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Mukanya's independence message
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I wish to send my revolutionary greetings and congratulatory message to the people of Zimbabwe on this special occasion as our country celebrates 34 years of independence.1980 was a momentous year in ...
All-white party for Dongo
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Soulful singer Trevor Dongo is set perform this Sunday at an "all white" themed engagement party scheduled for ZimCafe Restaurant starting at 12 noon.Dongo who is one of the most talented singer of hi...
MDC-T activists arrested for intra-party violence released on bail
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Eleven MDC-T supporters who were involved in skirmishes linked to intra-party violence in Chitungwiza last week were on Tuesday granted $50 bail apiece. Those involved in the political violence allege...
Massive police deployment for Easter Holiday
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Police have been deployed countrywide to ensure the Easter and Independence holidays are not spoiled by road carnage and crime. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Ch...
Thousands at Beitbridge border post
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The volume of both human and vehicular traffic has increased at Beitbridge Border Post as Zimbabweans based in South Africa troop back home for the Independence and Easter holidays.Assistant reg...
Mugabe meets Zimbabwean born Salvation Army leader
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The Salvation Army's international leader General Andre Cox met President Mugabe at State House in Harare yesterday and assured him that the church was there to support the people.General Cox, who is ...
From riches to rags as businessman is evicted from rented house
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IT is a case of riches to rags for a Victoria Falls businessman Tapiwa Chiyadzwa, 39, who has been evicted from his rented house for failing to pay rent.According to court documents, Chiyadzwa, a mana...
Mayor's $60,000 Mercedes-Benz ML tender cancelled
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BULAWAYO City Council has cancelled a tender to buy a $60,000 mayoral vehicle following an outcry by residents. Bulawayo municipality spokesperson Nesisa Mpofu yesterday confirmed that the tender had ...
Rape accused MDC-T MP granted $400 bail
Published 15 mins ago | 139 Views
MDC-T MP Prince Madubeko Sibanda who is accused of drugging and raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl, was yesterday granted $400 bail with stringent conditions.Victoria Falls magistrate Sharon Rosemani ord...
Prison guards instruct inmate to steal while they stood guard
Published 18 mins ago | 328 Views
THREE Khami Prison guards allegedly instructed an inmate to steal property worth $5,486 from the prison quartermasters' stores while they stood guard.Danmore Murima, Navison Masendeke and Phibeon Mkan...
Businessman bashes wife for trying to 'kill' his smallhouse
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A GWANDA businessman bashed his wife accusing her of trying to kill his girlfriend using herbs, the court heard yesterday. The businessman, Thabani Mafu, 47, of Sizeze village under Chief Mathema appe...
Mudede slapped with US sanctions
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THE United States yesterday tightened its economic sanctions against Zimbabwe by adding one company and several Chinese nationals doing business in the country to a travel and financial blacklist on t...
Teacher orders 13-yr-old pupil to bath while male and female class mates watch
Published 1 hour ago | 578 Views
A female teacher at Victoria High School in Masvingo has been caught up in a child abuse storm after she allegedly ordered a Form One pupil to take a bath in the open while male and female class mate...
Welshman Ncube courts MDC-T rebels
Published 31 mins ago | 435 Views
MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube has made strong overtures to join forces with the MDC-T renewal team whose members he said shared the same fundamental values with his party.The group which is push...
Civil servants pay dates moved to Thursday
Published 2 hours ago | 647 Views
All civil servants who were supposed to get paid on Tuesday will now access their April salaries on Thursday due to challenges in transmission of funds caused by the Easter and Independence hol...
AFM tribalism war takes new twist
Published 2 hours ago | 541 Views
THE power struggle and alleged tribalism war rocking the Apostolic Faith Mission of Africa International (AFM) in Lobengula, Bulawayo, took a new twist yesterday with a faction blasting the church ove...
Bulawayo bound Doves bus dumps mourners in Gweru
Published 2 hours ago | 650 Views
A Bulawayo bound Doves Morgan Funeral Services bus dumped mourners in Gweru on Wednesday night allegedly because it was recalled to attend another funeral.Policy holder Muchenesi Mapeture said the inc...
Combined Easter & Independence Day Celebration Message from the Chair's Office (Zapu)
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Dear Zimbabweans,This is to wish you a restful Easter Holiday as most of you will be celebrating the ordeal of Jesus Christ right through to his resurrection as well as the significance of this occasi...
Zimta Bereavement fund, mourners left stranded
Published 12 hours ago | 1851 Views
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. 8:34pm, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: Publi...
Mugabe and wife host kids party
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President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady, Grace Mugabe today hosted the children's independence party at the City Sports Centre in Harare.The party gave the children, drawn from the country's ten pr...
