Cowdray Park residents battle ongoing water shortages

Residents in the still growing Cowdray Park suburb of Bulawayo are battling with ongoing water shortages that have plagued the area for more than seven years.Thousands of people, allocated sta...Read more

Cowdray Park residents battle ongoing water shortages

2013 May 19 | 1050 Views
Residents in the still growing Cowdray Park suburb of Bulawayo are battling with ongoing water shortages that have plagued the area for more than seven years.Thousands of people, allocated sta...

by Alex Bell

Shebeen queens fight over patrons

2013 May 19 | 1517 Views
THERE was drama at a shebeen in Nkulumane when two shebeen queens exchanged blows over patrons.The two ladies are said to have been water and oil for a long time now after one identified as Ma...

by Staff Reporter

Woman bashes friend for demanding debt

2013 May 19 | 1255 Views
A Nketa woman, Nicola Ndlovu, has been arrested on allegations of beating up her friend, Janet Fushari , for asking for money she owed her.Fushari reportedly visited Ndlovu at her home and&nbs...

by Staff Reporter

Adulterous pastor tortured for days

2013 May 18 | 4048 Views
A Bulawayo pentecostal church pastor's life is hanging by the thread after he was detained and beaten up for days by a bitter man who had discovered that he was having an illicit affair with his wif...

by Staff Reporter

Windi nabbed for bedding a minor

2013 May 18 | 3741 Views
A 20-year-old Bulawayo commuter omnibus conductor has been arrested for have sex with a minor.The alleged sexual encounters took place between January and April this year.It is reporte...

by Staff Reporter

Mayhem as man catches sister (12) kissing tenant

2013 May 18 | 5539 Views
THERE was turmoil at a house in Emakhandeni after a man [age unknown] went berserk on catching his 12-year-old sister kissing a tenant [age unknown].The local tabloid, B-Metro, reports...

by Staff Reporter

Bulawayo Comes Alive forces Macheso to re-schedule his show

2013 May 18 | 2461 Views
Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso has bowed to pressure and cancelled a May 24 Bulawayo show to placate local musicians who have lined up a festival on the same date.Forty musical groups from Bula...

by Arts reporter

Paul Siwela, rebel with (out) a cause

2013 May 17 | 3055 Views
SOME see him as a controversial politician while others view him as an eccentric tribalist driven by the nostalgia to revive King Mzilikazi's long lost Ndebele State.Like him or hate him,...

by Newsday I Njabulo Ncube

Rape trial collapses as Magistrate orders investigating cop to be arrested

2013 May 17 | 3758 Views
THE trial of a 61-year-old man from New Lobengula man accused of sex attacks on his daughter over a six-year period has collapsed in dramatic scenes with the arrest of the investigating officer....

by Staff reporter

Tariff Commission drags BCC to court

2013 May 17 | 1634 Views
THE Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) has set 14 June as the date for a public hearing on alleged restrictive practices by the Bulawayo City Council following complaints by residents over infla...

by Staff Reporter

Journalists accused of stealing over $800 000

2013 May 17 | 2397 Views
BULAWAYO police on Thursday interrogated two Chronicle journalists accused by Geozing owner, Mr George Zingani, of being part of a group that allegedly stole more than $800 000 during a search at his...

by Staff Reporter

Group declares 1 July a public holiday in honour of Dr Joshua Nkomo

2013 May 16 | 3872 Views
Matojeni Cultural Society "Isifiso Sikazulu" has openly declared the 1st of July, without government's consent, a public holiday in honour of Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo who died on July 1 1999....

by Ndou Paul

Zanu-PF supporters invade Bulawayo council park

2013 May 16 | 2997 Views
A group of Zanu-PF supporters from Cowdray Park recently invaded the Bulawayo City council owned Mazwi Nature Park where they are allocating each other residential stands.According to a confid...

by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi Youth Leaders refuse to be represented by Harare lawyer

2013 May 16 | 2846 Views
Mthwakazi Youth Leaders Joint Resolution have disengaged Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights for breaching the principle of devolution.Mthwakazi youths accuse ZLHR of deploying a lawyer from Ha...

by Ndou Paul

Madzibaba sends ghost to have sex with ex-lover

2013 May 16 | 4637 Views
Parishioners at a Bulawayo apostolic sect were shocked after one of their own confessed to having sent a ghost on a number of times to have sex with his ex-lover, who is also a member of the church....

by Staff reporter

Chaos as BCC evicts over 50 tenants from flats

2013 May 16 | 2822 Views
THERE was chaos in the city centre on Wednesday morning as BCC officials and police moved in to evict more than 50 tenants from a dilapidated block of flats the local authority deems inhabitable....

