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Bulawayo power outage due to technical fault
PARTS of the Bulawayo city centre and some suburbs have suffered a power blackout following an electrical fault at a Zesa substation at the Belmont industrial area on Monday evening. Zesa acti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro FM caught in Bosso elections storm
Bulawayo based radio station Skyz Metro FM has been caught in the Highlanders elections storm after its popular presenter Babongile Sikhonjwa allegedly declared during his Saturday morning show that h...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:45hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Council properties being leased for a song
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is leasing out its land to sporting clubs for a song with some club owners reportedly paying as little as $700 in local currency while at the same time illegally sub-lettin...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro, Khulumani clash
Local radio stations Skyz Metro FM and Khulumani FM will clash this year at the prestigious Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAA) as its radio personalities will be locking horns to win the top airwaves...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Cal Vin receives hero's send-off
Thousands of people from all walks of life convened at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre yesterday to say their final goodbyes to the country's rap king, Mgcini "Cal Vin" Nhliziyo. It was more like a ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Inside the feud around Hlabangana tshisa nyama
WITH the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) throwing the rule book at them as it promises to clamp down on council leased sport clubs that are flaunting regulations, insiders at the Babongile Sikhonjwa-run H...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Residents accuse BCC of making empty threats
Bulawayo City Council has once again threatened to shut down venues around the city that are flouting lease agreements. The clubs include Highlanders Football Club, Queens Sports Club, H...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:14hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver slips, drowns in river
A GWANDA man drowned in a river after he slipped and fell into the water while bathing.Ward 17 Councillor Ephraim Nyathi confirmed the incident which occurred at Tuli River in Manama on Tuesda...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Bosso at risk of losing clubhouse lease as foreigners eye it
HIGHLANDERS Football Club could pay the price for illegally sub-letting part of their clubhouse to house a braai centre with the land owners, Bulawayo City Council, considering terminating the lease....Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
The day Oskido cried for Sikhonjwa
KALAWA Jazmee supremo Oskido yesterday revealed how he cried when he saw comedian Babongile Sikhonjwa lying banged up at Bulawayo's Mpilo Central Hospital after his near fatal accident in 2014. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
'Hlabangana was operating illegally'
HLABANGANA Lounge was shut down by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) last Friday because it was operating illegally and Highlanders Football Club (where it was situated) were on the verge of losing thei...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders Hlabangana Lounge shut down
BARELY five months after the opening of Hlabangana Lounge in Bulawayo, the popular outdoor joint has reportedly been shut down by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), allegedly due to licensing issues. ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Sikhonjwa returns to Skyz Metro
DR Malinga's absence at the Skyz Metro FM Umcimbi Wabantu concert on Saturday was actually a blessing in disguise for local acts as they got a chance to showcase their talent on stage. T...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:09hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Maskandi fest comes to Bulawayo
FOR local traditional music lovers, September will be memorable as the Azibuye Emasikweni maskandi festival takes Matabeleland by storm. The festival, which had been brought to a halt for over...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Another presenter leaves Skyz Metro FM
ANOTHER Skyz Metro FM radio personality, Master Eli, has left the Bulawayo station. Master Eli who presented Drive Time Sport (weekdays from 6PM to 7PM) and Weekend Breakfast (Sundays fr...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:54hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Sikhonjwa causes stir with no U-18 theatre return
