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Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines
At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma - who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia - is in a rush to return home to Zimbabwe before dusk.This is not the first time Tshuma, ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs left in limbo after Chamisa bombshell
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's shocking decision to quit the CCC caught the party's parliamentarians, councillors and mayors flat-footed while causing widespread confusion and panic within the ran...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed for reprimanding 13-year-old girl at nightclub
A HWANGE man who is based in South Africa was fatally stabbed in Lubangwe on New Year's Day for rebuking a 13-year-old girl for patronising a nightclub as a minor.Police are investigating the ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Security guard dies after elephant attack
A 30-year-old woman who was on guard duty succumbed to injuries sustained when she was attacked by an elephant while at work in Hwange on Friday.The woman, Lydia Dube (30) was pronounced dead ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba appeals for restoration of his area
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba of Mabale in Hwange District has called upon the government to reconsider the boundaries of his chiefdom, citing a significant reduction in its size due to encroachments by neig...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 14:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's chiefs happy with prevailing peace ahead of elections
TRADITIONAL leaders in Hwange and Binga districts have commended the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the country ahead of the harmonised elections set for next month.Zimbabweans will elect n...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF MP leads invasion of sacred mountain
A CARTEL in Mberengwa led by Zanu-PF aspiring MP for the constituency and gold baron Tinashe "Goga" Shumba has angered the community by invading Janasi Mountain, which is considered sacred, in search ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC forgets Sikhala
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala solidarity waning
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Whange chides miners
CHIEF Whange of Hwange district has accused miners of severely degrading his area and has urged his subjects to take action by demand that the companies rehabilitate the affected areas.Speakin...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange residents petition Parly over underground fires
HWANGE residents have petitioned Parliament to urgently investigate the source and threat of underground fires to communities and the environment in the coal mining town.For years people in Hw...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 42km water pipeline
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a US$48,1 million 42km pipeline which will supply water to Hwange Power Station from Zambezi River....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Construction of key water pipeline for Hwange power begins
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of a US$48,1 million, 42km water pipeline which will supply water to Hwange Power Station fro...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Haulage trucks damage highway
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is in a bad state especially in Hwange where the road is almost caving in at some sections, with haulage trucks belonging to mining companies being blamed for infli...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Fierce contest for Harare Central seat
MURISI Zwizwai of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, Norest Marara of the MDC-Alliance, Loice Magweba of Zanu PF, Linda Tsungirirai Masarira of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
US$1,6bn Command Agriculture bombshell
A DAMNING parliamentary report on Command Agriculture has exposed how former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe superintended over a murky and illegal proce...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange residents, Chinese miner clash
RESIDENTS of Hwange are up in arms with a Chinese company, Mutagech Mine, which they accuse of starting operations without consulting the community.Mutagech Mine has embarked on a coal-mining ...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt responsible for rights violations
The Civic Society organisations have lamented that three years after the adoption of Vision 2030 by the Zimbabwean government, ethnic, linguistic and indigenous communities in the country are facing a...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 19:35hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Nkayi Community Parliament: The model for peace in Matabeleland
The recently established, Nkayi Community Parliament, which fosters community involvement, participation and the development of Nkayi District, is a haven of ideas, peace, mutual respect and political...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:24hrs | 46 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Pressure on Chinese miner to abort plans to mine in Hwange Nat Park
PRESSURE is mounting on Chinese mining company Afrochine Smelting (Private) Limited to abort plans to conduct coal mining activities near Sinamatela National Park in Hwange.Local residents hav...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Chinese mine in Hwange
HWANGE residents under the Greater Whange Residents Trust (GWRT) are opposed to plans by a Chinese coal mining company, Afrochine Smelting to mine at Deka Safari because of the area's closeness to Sin...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest Hwange community leader
