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Mnangagawa's office denies any hand in bomb attack
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office yesterday denied stage-managing a bomb blast in the second capital as a pretext to hunt down and silence political opponents linked to the country's sulking forme...Published: 14 mins ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
MDC condemns violence
The MDC unreservedly condemns the dastardly act of violence that occurred at the Zanu PF rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo over the weekend. Such primitive and heinous actions have no place in t...Published: 31 mins ago | 143 | by MDC Communications
'I heard a deafening sound,' says Mohadi's aide
A Zimbabwean Security and Intelligence Officer (CIO), who sustained a fracture on his right shoulder and a deep wound, has reportedly narrated - from his hospital bed - how he survived the explosion t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Elections going ahead, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says elections are going ahead on the 30th of July as proclaimed.Following an explosion soon after President Mnangagwa had addressed a rally at White City Stadium ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 819 | by Staff rpeorter
List of Mthwakazi candidates
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, says his party managed to successfully field candidates in all the 12 constituencies in the Bulawayo province while in Matebeleland North they managed to...Published: 2 hrs ago | 847 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa bomb blast a typical ploy to tarnish Matebeleland
ZAPU has described the blast which rocked White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday during a Zanu-PF rally as an act of terrorism meant to tarnish Matebeleland province."Zapu is concerned and...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1986 | by Staff reporter
North Park Traffic Centre commissioned
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo on Friday commissioned the North Park Traffic Centre in Bulawayo to provide bicycle and scooter operation training for children and also ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
Violence, bomb attacks unacceptable, regrettable
THE cowardly grenade attack on Saturday at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign rally in Bulawayo is most regrettable and must be strongly condemned for what it is, especially for a country with no...Published: 5 hrs ago | 362 | by Staff reporter
Security experts comb Mnangagwa blasts scene
White City Stadium was yesterday turned into a no-go area as top security officials continued to comb the scene of the weekend's bomb attack for leads. Part of the investigation team dispatche...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1841 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe leaves passengers stranded
Scores of passengers were left stranded at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday morning after an Air Zimbabwe flight to Bulawayo took to the skies two hours earlier than scheduled....Published: 6 hrs ago | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on Zimdollar return
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday hinted on plans to reintroduce the Zimbabwe dollar to curb the current cash shortages.Addressing a Zanu-PF campaign rally in Bulawayo, Mnangagwa said t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1679 | by Staff rpeorter
Perrance Shiri warn 'terrorists' behind Mnangagwa bomb
AGRICULTURE minister, former Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri yesterday warned those behind the "terrorist" explosion that rocked the Zanu PF campaign rally at Wh...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1563 | by Staff reporter
MLF will not let Zanu continue performing movies to further their mission of gukurahundism
MLF will not let Zanu continue performing movies in the midst of Mthwakazi in a bid to further their mission of gukurahundism, but however, the truth that is not true about Zanu PF will always p...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1091 | by Ndabezinhle Fuyane MLF vice spokesperson
Mujuru rally flops
OPPOSITION National People's Party leader and People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru was yesterday forced to cancel her campaign rally in Victoria Falls after only a hand...Published: 7 hrs ago | 652 | by Staff reporter
Parties condemn Mnangagwa explosion
OPPOSITION political parties and other interest groups yesterday condemned the use of violence against political opponents, describing the mysterious explosion that hit a Zanu PF campaign rally at Whi...Published: 7 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff reporter
Drunk pupil beds two kombi drivers
TWO commuter omnibus drivers have been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 15- year old pupil while she was drunk.The teenager, a Form Three pupil at a school in Bulawayo, was with her fr...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1509 | by Staff reporter
Man faces murder charge for burglar assault
A Bulawayo man arrested for allegedly assaulting a thief he caught stealing from his garden, is now facing murder charges after the victim died as a result of injuries sustained following the assault....Published: 7 hrs ago | 300 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses appeal by 2 convicted serial burglars
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by two serial burglars who stole $80 000 after raiding two supermarkets, including aspiring Zanu-PF Bulawayo South aspiring MP, R...Published: 7 hrs ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
Joice Mujuru rally flops
OPPOSITION National People's Party leader and People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru was yesterday forced to cancel her campaign rally in Victoria Falls after only a hand...Published: 7 hrs ago | 594 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Hwange expansion project
President Mnangagwa is on Wednesday expected to preside over the ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station, which is estimated to cost $1,5 billion.The expansi...Published: 7 hrs ago | 154 | by Staff reporter
Lawsuits for failed banks executives
THE Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) has sued directors of four failed banks for lack of corporate governance and abuse of depositors' funds.Last year, the deposit protection entity said t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 86 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa bomb victims speak from hospital
An eerie mood hung over Mpilo Central Hospital wards in Bulawayo where victims of the bomb explosion that rocked White City Stadium on Saturday lay helplessly on their beds.The expressions on ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa humbled by support
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was humbled by the outpouring of love and compassion from Zimbabweans following an attempt on his life at White City Stadium in Bulawayo.Prelimin...Published: 7 hrs ago | 401 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn hunt for players
CHICKEN Inn are reportedly planning to raid Bulawayo Chiefs in a bid to strengthen their squad and put on an improved performance in the second half of the Castle Lager Premiership season.The ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams 'satanic attack'
THE attempt to assassinate President Emmerson Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday is a primitive and satanic terrorist act, Zanu-PF said yesterday.Police have at the same t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's escape: Dark symbolism, darker plot
The apparent attempt on the life of President Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday is a twist to a story that was already fraught with symbolism. Mnangagwa addressed thousands of Za...Published: 7 hrs ago | 663 | by Tichaona Zindoga
