Columnist / Bhebhe mandla
Zimra blocks importation of used cars without deadline notice
Without any warning, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Good Friday in the middle of the day blocked all imported cars that were manufactured before 2011 from leaving the border posts.C...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
WATCH: Nkayi school gets donation from UK
A group of UK-based Zimbabweans have donated school furniture to Jabulisa Secondary School in Nkayi. They donated 30 tables and 64 chairs.Founded in 2014, Jabulisa is the first community secon...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Poet 'Obert Dube' coughes blood after beaten by police
The famous poet Obert Dube has described how he was beaten by the police for breaking curfew rules until he started 'coughing blood'.In a Facebook post, the outspoken poet said the police thre...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
What Tsvangirai wrote during his last days - Retraction
The original author of "What Tsvangirai wrote during his last days" an article that has since gone viral online has come out to let us know that this was not written by the late MDC-T leader....Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 09:52hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Cops laugh at man bashed by wife
In a dramatic incident a 23-year-old Umsengezi woman allegedly bashed her 26-year-old husband over a phone call.Allegations are that Wilma Mukohiwa (23) assaulted her husband heavily with a br...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
College introduces Diploma in Mthwakazi Studies
Mthwakazi Academic College (MAC) in South Africa has updated their list of core courses, which now includes Advanced Diploma in Mthwakazi Studies.In an email sent to this publication the colle...Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 12:57hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Open letter to Jealousy Mawarire of Mujuru Party
Open letter to Jealousy Mawarire, the National Spokesperson for Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), led by former vice president, Joice Mujuru.A press release has come to light accusing Bulawayo24 Ne...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 09:45hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Merry Christmas from Bulawayo24
Compliments of the Season! We (Bulawayo24 Team) would like take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2016. Stay safe!God bless you always....Published: 25 Dec 2015 at 10:27hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Author offers Anti-Mugabe books for free
The author of three books Zimbabwe A Revolution Waiting To Happen, Robert Mugabe- from freedom fighter to the people's enemy and 'The rise of Grace Mugabe, the fall o...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 10:15hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Bulawayo24 News website - new vs old
Bulawayo24 has been trialing the new look website for more than a month now and we would like your opinion as to which one you as the reader prefers. Suggestions are welcome....Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 16:04hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Family buries skull and teeth as man murdered and dismembered
A 12-year-old boy looking for stray cattle on Tuesday stumbled on the remains of a man suspected to have been brutally murdered and his body hidden on a mountain. The incident which has sp...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 19:19hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Man knocks out wife's tooth in fight over bread
A Bulawayo woman lost a tooth and was left nursing bruises on her shoulder and a cut on her lip after her husband allegedly bashed her in a fight over bread.Moses Mudadigwa (31) of Nketa s...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Teen brutally spears neighbour four times
For the love of beer an 18 year old Inyathi youth stabbed his neighbour four times on the head with a spear and robbed her of cash and airtime recharge cards worth $1 153.Greatman Ndlovu a...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 16:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Umguza tops STI list
It's official, Umguza District has the highest number of people with Sexual Transmitted Infections STIs in Matabeleland North.The tiny district has overtaken traditional STI hubs in the pr...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 16:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Dirtiest place in Mat South named
MAPHISA Rural District Council has been named the dirtiest place in Matabeleland South by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA).The agency said travellers who throw litter from moving ...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 16:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Woman stabs 'nosy' boyfriend after drinking spree
A Vitoria Falls woman stabbed her boyfriend on the chest with a pair of scissors, saying she was irritated by his insistently asking her why she had gone on a drinking spree with another man....Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:09hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Crocodile devours man as his dad watches in horror
A Masvingo man was killed and eaten by a crocodile when a canoe he was fishing in with his father capsized in Mutirikwi River.John Chitambira (52) watched in horror as the massive crocodil...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
EX MDC-T MP wins spot fine case against police
Police have been ordered to immediately release a car which they impounded from former Lupane West MDC-T MP Njabuliso Mguni on Monday after he failed to pay a $50 spot fine.BULAWAYO Hi...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Detectives drag councillor out of meeting in dramatic arrest
Gweru City Council finance committee chairperson, Councillor Albert Chirau of Ward 11 Mkoba 5, has been arrested for allegedly illegally renting out council property.Police have indicated ...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Prisoners caught red-handed in sodomy act
Two prisoners who were allegedly sodomising each other, made so much noise that they woke up another prisoner, who caught them red-handed in the act. Christopher Jani (36) allegedly had "n...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 17:11hrs | 6 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Cop arrested for using fake driver's licence
A police officer based at Inyathi Police Station in Matabeleland North, has been arrested for allegedly driving using a fake licence.Mkhokheli Nyoni allegedly crashed a police car into a tree ...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 16:36hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Goblins beat Bulawayo woman to death
A Bulawayo woman from Cowdray Park was allegedly beaten to death by goblins while preparing supper for her family last Friday.Everjoice Chimuriwo, 42, was found dead by her son while still...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 19:36hrs | 4 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Bulawayo Kidnap horror - man forced to dance on grave and brutally assaulted
A car sales employee in Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after he was kidnapped by five men driving a car with South African registration, who claimed his employer owed them $250.Edwin...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 19:36hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Chaos at Njube police station as Zanu-PF buses in youths to disrupt MDC-T rally
Yet to be confirmed reports from Bulawayo's high density suburb of Njube indicate that heavy political violence has erupted in the township as MDC-T and Zanu-PF supporters clash at an MDC-T rally....Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Fistfights at MDC-T Bulawayo meeting
Police were called in when fistfights broke out at an MDC-T meeting in the Bulawayo provincial offices today, 27 February.The provincial executive meeting was reportedly disrupted when MDC-T B...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 20:47hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Imported goblin burns huts and kills chickens
