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Man stabs wife's buttocks
Police have arrested an abusive Bulawayo who struck his wife with a brick and stabbed her on the buttocks with an empty beer bottle in a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Zibusiso Mthe...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1747 | by Staff Reporter
Thulani Khumalo takes over as Rotaract club of NUST President
On the 12th of October, the Rotaract club of NUST held the 2019 induction dinner for the incoming president, Thulani Khumalo. The event was graced by the President of the Rotarary club of Bula...Published: 10 hrs ago | 182 | by own correspondent
MDC official warns Chamisa over tribalism
I write this opinion piece in my personal capacity. I am a very disgruntled member of MDC residing in Bulawayo. I write this opinion having followed the MDC Congress process right from day one of bran...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1411 | by Nicholas Moyo Godlwayo
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ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar and Web Hosting company, Web4Africa, is working on providing more reliable web hosting services across the Afri...Published: 17 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff Writer
Matebeleland civic groups threaten to disrupt nurses' training
A GROUPING of civic groups, under the banner Matebeleland Collective (MC), has threatened to disrupt nurse training lessons at Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) to force government to address ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 814 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo snubs Zec's voter registration exercise
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has lamented at the poor turnout in its voter registration exercise in Bulawayo, and warned that the city risked losing some constituencies in the next delimita...Published: 21 hrs ago | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zimtrade rallies industry to export
THE need to increase Zimbabwe's exports will come under the spotlight when government, local exporters, industry players, academia and researchers among others meet in Bulawayo on Thursday for the Zim...Published: 21 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean crisis gone above politics
IT began with the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe, who many identified as a liberator-turned despot. At the height of his rule, and in the twilight of his reign, a common factor endu...Published: 21 hrs ago | 551 | by Learnmore Zuze
Govt still consulting on civil servants bonuses
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday told Parliament that government had not yet made a decision on whether civil servants will be paid bonuses this year as they needed to consult workers' representative...Published: 21 hrs ago | 640 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to train 60,000 members by 2023
THE Zanu-PF Herbert Chitepo Ideological College is targeting to train at least 60 000 members in Bulawayo within the next four years, a senior official has said. Speaking during a meeting at t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 347 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adopts hyperinflation reporting
Zimbabwe's listed companies will start presenting their financial statements using the hyperinflationary economies standard (IAS) following approval by the Public Accountants Board (PAAB).Acco...Published: 21 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Man gets protection order against violent ex
A MAN from Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against his violent ex-girlfriend who cut off two of his fingers as she assaulted him for ending their relationship. Mr Mbongeni Nxumalo...Published: 22 hrs ago | 205 | by Staff reporter
Grannies 'steal' US$17k+ burial money
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo allegedly stole US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegwe suburb allegedly betraye...Published: 22 hrs ago | 455 | by Staff reporter
Man practices karate kicks on wife
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against her husband who allegedly practices karate kicks on her and once stabbed her on the stomach before knocking out her front teeth. ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
Cheap kombis for Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is engaging Bulawayo public transport operators to rope in kombis under its comprehensive urban public transport system, a development that will result in...Published: 22 hrs ago | 966 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect arrested in prison
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a murder suspect on their wanted persons list moments before his release from prison for another crime after discovering that he had been in jail while they searched f...Published: 22 hrs ago | 473 | by Staff reporter
Govt, doctors head for arbitration
Government and striking doctors are now heading for arbitration following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Labour Court last Friday. Addressing a Press conference in Harare...Published: 22 hrs ago | 138 | by Staff reporter
StanChart remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe
Standard Chartered remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe and its digitisation strategy - which has seen the country's oldest bank closing most of its branches - should not be interpret...Published: 22 hrs ago | | by Staff rpeorter
Ignorance, prejudice doom intersex children
HUMANS do not occur strictly as either just male or female. There are many variants to the boy-girl dichotomy.Ignorance and deep prejudice are denying such persons – intersex individuals, re...Published: 22 hrs ago | 115 | by Norma Tsopo
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:55hrs | 625 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Bulawayo residents demand answers on food prices
The Bulawayo United Residents Association has written to the Director of the Competition and Tarrif Commission seeking answers regarding rampant price hikes.The Residents argue that the price ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:45hrs | 955 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe external debt hits US$8bn
Zimbabwe's external debt is an estimated US$8 billion, the Finance and Economic Development 2020 pre-budget strategy paper has revealed. The strategy paper revealed that the country's total pu...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 08:11hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife rallies women to take up political posts
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa last week said she was worried over the low numbers of women politicians in the country.Addressing female war veterans in Bulawayo on Thursday, Mnangagwa said pol...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bosso cut off Wi-Fi connection
Highlanders 2 - 0 TelOneHighlanders scraped through to win over visiting TelOne following a late surge in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo yes...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi slams tribal student nurses recruitment