by Staff Reporter

Mthwakazi youths released from Bulawayo Central police station

2013 May 16 | 2489 Views
Detained members of the Mthwakazi Youth Joint Resolution were yesterday been released from the Bulawayo Central police station after three hours. The youths alleges that the Central Police o...

by Own correspondent

Trial of 23 Mthwakazi youths postponed to June 10

2013 May 16 | 1525 Views
THE trial of 23 Bulawayo activists who were arrested last month for demonstrating against Zesa for allegedly employing workers from outside the region at its Insukamini sub-station was yesterday postp...

by Staff reporter

Woman double crosses 2 Bosso football players

2013 May 15 | 4778 Views
Barely two weeks after another Highlanders football team star was caught on the wrong side of publicity, it seems like there is a "dark cloud" hovering over the team off field.And this time it...

by Staff reporter

Bulawayo water woes worsen

2013 May 15 | 2419 Views
WATER shortages and the Bulawayo City Council's rationing programme are increasingly becoming a bitter pill for Cowdray Park residents who go for days without water.The situation is worse for ...

by Staff reporter

'Too late for MDCs to demand reforms, they have been drinking tea with Mugabe'

2013 May 15 | 2402 Views
Matabeleland Liberation Front leader Paul Siwela, says it was too late for the MDCs to demand reforms now "yet they have been drinking tea with Mugabe for the past five years".Siwela, who is a...

by Staff reporter

Mugabe going for broke, says Siwela

2013 May 15 | 2853 Views
Matabeleland Liberation Front leader Paul Siwela, has tipped President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF to prevail over Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T party by "hook or crook" in the next ele...

by Staff reporter

Missing baby's mother enlists a sangoma

2013 May 15 | 2630 Views
THE Mzilikazi woman whose seven-day old baby was stolen from her house by a stranger last week has enlisted the services of prophets and inyanga as part of efforts to recover her baby.In...

by Makhosi Sibanda

Man found with 23 rounds of ammunition

2013 May 14 | 3019 Views
A BULAWAYO man on Friday appeared before local magistrate Witness Mtetwa, facing charges of possessing 23 rounds of ammunition without authority.Mbonisi Nyathi (43) was arrested on Thursday la...

by Staff reporter

Man kills daughter-in-law over 2kgs of sugar, jailed 7 years

2013 May 13 | 4413 Views
AN elderly Bulawayo, Gene Alexandra McKop (67), who killed his daughter-in-law during a fight over a two kilogramme pack of sugar was beginning a seven-year jail term last Friday.High Court J...

by Staff reporter

Man dies in a car accident

2013 May 13 | 3222 Views
Luweni Mashidi (46) of Bulawayo died on the spot when the vehicle he was a passanger in veered off the road and rammed into a tree after the car had hit a cow along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, police ...

by Staff reporter

'People rejected John Nkomo because of food,' says Mugabe

2013 May 12 | 5463 Views
President Robert Mugabe has castigated the people of Matabeleland who did not vote for Zanu-PF saying they rejected Zanu-PF members like the late John Nkomo because they (people) voted for food....

by Staff reporter

Man displeased by prostitute demands sex from her mother

2013 May 12 | 6648 Views
A Luveve man reportedly drank an aphrodisiac (umvusankuzi) in preparation for a 'wrestling' match with a thigh vendor, but the woman ran away a move which forced him to order the prostitute's mother t...

by Staff Reporter

Woman's privates disappears after sleeping with married man

2013 May 12 | 8063 Views
A 29-year-old Bulawayo woman from Matshobana suburb got the shock of her life when she woke up in the morning and realised that her private parts were missing, it is alleged.Chipo Sibanda re...

by Staff reporter

Woman catches hubby in action at a brothel

2013 May 12 | 4319 Views
SIX ladies of the night from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb have reportedly opened an OR*L sex haven and are using the exploit to lure men who are starved of that adventure in their homes.It i...

by Staff Reporter

Mugabe arrives in Bulawayo for Nkomo's memorial service

2013 May 12 | 3311 Views
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Bulawayo ahead of the memorial service of the late Vice President Landa John Nkomo that will be held this Sunday at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF)...

by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Mayor rents council farm for a measly $45 per month

2013 May 10 | 3326 Views
THE Bulawayo City Council has approved plans to lease out a two-hectare farm to Mayor Thaba Moyo for a measly $45 per month for the next five years.Part of the conditions are that the lease be...

by Nduduzo Tshuma I newsday

Miracle airtime hits Bulawayo

2013 May 10 | 7171 Views
THERE was pandemonium and shock at a little known pentecostal church in Bulawayo, Christ Liberty Ministries, when miracle money in the form of airtime came to light.The church, believed to on...

