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The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2187 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Rains rekindle hope
The recent downgraded Cyclone Chido has brought much-needed relief to farmers in Zimbabwe's southern regions, rejuvenating crops, pastures, and water sources that had been under severe stress due to t...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:46hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Ntabazinduna poised to become a smart city
The Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) is transforming the Ntabazinduna area into a smart city, with the industrial corridor along the Ntabazinduna Road turn-off from the Bulawayo-Harare Road already...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:30hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
BCC moves to stem dirt, chaos and decay in CBD
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given informal traders, kombi, bus and pushcart operators, and those involved in illegal car wash business in the city centre an ultimatum to cease their illegal activi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prominent farmer dies in traffic accident
A PROMINENT Insiza and former national Seedco Farmer of the Year Mr Jonathan Silumbula Nsingo on Saturday tragically died in a road traffic accident just after Chalets leisure centre along the Bulaway...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus operators bend the rules, flout BCC by-laws
WITH the words "Inter Africa" inscribed at the back, a silver Toyota Quantum vehicle makes a sudden stop and a tout bolts out, approaches two women and asks where they are travelling to. The tout tell...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:38hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Abandoned' luxury bus mystery on Bulawayo-Plumtree Road
ABOUT 25 kilometres before one reaches Plumtree Town along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road, they cannot help noticing a Botswana-owned luxury bus that has been curiously parked by the road side for more th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Intercity buses turn Bulawayo CBD into a Mbare
CALL it lawlessness or chaos. This is what several long-distance bus operators plying intercity routes are turning Bulawayo city centre into.For sometime, there has been rampant illegal pickin...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road carnage kills 20 in 3 days
MORE than 20 people have died in road accidents since Saturday, as accidents spiked ahead of the festive season, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said yesterday."The buil...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police raid on park pirates nets 16 buses
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 16 buses, 13 pirate taxis and five private vehicles for picking up passengers at undesignated areas.There has been rampant picking of passengers at undes...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tracker leads to recovery of stolen truck
THE owner of a South African truck that was stolen in Esigodini used a tracker to locate it and tipped off the police leading to a high speed chase along the Bulawayo-Harare road on Monday night....Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Buses turn Bulawayo's parks into ranks
BUSES plying intercity routes are degrading Bulawayo through picking up passengers at undesignated points, with Central and Centenary Parks along Leopold Takawira Avenue Extension losing their allure ...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
One dies, four injured in Zupco freak accident
One person reportedly died while four others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling on crashed on a Nissan Sunny at an intersection along the Bulawayo-Harare Road opposite Parklands...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Three armed robbers arrested
POLICE have arrested three men in connection with 15 robbery cases.Police in their Twitter page confirmed the arrest which was done November 21."Police in Bulawayo have arrested Lidion...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:32hrs | 47 | by Staff Reporter
South African truck driver fined for smuggling
A SOUTH African truck driver was yesterday fined $80 000 for smuggling goods worth $2,3 million through the Beitbridge Border Post last week. Kenneth Phila Vilakazi (38) was convicted on...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goods smuggled from SA impounded
Police in Bulawayo have impounded a South African truck carrying smuggled groceries worth more than R200 000. The Zambia bound truck was intercepted along the Bulawayo-Harare Road near Zuva ga...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 die, 15 injured enroute to funeral
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, burst a rear tyre and overturned. The ac...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 people die in road accident
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, bursts a rear tyre and overturned.The ho...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in Bulawayo road accidents
TWO people were killed in separate accidents in Bulawayo on Monday, police have said. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said in the first accident, a conductor was killed by a re...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 38 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Kombi crash survivor sues for $30 000
A MAN from Gweru who survived when a commuter omnibus he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident that claimed 10 lives, is suing the driver and the owner of the vehicle for more than US$30 ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umalayitsha wins battle to recover impounded car
THE High Court has ordered police to release a South African registered kombi belonging to an umalayitsha which was impounded last year after it was found carrying a carcass of an alleged stolen beast...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bus fares up 100%
LONG distance bus operators have increased their fares by up to 100 percent, with most attributing the hikes to fuel shortages that are forcing them to buy it on the black market. Operators sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family moves to squatter camp after being evicted from inherited property
A FAMILY from Bulawayo has for the past three years been living under squalid conditions in one of the city's infamous squatter camps in Killarney after being evicted from a property it inherited from...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 11:06hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Khaya Moyo slaps reckless driver with $35k lawsuit
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Simon Khaya Moyo is suing a Bulawayo motorist for more than $35 000 for causing a road traffic accident which resulted in extensive damages to a car belonging to ...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Two people die in car crash