WHEN one talks of sex on stage, most Zimbabweans would expect the mention of Bev and Zoey, those two queens of raunchy dance, to follow. Before the strippers that seduce and titillate men on s...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:40hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's attack unites Matabeleland
The attack of firebrand Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni by state agents has united the people of Matabeleland to spend with one voice. In the recent past there has been sharp...Published: 16 May 2019 at 10:25hrs | 10873 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhonjwa's co-host also quits Skyz FM
BABONGILE Sikhonjwa's co-host on the Skyz Metro FM Vuka Vuka breakfast show, TKP, has also left the fast-growing radio station. The station's manager, Godwin Phiri, said TKP handed in her resi...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Fans grieve as Sikhonjwa leaves Skyz FM
YESTERDAY was popular Skyz Metro FM radio personality, Babongile Sikhonjwa's last day on air as he bade farewell to the station after tendering his resignation earlier this month. The most agg...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:10hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro hit by resignations
A restructuring exercise at Bulawayo's first commercial radio station - Sykz Metro FM - has resulted in the departure of two popular presenters amid indications that more employees will ditch the broa...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Babongile Sikhonjwa leaves Skyz Metro FM
Radio personality and Socialite Babongile Sikhonjwa is leaving Bulawayo's only commercial radio station Skyz Metro FM after close to three of being part of the initiative.Sikhonjwa was anchori...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:36hrs | 2883 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Skies Metro FM reshuffles presenters
BULAWAYO'S sole private radio station, Skies Metro FM has shuffled its presenters in a new set up that took effect yesterday; a move aimed at bringing diversity to its programming.The radio's ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Thousands attend Bulawayo street bash
Thousands of people turned the normally sleepy central business district of Bulawayo into a melting pot of revelry as they ushered in the New Year during the Shutdown Street Party.The street b...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:59hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Top DJ goes broke?
Top Bulawayo wheel spinner DJ Liz (real name Sharmaine Waldman) has allegedly gone broke and resorted to selling isitshwala as a means of alternative survival.In a video posted by social...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:07hrs | 4230 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bosso avert blushes over unpaid bills
HIGHLANDERS last week averted a potentially embarrassing situation that would have resulted in their property being attached by Bulawayo City Council over an unpaid water bill amounting to about $40 0...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Bosso debt on downward trend, says Ndebele
HIGHLANDERS almost surpassed their 2017 annual gate takings in the first half of the season this year, prompting club treasurer Donald Ndebele to tell members that they were on the road to extinguishi...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Cheating injiva's wife kills love child
AN allegedly cheating injiva's wife from Tsholotsho fell pregnant while her husband was in South Africa and allegedly strangled her new born baby then kept its body in a bucket in her bedroom for two ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Law student lands Miss Tourism Bulawayo crown
TWENTY-FOUR year-old law student with University of South Africa Anelisiwe Ndebele was on Saturday crowned Miss Tourism Bulawayo provincial winner after she shrugged off competition from a bevy of 22 ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:04hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
Missing person alert!
Thank you so much she has been found. We are on our way to pick her up at Hillside police station. Thank you Bulawayo and everyone who helped. Inkosi ibusise. The relief is priceless...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 19:53hrs | 3674 | by Staff Reporter
Ezra Tshisa slams Zimbabwe radio presenters
AVID listeners of various radio stations all over Zimbabwe idolise and revere the young crop of presenters that have since emerged and have been under the spotlight since the mid-2000s.For man...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Bar brawl teen killer jailed 15 years
A TEENAGER from Esigodini who fatally stabbed a patron during a beer drinking spree following a dispute over a missing cellphone, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in jail.Nqobani Nxumalo (1...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:37hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro VS Khulumani FM whose gonna survive?
