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Bowsers expose vendors to deadly COVID-19
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) members have expressed concern on the overcrowding of residents in bowser queues, which is greatly exp...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1122 | by Stephen Jakes
Council failing to supply bowser water
BOWSERS meant to lessen water woes in Mzilikazi and Barbourfields are failing to cater for everyone in time.Barbourfields and Ntabazinduna Fla...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 09:20hrs | 364 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa opens up on his humble upbringing
A GRIEVING Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition MDC Alliance party, has, for the first time, opened up on his humble beginnings, saying his late m...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:05hrs | 13130 | by Staff reporter
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 a...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4614 | by Staff reporter
Govt to audit US$ service stations
Government says it will conduct audits on fuel companies accessing the precious commodity through the reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign currency facili...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Fresh push for diaspora vote
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, the Electoral Resource Centre (ERC) has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to use the postal voting sy...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:02hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Muchenje 'mysteriously' bounces back at NetOne
GOVERNMENT has reinstated embattled NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje with immediate effect.The development was confirmed by a well-plac...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman to pay $15,000 adultery damages
A CHIVHU businesswoman, Enita Mudadi, was ordered to pay $15 000 to a woman who dragged her to the Chivhu Civil Court for having an extramarital affai...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:01hrs | 2242 | by Staff reportetr
High Court quashes MDC Alliance activists' conviction
BULAWAYO High Court on Tuesday granted the appeal made by three Plumtree-based MDC Alliance activists who were convicted in 2018 on political violence...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2235 | by Staff reportetr
Shoppers influx at supermarkets during lockdown irks council
The influx of citizens at most shops in the city centre during lockdown has irked the city council which is worried that this would increase the sprea...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 3697 | by Stephen Jakes
Thomas Mapfumo hints at retirement
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will be retiring from music soon to take a deserved rest and devote his time to impartation of musical knowledge to up-and-co...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2848 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC-T to take over Bulawayo offices
MDC-T led by acting president Dr Thokozani Khupe is expected to take over the Bulawayo offices that were now being used by the MDC-Alliance this week....Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1804 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, desp...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
BCC to repossess undeveloped stands
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to repossess 179 stands in Cowdray Park, Entumbane and Pumula after the owners failed to develop them.S...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as soldiers engage in hair raising fight with Islamic terrorists
A shocking videos of Islamic terrorists fighting with Mozambican soldiers has gone viral on the internet. In the video, the national soldiers ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:35hrs | 7613 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We need a transitional government: CSO
Pressure Group Ibhetshu Lika Zulu has called for a Transitional government as the economy is sinking at a very fast rate.The pressure group se...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 2137 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC closes roads to under take sewer rehabilitation
BULAWAYO Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Projects (BWSSIP) declared road closure on Thursday in some parts of the city to avoid disturbance as...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 429 | by Stephen Jakes
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly u...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4363 | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe heckler turning in his grave'
THE late former Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth leader Magura Charumbira, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's staunchy supporters at the height of the ruling...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 5099 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to tumble
A forex dealer brandishes wads of $2 and $5 notes in Harare. The Zimdollar has continued losing value against stronger currencies like the rand and th...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 4262 | by Staff reporter
Food aid for Mabuthweni and Emakhandeni residents
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube, has urged residents in the city to unite and assist each other during the difficu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water problems littered with superstition and politics: Bajila
MDC Alliance activist Descent Bajila has bemoaned that the saddest issue about the Bulawayo Water Problem is that it is littered with too much superst...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2575 | by Stephen Jakes
Shops ignore official exchange rate
RETAIL shops in Bulawayo yesterday continued trading using the parallel market exchange rate of US$1:$90, ignoring the new US$1:$57 rate announced by ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
BVTA proposes residents and stakeholders Indaba over water problems
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association Director Micheal Ndiweni has proposed an Indaba to be conducted by the residents, stakeholders and the ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 12:50hrs | 362 | by Stephen Jakes
RBZ chief clarifies local currency
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Re...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 4482 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tours Beitbridge Border post
Beitbridge Border Post was described as a very important Border Post that requires Government support.This was revealed by the Minister of Fin...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:09hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Komichi spied against Chamisa
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party chairman Morgen Komichi yesterday unwittingly exposed that he was a spy who worked to destabilise and undermine MD...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 7876 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Mthuli Ncube to resign
MDC top politician, Tendai Biti says Mthuli Ncube should apologise to Zimbabweans and gracefully resign as Finance Minister after almost single-handed...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 4876 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwa...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
We await Health minister Obadiah Moyo's charge sheet
THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo over undisclosed charges.Moyo, popularl...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1675 | by Staff reporter
Weak ZCTU plots rolling protests
WORKERS' umbrella body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday compounded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's woes by threatening countrywi...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest striking nurses
POLICE yesterday arrested health and general workers at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare as nurses and some doctors deserted major hospitals across...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
Umguza Zanu-PF members in land scam
ZANU-PF land barons are allegedly parcelling out land to party supporters illegally at Insuza, Umguza district for R5 000 for a plot.MDC Insuz...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's quarantined returnees drinking sanitisers
Some returnees in quarantine facilities are taking serious risks by drinking liquid sanitisers as a way of mitigating boredom associated with overstay...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Men in the dock for stealing property worth $75 000
TWO men from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a house in the city centre and stole property worth $75 000.Witness Banda (33) and Tumelo Sizinda (...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 12:38hrs | 1370 | by Stephen Jakes
Court bars June exams
Government has been barred from conducting the June examinations unless World Health Organisation guidelines that restrain the spread of coronavirus a...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 7620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces sterner test
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing his sternest economic test since assuming power in 2017 as the crash of the Zimbabwean dollar pushes ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 9754 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic collapse govt's own doing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that the deepening economic crisis is the work of his political detractors and greedy businesspeople reflect the...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe instability blights Common monetary Area prospects
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's economic crisis, characterised by currency volatility, 785% inflation, a gargantuan debt stock est...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Public hearings to proceed: High Court
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo yesterday dismissed the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict barri...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zupco accused of dumping tap cards
ZIMBABWE United Passengers Company (Zupco) has been accused of dumping clients who purchased its tap cards, with conductors reportedly demanding cash ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Bulawayo
TWICE a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Minister Matema's Call for Payment of School Fees for Second Term is an Act of Provocation
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has said schools have remained closed for second term because of covid 19, and prospe...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:30hrs | 1422 | by Stephen Jakes
'Test all who go to public health institution for Covid 19'
THE Bulawayo Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has appealed to the Inter-ministerial National Covid 19 Taskforce chaired by Vice Pres...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 218 | by Stephen Jakes
'Crooked' Mayor to rent 2.5 hectare council land for US$2 per month for 25 years
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mdala Mguni has torched a storm after the local authority offered him to rent a 2,5 hectare council plot for a paltry $165 (US$...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe start-up ventures into cigar project
A Zimbabwean start-up says it has set its sights on becoming one of the top cigar producers in Africa by empowering women through job creation in the ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Covidgate scandal explodes in Zimbabwe
A controversial businessman with alleged links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family was given government contracts worth US$42 million to buy mate...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex woes set to deepen, researchers warn
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are set to worsen due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has reduced exports and slowed down remittanc...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
2265 metres of storm-water drain cleaned
Bulawayo City Council says it has cleared a total of 2265 metres of drain that had been declared cleared by in-house teams during the period."...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1765 | by Stephen Jakes
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