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Chief Kandana dies at 72
Chief Kandana of Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province, has passed away at the age of 72 after a brief illness at Plumtree District Hospital. Born Michael Magutshwa, he had been a traditional...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:26hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora returnee turns into champion farmer
FARMING in Mangwe in Matebeleland South can be difficult, but Mr Kuzolunga Ncube Mabuza, a champion farmer in the arid lands of Makorokoro area has on his return from South Africa become a pacesetter....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Muppet Show
A couple of days after the first storm, I headed out just before sunrise when it was cool and overcast. The dust had gone, the ground was soft underfoot, and everything looked fresh, clean and green....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 9 | by Cathy Buckle
Rural women drive Zimbabwe's green transition
As a rural woman from Wedza, about 140 kilometers from Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, 53-year-old Adefi Mtambo never remotely imagined herself in the driver's seat."I could only operate an o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing ZANU PF MP dupes mourners
Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion "Missing MP" Mugweni has come under fire from Mvurwi residents and vendors who accuse him of giving fake promises after he promised to deliver cabbages at a f...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police target street vending pickup trucks
Police in Bulawayo has launched an operation to remove all pickup trucks being used for street vending, which are disrupting the smooth flow of traffic. Bulawayo Metropolitan province police s...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu accused of stealing produce at Esidakeni farm?
THE owners of Esidakeni farm in Matebeleland North have accused Zanu-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, of stealing farm produce at the disputed property.Mpofu allegedly stormed the...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra guerilla now a successful farmer
EX-ZIPRA guerrilla Moses Moyo is a beneficiary of the land reform programme and owns a plot under the A1 model in Makokomba village in Umguza District. He now has what he fought for – the land....Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu farm grab: Owners chicken out of physical inspection bid
THE owners of Keshelmar Farm, also known as Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, have turned down an offer by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu to conduct a physi...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu denies blocking access to Esidakeni
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu yesterday challenged the owners of Kershelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, to conduct a physical inspection of the farm as he ref...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farm workers jobless as Mpofu defies High Court
DOZENS of workers at Esidakeni Farm, located about 67km from Bulawayo, are said to have lost their jobs after Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu defied a court order to vacate the farm....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEAKED AUDIO: ZANU PF Central Committee member bursts over cabbages conflict
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo is once again at the center of controversy after failing to contribute US$20 at a funeral which he requested Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC)...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 21:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Anger over police killing
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man, who was shot and killed by a member of the security forces on an operation in the border town, say he was not a robber as police claimed, but just a mere tout at a bus t...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust director applies genetics to farming
MOST people know him as the director of the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre involved in DNA testing.Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini was among the f...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths gun for party bigwigs
Zanu-PF youths in Manicaland province are plotting to invade farms belonging to the ruling party's secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, it ha...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commuters bear brunt of Zupco's shambolic transport system
IT'S 5:10pm and Harare's Market Square bus terminus is teeming with commuters desperate to get home before dark, but there are no Zupco buses.Two young men exchange blows as they both wrestle ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters
Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Christmas fever grips Bulawayo
HUNDREDS of people yesterday thronged supermarkets in Bulawayo to make last-minute shopping ahead of Christmas Day today. Shop attendants said they recorded much business with many outlets res...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Young Farmer does wonders in 'dry' Matabeleland
Despite Matabeleland being a dry region characterised by low rainfall and recurrent droughts, 28-year-old Prosper Chikwara (28) has managed to produce wonders, landing the Best Young Farmer of the Yea...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:50hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Traditional healer speaks on Murehwa boy's murder
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of slain seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore's missing head and hands has deepened.The traditional healer suspected to be the brains behind the ritual murder i...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
No electricity in plumtree for three weeks
The border town of Plumtree has endured three weeks of darkness after Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority switched off electricity. A local based organisation Secure Future Africa on Friday ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Demonstrations disrupting flow of business
THE opposition MDC-Alliance has been busy plotting to destabilise the country through nationwide demonstrations.The organisers claim they are demonstrating against the country's economic condi...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to unleash more violence
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash more violence in the streets after yesterday's planned illegal demonstrations failed to take off following a prohibition notice isued b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injiva's million dollar bet on Tsholotsho
OWEN Sibanda's childhood was typical of thousands that grow up in Tsholotsho, one of the poorest districts in Matabeleland South province.He walked at least 18km to and from school every day a...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana ready to increase Zimbabwe trade ties
BOTSWANA is ready to strengthen economic ties with Zimbabwe so as to boost economic growth for both countries. Botswana Investment and Trade Centre chief operations officer, Mr Reginald ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rangers shoot dead suspected poacher
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers last week gunned down one suspected poacher, recovered rifles and cyanide-laced cabbages and oranges in two separate incidents. ...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cost of living up
THE monthly food basket for a family of six increased by 0.49 percent to $591.98 in April due to the persistent cash shortages in the economy.In its latest report, the Consumer Council of Zimb...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must invest more agriculture to improve food security
Politics of grandstanding should be a thing of the past and must not find its way to the new political dispensation currently prevailing in the country. People now want tangible things.Zimbabw...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 12:40hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Hunger stalks 'Border Gezi' training programme
GOVERNMENT'S controversial National Youth Service training programme has reportedly hit a snag with trainees at Dadaya Training Centre being sent home before completion of their three-month course due...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors, Zimbabwe Prisons clash over vending sites
BULAWAYO street vendors have accused the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) of invading and selling cabbages at their vending sites.In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Vendors an...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors Trust blast ZPCS for invading vending space in Bulawayo
The Bulawayo Vendors Trust blast has accused the Zimbabwe Prisons Services (ZPCS) invading vending spaces in Bulawayo for invading vending spaces and sell cabbages in their official prisons truc...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 09:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Student nurses boycott classes over poor diet
A group of student nurses at Brunapeg Mission Hospital in Plumtree on Friday revolted and boycotted classes over poor diet.Students said they are fed up with sub-standard meals comprising cabb...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Family offered $5 for funeral expenses
A Karoi family was offered a mere $5 to buy cabbages, two drums of water and 11 loaves of bread towards funeral expenses of a woman - Chiedza Mandizvidza (59) who died after be...Published: 19 May 2017 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya donates to the elderly
Hundreds of Chitungwiza's Unit l senior citizens got a shot in the arm after a donation by the leader of the Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, Prophet Walter Magaya yesterday....Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabweans worth dying for?