by Staff reporter

Bulawayo to name and shame litter bugs

2013 May 10 | 2040 Views
BULAWAYO councillors have been encouraged to record names of people who dump litter at illegal points during the night so that the offenders could be named and shamed and also punished.Under l...

by Staff reporter

Dr Dabengwa nominated as Zapu presidential candidate

2013 May 09 | 2914 Views
On the 4th May 2013, ZAPU Europe province nominated and endorsed Dr Dumiso Dabengwa as its presidential candidate for the forthcoming elections, which are likely to be held in September or October th...

by Thulani Nkala

Woman commits suicide over mother-in-law's surprise visit

2013 May 09 | 3344 Views
Why am I the last one to know?The above sentiment was echoed by the now deceased Samantha Matebe who allegedly jumped off a moving vehicle after she learnt of her mother-in-law's unexpected vi...

by Staff reporter

Council concerned over 'shoddy' road trenches

2013 May 09 | 2614 Views
BULAWAYO city council has expressed concern at "road trenching" by several companies laying cables in the central business district, saying they did not meet the municipality's standards.Sever...

by Staff reporter

Lets support Bulawayo musicians

2013 May 09 | 2381 Views
Bulawayo Comes Alive music festival now has their own Facebook page where we can all get together to discuss and share updates on the event. The Facebook page is available to everyone to v...

by Moyo Roy

New twist to Tsvangirai 'accolade'

2013 May 09 | 3566 Views
Bulawayo City Council yesterday made a major volte-face over proposals to honour PM Morgan Tsvangirai with the Freedom of City award, saying the matter was yet to be raised in council. Debate...

by Staff reporter

Man (49) urinates on sister's blankets to cleanse satanism

2013 May 08 | 4007 Views
A 49-year-old man from Bulawayo's Iminyela suburb has been arrested for calling his sister a Satanist and urinating on her blankets as a way of cleansing her 'demonic' spirits.It is reported t...

by Staff reporter

'Open-air worshipping has been politicised'

2013 May 08 | 2992 Views
BULAWAYO City Council has claimed that it is failing to control open air worshipping because the practice has been politicised.Zanu-PF has tried to woo indigenous churches who often use open...

by Staff repoprter

Pumula South to get new secondary school

2013 May 08 | 2254 Views
A GOVERNMENT-RUN secondary school is set to be constructed in Pumula South high density suburb in Bulawayo as part of moves to decongest public schools in the city.Presently, Pumula South does...

by Nqobani Ndlovu

'Freedom of City' issue to be discussed in today's council meeting

2013 May 08 | 1694 Views
THE Freedom of the City award issue is set to take centre stage during a full council meeting in Bulawayo today.The meeting at 4.30pm is also expected to attract a sizeable number of members o...

by Staff reporter

Woman kills daughter over 'boyfriends'

2013 May 08 | 3341 Views
A DISCIPLINARY measure by a woman from Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb ended in tragedy when she allegedly killed her 15-year-old daughter for going out with "boyfriends".Bulawayo provincial sp...

by Makhosi Sibanda

Welshman Ncube speaks against violence

2013 May 07 | 2763 Views
The Movement for Democratic Change leader Welshman Ncube has spoken against violence ahead of the forthcoming elections saying political parties that engage in violent activities cease to become a pa...

by Staff reporter

'Bulawayo resident should shut up,' says Thaba Moyo

2013 May 06 | 5065 Views
Bulawayo Mayor Thaba Moyo has revealed that the council was yet to discuss the awarding of the Freedom of the City accolade to Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Thokozani Khupe this year.Bulaw...

by Staff reporter

Prophet drowns at a baptism pool

2013 May 06 | 5308 Views
BULAWAYO police have clarified that a man who drowned at a baptism pool in Pumula South last month was not a member of Prophet Thabiso Ngwenya's church as they initially reported.The police sa...

by Staff Reporter

'Zimbabwe should avoid another bloody election,' says Chanakira

2013 May 05 | 2797 Views
AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe founder Nigel Chanakira has challenged political parties in Zimbabwe to conduct a peaceful election in order to save the country from losing potential investors, the Standard ...

by Staff reporter

Churches take over Bulawayo company premises

2013 May 05 | 3085 Views
CHURCH organisations are converting Bulawayo industrial premises into churches, as efforts to revive the city's industry fail to bear fruits.The city's Central Business District (CBD) is also ...

by Staff reporter

Goblin demands to drop off a kombi

2013 May 04 | 7053 Views
THERE was a stampede inside a city centre bound kombi after a "goblin" suspected to have been left by its owner asked to drop off.The incident occurred in Nketa suburb on Monday in a commuter...

by Staff Reporter

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