TWO people died on the spot while five others were injured in a head-on collision that occurred along the Bulawayo-Harare Road on Monday night.Bulawayo chief fire officer, Richard Peterson con...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Themba Mthethwa
3 people burn to death in love triangle fire
THREE people died after a woman who was allegedly busted enjoying sex with a married man in Fort Rixon, set fire to the man's wife who had been accidentally doused in petrol.The resulting infe...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
11 injured in roadblock evasion crash
ELEVEN people were injured after an unlicensed BMW driver who was allegedly trying to evade a police roadblock made a sudden U-turn and crashed into a truck they were travelling in.The acciden...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 die in weekend hit and run accidents
THREE men died in separate hit and run road accidents that occurred over the weekend in Bulawayo and Mbembesi.Two of the victims were hit in Bulawayo while the other was run over in Mbembesi a...Published: 31 May 2017 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Bulawayo-Harare road flooded near Cement Side
The photo above was sent by a concerned citizen, Captioned: "Cement Side.. Bulawayo-Harare road now"...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
24 years in jail for taxi hijack pair
TWO serial carjackers from Bulawayo who ganged up with three others still at large and hijacked a taxi which they later dumped in a bush were yesterday each sentenced to 12 years in jail.F...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash kills 1, injures 16
ONE person died yesterday afternoon while 16 others were injured when a kombi they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned after its left rear wheel came off.The accident occ...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man rams car into Umguza Bridge, dies on the stop
A Bulawayo man, Sizani Maphosa, died on the spot when the Nissan March he was driving rammed into Umguza Bridge along Bulawayo-Harare road on Monday morning.The accident happened at the 11km p...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 01:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cop blocks arrest of kombi driver, lands himself in trouble
A LUPANE police officer has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly tried to block the arrest of a kombi driver who failed to stop at a stop sign.Isaac Madaka (35) pleaded not guilty ...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 more die at black spot which claimed 10 last week
SIX people died on the spot while two were seriously injured when the driver of a Toyota Ipsum lost control, encroached and side swiped with an oncoming DAF truck along the Bulawayo-Harare Road on...Published: 25 Sep 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to gazette more cemeteries for Bulawayo
THE Government will soon gazette Pumula and Marvel cemeteries, paving the way for the establishment of more than 150 000 graves in Bulawayo. The city is fast running out of burial space follow...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 09:02hrs | | by Sikhangele Zhou
BCC turn down ZRP free dumping plea
Bulawayo City Council has denied Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit Fairbridge to dispose of waste generated at the camp free of charge at Richmond Sanitary Landfill.The ZRP unit whic...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 11:41hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Horror accident victims named
POLICE yesterday said the six people who died in an accident involving a Toyota Ipsum and a Haulage truck in Bulawayo on Thursday are members of the same family.National police spokesperson Se...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Injured passengers sue Zupco
TWO passengers who were last year injured in an accident that occurred when a Zupco bus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary tractor along the Bulawayo-Harare road have taken the bus compa...Published: 02 May 2015 at 13:31hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
MDC-T accident victims in stable condition
MDC-T members who were involved in car accidents on Saturday night are still in the hospital where they are said to be recuperating well.Party organising secretary Nelson Chamisa yesterday eve...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two die in road accident - WhatsApp update
12:48am, 18 Apr - +263 7* *** ****: Two people died when a Bravo Luxury Coach collided with an Iveco mini bus along Bulawayo-Harare road near Shangane....Published: 18 Apr 2014 at 11:47hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Harare - Bulawayo road rehabilitation by May
Rehabilitation of the stretch of road from Samuel Parirenyatwa to Cement side along the Bulawayo-Harare road will be complete by end of May this year, the Bulawayo City Council has said.In a n...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Tendayi Madhomu
Chronicle reporters cheat death
THREE senior journalists from Chronicle and Umthunywa correspondent are lucky to be alive after a vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road and rammed into a stationary haulage truck on T...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 20:06hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Rapist begs to be castrated to avoid a 20 year jail term
A RAPIST was beginning a 20-year jail term yesterday after a magistrate turned down his plea to be castrated instead.Xolisani Nkala, 29, told Bulawayo magistrate Mark Dz...Published: 01 Feb 2014 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
PCJ bus burnt to a shell along Bulawayo-Harare Road
A Botswana-bound PCJ bus was reduced to a shell when it caught fire at the 20km peg along Bulawayo-Harare Road yesterday morning.No one was injured although passengers lost property worth thou...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Animal-related road accidents on rise
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of fatal road accidents involving animals countrywide although some still go widely unreported especially when there are no fatalities.In the past, ba...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 00:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
600 people blocked from visiting Njelele
AT least 600 people comprising spirit mediums and war veterans were reportedly blocked by the police from entering Bulawayo on their way to Njelele Shrine in Matobo where they wanted to conduct so...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 15:31hrs | 4 | by Mafu Sithabile
Zimbabwe highway dualisation hindered by lack of funds
Instead of dualising roads the government of Zimbabwe said that it is going to start modernizing and maintaining the existing roads as it is cheaper. Spe...Published: 14 Mar 2011 at 14:41hrs | | by Byo24News
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