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CCC factions lost 3 council seats to Zanu-PF in Bulawayo
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lost three of the eight council seats it had won in August to Zanu-PF after five of its recalled councillors retained their seats from the eight contested wards...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
By-elections date for recalled Bulawayo councillors set
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said by-elections for eight recalled Bulawayo Citizen Coalition for Change councillors will be held in December while the nomination court will sit next mon...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs urgent cleansing, says Coltart
FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says Bulawayo is now a mess and needs urgent and serious cleansing by incoming councillors.Coltart, who is eyeing the city's ward ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Botswana for US-Africa Business Summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday evening to attend the high-level US-Africa Business Summit in which Zimbabwe will seek to assert its drive to lure investments to shore up domestic productio...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC clears air on double candidacy
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has cleared the air on the Bulawayo double candidacy debacle amid concerns that the anomaly was triggered by unapproved candidates whose nomina...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa closes out Bulawayo big names
CONFUSION engulfed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) when all Bulawayo Members of Parliament and councillors who were not recalled had a shock of their lives yesterday when their name...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Bulawayo candidates selection process marred by confusion, controversy
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was plunged into confusion yesterday when a number of sitting MPs and councillors were excluded from the party's "stakeholders selection process" for...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:14hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
BCC frets over poor vehicle maintenance
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed dismay over the quality of spare parts that are being used on council vehicles, which have grounded most of them.According to latest council minutes, ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council cries foul over 'hijacked' projects
BULAWAYO councillors have accused central government of hijacking the local authority's projects for political mileage.The city fathers were making reference to the ongoing refurbishment works...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu appoints new board members
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking-owned Ingwebu Breweries recently had two members added to its eight-member board.Mr Kalani Ndlovu who owns Umjayeli Security and Mavuna Lodge and ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Certain people who brought their culture to Bulawayo have turned our street into a Mbare'
Fifth Avenue in Bulawayo has become a hub of illegal activities and city fathers have vowed to continue with their operation to rid the area of illegal traders.This comes after clashes between...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to defy BCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have vowed to resist tariff hikes being proposed in the city council's 2023 budget.The five councillors from Wards 8, 20,21,24 and 2...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor and deputy boycott CCC's Harare meeting for councillors
BULAWAYO Mayor, Solomon Mguni and former deputy mayor, Mlandu Ncube, Thursday boycotted a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) meeting organised for councillors in Harare.The councillors were ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors want parking system contract revised
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday hit out at the "unfair" parking system which was imposed on the city's residents, with one warning fellow councillors that they were underestimating the depth of publ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, wife issued with warrant of arrest
FORMER Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere's younger brother Stanley and his wife Martha Batsirai Bakare were yesterday issued with warrants of arrest after failing to appear in court to...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume gets High Court reprieve
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday won his battle against Local Government minister July Moyo, with the High Court barring both the council and the minister from seeking to replace him....Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to replace mayor hits snag
A MOVE to replace recalled Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by Douglas Mwonzora's MDC Alliance failed yesterday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.Some councillor...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalled PDP councillors challenge expulsion
RECALLED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and fellow People's Democratic Party (PDP) councillors Simon Chabuka (Mutare) and Anorld Batirai Dube (Bulawayo) have approached the High Court challenging the...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC embarks on health staff recruitment drive
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has embarked on a staff recruitment drive in a bid to address the mass exodus of health personnel at its clinics, which currently have 116 vacancies for nursing staff....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crisis at Bulawayo council clinics deepens
BULAWAYO residents are spending long hours at council clinics due to a shortage of nurses, a development that is compromising access to health services in the city.Council clinics and Governme...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 18:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC hit by exodus of health staff
THE Bulawayo City Council-run clinics have been hit hard by an exodus of health staff, a move which has severely affected the effective healthcare delivery at a time when the country is also still gra...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 18:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Slain woman's relatives bury her at ‘killer' husband homestead
Relatives to the Mvuma woman who was last week allegedly killed by her husband brew a shocker when they buried her the body at her husband's homestead in Zaka.Regina Khumbula (35) was allegedl...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC pampers Mayor with $25m Selbourne Park mansion
