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Sandra Ndebele donates books to boost education
Renowned artist and Bulawayo Ward 20 councillor, Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi, has embarked on a transformative mission to enhance educational opportunities for students in her community. Over the past...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 14:35hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi's 'death a huge loss'
The late veteran author and publisher Pathisa Nyathi has been remembered as an icon and a fountain of wisdom who dedicated his life to telling the true story of Zimbabwe through various literary forms...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:21hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zulu Reed dance marks 40 years of purity
With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 16:23hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Cyprus-based miner impressed by Karo project in Zimbabwe
Tharisa Plc, a Cyprus-based miner, has reported significant progress at its Zimbabwean operations with increased output across all facets. The company, integral to the energy transition and decarbonis...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:29hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Granny, 74, survives rape by twisting attacker's privates
A 74-year-old Hwange woman survived a rape ordeal by grabbing and squeezing her 21-year-old attacker's privates, a Hwange court heard recently.The assailant was named as Mbonisi Ncube, a resid...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:35hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Jailed MRP 9 members released
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party who had been jailed for 36 months have been released, the Party Spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said in a statement today.In 2022, Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa S...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 11:53hrs | 5 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge
Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the jud...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zulus demand 100 cows from ANC's Duma for his rogue behaviour
Zulu royal regiments have suggested that KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Siboniso Duma pay 100 cows as an apology to King Misuzulu for "disrespecting" His Maj...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foundries engage banks to raise US$15m for retooling
THE Zimbabwe Institute of Foundries (ZIF) this week said it was engaging banks and government to raise uS$15 million for retooling of the existing foundries dotted around the country.Foundries...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SA Court ousts Zulu king
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to recognise Misuzulu as the Zulu king. The court found that Ramaphosa's decision was unlawful and invalid....Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 18:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Growing water scarcity in Zimbabwe a huge threat
FRESH water related ecosystems include wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that sustain biodiversity and life (UN Environment 2018).Although they cover less than 1% of the earth's surface, t...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 10 | by Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association
Mthwakazi leader refuses to step down
Ousted Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader, Mqondisi Moyo, has adamantly refused to step down, maintaining that he is still in control.Moyo was removed from his position as the leader of MRP...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ousted Mthwakazi executive digs in
The deposed national executive of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has rejected the legitimacy of the recently constituted interim committee in the ongoing power struggle to control the separatist p...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi unveils national interim committee
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has unveiled its new National Interim Committee which will assume control of the party until its congress in April next year.For now, MRP will operate withou...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader kicked out
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader, Mqondisi Moyo, has been removed from his position amid allegations of using hate speech and other charges, causing divisions within the secessionist movement...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Redi Thlabi: the black woman weaponized against South Africa
South Africa is under attack by Western countries led by the US due to its BRICS membership and non-aligned geopolitical policy. This isn't surprising, given the West's frustration with the country's ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Larmbert Ebitu
Mqondisi Moyo survives Mthwakazi Republic Party coup
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has criticized certain members who recently declared the dissolution of the committee, characterizing them as power-hungry ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 20:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party members fire Mqondisi Moyo as president
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) have taken action by removing their president, Mqondisi Moyo, and dissolving the entire National Executive Committee (NEC). This decision comes in respons...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 21:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Malinga, Nyathi, Ngwenya nominated for civic honours
FORMER Bulawayo Mayor and Special Advisor to the President on National Disability, Alderman Joshua Malinga together with renowned historian Mr Pathisa Nyathi and Mpilo Central Hospital clinical direct...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: CCC 'fake' candidates unveiled
FRAUDULENT DOUBLE CANDIDATES Pursuant to our press briefing on 22 June 2023, we filed objections against double candidates in terms of the procedure provided for under the Electoral Act. We ha...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by CCC
'Leave potholes to council'
RESIDENTS should not take matters of service delivery like patching up potholes that have infested the city into their own hands as that is the "sole" duty of the local authority, latest council minut...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to legislate against foreign currency use
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in a yet-to-be-aired interview, declared Zimbabwe will continue using its waning currency despite it fast-losing value.In snippets of the interview shared by ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foundries require US$50m for retooling
The Zimbabwe Institute of Foundries (ZIF) says the sector requires about US$50 million for retooling of the existing foundries dotted around the country.Foundries are facilities that produce m...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Free eye treatment for Makokoba residents
