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We are all thieves, Zivhu admits
Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu has all but admitted that he and other well-connected ruling party politicians as well as government officials are corrupt and would not miss a good ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
50kg spoons, forks in sewer system
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has challenged the city's residents to safeguard infrastructure and help in its maintenance after 50kg of spoons and forks as well as a dog's remains, were retrieved from th...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa summons rebel party members
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T has summoned 40 defiant members standing as independent candidates in the coming elections to a meeting.The meeting, insiders said, is meant to convince the i...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt scuttles $68m Bulawayo investment
GOVERNMENT'S red tape has cost the City of Bulawayo (BCC) an investment worth US$68 million after policy changes scuttled the implementation of a fuel-from-waste project by a United Kingdom-based comp...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction suspended
CONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited Egodini mall has stalled amid claims the contractor has suspended development until after elections and that they are facing funding challenges.Bulawayo mayor ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'ZITF not a platform for merrymaking'
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has called on business executives to stop viewing the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) as a platform for merrymaking, but a unique gathering to seal sustainable busi...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction jobs to open next month
AN official contact centre will next month be established near the Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo to cater for job seekers who wish to work on the construction of the Egodini Mall.The contr...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo service delivery would soon grind to a halt
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has warned that service delivery in the city would soon grind to a halt, due to lack of funding as council was owed in excess of $172,6 million in unpaid rates.Moyo ...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents urged to maintain cleanliness
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has called on Bulawayo residents to ensure the city's environs are kept clean, as uncontrolled littering has become a thorn in the flesh for city fathers.In an inter...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blamed on devolution failure
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government has washed its hands off its failure to push to ensure there is devolution of power, saying the blame lies with the Executive.The Cons...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Bulawayo city holds Mayor's day with senior citizens
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has held celebrations with senior citizens in the city.The Bulawayo City Council announced the celebrations on its Facebook page."The City of Bulawayo held a...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
AAG reports town clerk to Mugabe
Indigenous pressure group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), has written to President Robert Mugabe to express its unhappiness with the decision by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to allocate gold c...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
New suburb for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council and Umguza Rural District Council yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the development of a new residential area at Rangemore.Addressing sta...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's dream that never came true
Zimbabwe's late Vice President, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, is a man credited with shaping the country's economic and social fibre.So much has been said about his exploits before, during, and after ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T mayor takes delivery of 2 mayoral vehicles within 3 months
URBAN Councils' Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president, Bernard Manyenyeni, has defended the recent mix-up which saw Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo taking delivery of two mayoral vehicles within a space...Published: 08 May 2017 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Club 263 opens in Harare
IF you have never been to Bulawayo, the City of Kings and Queens; if you wonder what the people there are like, the food they eat, the music they play and the general culture - speculate no more!...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen drowns in 'council-dug' pit
A 15-year-old man from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo fell and drowned in a pit dug by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) workers.Tinashe Chipuramura, who was supposed to have started Form...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political squabbling stalls $60 million Egodini project
THE $60 million Egodini terminus upgrade project hangs in the balance amid allegations the ruling Zanu-PF party has hijacked it for political reasons.Last year, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) awa...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Hostile lynch mob' bays for Bulawayo Mayor's blood
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has said a "hostile lynch mob bayed" for his blood over the Egodini Mall project and sale of commercial Ascot stands to his deputy, Gift Banda.Moyo said council gave...Published: 04 May 2016 at 21:18hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Ex-Ingwebu workers camp outside premises
FORMER Ingwebu Breweries' workers have camped outside the company's Belmont premises to press management into paying them money they claim is owed to them in unpaid salaries and packages.The g...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Bianca Mlilo
Banks urged to scrap bank charges
BANKING services should be provided free of charge in order to achieve financial inclusion and increase business for the sector, Steward Bank CEO Lance Mambondiani said yesterday. Officially launching...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Prosper Ndlovu
Mayor's attempt to defend Banda a desperate ploy
Bulawayo Pregressive Resident Association official Rodrick Fayayo has said the attempt by the Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo to defend his deputy Gift Banda's land acquisition is at least a desperate atte...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 06:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No mercy for illegal vendors - Byo mayor
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has justified moves to evict illegal vendors within the central business district saying the local authority gave them adequate time to formalise their operation...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo mayor to commission solar traffic lights
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo will on Monday November 30 commission the first solar traffic lights in the city and resealed road works in Bulawayo.Council's public relations department revealed t...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 09:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo mayor invited to ICLEI in Paris France
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has been invited to attend the Global Executive and Council Meeting in Paris France on December 6 this year.According to council latest meeting, the Acting Town Cler...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Nyoni to be buried on Friday