POLICE in Hwange, Matabeleland North province on Thursday arrested a Dinde community leader for leading a protest the previous day against a Chinese coal-mining project in the area.Never Tshum...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers' college for Whange
THE government and the local authority are prioritising the establishment of Hwange Teachers College and Empumalanga West Housing project in Matabeleland North province. "Let every local autho...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt coaxes Hwange villagers to accept Chinese miners
GOVERNMENT has today sent a high-powered delegation to Hwange in a bid to coax Dinde villagers to allow a Chinese coal mining project to take off after they had resisted it citing eviction fears....Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers resist Chinese mining project
HUNDREDS of villagers in the Dinde area, Hwange district in Matabeleland North are living in fear of eviction from their ancestral land to pave way for a Chinese coal-mining project.This has a...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Arthur GO Mutambara
Hwange residents, Hwange Local Board fight over stands
HWANGE residents have filed an application at the Hwange Magistrates Court seeking to bar Hwange Local Board (HLB) from allowing certain classes of people to construct houses on their stands while oth...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Hwange diarrhoea outbreak cause still unknown
THE cause of diarrhoea that led to more than 200 residents including schoolchildren in Empumalanga's suburb in Hwange being taken ill recently has remained a mystery after tests carried out so far fai...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Chiwenga launches $1,2bn convention centre in Victoria Falls
GOVERNMENT yesterday launched one of the first major capital projects under the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) with the ground-breaking of a $1,2 billion four-pronged convention centre set to create abo...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange names streets after local chiefs
HWANGE Local Board has named streets in its suburbs in honour of its local traditional leaders as part of its efforts to preserve heritage and culture in communities.Speaking at the street nam...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 Sadc countries including Zimbabwe plan power project
FOUR Sadc countries - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia are planning a $223 million power project expected to produce 600 megawatts to feed into the region.The project is code-named Z...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
School opens with one teacher
A SCHOOL in Hwange, which failed to open for the third term due to a shortage of teachers, has opened after only one teacher reported for duty on Monday.According to local media, the teach...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Martin 'The BigBoss' Sibanda speaks on criminals and new album
The Zimbabwean rhumba music band - Martin and Ndolwane Super Sounds is currently working on a campaign aimed at combating crime in Zimbabwe and abroad. Meanwhile, a new album is being finalised in...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:38hrs | | by Martin Blessedchild
Do not neglect heritage sites, says Mathema
THE Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Cain Mathema has bemoaned the state of some of the country's monuments, saying abandoning the ancient relics was tantamount to disregard...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:34hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
How innovative Zimbabweans should create wealth for themselves
If you are Zimbabwean and have had at least grade six education or even a PHD, here is a menu to use your education to get rich. The time to start action is now. Be reminded of how many times you thou...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 21:07hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Black domination ruining Zimbabwe
Powerful and honest tribute by a party that shares values and dedication with Mandela's party. There are only a few honest men in this World and indeed in Zimbabwe.If Zimbabwe had more honest...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 01:55hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Bosso likely to play Hwange without 7 senior players
HIGHLANDERS are likely to face tricky Hwange in a Castle Lager Premiership match set for Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday without seven senior players at a time the team desperately needs maximum point...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 08:30hrs | | by Sports reporter
The Origins of the baNambya People of the Present Day Hwange Area
It is of paramount importance for a person to know where he or she come from, the past and that is the reason why I was forced into this kind of research, to enlighten my fellow colleagues about ...Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 09:28hrs | 13 | by Kufakunesu Mawira
Inside the Great Nation of Bukalanga: A Definition of Bukalanga vis-à-vis the Ndebele, Shona and Ngwato
For most of the time in the past 200 years, the peoples of Bukalanga have been treated as a sub-ethnicity of the Ndebele, the Ngwato and the Shona. We also raised the point that the Great Nation of B...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 22:58hrs | 33 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Cricket - Zimbabwe in need of quick turnaround
Match Facts February 6, Whangarei Start time 1100 (2200 GMT) As with most one-day series, the first match of this one served as an illustr...Published: 05 Feb 2012 at 09:02hrs | | by Firdose Moonda
Dynamos held to a goalless draw, abandonment of ritual blamed
A section of irate DeMbare fans on Good Friday called for Mutasa's head after watching their misfiring team being held to a goalless draw by a disciplined Hwange in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer Leag...Published: 24 Apr 2011 at 11:28hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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