Residents from Makokoba suburb with various ocular ailments had their eyesight restored free of charge during an eye camp organised by Zanu-PF National Assembly representative for Bulawayo South Raj M...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lions cause havoc in Matebeleland North
A pride of lions is reportedly causing havoc in parts of Lupane, Matebeleland North, where herds of cattle belonging to different farmers have been killed.Children have not been to school as v...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors force premature Egodini Terminus opening
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to open Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, for transport operators and vendors before construction has been completed as the project has dragged ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
VID senior management reshuffled as corruption soars
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has reshuffled senior management at the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in a bid to curb corruption...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by on Saturday
Mnangagwa jets off to Egypt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today joins fellow world leaders in the two-day Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit, the first part of the high-level segment for Heads of State and Government, here at t...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for murder suspect
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old man from Gwanda who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour in a misunderstanding during a beer binge.Police on Twitter confirmed the incident ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents spend 2 months with dry taps
BULAWAYO City Council's tight 48-hour water-rationing schedule has seen residents of the city's Pumula South suburb going for two months with drytaps.A water activist, Samantha Kahari, sai...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
New ANC KZN leadership could spell trouble for Ramaphosa second term
The ANC has elected new leaders in the key region of KwaZulu-Natal, though it remains unclear whether the new collective will back President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to win a second term as head of the p...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Thieves target city boreholes
BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Bulawayo records 20 divorce cases in 1 day
Bulawayo High Court was on Thursday inundated with twenty (20) cases of people intending to divorce. According to a survey infidelity has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 6 | by Blessed Mupatsi
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 13 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Bulawayo mayor says there is significant progress at the Egodini Mall project
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday said there was significant progress at the Egodini Mall project, with the first phase already completed."There is a difference from what we saw last time...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombis to return to Egodini month-end, says BCC
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed optimism that commuter omnibuses, which were removed from Egodini terminus in 2018 to facilitate construction of a mall, will soon return to their former bays b...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to rub shoulders with Mnangagwa
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party says it will attend today's Independence Day celebrations, a departure from the past where its leader Nelson Chamisa shunned national events....Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa told to stop coronation of Zulu King Misuzulu
Prince Simakade KaZwelithi, the first born of the late Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu has written a letter through his lawyers requesting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to halt th...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 15:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lithium rush takes Zimbabwe by storm
Three Chinese energy firms have snapped up controlling equity in Zimbabwean lithium mines over the past four months, as the world's biggest electric vehicles market takes a strategic position in Afric...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records three murders in one day
WALKING in Pelandaba West suburb in Bulawayo after 6PM is a dangerous gamble as the new neighbourhood has marauding armed criminals who axe or stab and sometimes kill their robbery victims. Th...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top billing homes sprout in western suburbs
DRIVING through the high-density areas in Bulawayo one notices some stunning and magnificent houses that rival and even overshadow many in the low-density areas.Trendy neighbourhoods have spro...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The magic innovation CCC needs to kick out Zanu
Innovation is a preserve for the young as the old do not know anything different from what they grew up doing. Chamisa's CCC should understand that the other word for Innovation is "Brainchild"....Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:44hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Bulawayo councillors fret over Ucaz subs
THE Urban Council Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) has asked Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to pay $2,9 million as membership fee, but some councillors said the association was not adding value to the city...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potholes eat into Bulawayo motorists' pockets
MOTORISTS driving in Bulawayo's city centre are having a torrid time negotiating potholes, a hazard that is resulting in accidents and damage to cars in some cases.Last month, the Bulawayo Cit...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 soldiers in court facing murder charge
THREE soldiers appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing a murder charge.Kennedy Chipangura (32), Givemore Jonga (29) and Mbonisi Moyo (23) allegedly assaulted Blessing Kandido...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
General's lover to pay $500k for adultery
MATABELELAND South provincial development coordinator Latiso Dlamini has been ordered to pay about half a million Zimbabwe dollars in damages in a case where she was sued for engaging in an adulterous...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lawyer reported to Law Society of Zimbabwe for unprofessionalism
ATTORNEYS representing Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi, who has taken the ruling party and five senior officials to court over contentions of installing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as new leader ille...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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