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Why Kingship in Zimbabwe is Constitutional
True to the proverb that a stitch in time saves nine, the controversy surrounding Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe's letter dated 22 April 2025, to Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, in which he grat...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:32hrs | 523 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
King Mzilikazi commemorations to run for 2 days
In a historic development, the annual King Mzilikazi commemorations will run for two days this year, marking a significant shift in the event's history.The commemorations, organized by the Mth...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:47hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming titles as ceremonial King Mambo and King Munhumutap...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 990 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Sables arrive in Bulawayo to present Africa Cup Trophy to David Coltart
The Sables rugby team has officially arrived at Bulawayo City Hall to present their coveted Africa Cup trophy to Mayor David Coltart, marking a significant celebration of their recent triumph and a ma...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:17hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3338 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube ready for Ilanga Tribute
TRUE LOVE is exactly what The Place patrons in Bulawayo will be treated to on Sunday evening as veteran jazz singer Busi Ncube (born Sibusisiwe Ncube) will stage a tribute concert to remember Ilanga, ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents boycott anti-sanctions campaign
THE anti-sanctions provincial campaign scheduled for Bulawayo Tuesday attracted a paltry crowd with ordinary citizens and opposition parties boycotting the event.The function, which was initia...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kizito Manganda's petition march against TTI and BCC flops
A petition march against the Bulawayo Smart Parking System organised one Farai Kizito Manganda on Monday against City of Bulawayo and its technical partner Tendy Three Investments (TTI) staged a...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 14:58hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Outcry over Solusi High fees
Parents with children learning at Solusi Adventist High have raised an outcry after the school reportedly demanded that they pay an extra US$100 towards fees.They also accused the school of no...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police summon gukurahundi genocide activist over 2019 'violence'
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued court summons to Ibhetshu LikaZulu secretary general, Mbuso Fuzwayo over his alleged involvement in violent protests which rocked Bulawayo City Hall in October 2019 foll...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to proceed with Independence Day protest
FIREBRAND pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening today
Next year's examination classes Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five return to school today, with the Government assuring parents that all necessary precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rape accused Bulawayo man convicted of domestic violence
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo, who was being accused of habitually raping and beating a 61-year-old woman who took him in when his relatives threw him out in 2011, has been acquitted of rape bu...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake pregnancy & baby theft lead to arrest
A BULAWAYO woman who faked pregnancy before she allegedly ganged up with a friend to steal a two-day old baby from a new teenage mum to impress her husband, has been arrested. Ngonidzashe Shav...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (32) subjects woman (61) to bizarre 'rape ordeal'
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo allegedly habitually raped and beat a 61-year-old woman who gave him a home when his relatives threw him out in 2011. Over seven years, the man allegedly told the ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo will not get a Commission
Some section of Bulawayo residents congregated at Bulawayo City Hall on Monday and passed a resolution that they want the Bulawayo City Councillors to be fired and replaced with a Commission to run th...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 18:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Full list of Commissioners to take over Bulawayo City Council
Bulawayo residents gathered at the Bulawayo City Hall on Monday and resolved to request Minister of local government July Moyo to suspend councillors and replace them with a Commission to run the affa...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Middleton Nyoni turning in his grave: His office of excellence is reduced to despicable genital-mother insults and death treats
We are watching on the sidelines seeing the gross mismanagement of Bulawayo residents' rates payments squandered to the extent that Bulawayo City council cannot resuscitate the water works for weeks a...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 17:50hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo residents to shutdown MDC offices
A section of Bulawayo residents has vowed to shutdown the Bulawayo offices of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change until the party has recalled its councillors who are of Shona origin. ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall
Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight. They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water wor...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Editorial comment
Strive Masiyiwa's Econet in tribalism storm
Econet Wireless a Telecommunications giant owned by Dr Strive Masiyiwa has court tribalism storm after advertising an all-Shona arts line-up for an event to be held on Saturday at Bulawayo's City Hall...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi blocks Econet from bringing Jah Prayzah & Winky to Bulawayo
Mthwakazi Republic Party, MRP, has ordered giant mobiles phone service provider, Econet, to reverse the decision to bring Harare based top Zimbabwean musicians Jah Prayzah and Winky D to perform at a ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi cannot be wished away: Williams
ON March 21 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew from Harare to Bulawayo on a jet chartered from the United Arab Emirates - an extravagant arrangement - for a meeting with Matabeleland-based civil ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Bulawayo Tower block; a labour of love?
A running thread in generations of residents that have called Bulawayo home has been their deep veneration and steadfast belief in its status as an exceptional habitat. Exemplary epochs of thi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 18:02hrs | 2 | by Innocent B. Ncube
Callistus Ndlovu's body arrives in Harare
The body of the late former cabinet minister Professor Callistus Ndlovu has arrived in Harare where a programme for its burial at the National Heroes Acre was unveiled.Some of the senior gover...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demonstrations to continue until Mnangagwa steps down?