Car overturns twice - WhatsApp update
Published 15 hours ago | 3529 Views
6:44pm, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: We had an accident just after Mutangadura enroute to Marondera,6:45pm, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: All 5 of us walked out few bruises6:45pm, 17 Apr - â€...
Zanu PF South Africa's message on Zimbabwe's 34th independence day
Published 15 hours ago | 1439 Views
Zanu-PF South Africa District today wished its 90-year-old leader Robert Mugabe and the people of Zimbabwean all the best in "celebrating the 34th anniversary of Zimbabwe's hard won independence" tom...
New minimum age for public transport drivers
Published 15 hours ago | 4195 Views
The government is considering reviewing the minimum age of public transport drivers from 25 to 30 years to curb the carnage on the country's highways.This was revealed by the Minister of Transport and...
MRP position on Zimbabwe independence @ 34 years
Published 15 hours ago | 935 Views
Indeed it is 34 years after Zimbabwe has attained its independence but to the rest of people of Mthwakazi's not yet independence.Our position is that the people of this land are still subjected to all...
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle won't get Zim out of the woods
Published 15 hours ago | 3275 Views
Former deputy Justice minister Obert Gutu has dismissed recent speculation on President Robert Mugabe's planned cabinet reshuffle saying the move would not improve the country in any way.Gutu who is ...
Queen Elizabeth II congratulates Zimbabwe on turning 34
Published 17 hours ago | 2342 Views
"It gives me great pleasure to send the people of Zimbabwe my congratulations on the celebration of your National Day, together with my best wishes for your happiness and prosperity in the coming yea...
Veteran journalist survives carjacking
Published 17 hours ago | 2439 Views
Zimbabwe Independent news editor and veteran journalist Faith Zaba was last night almost hijacked by unknown men in front of her home in Harare.Zaba said the carjackers pounced on her as she stopped a...
Road accident, driver dies on the spot - WhatsAp update
Published 17 hours ago | 3340 Views
12:29pm, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: Driver of prado died on th spot3:37pm, 17 Apr - Bulawayo24 News: Where and when did the accident happen?4:10pm, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬‬: In Harare...
MDC-T officials willing participants in Zanu-PF factional fights
Published 17 hours ago | 1473 Views
The lead story in yesterday's edition of the NewsDay (16 April 2014) made interesting reading. Apparently some Zanu-PF MP's have been feeding their MDC counterparts with information in the fight to su...
Independence, Zimbabwe's own Passover and Easter
Published 18 hours ago | 734 Views
The Independence Day for this year coincides with the Christian festivals of Easter and Passover. The significances of these festivals have some similarities. Passover festival used to be commemorated...
ZITF 2014, 'New ideas to New Heights'
Published 18 hours ago | 514 Views
This year's 55th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) comes at a time when Zimbabwe's blue print economic policy, Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim...
Appealing for university funding
Published 20 hours ago | 1304 Views
How are you everybody, I am writing this to appeal for sponsorship in my quest to start my course of Business Administration at COVENTRY UNIVERSITY in the United Kingdom .I was offered a place to star...
Obama's Zimbabwe Independence Day message
Published 21 hours ago | 7726 Views
Below is a message for Zimbabwe by United State President Barack Obama as the country celebrates Independence Day tomorrow:"The American people join me in sending best wishes to the people of Zimbabwe...
Minerals Section Police officers demoted and transferred over allege corruption
Published 19 hours ago | 1804 Views
Unconfirmed information from reliable sources within the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Gwanda indicate that all officers deployed to the Minerals Department have been recalled from that section amid cl...
Zanu-PF's 34th independence message
Published 20 hours ago | 1132 Views
This year Zimbabwe celebrates 34 years of independence under the theme: Zimbabwe @34: Defending Our Sovereignty and Providing an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Economic Empowerment and Social T...
Tsvangirai's Easter and Independence Day message to the people of Zimbabwe
Published 22 hours ago | 2078 Views
Harare, 17 April 2014 - Tomorrow, we mark a combined Easter and Independence Day to celebrate our significant freedoms as a nation from both political and spiritual bondage.There was death on the two ...
Econet targets Beitbridge for 4G LTE
Published 21 hours ago | 1039 Views
Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says its next stop for fourth generation 4GE Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network will be Beatrice.Group chief executive officer Douglas Mboweni said aft...
Extra lessons pay dividends
Published 22 hours ago | 1713 Views
There have been numerous media headlines supporting the extra lessons in schools that Minister Lazurus Dokora unilaterally banned. In most cases, an issue given such media prominence is matched with a...
