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Ingutsheni Hospital getting early Christmas tomorrow
Ingutsheni mental health hospital in Bulawayo is tomorrow getting early Christimas after a group of well-wishers promised to donate goods to the insti...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 14:03hrs | 610 | by Stephen Jakes
Two teens jailed for theft of phone
TWO Bulawayo teenagers have been slapped with 15 months in jail after they stole a mobile phone worth 6000 Rands so that they sell it to buy food....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 09:16hrs | 936 | by Stephen Jakes
Fire burns woman and children
The fire outbreak at a house in Bulawayo left a woman and her two children nursing serious burn wounds.Bulawayo Fire Brigade official Linos Ph...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1250 | by Stephen Jakes
'Splinter group a plot to silence doctors'
A SPLINTER association of hospital doctors will be launched tomorrow amid allegations from existing groups that this is part of political "machination...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:01hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Govt intervenes on Zupco crisis
Government has stepped in to solve the shortage of Zupco buses on the streets that had withdrawn their services over the shortage of diesel.Th...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:24hrs | 1783 | by Staff Reporter
10 Zimra officers, agents arrested for 'smuggling vehicles into Zimbabwe'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested 10 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers and agents stationed at Beitbridge Border P...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3413 | by Staff Reporter
Teen boy 'drinks brandy' to death
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a boy (13) from Bulawayo who allegedly finished an undiluted 750ml bottle of brandy in less than an hour.The br...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:40hrs | 975 | by Staff Reporter
Liberation mine property goes under the hummer
Liberation Mining (Pvt) Limited in Gwayi area Matabeleland North will on Saturday have numerous of its property worth millions of dollars auctioned to...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:46hrs | 707 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean in dilemma after Botswana soldiers shoot him on the leg
Shepherd Madzikatire from Pelandaba in Bulawayo who was shot by Botswana soldiers when in that country illegal is struggling to get his leg treated af...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:33hrs | 2199 | by Stephen Jakes
More water woes for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council has announced that residents in some suburbs will experience additional water shedding to the already running 96 hours per w...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1165 | by Staff Reporter
Man sues mother-in-law
A Bulawayo man living in France has sued his mother in law over the custody of his daughter (15) following the death of his wife.Vukani Chris ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2903 | by Stephen Jakes
Texas Meat Market Butcher open new outlet in Bulawayo
Texas Meat Market a business entity which is chain retail will be officially opening its new butchery shop in Bulawayo on December 7.This was ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 14:27hrs | 3634 | by Stephen Jakes
Company loses property worth $2 529 to employee
A Bulawayo firm Pump and Steel Supplies Company has reportedly lost property worth $2, 529 to its employee who stole it.This emerged when Tapi...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:19hrs | 870 | by Stephen Jakes
Fidelity printers worker in US$65 760 property theft
Fidelity Printers employee not yet identified was recently being investigated by the police on allegations involving an armed robbery that took place ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 568 | by Stephen Jakes
Cop stabs two sons in family murder attempt...As wife escapes
A Bulawayo based police officer went berserk and stabbed his two minor children who are now battling for life in hospital.This publication was...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 18:02hrs | 3442 | by Staff Reporter
Employee allegedly rapes boss's maid
A man from Cowdray Parks who was hired to fumigate a house in Northend Bulawayo allegedly raped the maid at the house before begging her not to report...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2607 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF Byo ignorant of its total contribution towards conference
THE Zanu-PF Bulawayo province is ignorant of what it might have contributed towards the party's National people's conference scheduled for Goromonzi H...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 09:16hrs | 992 | by Stephen Jakes
US1850 theft lands employee in court
A Bulawayo firm, LEC BIOTEC is alleged to have lost a total of US$1850 to its employee.The employee Olga Ndlovu (28) who is charged with fraud...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1376 | by Stephen Jakes
Modi delivers water to Bulawayo residents
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has started living up to his promise to deliver bulk borehole water to residents of Bulawayo following a de...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 8161 | by Staff Reporter
BCC struggles to rehabilitate recreational facilities due to funds shortage
Shortage of funds is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council from rehabilitating recreational facilities needed for various activities that may...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 13:12hrs | 786 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa vows to criminalise machete possession
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasised the important role the youth play as the pillar of the ruling party.He was addressing thousands of...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 794 | by Staff Reporter
CITY OF BULAWAYO : Domestic and non-domestic meter replacement programme
CITY OF BULAWAYO PRESS RELEASE: DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME The City...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 16:45hrs | 2607 | by BCC
Bulawayo Mayor challenges men to rise during book launch
The Challenge of fatherlessness has been discussed, perhaps half-heartedly on different fora. In most cases, it is a by-the-way matter, in the midst o...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 15:30hrs | 665 | by Enos Denhere
Egodini project misses target
BULAWAYO councillors are unhappy with failure by the developer to complete the first phase of the Egodini project by this month-end and are now piling...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 09:20hrs | 2535 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP cop hound Chipinge families off their land
ZRP top cop Godwin Chinyan'anya is embroiled in a bitter land wrangle with eight families of Mutoramhene Southdown estate in Chipinge central ward 8....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3520 | by Taruberekera Masara and Josiah Mucharowana
Local authorities stifling business growth: Industry
MANY local authorities in Zimbabwe are using archaic laws and municipal by-laws that do not take into account the changing business environment and gl...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Warriors go for the kill
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona believes a positive start against neighbours Botswana at home could go a long way in determining how well the team d...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presen...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic crisis breeding ground for human trafficking
Zimbabwe's worsening socio-economic crisis creating a breeding ground for human trafficking, key stakeholders dealing with immigration and human traff...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misses fiscal reform targets
ECONOMIC reforms and austerity measures being spearheaded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) have g...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated b...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Can new Zimdollar relieve the chronic cash crunch?
