BUSINESS NEWS

Rand remains currency of choice in Matebeleland

While authorities celebrate the rollout of new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) banknotes, uptake on the ground remains limited in parts of Matebeleland, where the South African rand continues to dominate everyday...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland roads in a state of disrepair

The road network in Matebeleland has sharply deteriorated following recent rains, raising safety concerns for motorists, particularly as the festive season approaches. Opposition figures and developm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 November 2025

POLITICS

Mudenda's Call for more tollgates in Matebeleland sparks outrage

National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has stirred controversy after calling on the Transport and Infrastructural Development Ministry to erect more tollgates in Matabeleland North, arguing the move ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland South tops migration outflows

Matebeleland South province has recorded the highest number of people leaving Zimbabwe, accounting for 55% of all migration outflows, according to the latest International Organisation for Migration ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2025

POLITICS

Matebeleland scoffs at Mnangagwa tenure extension plans

Political parties and civic groups in Matebeleland have strongly condemned Zanu-PF's resolution to fast-track the extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure to 2030, describing it as an attem...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2025

POLITICS

JSC digitalises Matebeleland South, Masvingo courts

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has officially launched a digitalisation programme for magistrates' courts in Matebeleland South and Masvingo provinces, aiming to boost the efficiency, transpar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2025

POLITICS

Matebeleland war vets bear brunt of evictions

War veterans across Matebeleland are raising alarm over alleged land grabbing and intimidation by corrupt officials in the Lands Ministry, with some facing eviction and others reporting that their pl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF factional war erupt in Matebeleland

Political tensions have flared in Matebeleland North, with ZANU-PF Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development, Simelisizwe Sibanda, coming under i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

All set for Matebeleland South Agricultural show

The 67th edition of the Matebeleland South Agricultural Show is set to take place from September 4 to 6, with organisers expressing optimism about its potential to enhance business opportunities in t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland South police react to rising crime

Police in Matebeleland South have embarked on a comprehensive awareness campaign aimed at educating villagers on crime prevention and promoting safety across the province.The initiative, launched last...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Winter wheat production takes off in Matebeleland South

Matebeleland South Province is ramping up preparations for the 2025 winter wheat season, with land preparation currently underway and a target of cultivating 2,300 hectares - a modest increase from la...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland MPs applaud rural industrialisation drive

Legislators from the Matebeleland region have expressed strong support for the government's emphasis on rural industrialisation, a key theme at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Ho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Ministers woo investment to Matebeleland

Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ministers from Bulawayo, Matebeleland North, and Matebeleland South have urged investors to explore the untapped opportunities in the region, stressing the potential ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco farming expands to Matebeleland South

Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is seeing renewed growth in previously untapped regions, with Matebeleland South emerging as a promising new frontier for the country's second-largest foreign currency earner...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland region to receive normal rainfall

MATEBELELAND region will experience normal to below normal rainfall in the first and second period of the rainy season, the Meteorological Department said yesterday.Climate change has resulted in weat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa visits Matebeleland North

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today visits Matebeleland North Province where he is scheduled to distribute cattle under the Command Livestock Programme in Jotsholo before addressing a Zanu-PF rally at Somhlolo ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Govt mustn't side-line people from Matebeleland

FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Government departments not to side-line people from Matebeleland region when rolling out development projects.Addressing the elderly and disabled at H...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland South crime rate drops

THE crime rate in Matabeleland South has dropped by seven percent during the period of April to June compared to the same period last year, a development which has been attributed to new policing stra...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2018

POLITICS

Police, Zec urge tolerance in Matebeleland North

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) have pleaded with political parties in Matabeleland North province to exercise tolerance and peace ahead of the July 30 e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa bomb blast a typical ploy to tarnish Matebeleland

ZAPU has described the blast which rocked White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday during a Zanu-PF rally as an act of terrorism meant to tarnish Matebeleland province.According to the police, 49 pe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Matebeleland South heritage sites get $1 million grant

MATOBO Hills, a national monument in Matabeleland South, and seven other endangered cultural heritage sites included on the 2018 World Monuments Watch list have received a $1 million grant from Americ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2018

POLITICS

Matebeleland South Zanu-PF rally cancelled

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has cancelled a Zanu-PF star rally in Matabeleland South tomorrow as earlier announced.Simon Khaya Moyo, Zanu-PF national spokesperson, yesterday said the Matabeleland South rally ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2018

POLITICS

Matebeleland South ready to host Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will visit Matabeleland South Province on Saturday, where he will tour projects in Gwanda and Beitbridge areas and address people from the province.In an interview, Matabeleland So...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 May 2018

POLITICS

'Matebeleland, Mashonaland names must fall'

Secretary for War Veterans in the Zanu-PF Politburo Victor MatemadandaZanu-PF secretary for war veterans in the Politburo, Victor Matemadanda says the country should do away with tribal provincial nam...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 May 2018

POLITICS

Khupe's Matebeleland coalition pact collapses

TALKS among five opposition political parties based in Matabeleland region to form a regional pact ahead of this year's general elections have reportedly collapsed as the leaders could not agree on a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018
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