHIEF VEZI MADUNA MAFU OF AVOCA FILABUSI COMMUNAL LANDS 9 October 2018 The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:46hrs | 18 | by Chief Maduna, Chief Jahana and Chief Sibasa
Mnangagwa's tribal agenda exposed
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 20:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna calls for special Gukurahundi commission
A senior and influential traditional leader in Matabeleland South has broken rank and petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to establish a special commission to deal with the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | | by cite.org.zw
The hero of Tjewondo battle
On 27 May this year, we carried an article under our Lest We Forget column about how two elderly women, Loiusa Ndlovu and Eveline Ndlovu who are in their late 80s, witnessed the battle that took place...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Livestock farmers seek to re-establish Tuli breed
BEITBRIDGE indigenous livestock farmers are keen to re-establish the dominance of the Tuli breed of cattle, which originated from the western tip of their district.Tuli is the name of a beef c...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
JR Goddard urges nation to be patient
NOT only does Mr Jim Ross Goddard have a gigantic frame but his company has over the years grown to attain such status and now his next step is to increase participation in making Zimbabwe an economic...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
80 Tsholotsho families trapped
UP to 80 families in Sipepa area in Tsholotsho were marooned since Saturday and by last night the Airforce of Zimbabwe was airlifting affected villagers to safety.The Civil Protection Unit...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Dineo leave dozens homeless, destroy property
RAINS following the downgraded cyclone Dineo have left dozens of people homeless and destroyed infrastructure that include roads and dams across the country. In a statement yesterday, the Departme...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Upper Ncema spills for the first time in 2 decades
BULAWAYO could have kissed water problems goodbye after it emerged that three of its supply dams, Upper Ncema, Mtshabezi and Insiza Mayfair were now spilling following incessant rains that pounded...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:19hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
8-hour storm pound Gwanda, washes away 3 dams
They received poor rains last year, and hunger followed as they did not harvest anything.The villagers had to rely on the benevolence of non-governmental organisations, and government food...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rehabilitation of Ntalale piped water scheme revived
GWANDA - The long awaited rehabilitation of the Ntalale piped water scheme has been completed with the intervention of the donor community providing relief for villagers, the two local schools and a c...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
5 dams burst in Gwanda South due to heavy rains
Following heavy rains this year that pounded most parts of Gwanda South, five dams are now empty after they burst the dam walls.The recent rains that have been a blessing to farmers in Gwanda ...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Heavy rains leave trail of distruction in Gwanda
AN EIGHT-HOUR downpour in Gwanda South left a trail of destruction, leaving communities desperate.The heavy rain started shortly after 3PM last Thursday and ended after 11PM in Gungwe area und...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe: WhatsApp or Whatsfear?
One seemingly innocuous detail from history I always want to share with Zimbabweans relates to the relationship between a few whites in Bulawayo and King Lobengula soon after the signing of the fatefu...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Manama road rehabilitation to start
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority will in the next few weeks start rehabilitating Manama road from Bethel through Manama Mission Hospital to Tuli River, a stretch of about 20 kilometres.Thi...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Zupco accident victims yet to be named
POLICE were last night still carrying out the identification process for the 13 people who perished in a road traffic accident involving a Harare-bound Zupco bus and a haulage truck along the Harare-N...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda 'lunatic' drives away with Ambulance
A known Gwanda "lunatic" Polite Ngwenya continues to out do his acts and this time decided to have himself an emergency drive in a state ambulance from Gwanda Town to his rural home in Lushongwe a...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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