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Tsholotsho, Nkayi roadworks take shape
THE construction of major roads linking Bulawayo with Nkayi and Tsholotsho districts has gathered momentum as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding infrastructure develop...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland communities feel the effects of climate change
Villagers in Bubi ward 19 are living in fear after a herd of elephants invaded their fields. The invasion which began a week ago h...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 399 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo-Nkayi Road works resume
ENGINEERS are back on site and work on the rehabilitation of the 158km Bulawayo-Nkayi Road has resumed as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding major projects in Matabele...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Gun shots at nightclub
A MAN from Bulawayo is suspected to have discharged a firearm, sending dozens of patrons at a local nightclub scurrying for cover following an altercation with another man.However, police indi...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:19hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zec invites election observers
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited observers ahead of the March by-elections which will see 117 local authority and 28 National Assembly seats up for grabs.Most of the seats b...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Illegal harvesting of natural resources sparks conflict
The Kenilworth community, in Bubi ward 19 has raised ire over the indigent harvesting of locally available natural resources by villagers from neighboring districts.Premature harvesting of bro...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:10hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
'Refuse non-collection a human rights violation'
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has described the failure by the urban councils to collect refuse as a human rights violation because it exposes citizens to health risks.Thi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bubi RDC hires locals for road rehab
Bubi Rural District Council in Matabeleland North province has started a road rehabilitation exercise and has employed 600 locals for the work.Bubi chief executive Partson Mlilo told Southern ...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bubi Rural District Council targets road rehabilitation
Bubi Rural District Council in Matabeleland North is targeting to use part of the devolution funds to rehabilitate all roads in the district next year.One of the most economically active districts...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 17:51hrs | 378 | by Staff Reporter
Forex shortage stalls Bubi road projects
ROAD projects in Bubi District, Matabeleland North have been put on hold due to a shortage of foreign currency to procure the necessary equipment, an official has said.Bubi Rural District Coun...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rescued gold panner dies
ONE of the four illegal gold panners rescued from a tunnel that caved in at the disused Old Motapa Mine in Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, has died.Five bodies were retrieved from ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners feared dead as mine shaft collapses
Several illegal gold miners are feared dead at Motapa Old Mine in Matabeleland when a shaft collapsed on Thursday.Sources close to investigations allege four people have been retrieved so far ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | 685 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa promises speedy completion of Gwayi-Shangani Dam
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to do everything in his ability to ensure the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project is completed by next year as well as speed up other outstanding projects in Matabeleland ...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:48hrs | 601 | by Staff Reporter
Voter registration still open
The Biometric Voter registration is continuing at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices across the country. Mthwakazi Republic Party has urged citizens to visit centres to register as voters...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 13:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zec in financial dire straits
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has implored Treasury to disburse financial resources timeously for by-elections to facilitate and maintain the smooth flow of the electoral process....Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spears, machetes in Bubi war
EIGHT people have been hospitalised following bloody skirmishes in which villagers attacked each other using machetes and spears over grazing land in Bubi District.Bubi Rural District Coun...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bubi Rural District Council to embark on road repairs
Bubi Rural District Council (RDC) has introduced a plant and equipment levy which is intended to raise US$400 000 which will be used to purchase equipment for the rehabilitation of the roads in the di...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 22:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Panic as hyena kills 30 cattle
BUBI Rural District Council has engaged the services of a professional hunter to track down a hyena that has killed more than 30 cattle.Bubi council's chief executive officer, Mr Patson Ml...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | 749 | by Whinsley Masara
Second elephant attack victim dies
A MAN who was battling for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital's intensive care unit following an attack by an elephant in Bubi, has died. Lipson Mhlanga, 69, died yesterday, days after his employee Lu...Published: 31 May 2016 at 06:43hrs | 2841 | by Whinsley Masara
Herdboy dies in jumbo attack
A MAN died and another one suffered severe injuries following an elephant attack in Bubi District. Lucky Magasa died while Lipson Mhlanga of Village 17 is battling for life in the Intensive Care Unit ...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:41hrs | 2492 | by Whinsley Masara
Zimbabwe takes steps to end double voting
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has introduced marker pens with ineradicable ink to mark voters during elections, replacing the finger dipping method as part of a new voting system proposed to...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:35hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changes voting system
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has introduced marker pens with ineradicable ink to mark voters during elections, replacing the finger-dipping method as part of a new voting system proposed to...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor suspended for 'insulting' Mugabe
BUBI Rural District Council (RDC) has suspended an MDC-T councillor who was arrested last month for posting a message on a WhatsApp group denigrating President Robert Mugabe.The MDC-T ward 18 ...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
'Top cops running illegal mines'
BUBI Rural District Council has accused top politicians and senior police officers of being behind rampant illegal gold mining activities in the area.Council officials made the sensational rev...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 05:50hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Cattle scandal rocks Bubi Council
The Sunday News has unmasked a cattle auction scandal believed to be taking place in Bubi, in Matabeleland North. According to the newspaper, officials at Bubi Rural District Council are r...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 07:27hrs | 2251 | by Staff Reporter
Bubi braces for extreme weather
Bubi Rural District Council has embarked on an awareness programme aimed at assisting its communities to construct their homes using strong material to avoid the risk of collapse during extreme weathe...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Met Department warns of violent thunderstorms
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of violent thunderstorms this week and only last week heavy rains left a trail of destruction in Matabeleland North and South provinces. The s...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinotimba, Supa Mandiwanzira sails through Zanu-PF nomination process
Joseph Chinotimba, ZiFm radio proprietor Supa Mandiwanzira and Jonathan Moyo sailed through the Zanu-PF nomination process unchallenged in Buhera South, Nyanga South and Tsholotsho North costituencies...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 16:22hrs | 5638 | by Staff reporter
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