THE MDC-T dominated Bulawayo City Council has approved the construction of a $25 million luxurious mansion for the city's mayor Solomon Mguni at Selbourne Park, in a development whic...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo halts BCC purges
THE minister of Local Government July Moyo has blocked Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni's move to fire MDC Alliance ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube.Mguni recently unsuccessfully tried to f...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's presence causes fracas at BCC full council meeting
THERE was chaos at the Bulawayo City Council chambers on Wednesday afternoon after former deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami turned up for a full council meeting.The embattled former deputy mayor...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi activist decries 'persecution'
BULAWAYO activist Mbuso Fuzwayo, who is coordinator of Ibhetshu LikaZulu that is pushing for redress of the Gukurahundi massacres, has been dragged to court over a 2019 incident of alleged public viol...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti Parliament return stalled
PURPORTED People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Benjamin Rukanda has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court challenging Justice Amy Tsanga's ruling which nullified the exp...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabwean refugees return from Botswana
FORTY-EIGHT Zimbabweans who were refugees in Botswana returned home yesterday following a joint initiative by Government, Botswana as well as the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Most of...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents enduring sleepless nights
The Covid-19 outbreak has piled more misery on Bulawayo residents, who are enduring sleepless nights due to the irritating mosquito menace caused by council's failure to disinfect breeding sites, citi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers Awards host inaugural ZAA Botswana gala
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has honoured Zimbabwean achievers who have been outstanding in the year at the inaugural ZAA Botswana Awards Dinner Gala held at Cresta Lodge in Gaborone on Friday....Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:36hrs | | by Tinashe Mukono
MDC councillor convicted
BULAWAYO MDC councillor Arnold Batirai Dube was found guilty of distributing fliers at a polling station during the 2018 general elections in violation of the Electoral Act. Dube also faced a ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I belong to Khupe faction' New Bulawayo Deputy Mayor says
The new Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Mlandu Ncube has confessed to being a member of the Thokozani Khupe led faction of the MDC.Ncube of Ward 1 made the remarks during a heated whatsapp altercation w...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 09:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
July Moyo's recall letter causes confusion in Bulawayo council
THE MDC Alliance says recalled Bulawayo Ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube will not vacate office until the Minister of Local Government July Moyo clarifies whom he wrote recalling him in his let...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's PDP recalls Harare mayor
BARELY a month after his election, Harare Mayor councillor Jacob Mafume has been recalled by his party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), a development that is likely to result in a fresh poll. ...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PDP wants to recall Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume
There are reports that a faction of PDP now wants to recall Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume and councilor Arnold Batirai in Bulawayo. Respected media personality Zenzele Ndebele reported the matter ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents demand Chamisa's Mayor, town clerk assets register
BULAWAYO residents have piled pressure on mayor Solomon Mguni and town clerk Christopher Dube demanding that they declare their assets following reports that they were recently clandestinely awarded c...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks worry Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over growing attacks and threats on its nationals in South Africa since the beginning of the year.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa said ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC shona leadership brutalised in Bulawayo
The MDC is deeply concerned about reports of continued State-sanctioned abductions; torture and impunity in Bulawayo even after the State foiled and proscribed the people's right to hold a peaceful de...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by MDC Communications
Kambarami abducted, dreadlock shaved off using glass
Online media portal CITEzw has reported that MDC Provincial Youth Chairperson and Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Cllr Tinashe Kambarami was allegedly abducted on Saturday night outside his residence.Qu...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa throws Kambarami under the bus
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has thrown Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami under the bus, describing his attempt to suspend Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube as unprocedural....Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exposes Tabitha Khumalo's hypocrisy
MDC Alliance chairperson Ms Tabitha Khumalo's recent utterances that the troubles faced by her party in Bulawayo are rooted in tribalism are a reckless and divisive spin that should be condemned by al...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thuggery in Bulawayo council chambers must stop
THE story in Bulawayo in recent weeks has been the unending water shedding, as council works on its water infrastructure, but that story, which touches on people's lives and the socio-economic fabric ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Bulawayo Town Clerk opens a case of assault
'SUSPENDED' Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube has opened a case of assault against Bulawayo's Acting Mayor.Bulawayo's acting Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, and Ward 4 councillor...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor dismisses convict Kambarami's actions as a non-event
BULAWAYO deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, and Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora yesterday violently ejected Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from his office after he refused to tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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