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has announced that the late Town Clerk of Bulawayo Middleton Nyoni will be buried on Friday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo."Residents of Bulawayo, stakeholders...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 13:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Bulawayo mayor lied,' says Gwanda residents
GWANDA residents have blasted Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo for "deliberately lying" that residents in the mining town had embraced the prepaid water meter project .On Tuesday, Southern Eye quote...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo okays vendors in CBD
Bulawayo City Council has started amending its vending by-laws to accommodate the increasing number of vendors and allow them to operate in the city centre.Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo recently ...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
AGG threatens Bulawayo mayor with unspecified action
The Affirmative Action Group (AAG) in Bulawayo has issued Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo a 72-hour ultimatum to respond to reports of alleged widespread tender irregularities involving his council or ...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WOZA warn Chombo - vendors are not moving
THE militant Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) outfit has instructed Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo to inform Local government minister Ignatius Chombo that vendors will not vacate their illegal vending site...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Bulawayo mayor tells illegal vendors to relax
THE MDC-T run Bulawayo city council is spoiling for a fight with Government after top officials told illegal vendors to 'relax' at their illegal sites.Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo told hundreds...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 16:30hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Luveve - Cowdray Park residents wants Bulawayo council dissolved over transport blues
Luveve and Cowdray Park Residents in Bulawayo recently wrote a letter to the Local Government and Public Works and National Housing minister Ignatius Chombo demanding the dissolution of Bulawayo C...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 12:20hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Chombo pushes for merger of councils to seize MDC-T strongholds
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo last week stepped up plans to merge urban and local councils' representative bodies with the creation of a 14-member interim executive committee for the new ...Published: 04 May 2015 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T confirms three MDC Renewal councilors sought readmission
The MDC-T Bulawayo provincial executive has confirmed that three of its councilors who had joined the MDC-Renewal approached the party seeking readmission.This was after all ward councilors wh...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 07:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ban on unregistered kombis reversed
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reversed its decision to ban commuter omnibuses that are not registered with either the Bulawayo Public Transport Association (Bupta) or Tshova Mubaiwa.The ...Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Oswell Moyo
Bulawayo avails business stands
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has availed industrial and commercial stands for new business in different sectors of the economy in a bid to boost the city's economy. The council's acting eco...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Collet Ndlovu lost to Amen Mpofu in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO - It is not shocking and not newsworthy that Collet Ndlovu the Cowdray Park rebel councilor lost to Amen Mpofu the Bulawayo Central councilor and the total number of their votes is less than ...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Polite Musarurwa, MDC-T
Mayor wants his car
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has revealed his discontent over a government recommendation for the local authority to deny him a car of his choice. Moyo claims government last year issued a c...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to introduce tollgates
BULAWAYO City Council is eager to have tollgates erected within the city as this will help raise funds to maintain the dilapidated road network, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.Speaking at ...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor calls for return of Zimdollar
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo on Thursday expressed his dismay at the use of the United States dollar describing it as a danger to the economy that was spawning liquidity challenges.Moyo told an...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council resumes water disconnections
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has with immediate effect resumed water disconnections for defaulting residents, advising them to settle their bills.Council's action comes at a time when i...Published: 27 Nov 2014 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo launches clean-up campaign in preparation for Youth Games
HOSTS of the Zone V African Youth Games scheduled for December, Bulawayo has launched a clean-up campaign to tide the city ahead of the Olympics.The city was has been long regarded as the ...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pro-Tsvangirai Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo faces the axe
BULAWAYO City Council mayor Martin Moyo and his deputy Gift Banda might lose their jobs if the plot by MDC Renewal Team councillors to oust them succeeds.Moyo, Banda and committee chairperso...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
eThekwini business delegation to visit Bulawayo
The mayor of eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa has proposed to lead a business delegation to Bulawayo next year to scout for business opportunities in the city grappling with de-industria...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 17:17hrs | | by Makhosi Sibanda
Cash strapped Bulawayo Council leases property
Cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council has flighted tenders to sublet some of its infrastructure to interested Bulawayo residents with the hope of ensuring capacity utilisation and thereby turning a...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes 4% tariffs increase
Bulawayo City Council yesterday proposed a double-pronged 2015 budget that seeks to either increase tariffs by a margin of 4% or maintain the status quo, suggesting the adoption of the 4% tariff h...Published: 15 Oct 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council swindling ratepayers through distorted exchange rates
THE BULAWAYO City Council has been accused of swindling ratepayers through the use of distorted exchange rates between the South African rand and the United States dollar, as confusion over cross-rat...Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors gagged over Egodini tender
Bulawayo's multi-million dollar Egodini Terminus project, touted as the city's skyline changer, a multi-storey business complex to house offices, parkade and entertainment facilities, is now shr...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Eric Bloch was against the removal of Zimdollar zeros,' says Gono
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono yesterday revealed that the former advisor to the central bank Eric Bloch was against the removal of zeros from the country's currency that re...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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