Mugabe adds another twist to Zanu-PF succession debate
Published 22 hours ago | 5659 Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, at 90 Africa's oldest president, has added yet another twist to the Zanu-PF succession race by hinting he may prefer another candidate to take over from him other than the tw...
'Tsvangirai must open debate on leadership renewal,' says Matinenga
Published 20 hours ago | 1730 Views
FORMER Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga has urged the MDC-T to start an open debate on leadership renewal, adding his voice to calls by a group of senior party officials pushing for dis...
'Fear rife in Tsvangirai's MDC-T,' says Matinenga
Published 20 hours ago | 2016 Views
As MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai tries to fend off attacks by senior party members calling for leadership renewal, the Zimbabwe Independent political reporter Elias Mambo (EM) spoke to former parliamentary...
Police warn of Easter road blitz
Published 19 hours ago | 979 Views
Senior police officers yesterday embarked on an operation to weed out corrupt activities on the roads, warning drivers to stay focused and not be distracted while travelling this Easter period."Opera...
Disabled man divorced over sex
Published 22 hours ago | 3733 Views
A physically-challenged man yesterday told a Harare court that his wife divorced him because he failed to satisfy her in bed.Taona Dzama told magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi that his wife Moreblessing B...
Prophet Angel's football prophecy lawsuit challenged
Published 22 hours ago | 3031 Views
South African broadcaster SuperSport has filed an application against a $1,5 million lawsuit launched by Spirit Embassy Church leader Prophet Uebert Angel.The broadcaster carried a story on their web...
'Govt needs to review drivers' licensing law,' says Obert Mpofu
Published 23 hours ago | 2798 Views
Government should have a re-look at legal statues regulating the licensing of public drivers including age restrictions, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Obert Mpofu said Wednesday.M...
A Level whizzkid heads to Harvard
Published 22 hours ago | 3953 Views
A Zimbabwean student who scored five As at "A" Level is heading to Harvard University in the US in August.Terrens Muradzikwa achieved top grades in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Econo...
Axed Zupco employees besiege offices
Published 22 hours ago | 1561 Views
More than 30 former southern region Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) employees who are yet to receive their retrenchment packages on Tuesday invaded the company's Bulawayo provincial offices...
Maize harvest up 30%
Published 24 hours ago | 761 Views
ZIMBABWE's 2013/2014 maize production is set to increase by at least 30 percent from last year's harvest of 799 000 tonnes to between 900 000 and one million tonnes. Despite predictions of a bumper ha...
Tsvangirai snubbed
Published 24 hours ago | 2892 Views
The local leadership of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) snubbed party president, Morgan Tsvangirai, during a visit here last Saturday in a clear sign that the former trade unionist might n...
'We can't single-handedly topple Mugabe,' says MDC-T
Published 23 hours ago | 1848 Views
MDC-T national executive member Samuel Sipepa Nkomo yesterday admitted his party is not capable of dethroning the ruling Zanu-PF and its leader President Robert Mugabe.Speaking during a public meetin...
Zanu-PF MP files $200k lawsuit
Published 24 hours ago | 1136 Views
Zanu-PF Mberengwa East legislator Makhosini Hlonganwe has dragged a prominent Mberengwa businessman to court accusing him of lying that he had denigrated party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo at a party pro...
Mugabe to wield axe
Published 24 hours ago | 3350 Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is mulling a roots and branch shake-up of his Cabinet, informed in part by the poor performance of some of his lieutenants and lately the apparent lack of self-restraint and i...
Zanu-PF in turmoil
Published 24 hours ago | 2039 Views
A SIEGE mood has engulfed Zanu-PF ahead of its elective congress possibly in the third quarter of this year with the bitter succession contest, an erstwhile hot potato in the ruling party, assuming a...
Fatal accident - WhatsApp update
Published 23 hours ago | 3717 Views
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number.6:55am, 17 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: The a...
Security concerns for Bona Mugabe
Published 21 hours ago | 6220 Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe may have let his daughter Bona go in marriage, but he appears to make sure his favourite child keeps safe at her new home along Quorn Avenue in the leafy suburb of Mt Pleasant...
Mugabe's Nigeria utterances undiplomatic, costly
Published 21 hours ago | 2036 Views
President Robert Mugabe's utterances describing Zimbabwe's corruption as equal to that of Nigeria and its citizens puts the country in awkward position with other countries. Nigerians found Mugabe's...
Sekeramayi emerges as Zanu-PF dark horse
Published 22 hours ago | 2484 Views
Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi could spring a surprise in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe as the two main factions in Zanu-PF continue to tear each other apart ahead of an elective co...
Zimra raids NSSA
Published 22 hours ago | 1048 Views
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is the latest organisation to be hit by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority raids on tax-defaulting companies, NewsDay reported.The authority's bank accounts...
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