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NO to screening and testing of foreign initiated vaccines in Africa: ICAC
African countries have been challenged to reject any foreign initiated Coronavirus vaccines which the first world are deploying to the poor nations for te...Published: 8 hrs ago | 783 | by Stephen Jakes
LIST: 14 COVID-19 positive returnees escape from Beitbridge quarantine centre
14 Covid-19 positive returnees escaped from Beitbridge Covid-19 quarantine centre, bringing the total to 223 of those who have escaped so far from compulsory quarantine for returning residents, with p...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Kariba tension-gripped as government departments dither tactlessly
Kariba is a tense town this week for both tourists and local stakeholders, with emotions boiling over in some instances. Government departments' inept handling of important issues is at the core of th...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1544 | by Laiton Kandawire Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
BF stadium set for partial demolition
Bulawayo's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium is set for partial demolition as part of the refurbishment works in line with CAF requirements.As part of efforts to ensure that E...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1284 | by Staff reporter
BCC insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
THE city council here has remained defiant on its push to have Khami Dam as one of its suppliers of water.This comes as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for some time now been entangled in ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 547 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in cold blood murder
Zimbabwe National Army Lance Corporal Brighton Matura allegedly murdered his girlfriend Fungayi Tendayi and shot himself to death on Wednesday morning at Nyimo shopping centre in Sanyati.Two b...Published: 18 hrs ago | 5569 | by Tarisai Mudahondo / Simbarashe Sithole
Armed car-jackers strike in Bulawayo
THREE armed men robbed a 44-year-old woman from Newtown West suburb in Bulawayo of her car, US$400 and a cellphone. The woman was driving into the city centre from her home in her Nissan Sylph...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
AMID an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including deaths, President Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that the Government could scale up preventive and containment measures. Addressing an Or...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Munyeza haunts Mnangagwa over Nehanda statue
OUTSPOKEN cleric and businessman Shingi Munyeza returned Wednesday to haunt President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose government he slammed for "misplaced priorities" in plans to build a giant statue for lon...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4862 | by newzimbabwe
Covid crisis hits ZBC
Below is a notice to ZBC staff over cost-cutting measures as COVID-19 crisis takes toll on State broadcaster. ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 16:02hrs | 5858 | by Naume Muza.
3 more die of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe
Three more people have died of Covid 19 bringing the cumulative number of deaths in Zimbabwe to 12 as confirmed cases have risen to 926 after 41 new cases were recorded yesterday.Two deaths we...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:27hrs | 2650 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa considers tightening lockdown restrictions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly considering changing the lockdown restrictions due to the sharp increase in positive cases.Online publication Zimlive reported that, "President Emmer...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 12:46hrs | 7778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC youth leader speaks on July 31 protest funding
MDC youth leader Obey Sithole has dismissed funding claims of the July 31 Zimbabwe Anti-Sanction Allied Movement protest.Sithole said anyone who is thinking that he and other leaders received ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 10073 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe must be vigilant on dealing with Covid --19: WILD
Women's Institute for Leadership Development - WILD, Zimbabwe has urged Zimbabwe to be now vigilant in dealing with the Covid 19 as the disease is escalating its toll."Now is the time for the ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1155 | by Stephen Jakes
SA government is digging mass grave: Ndiweni
BULAWAYO Traders and Vendors Association director Micheal Ndiweni has warned that South African government is digging a mass grave by opening up operations in full when there is still an increase in t...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:16hrs | 3873 | by Stephen Jakes
NRZ splurges US$319K on vehicles
THE state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe has spent more than US$319 000 on six luxury cars for top managers, amid allegations the money was diverted from a purse meant for the refurbishment of lo...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4323 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes MDC Alliance activists' conviction
BULAWAYO High Court on Tuesday granted the appeal made by three Plumtree-based MDC Alliance activists who were convicted in 2018 on political violence charges after clashing with Zanu-PF activists dur...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2132 | by Staff reportetr
Zimra closes Bulawayo, Chiredzi offices due to COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been forced to close its Bulawayo and Chiredzi offices after it emerged the 54-year-old Bulawayo man who died of COVID-19 on Sunday had visited the offices....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Bulawayo revolt
MDCAlliance is facing a revolt in Bulawayo with reports that some councillors and legislators want to join acting MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe. According to insiders, the councillors and MP...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3704 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 cases shoot to 885
ZIMBABWE'S confirmed Covid-19 cases have surged to 885 after 98 fresh cases were recorded in a single day on Wednesday.This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in its regular update of the ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 21:03hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
Police speak on July 31 mass demonstrations
Zimbabwe Republic Police have dismissed as a fake a letter that is circulating on social media alleging that one Chief Superintendent Matongo has sanctioned a demonstration by a shadowy organisation c...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:08hrs | 5043 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why is tech so important in business?