A suspected goblin has unleashed a reign of terror, raining blows on an Esigodini family and setting their huts on fire.On Friday, the invisible creature allegedly twisted the necks of more th...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 20:50hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Jonathan Moyo refuses to accept Gukurahundi as 'western conspiracy'
INFORMATION Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo who says in his CV that his father was killed by soldiers during Mugabe's Gukurahundi madness has refused to back Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's clai...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 06:17hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Govt has no jurisdiction over Zifa - Chinamasa
Leader of Government Business in Parliament Patrick Chinamasa has said the State has no role in the running of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) amid heightened calls for organisation's chairpe...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Man assaulted for associating new Tuku song to First Lady
A Bulawayo man Douglas Dube, claims that he was assaulted by two man for associating a new song by Oliver Mtukudzi to First Lady Grace Mugabe.In a revelation to Bulawayo24, Dube claims tha...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Body in a government car cause scare in Gwanda
A body of a deceased woman carried in an open government vehicle has caused a huge scare in Gwanda.Information brought to the attention of Bulawayo24 News by a worried click of residents ...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 15:52hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
'We're not party to the demonstrations,' say residents
The newly established Gwanda Residents Association has distanced itself from the MDC T proposed nationwide demonstrations to push the ruling ZANU PF party to deliver on its election manifesto....Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 20:45hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Residents to resist Grace Mugabe naming of school
Residents of Gwanda will resist a move that sectors of the ZANU PF's Women league in Gwanda are going to be tabling a proposal to the ruling party to have Jahunda Primary School in the town rename...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 14:13hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
New born baby dumped, fed to dogs
Members of a Plumtree community have leaked information to Bulawayo24 that the daughter of a village head in Bulu area dumped her newly born baby and left it for the dogs to feed.Accordin...Published: 06 Sep 2014 at 20:16hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
'Xeroderma' children seek assistance
A Harare couple from Epworth is desperately seeking about R240 000 to get their children aged four and nine to South Africa for urgent lifesaving operations.Doctors suspect the children are su...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 21:36hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Touts urinate on passengers
Commuter omnibus touts at the Fourth Street rank in the centre of Harare are reportedly in the habit of spraying unsuspecting passengers with urine while they board Kombis at the rank.Acc...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Liquor licenses to be accessed online
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo says Zimbabweans can now access liquor licenses online instead of travelling to Harare.Previously liquor licences were only granted in the capital....Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:12hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Schools collapse as council cancels school fees payments
Primary and Secondary schools under the auspices of the Nkayi Rural District Council are facing severe operational problems as a result of the local authority's decision to cancel all outstanding ...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 15:02hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Timely boost for Roodeport disaster community
The little communities of the otherwise quiet Jabulisa and Setshankwe villages of Nkayi North at the boundary with Gokwe South will never forget the 8th of March 2014. This is the day when 18 bodies ...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Passengers cheat death in highway accidents
Sixteen passengers were rushed to hospital after a PCJ bus overturned about 100 km along the Bulawayo Harare Road at about 1am. About 30km along the same highway, nearer Bulawayo, another bus ...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 16:02hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Law does not favour Zanu PF corrupt officials says Maziwisa
Zanu deputy information director Psychology Maziwisa says there is no separates party members from ordinary Zimbabweans warning that everyone caught engaging in corrupt activities would be arreste...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Update on Gwabalanda murder, suicide
A Bulawayo man allegedly stabbed his wife nine times leading to her death before drinking poison and hanging himself. The man killed his wife on Wednesday night and his body was found ha...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 19:20hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Jilted man kills girlfriend, commits suicide
A JILTED man from Gwabalanda suburb allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and thereafter committed suicide. The man whose name has not yet been ascertained reportedly stabbed ...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 13:12hrs | 3 | by Bhebhe Mandla
It's April Fools' 2014
It's the 1st of April today and it has gone past 12 midday here in the City of Kings and Queens, Bulawayo. Some article published today were slightly unbelievable. We got you wondering which ones were...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 09:03hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Drama as cops are arrested at roadblock
Bulawayo residents were treated to a free movie as the anti-corruption unit swooped on police officers who were allegedly demanding bribes from motorists this morning (Wednesday).The dram...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 21:35hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Boiler explodes killing one
A worker at Drive shaft Center in Bulawayo has died after a boiler exploded and ripped into him, leaving his intestines protruding. Claudius Makumbe died from severe injuries sustained durin...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 19:39hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Teenager kills grandmother over money for beer
For the love of beer, a 19-year-old Bulilima man reportedly strangled his 71-year old grandmother because she would not give him money to go for a drink.Wahlile Nkomo from Hingwe ar...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 19:03hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Cholera fears in Gwanda
Heaps of uncollected garbage and massive water disconnections in Gwanda may soon lead to an outbreak of the deadly cholera disease.The Zanu PF led municipality has resorted to disconnecting wa...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 12:37hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Toddlers survive vicious 'domesticated' bees attack
Seven Bulawayo children aged between four and 10 years are lucky to be alive following a vicious attack by angry bees.The bees are allegedly kept in a drum by josefa Ncube (65) of 4409 in Gw...Published: 16 Mar 2014 at 19:51hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Update: MDC senior official dies
The Vice Chairman of the Bulawayo Province of the Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Dr Paul Malaba has died.Dr Malaba died in the late hours of Thursday 13 March at a Bu...Published: 14 Mar 2014 at 16:07hrs | 9 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Floods kill 36 in the Midlands
Torrential rains falling in the country have killed 36 people and displaced hundreds of families in the Midlands the Provincial Administrator, Cecilia Chitiyo has said.Chitiyo said the 36 ...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 19:43hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
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