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Pakistani millers wreck havoc
Local grain milling companies are crying foul over the invasion of stipulated reserved sectors by foreign nationals.Speaking on the sidelines of an engagement with the Grain Millers Associatio...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:37hrs | 683 | by Paul Ndou
Bulawayo sewer ponds condemned
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported a worsening sewage crisis, with all sewage ponds in the city having collapsed, resulting in a surge in pipe bursts."We have got a major problem with se...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:39hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis at Vumbachikwe poses serious health crisis
Water crisis that is as a result of a cocktail of challenges faced by the Vumbachikwe Mine community among them electricity disconnection by Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:16hrs | 75 | by Stephen Jakes
'54% Zimbabweans unemployed'
ONLY 46,3% of Zimbabwe's working age population are employed, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat)'s latest figures have revealed.In its 2023 fourth quarter labour force survey, Z...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
War vets, Zanu-PF youths' land dispute rages on
The Kusile Rural District Council says it cannot intervene in a land dispute pitting war veterans against Zanu-PF youths because the allocation of plots at a farm in Gwayi was done by central governme...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza floods a man-made disaster
The incessant rains that pounded the country in the past week have exposed a big problem that has been allowed to fester in Harare and Chitungwiza, which requires decisive action to save lives....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans warned about heatwave effects
HEALTH experts have warned of life-threatening illnesses, including deadly heat stroke due to the extreme temperatures being recorded in most parts of the country recently, as they urged members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget dilemma
DON'T tell me what you value, show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value:" Joe Biden.Ordinarily, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube should have presented the ZWL$47,8 trillion 2024 nation...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:59hrs | 14 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 20 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Sadc Troika members except Zambia sides with Zimbabwe?
IN a show of solidarity with Zimbabwe, two principal members of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security - except Zambia - have endorsed President Mnang...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Malema says elections get stolen in Zimbabwe
South African opposition EFF leader Julius Malema has highlighted the Zimbabwean conundrum, saying the country is facing a "big problem", while focusing on the upcoming elections which he fears are al...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 19:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The pitfalls of Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:22hrs | 15 | by Tawanda Majoni
Former Ambassador runs for council seat in Bulilima
Former Zimbabwean Ambassador to Nigeria, Mabed Ngulani, is running as a councillor for Ward 2 in Bulilima District on a Citizens for Coalition for Change (CCC) ticket.His election manifesto fo...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 18:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The pitfalls of the 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 14 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF affiliate gives Chamisa sleepless nights
AN invisible hand by a shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) linked organisation, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) continues to give Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa is running scared
CITIZENS Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has said the continued delay by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to announce the election date clearly indicates that he is scared of losing the plebisc...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa voter inspection visit morphs into rally
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Tuesday visited a voters' roll inspection centre in Harare's Kuwadzana 2 suburb, but what was intended to be a brief call morphed into a mini-...Published: 30 May 2023 at 15:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Musa Kika
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
July Moyo orders enforcement of traffic by-laws
THE Minister of Local Government and Public Works July Moyo has directed local authorities to enforce traffic regulations and by laws in the country's cities and towns to bring order in the public tra...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF ineptitude created power crisis
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the power crisis bedevilling the country is a symptom of the ruling party's lack of foresight, corruption and energy policy i...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attacked
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of failing to abide by its constitution in elevating President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its leader following the oustin...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach says he doesn't have depth
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu says his squad lacks depth after coming from 2-0 to force a draw against Bulawayo Chiefs in a league match at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Mpofu said h...Published: 10 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft owl trapped in a bedroom
AN owl is viewed as a creature of witchcraft in Zimbabwe and when a family in Kuruwa Village in Gokwe South under Chief Nemangwe woke up, close to midnight, to find the nocturnal bird trapped in their...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers clueless on new curriculum 5 years on'
TEACHERS are still reportedly failing to interpret the syllabi of the competence-based curriculum five years after it was introduced, a review by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Public hearing on Health Services Bill flops
A PUBLIC hearing on the Health Services Amendment Bill flopped in Chinhoyi after only four residents attended the meeting.Of the four attendees, only two of them made contributions before the ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Only 4 journalists accredited for March 26 by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced that it has accredited 488 local observers, 18 foreign observers, and 4 local journalists for the upcoming Elections activities as at 11 March 2022. ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 11:28hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt sends SOS to private doctors
Medical players in private practice have been urged to create partnerships and synergies with the government to save the country's deteriorating healthcare system.Speaking at a Medical and Den...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's options in the context of despotic capture of MDC Alliance?
In 1998, in Russia's St Petersburg, Oleg Sergeyev ran for the Governor's position. When he officially launched his campaign, to his chagrin there were two other opponents. Opponent one was Oleg Sergey...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Acute COVID-19 could end in 2022, claims WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said acute COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations could end this year, if governments remain vigilant in enforcing public health measures set to control the sprea...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Potraz defends data tariff hikes
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has defended the recent hike in data tariffs which it said was linked to cost movements and market changes.This foll...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Teachers fear violent school gangs
TEACHERS at Msiteli High School in Mpopoma suburb say they are living in fear of violent pupils gangs as some of them bring dangerous weapons to school to scare other learners.Two weeks ago, t...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade several Bulawayo suburbs
GOLD panners have invaded several suburbs in Bulawayo causing environmental degradation and raising security concerns.Some of the suburbs affected by these illegal gold miners include Mahatshu...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Charles Mutasa
Mary Mliswa accused of ordering arrests of rival
THE internecine factional ructions battle for control of Mashonaland West Zanu-PF has reached a crescendo, with claimant to the provincial chairmanship, Vengai Musengi this week accusing Provincial Af...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Extended headlights mounted on vehicles illegal, says police
POLICE have warned that extended headlights mounted on vehicles that have been blamed for causing fatal accidents are illegal. Through Statutory Instrument 129 of 2015, Government banned the m...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Farmers call for ban on private cattle sales
LIVESTOCK farmers from Matabeleland South Province have called on the Government to set a standard price for a beast and abolish private cattle sales as buyers are underpaying them for their animals....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede the man
THE setting is Highlanders Sports Club, popularly known as Clubhouse, a perfect venue for the interview with Ndumiso Gumede since it is one of the properties acquired by Bosso under his chairmanship i...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF party coordinator in bribery storm
ZANU PF Mazowe District party coordinator Simon Stewart has been embroiled in a bribery storm there by fanning factionalism Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by Paul Ndou
COVID-19 implosion in Zimbabwe schools
HEALTH experts have warned of a COVID-19 implosion at boarding schools with unvaccinated pupils at a high risk of catching the deadly virus during the third wave of the pandemic. The warning c...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Enter the Covid passport: A new apartheid system
I stumble off the plane. It's seven in the morning and it's freezing cold. Half an hour ago I was downing a bottle of miniature red at 20 000 feet. I live wild! What can I say? I've been up for the be...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Mufaro Makubika
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pfizer, aided by British govt trying to manipulate Zimbabwe over COVID-19 vaccine?
Pfizer, aided by British GVT via @HMAMelanieR is trying to manipulate Zimbabwean GVT over #COVID19 vaccines: Nobody knows long term impact of mRNA vaccines. So they want indemnity from all fut...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | | by mmatigari
Town clerk tests Covid positive
BULAWAYO town clerk Mr Christopher Dube has contracted Covid-19. Mr Dube tested Covid-19 positive on Monday but did not need to be admitted to hospital. Over 24 000 people have contracted the ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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