Tech has such an important impact on business operations in general. It doesn't matter what size your enterprise is because tech has tangible and even intangible benefits that will help you to make mo...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 16:43hrs | 363 | by Staff Writer
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2214 | by Wilbert Mukori
UBH reviews user fees upwards
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals have reviewed its user fees upwards the fees ranges from between $250 to $15 000.The development comes at a time when the government recently increased civil serv...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:21hrs | 971 | by Stephen Jakes
Gayz and Lesbians mobilise Zimbabweans to snub Capitalk FM
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe have thrown its weight behind the move by some section of Human Rights organization to mobilise Zimbabweans to snub Harare based Capitalk 100.4 FM for suspending its mana...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:11hrs | 1838 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed soldiers raid Hurungwe hospital...steal US$1 500
Detectives of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are said to have arrested commandos and paratroopers who raided Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and stole US$1 500.Media reports say that the ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 11:44hrs | 5153 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PROPHECY: A prominent woman to be elevated in political office
Bulawayo based Divine Kingdom Baptist Ministries leader Pastor Ian Ndlovu has given a prophecy that a woman politician will be elevated in the country while another woman will have her career en...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 10:05hrs | 9044 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe has been marking time and going nowhere' - 40 years and still at it, insane
Dear Leonard Koni, "Zimbabwe is a like a soldier marking time and not going anywhere," you wrote in Bulawayo24."Our government has been so dysfunctional for a very long time, but the m...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1137 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa pampers soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered soldiers and the police, giving them between $5 000 and $8 000 COVID-19 allowances which critics say are meant to appease them ahead of the planned July 31 pr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 20683 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zapu cross swords over seized properties
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has angered opposition Zapu leaders after he met them shortly before the November 2017 coup and early last year where he pledged to return their seized properties before h...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2110 | by Staff reporter
7 soldiers rob hospital
SEVEN armed soldiers and five civilians were arrested in Chinhoyi after raiding Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and getting away with US$1 500 and other valuables.The armed robbery reported...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2687 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: 18 UBH health workers test positive
EIGHTEEN health personnel working in the same ward at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have tested positive for Covid-19 after allegedly attending to an infected patient, The Chronicle reported....Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1734 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to reallocate unused land
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the government had adopted the Comprehensive National Agricultural Land Audit which will see 225 abandoned land units being reallocated, while 24 ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC targets 'fence-sitting' councillors
MDC Alliance ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora has been ejected from the Bulawayo East constituency district chairmanship over his alleged questionable loyalty to the opposition party and its leadership...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:01hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
'100 000 Zimbabweans could die from Coronavirus'
About 50 000 t0 100 000 Zimbabweans will die of Coronavirus in the next months, Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya has foretold. In a Twitter post on Wednesday Ngwenya said, "Corona virus...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4038 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe records 34 local COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Fifty-three people tested positive for COVID-19 this Tuesday bringing the total number of positive cases to 787.In a COVID-19 daily update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the peopl...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 1879 | by Staff Reporter
Nick Mangwana hints at total shutdown of Harare and Bulawayo
Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has hinted at a total lockdown of Harare and Bulawayo following a spike in Covid-19 positive cases in the two cities.However, the timing ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 15:37hrs | 25522 | by Moyo Roy
Bulawayo leading in number of Coronavirus deaths
The Province of Bulawayo has now become the leading place with the highest number of Coronavirus deaths in the country. As of Tuesday Bulawayo had registered 4 deaths. ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 10:52hrs | 2145 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The truth about King Lobengula's treasure revealed
Historical notes from Percy Crewe who was close to King Lobengula has refuted reports that the King had lots of money and treasure given to him by the whitesCrewe writes that the King had a fe...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 09:45hrs | 4606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Council departments request for control of rodents, cockroaches, mosquitoes
Bulawayo City Council departments have requested an increase in the control measures put in place to prevent the sprouting of cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes in the city.This is revealed ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 813 | by Stephen Jakes
FUNDRAISER: Plumtree boy appeals for funds for a head operation
The family of a 6-year-old boy Mxolisi Moyo is appealing for assistance in transporting him from Mangwe to Bulawayo for a head operation. Mxolisi, who is doing ECD at Makorokoro Primary School...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:35hrs | 1109 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa is a 'liar' who doesn't deserve the presidency, says MDC councillor
The MDC-Alliance Bulawayo East District has allegedly suspended its district chairman, Silas Chigora from his position over allegations of denigrating the party's President Nelson Chamisa and declarin...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZIMRA senior manager dies of Coronavirus
A senior Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) manager in Bulawayo died on Sunday after being diagnosed with Coronavirus.The late manager has been identified as 54-year-old Thabani Sibanda. ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:44hrs | 17758 | by Staff Reporter
Another Bulawayo man dies of Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced that a 54-year-old Bulawayo man has died after being diagnosed with Coronavirus. The man, who has no history of travel, passed away a day af...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 5396 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Bulawayo Mayor instructed to report to Thokozani Khupe daily
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has constituted a Presidential Task Force to look at the death of about 13 people in Luveve in the past months and has instructed Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mad...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 9022 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Mayor reported to CID homicide and ZACC over Luveve deaths
A national pressure group Chapter 2 Movement has officially reported the Mayor of Bulawayo to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the CID Law and Order over the death of 13 people from Luveve ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 15:40hrs | 3093 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Knives out for Chamisa for addressing a rally in Shona
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has received a social media backlash after addressing his inaugural e-rally using Shona language on Sunday. Social media users have accused the opposition leader of f...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:38hrs | 13905 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC goes paperless
BULAWAYO City Council has gone paperless and will be distributing statements via SMS, with ratepayers who have access to the internet viewing their accounts online.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:09hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
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