0 arrests over Mnangagwa grande, 30 over Ethiopia attack
The number of officials detained in connection with Saturday's bomb attack in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa has reached about 30, state TV reported. Addis Standard late yesterday wrote wr...Published: 7 hrs ago | 417 | by Staff reporter
People's Progressive Party promises 2,5m jobs by 2020
Timothy Chiguvare, leader of the People's Progressive Party and one of the contestants in the forthcoming Presidential elections, says his party will create 2.5 million jobs in two years if elected. ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 15 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo attack act of terror, says VP Chiwenga
Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday described as an act of terrorism the explosion that rocked White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday soon after President Mnangagwa add...Published: 7 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
Opposition political parties condemn Zanu PF explosion
OPPOSITION political parties and other interest groups yesterday condemned the use of violence against political opponents, describing the mysterious explosion that hit a Zanu PF campaign rally at Whi...Published: 7 hrs ago | 465 | by Staff Reporter
Stop playing with fire, warns Shiri
AGRICULTURE minister, former Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri yesterday warned those behind the "terrorist" explosion that rocked the Zanu PF campaign rally at Wh...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2368 | by Staff Reporter
Bomb blast at White City Stadium Bulawayo
The government must deploy more security personnel as we draw near the harmonised elections in a couple of weeks to come.We seem to be heading for a political turbulence in the country as we n...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2228 | by Leonard Koni
Bulawayo Bomb Blast
It was in a rally in Gutu early 1981, when Mugabe was almost assassinated. Shiri and Rugeje were there attending that rally. The blame was squarely put on ZPRA/ ZAPU and Nkomo. There was chaos on that...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3344 | by Clive Zulu
History repeating itself yet again! The arms catch in the 1980s versus Bombing in White City today
This bombing had to happen right in the city of Kings and Queens: Bulawayo. It was well staged to the extent that the bomber was not captured. The perpetrator of the silly bombing could not have escap...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2414 | by Nomazulu Thata
'No Zanu-PF rally shall be cancelled,' says Chiwenga
Vice President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga said no Zanu-PF rally shall be cancelled due to fear of the attempt on the President's life in Bulawayo yesterday.Addressing a well atten...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3278 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance fears crackdown after Mnangagwa bombing
Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe fear the bombing of a ruling party election rally on Saturday will serve as a pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown by the government or the military in the southern Afri...Published: 22 hrs ago | 5101 | by theguardian
SADC 'to evaluate Zim rally blast and take appropriate steps'
South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa, who also chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has condemned the bomb blast which left at least 41 people injured in Zimbabwe, saying that th...Published: 22 hrs ago | 5128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rules out state of emergency after bomb attack
Presidential spokesperson has ruled out a state of emergency after an explosion at the president's campaign rally on Saturday that state media has called an assassination attempt.George Charam...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2536 | by AP
Madhuku calls for state security on presidential candidates
NCA presidential candidate and constitutional law expert, Professor Lovemore Madhuku says there is need for the state to provide security for all presidential candidates in the 2018 harmonised electio...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1578 | by Staff reporter
'BCC 'cuts water supplies to sabotage Mnangagwa rally'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused the opposition-controlled Bulawayo City council of sabotaging its campaign rally at White City Stadium by cutting water supplies to the venue.The local aut...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls assassination attempt 'cowardly act'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was unscathed Saturday by an explosion at his Bulawayo campaign rally that state media called an attempt to assassinate him, later visiting his two injured vice presidents...Published: 22 hrs ago | 399 | by AP
Chamisa condemns attack on Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday led the condemnation of the blast at a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangwa where nine people, including government officials, were injured yester...Published: 22 hrs ago | 678 | by Staff reporter
Victory is certain, says Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF is certain of victory in next month's harmonised elections and the plebiscite to be held on 30 July will be a mere formality, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing thousands...Published: 22 hrs ago | 468 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni to open before year end
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has made a spirited commitment to open Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo before year end saying he is going to make sure nothing will stand on the way of his efforts to bring fr...Published: 22 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Amakhosi under attack!
WITH the city's arts scene still reeling from accusations that there's a group controlling Bulawayo's creative sector, arts doyen Cont Mhlanga has fired volleys at the so-called mafia, alleging that t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 338 | by Staff reporter
Government says no to donkey abattoir
THE Government has vowed not to license the donkey abattoir in Bulawayo as slaughtering of the animals is unlawful in the country, an official said.Speaking at the Donkey Skin Trade Conference...Published: 22 hrs ago | 389 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leaping back into its former glory
Bulawayo is leaping back into its former glory as Zimbabwe's industrial hub, with several major companies either re-opening or increasing capacity utilisation that will result in the creation of emplo...Published: 22 hrs ago | 519 | by Staff reporter
41 people injured in Mnangagwa blast
Forty-one people were injured in a blast at White City Stadium in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon soon after President Mnangagwa addressed a Zanu-PF campaign rally.President Mnangagwa was not inj...Published: 22 hrs ago | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police put out reward for persons behind White City explosion
Zimbabwe Republic Police has put forward a reward for anyone who will provide them with information on the identity of people who caused violence at a Zanu PF rally at White City stadium in Bulawayo....Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 13:27hrs | 3554 | by Byo24News Reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre to open before year end
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has made a spirited commitment to open Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo before year end saying he is going to make sure nothing will stand on the way of his efforts to bring fr...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 950 | by Staff Reporter
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