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi yesterday said the recent questionable recruitment of student nurses in Bulawayo and other nursing schools in the country's southern region was against Government's policy ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Nust students urged to come up with diaper recycling methods
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to engage students from National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to come up with diaper recycling methods to address increasing levels of litter in the c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
All set for reality singing show Bulawayo auditions
ALL is set for the Bulawayo auditions of the talent search series, Old Mutual Amazing Voices to be held at the Large City Hall tomorrow. Old Mutual's Amazing Voices is a pan-African singing re...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
NRZ mulls setting up shopping malls
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) plans to invest towards construction of shopping malls to transform its main stations to match global standards. Speaking on the sidelines of the NRZ Te...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Plans to scuttle anti-sanctions march exposed
THE Government is aware of clandestine plans by some rogue opposition activists and the civil society to infiltrate and capitalise on the anti-sanction campaign scheduled for October 25 to engage in c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police inspector vanishes as $7 400 goes missing
A FORMER police inspector who allegedly defrauded the police service of $7 400 has gone into hiding. Vusimuzi Ncube (55) is said to have committed the offence while he was based at the Police ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
5 little known firms for Chirundu roadworks
Government has assigned five more contractors to undertake roadworks on the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway and released $150 million for the project. Work is expected to start soon. Tensor...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 32 | by Emmanuel Koro
Impilo student nurse recruitment: A case for regionalism, federalism or cessation for Matabeleland
The recent case highlighting Shona hegemony in student nurse recruitment at Mpilo Hospital has inflamed the tribal conflagration already gripping Zimbabwe. Hiring twenty Shona candidates and only four...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:12hrs | 676 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
'The hidden story of Zimbabwe's economic development'
Realising vast opportunities in natural resource endowments, high literacy rates, highly skilled labour force, developed basic infrastructure, a diversified but under-capacitated industry and the coun...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:06hrs | 889 | by Mthuli Ncube
Grain Millers hit back at Competition Commission
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has hit back at the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) over their decision to bar the industry of self regulation and price monitoring program that had b...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1443 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2857 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over high graduation fees
GRADUANDS at various universities are in a quandary over whether they will be able to graduate after most institutions announced exorbitant graduation fees.Most universities hold their graduat...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Nust deputy bursar quits
A DEPUTY bursar - finance and administration at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Mr Reaboka Noko has reportedly resigned amid allegations that he embezzled funds from the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
65% of patients mentally unstable in Bulawayo?
AT least 65 percent of patients that are attended to in Bulawayo suffer from some form of mental disorder with drugs, among other issues, cited as a major cause of the problem.Health experts t...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa name dragged into extortion scandal
ZANU-PF'S Matebeleland South youth league chairperson Washington Nkomo has been fingered in a US$12 000 extortion scam involving a Shangani miner using President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name. The scam ha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's TBs auction hit by low uptake again
A paltry $72 million out of the $150 million Treasury Bills (TBs) auctioned last week was subscribed, an apparent indication the market has no appetite for the sovereign paper.This is the seco...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:14hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Master Zhoe targets bigger market
AFTER a successful third album launch in Gwanda last month, musician Master Zhoe, real name Thembinkosi Zhoe, says he is ready to take his music to all parts of the country.The Gwanda-based mu...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zacc requests more powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made a request to be granted prosecutorial powers in order to expeditiously process graft cases through the newly established Anti-Corruption Courts....Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:59hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station set for US$3,6m refurbishment
Power utility, Zesa, is undertaking a US$3,6 million refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 6 expected to be complete in December.Completion of the works will pave way for the Zimb...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school to represent Zimbabwe at entrepreneurial expo
BULAWAYO'S Eveline High School entrepreneurial club, Remnsat Enterprises will this year represent Zimbabwe at the Junior Achievement Africa Company of the year competition to be held in Ghana in Decem...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government crafts Bulawayo industry development policy
THE Government will soon unveil an industry development strategy specifically designed to revive Bulawayo's status as the country's industrial hub, a Cabinet Minister has said.In an interview ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu re-introduces Royal Mahewu
REVAMPED Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries is envisaging using its re-introduced non-alcoholic sorghum drink, Royal Mahewu as a springb...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Rahman Gumbo checks Bosso resurgence
HIGHLANDERS' battle to climb up the log standing continues today as they face new boys, TelOne, at Barbourfields Stadium. Bosso's woeful season has seen them hover just above the relegation zo...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Government, civil servants meet
Government and representatives of civil servants will meet tomorrow for the latest round of negotiations over conditions of service and bonus payments expected next month.Public Service, Labou...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
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