Columnist / Divine dube
Protests left a trail of destruction. But Zimbabwe's problems remain the same
BULAWAYO - A military crackdown compounded by a partial internet black-out has ended violent protests triggered by fuel price hikes announced by Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, but "nothing ha...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | | by Divine Dube
Zimbabwe fuel protests: Byo Turns into Ghost City
BULAWAYO - Although government authorities ordered civil servants and the generality of Zimbabweans to go back to work Thursday (today), the city remains largely quiet with no movement as the country'...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Divine Dube
Mass stampede at Egodini: Anger, chaos and disappointment
Thousands of job seekers broke a makeshift fence made of zinc sheets today when they tried to gain entrance to Egodini Contact Centre where development company Terracotta is beginning to recruit worke...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Divine Dube
'Cheated' Bulawayo councillor bares soul
…As Saga Around The Election of Cllr Batsirai Deepens BULAWAYO - Losing Council candidate who is also a former city father, Gideon Mangena, says he is...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Divine Dube
War Vets breath fire, call for Mugabe's young wife to be arrested
A SECTION of Zimbabwe's War Veterans Association has come out guns blazing over the First Lady Grace Mugabe' controversial succession utterances. The ex-combatants want the wife of Zimbabwe’...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 21:18hrs | | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu, editing by Divine Dube
Who bombed Salisbury fuel tanks: ZANLA Or ZIPRA?
BULAWAYO - THE story of who really bombed The Rhodesian fuel tanks in then Salisbury - now Harare - is one of the several liberation stories whose truism might remain a contested issue forever as the ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 16:11hrs | 23 | by Divine Dube
Grand Coalition, Dabengwa speaks
BULAWAYO - ZAPU President Dumiso Dabengwa says he is wary of being 'swallowed' again and as such his party is working flat out to ensure that it retains its 'originality' during talks for a possible a...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Divine Dube
Mawaba whizzkid offered bursary
BULAWAYO - Nkosana George Mazibisa, the School Development Committee chairperson of Mawaba primary school has disclosed that he has helped Mbongeni Masuku - the boy who was initially denied results by...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 18:17hrs | | by Divine Dube
Bulawayo boy achieves 4 units, denied Grade 7 results: Plea for Help!
BULAWAYO - ONE of the city's brightest pupils recently scored four units at the 2016 Grade Seven exams administered by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council but sadly, the whizzkid cannot continue ...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Divine Dube
Supa Mandiwanzira breaks silence on data tarrifs increase
INFORMATION, Communication Technology and Postal Services minister Supa Mandiwanzira has broken his silence on the data tarrifs increase debacle which was first implemented by Econet yesterday after a...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 15:35hrs | | by Divine Dube
117-year-old granny says she is tired of living
THE world's oldest granny Emma Morano from Italy is 117 years old this year yet, in Bulilima, a rural district in South-western Zimbabwe there is an unknown woman who has also lived the same number of...Published: 06 Jan 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Divine Dube
Herculean task for new radio Skyz FM
BULAWAYO's new radio station Skyz FM is now live. But the station faces more than just the burden of looking for advertisers and revenue to sustain its operations.After nearly 18-months of wai...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:14hrs | | by Divine Dube
The power of storytelling for social change
EACH and everyone of us has a person that they relate to better than others. This person is usually one whom we share our secrets, troubles and aspirations. One of the most common credentials which en...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 12:15hrs | | by Divine Dube
Popular comedian Madlela releases 'comic' music album
SOUTH AFRICA-based Zimbabwean comedian 'Madlela' will this weekend launch a comic music album comprising sound tracks taken from his witty stage play Idlozi Lolaka.Speaking to Byo24 Lifestyle,...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 18:02hrs | | by Divine Dube
Watch: How a Ngozi Mine 'squatter' in Bulawayo irks a living
Ishmael Ndlovu (44), a slum dweller living in Ngozi Mine, a popular squatter camp in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has been surviving from selling scrap material and subsistence farming ...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 19:35hrs | | by Divine Dube
Minister Dokora are you serious?
There is no doubt that the new constitution adopted last year has opened up political space in Matabeleland and in the country at large for the promotion of indigenous (African) languages in education...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 10:03hrs | | by Divine Dube wa Bango
Chombo bullies cops to release detained council officer
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development minister Ignatious Chombo has been fingered in interfering with the cause of justice by telling police officers in Tsholotsho to release a fraud suspect....Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 07:05hrs | | by Divine Dube
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