POLICE engaged in running battles with protesters in Bulawayo Monday as the country's second largest city was effectively shut down by angry locals protesting against the government's fuel price hikes...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:24hrs | 3 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Khupe to lead breast cancer walk
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe will on Saturday lead a breast cancer awareness walk to highlight the plight of women suffering from the killer disease and call on the government to avail clinical can...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bids farewell to Mathuthu
THOUSANDS of mourners in Bulawayo yesterday gathered at the Large City hall to pay their last respects to the late former Matabeleland governor, Thokozile Mathuthu, who died in Harare on Monday after ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Not the Econet way...
Econet is by far the leading mobile network provider in Zimbabwe and stand their ground even outside the borders. I hear they have over five million local subscribers in Zimbabwe.EcoCash is wi...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkala
PHOTOS: Back to school
These are some of the buses that were ferrying students from Bulawayo City Hall, back to school....Published: 07 May 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by Social media
Mnangagwa urged to repeal draconian laws
AS Zimbabweans across the globe celebrate the downfall of President Robert Mugabe, who resigned on Tuesday, civic society organisations (CSOs) have called for the removal of draconian laws and opening...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Gweru in '#Mugabe must GO' marches
THOUSANDS of people in Bulawayo and Gweru yesterday marched in the two cities' Central Business Districts, demanding the immediate resignation of President Mugabe.In Bulawayo, police had to tempor...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Bulawayo City Hall venue cursed?
EVER since music promoters turned to the Large City Hall car park to host local and international shows, it seems the gigs have been marred by unprecedented poor turnouts.The venue - located i...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Guduza encourages spirit of self-reliance and resilience
Speaking at Pimlico in London on the 15th July 2017, Dr Churchill Guduza - the President of Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) encouraged all Mthwakazi people world-over to stop expecting anything from ...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:42hrs | 3 | by Thulani Nkala
All set for Bulawayo Arts Awards
Bulawayo City Hall in the City of Queens and Kings plays host to the inaugural ceremony of the much-anticipated Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAA) on Friday.Given the socio-economic situation in the c...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:05hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Is this how Harare musicians make noise?'
A Bulawayo comedian has taken to the net to question the City Council about its ban on some Harare musicians from holding shows at Amphitheatre.Roben Mlauzi, a member of IYASA, posted a video ...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ZDECO fined for city littering Bulawayo
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) on Thursday arrested and fined four more private colleges in Bulawayo, among them the Zimbabwe Distance Education College (ZDECO) belonging to the estate ...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament bans military uniforms, signs of ranks, flags or badges and political party regalia at public hearings
The parliament of Zimbabwe has issued a ban on the wearing or putting on of military uniforms, signs of ranks, flags or badges and political party regalia during its public hearing on local gove...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Street kids appeal for one-on-one encounter
ZIMBABWE and Bulawayo-based youngest motivational writer Marshall Chiza who turned 19 on January 6 celebrated his birthday in style with the less privileged.Following the success of his bo...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mugabe protestors chicken out, change strategy
Activists under the banner "This Constitution Our Constitution" have changed their strategy after police in Bulawayo sealed their starting point which was at the Bulawayo City Hall. Police...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police open fire as protests spread
Zimbabwe was yesterday tense and resembled a war zone, with police officers opening fire as they fought running battles with protesters in residential areas around Harare.The protests took...Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vets leave for annual visit to Zambia camps
MAQHAWE'SIZWE Entourage Trust, made up of former freedom fighters, will once again travel to Zambia for their annual visit to former war camps as part of Heroes' Day Commemorations.The entoura...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:44hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Anti-Mugabe protesters occupy Bulawayo City Hall
A group of anti-Mugabe protesters have started staging all night vigils at Bulawayo City Hall vicinity.This is an extension of Harare's Occupy Africa Unity Square in Harare.The protest...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai fails to turn up, MDC-T demonstration fails to hit target
ABOUT 4 000 people yesterday took part in an MDC-T demonstration in Bulawayo, a far cry from the 30 000 that the organisers had expected to take part in the event. Protestors marched mainly ag...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:31hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
MDC-T supporters gathered at Bulawayo city hall car park for the march
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MDC-T goes to court over Bulawayo demo
THE MDC-T has taken Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri to court challenging the police's decision to bar its planned demonstration in Bulawayo.The ...Published: 18 May 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
BCC denies ZRP free use of a car park
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Bulawayo has been denied free use of Bulawayo city hall car park to launch its 'prestigious' service charter tomorrow (Thursday).Council charges a nominal hir...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 14:34hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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