Many people have lost their lives fighting for democracy in Zimbabwe. These include Talent Mabika and Tichaona Chiminya, MDC activists who were callously murdered in the lead up to the hotly contested...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Implications of the floods disaster in Tsholotsho village
UPDATE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLOODS DISASTER IN WARD 6 OF TSHOLOTSHO NORTH CONSTITUENCY: BY HONOURABLE PROF. JONATHAN MOYO, MP 1. BackgroundOn ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
PICTURES: USAid comes to the rescue of Tsholotsho villagers?
Organisations which assisted Tsholotsho villagersa) German Agro Action which supplied 900 bars of soap, 300 x20l buckets, 192 units water guard, 200 hand wash&n...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by online
Dembare supporters donate to Ingutsheni hospital
BULAWAYO-based Dynamos supporters took time yesterday to spruce up part of the grounds at Ingutsheni Central Hospital and also donated foodstuffs to the institution.The Dembare Bulawayo ch...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Farmer 'David Connolly' vows to fight Mugabe ally to the end
BULAWAYO - David Connolly was born in Bulawayo - in the then Southern Rhodesia in 1960 - and was educated at Milton - one of the first government schools set up by the British South Africa Company aro...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by The Citizen Bulletin
Gokomere Primary head Baye calls it a day after 41 years
It indeed was a great accomplishment, staying on top almost all his teaching life and leaving after smashing all academic records in the Province.Gokomere Central Primary School head, Bernar...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 04:41hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe very much in charge,' claims Chombo
Zanu-PF holds its 16th Annual People's Conference in the ancient city of Masvingo next week and, with all logistics in place to hold the indaba, attention is on the issues that will be deliberated...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won't repeat Norton error, launches hurricane campaign'
Zanu PF has launched a "hurricane" campaign in Chimanimani West in a bid to retain the vacant seat during the November 26 by-elections.The seat was left vacant after the recall of former legis...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe import restrictions push up cost of living
THE cost of living has increased slightly compared to last month, a development attributed to the introduction of Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016.In its monthly family basket report for J...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:44hrs | | by Business Reporter
PHOTOS: Police sell cabbages to vendors - WhatsApp update
[7:06 AM, 8/5/2016] +27 7* *** ****: Misuse of gvt property due to brokeness[7:19 AM, 8/5/2016] +27 7* *** ****: The truck was being offloaded at Railway market place in Ma...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Concerned Citizen
Matabeleland South rural pupils face starvation
PUPILS at 450 rural schools in Matabeleland South are facing starvation after it has emerged that the institutions have not yet implemented the Rural Schools Feeding programme although some have recei...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Matabeleland farmers urged to embrace hybrid technologies
THERE is need to equip farmers in Matabeleland region with the requisite knowledge and skills to improve their horticultural production and avert a situation whereby produce from other areas in the co...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Watch: (Shona) MaFake war veterans with Brett MuVet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfSZhwyQdQEnglish TranscriptThere comes a time when one has to stand up and speak the truth no matter what othe...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 20:11hrs | | by Brett MuVet
Starving soldiers turn to poaching
TWO hungry soldiers were arrested last week facing poaching charges after they were allegedly found in possession of 55kg zebra meat.The third soldier allegedly escaped arrest and fled, leavin...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MP questions govt over shortage of funds yet buying flashy cars for ministers
The MDC Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami has questioned the government over its claims that it has no money yet giving money to buy vehicles and live in government houses."This Parliament has a lot ...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Soldiers face starvation, no more breakfast
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) public relations director Alphios Makotore has denied soldiers are facing starvation at the barracks.The Zimbabwe Independent today reported quoting military s...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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