Gason Mukuvadzi, a lanky man with boyish looks, sits behind a makeshift desk in Mbare's Mupedzanhamo centre. An umbrella canvas shelters him from the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Infrastructural development key to woo investors, says Mangwana
ZIMBABWE needs to focus more on local infrastructure investments and industrialisation in order to woo investors and boost the crumbling economy, a to...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Currency change sparks confusion
A SERIES of changes to the country's currency has triggered confusion for accountants, consumers of financial information and investors on the Zimbabw...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
The Big Flush during water shedding
The City of Bulawayo is encouraging members of the public to assist in a scheduled synchronized programme of flushing their lavatories in a bid to unc...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:06hrs | 692 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa for Byo Zupco launch
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Friday launch Zupco buses in Bulawayo to service different routes in the city.Mnangagwa will also preside...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:20hrs | 1882 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa commends EU dialogue progress
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the European Union (EU) for removing the bulk of sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe and engaging in progressi...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1693 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches Presidential input scheme
THE Government yesterday launched the 2019-2020 free Cottco Presidential Inputs and Tillage Scheme to benefit more than 400 000 households and two mil...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:54hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Countries ponder laws against calling for sanctions
THE illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some Western countries from the turn of the new millennium have in no doubt impacted negatively on the...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-bound US$20 million agric equip arrives in Durban
A consignment of agricultural equipment worth US$20 million from US-based John Deere - which consists of 500 tractors, 200 pieces of machinery and 40 ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to gain from depreciating currency
Zimbabwe may have to roll up its sleeve with regards to the newly-established single continental market for goods and services, the African Continenta...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:52hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-sanctions march flopped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday left red-faced after only 7 000 people turned up for his much-hyped anti-sanctions march.Zimbabwean...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 21:52hrs | 5458 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions march: Food steals the limelight
OUTSIDE the monumental National Sports Stadium, the gravity of the chaos was clearly visible as it turned out that the commotion was not about people ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 21:51hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
USA, EU unmoved by Zimbabwe's anti-sanction demo
The United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) are seemingly not going to remove the sanctions that they have put on Zimbabwe anytime ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 5200 | by Daniel Itai
Russia to invest in nuclear energy in Africa
Russia said that it wants to invest in nuclear energy in many African countries, the resolution was recently reached at the just ended Russia-Africa s...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1259 | by Daniel Itai
Johannesburg in malware storm
The City of Johannesburg's municipal hub has been hacked by individuals labelling themselves as shadow kill hackers.The hackers have since lau...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1929 | by Daniel Itai
Batswana elect Masisi as new President
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) once again came out victorious in the Presidential race as Mokgweetsi Masisi emerged the outcome winner beco...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2967 | by Daniel Itai
Mnangagwa must step down - Chief Ndiweni
Outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has stirred new controversy by calling on Zimbabweans to take advantage of t...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 11:06hrs | 7360 | by Staff Reporter
Police recover $300k stolen household property in raid
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered property valued at RTGS$300 000 allegedly stolen by a three-man gang in daylight raids from households in Cowdray Pa...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2378 | by Staff Reporter
Police ban dangerous weapons in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in the city until the end of the year following an increase in murder and other viole...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 10:52hrs | 2424 | by Staff Reporter
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