WHO'S gonna survive!The introduction of Khulumani FM in Bulawayo to rival Skyz Metro has been welcomed by the locality as it will cater for more local content.Owned by the Zimbabwe Bro...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:17hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
Babongile Sikhonjwa faces jail over debt
Popular Bulawayo socialite, stand-up comedian and radio presenter Babongile Sikhonjwa faces imprisonment if he fails to comply with a court order issued against him to pay outstanding money in rentals...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:28hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Nama Facebook Live disrupted
This year's National Art Merit Awards Facebook Live broadcast announcement of nominees was abandoned following power outage.The organisers were broadcasting live from the Reps Theatre in Harar...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:51hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
DJ stabbed in bar brawl
A Bulawayo DJ was last Saturday night stabbed during a fight at Red Cafe that led to the breaking of a glass door at the nightspot.DJ DBongz Deeper (real name Bongani Dube) was stabbed, allege...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Soul Brothers in Bulawayo festive gig
After more than 10 years since their last show, kings of Mbaqanga music Soul Brothers will stage a show at the Large City Hall in Bulawayo on December 23.Joining Soul Brothers on stage from So...Published: 18 Dec 2017 at 07:42hrs | 1854 | by Staff Reporter
Drunk on air Sikhonjwa suspended'
Skyz Metro FM has suspended Babongile Sikhonjwa for allegedly coming to work drunk.According to a close source, Sikhonjwa who was drinking with friends the whole night last Tuesday as they cel...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:32hrs | 2070 | by Staff reporter
Babongile, Khuliyo beef rages on
SINGER Khuliyo has accused comedian and radio personality Babongile Sikhonjwa of deflating the tyres of his car, vowing to get back at him, as their rivalry escalates.Khuliyo and Sikhonjwa hav...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 08:30hrs | 1271 | by Staff Reporter
Maybe one should move to Harare to make it!
Albert Nyathi, Jah Prayzah and Derrick Mpofu are all based in Harare and going great musically. When I was in Harare last week on arts business, I somehow managed to cross their paths.Jah Pray...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:44hrs | 369 | by Nkululeko Nkala
Sikhonjwa to open fraud case against Kwinjo
IT'S been almost three years since Bulawayo comedian, socialite and radio personality Babongile Sikhonjwa was involved in a car accident that nearly claimed his life.The incident is perhaps so...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:06hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Street carnival heralds Intwasa
The Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo roars to life today with a street carnival where up to 2 000 thousand people are expected to parade showcasing their various acts and artistic costumes.The...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zodwa Wabantu Versus Zodwa WaNhira
I have followed the attempted capture by Nhira of Zodwa Wabantu with keen interest and noted an amazing irony in the whole saga. Wabantu means she belongs to the people yet Nhira tried to capture her ...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 14:49hrs | 5004 | by Lindani Dube
Anne Nhira a desperate attention seeker
I did not even know who this Anne Nhira who purports self-righteousness is until her unjustified tirade against Zodwa Wabantu. At a personal level I may not even be interested in what Zodwa does...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 22:46hrs | 1114 | by N Sibanda
Anger at Anne Nhira over Zodwa Wabantu ban
ACTRESS Anne Nhira, popularly known as Vimbai Jari from Studio 263, has become "Public Enemy Number One" after seemingly getting Zodwa Wabantu banned from performing at the Harare International Carniv...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
Babongile calls SA home affairs live on air, asks for Anne Nhira to be returned to Zim
Skyz Metro FM host Babongile Sikhonjwa called South Africa's Home Affairs live on air over actress Anne Nhira who is in the middle of a storm in which she celebrated the apparent barring of that count...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 16:35hrs | 8667 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Fans overwhelm Zodwa Wabantu
SOUTH Africa socialite Zodwa Wabantu was on Saturday night overwhelmed by revellers at Bulawayo's Club Connect who packed the joint making it impossible for her to show off her famous dance moves on t...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | 6150 | by Staff reporter
Glitz and glamour at Bulawayo Arts Awards
Upon the announcement of the inaugural Bulawayo Arts Awards a few months ago, the organisers of the event were criticised for trying to counter other national arts awards. There were doubts whether th...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:28hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro FM commissions state-of-the-art studios
BULAWAYO's first commercial radio station, Skyz Metro FM, commissioned its state-of-the-art studios yesterday morning live on Vuka Vuka morning breakfast show, which was hosted by Babongile Sikhon...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:31hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Ammara Brown dates Bulawayo
RISING star Ammara Brown will on Friday hold her debut show in Bulawayo.Ammara last year rode on the wave of runaway hit Mukoko alongside Tytan Sikhokho.She closed off the year wit...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:07hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Club 263 opens in Harare
IF you have never been to Bulawayo, the City of Kings and Queens; if you wonder what the people there are like, the food they eat, the music they play and the general culture - speculate no more!...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:37hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
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