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Guvamombe seeks acquittal
FORMER chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has applied for acquittal after the state closed its case in a case in which he is facing criminal abuse of office and defeating the course of justice charges...Published: 7 hrs ago | 668 | by Staff reporter
Sheriff accused of dereliction of duty
THE Deputy Sheriff of Bulawayo Nathaniel Bhunu has been accused by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church Diocese of Matabeleland of abandoning the eviction of illegal settlers at Cyrene Farm ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff reporter
Ke Yona TV hits ground running Appoints Cont chairperson
NEWLY-licensed Ke Yona TV has hit the ground running as they have appointed veteran playwright and content producer, Cont Mhlanga as the chairperson of the TV station's board of directors. Ope...Published: 8 hrs ago | 687 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains expected
Heavy storms coupled with localised heavy downpours, strong winds and lightning are expected across the country until Saturday, following the storms across the southern, western and central areas yest...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC failure-bound foray to the countryside
MDC-Alliance's youth assembly held a national executive council meeting in Bulawayo two weeks ago where it resolved to boost the party's electoral fortunes in 2023 by moving to rural areas to recruit ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 447 | by Nobleman Runyanga
3 more Covid-19 deaths
THREE Covid-19 deaths and 48 new infections were recorded in Zimbabwe in the past 24 hours with reports that the national recovery rate is now at 85.9 percent.Two of the deaths were reported i...Published: 19 hrs ago | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa living in constant fear of coup - as long economic meltdown remains so too will coup threat
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. "President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Gu...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 3128 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Stand up for sit down - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 21st November 2020
World Toilet Day on Friday made a bigger splash than this month's third anniversary of the overthrow of Mugabe.Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights called on the Mnangagwa government to ensure th...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:33hrs | 921 | by ZimVigil
Mandatory COVID-19 retests for travellers from Tanzania
GOVERNMENT has ordered COVID-19 retests for all travellers coming into the country from Tanzania citing inconsistency in coronavirus certificates issued by that country."Following the repeated...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:04hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City hit by influx of rodents and mosquitoes
MOST parts of the City of Bulawayo have been hit by an unprecedented influx of rodents and mosquitoes, which have become a nightmare to residents due to itchy bites which the parasites inflict to huma...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:03hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Botswana lifts cross border travel restrictions
Botswana announced yesterday that it is re-opening some of its borders to passenger traffic from December 1. This comes a few weeks after Zimbabwe's Cabinet approved the gradual re-opening of its land...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:02hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
That looks dangerous
That looks dangerous...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:34hrs | 2961 | by Online
Brain, eyes, ears removed in gruesome city murder
IN a chilling incident, a man was attacked by yet to be identified assailants who cut open his head and removed the brain, gouged his eyes, slashed off his right ear and stabbed him all over the body ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2756 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
Jonathan Moyo lashes out at MDC Alliance
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has dismissed the opposition MDC Alliance (MDC-A) report on its investigations into the Bulawayo provincial women assembly chair Tendai Masotsha'...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 10465 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - Report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Guard (PG) Brigade several months after his wife Auxillia clashed with one of the most senior officers in the uni...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 5825 | by Staff reporter
Calls for new body to tackle Gukurahundi
ZIMBABWE needs an independent commission to effectively address the emotive Gukurahundi issue as the statutory National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has proven to be a disaster, critics ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:52hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Council cremator stuck in SA
A US$100 000 cremator bought by Bulawayo City Council in Japan in 2017 is still stuck in South Africa after the local authority failed to pay R120 000 in taxes.The cremator was impounded while...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Nyamandlovu farmer charged over threats to shoot govt officials
A Nyamandlovu farmer has been dragged to court on charges of threatening to shoot lands ministry officials that are allegedly trying to force him off his property.Ramutsi Mukwena, who runs Wel...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
From Njube to Surrey-Kwangwa's story
GROWING up in Bulawayo's Njube suburb, Zimbabwe netball team captain Felisitus Kwangwa never really liked sport.If anything, she was forced to play netball by the teachers while she was in Gra...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
5 injured as car ploughs into bank queue
FIVE people were injured yesterday when they were hit by a double-cab Nissan Navara that had veered off the road and climbed onto the pavement after colliding with a Nissan Tilda at the robot-controll...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:44hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors in deadlock over posts
BULAWAYO councillors reportedly reached a deadlock over the position on chairperson of the Finance and Development Standing Committee, with a run-off now expected to be held in the next couple of week...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
More schools, colleges hit by Covid-19
COVID-19 is ripping through educational institutions in the country with latest statistics showing that more than 150 learners and teachers at schools and colleges have tested positive.Sunday ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ups stakes in Covid-19 fight
GOVERNMENT will today roll out a nationwide community-based Covid-19 testing study, expected to pinpoint coronavirus hotspots, in order to inform the deployment of tailor-made response strategies for ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe fights expulsion from MDC-T at High Court
MDC-T acting national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has approached the High Court seeking a review of his expulsion from his party position last week by the national council.MDC-T inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 2431 | by AFP
MDC-T Masvingo turns against Khupe, Mwonzora
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Masvingo province has nominated Elias Mudzuri as their presidential candidate for the forthcoming extraordinary congress slatted for December despite there being an inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:28hrs | 6881 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Mnangagwa is sole Zanu-PF candidate in 2023 elections
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - after he recently publicly endorsed his boss...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:19hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools
PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News repo...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi encourages diaspora investments
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has encouraged Zimbabweans in the diaspora to support the local economy and make the country an investment destination of choice.Zimbabwe, through its Diaspora comm...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 14:43hrs | 1500 | by Staff Reporter
John Tallach Sch death rumours untrue
GOVERNMENT has dispelled rumours that one student from John Tallach, a mission school in Matabeleland North, 40km outside Bulawayo, had died of COVID-19.Matabeleland North acting provincial me...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1271 | by Staff Reporter
Young Farmer does wonders in 'dry' Matabeleland
Despite Matabeleland being a dry region characterised by low rainfall and recurrent droughts, 28-year-old Prosper Chikwara (28) has managed to produce wonders, landing the Best Young Farmer of the Yea...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:50hrs | 3874 | by Staff Reporter
Energy Minister buys power with beer
Desperate Energy Minister Zhemu Soda is allegedly buying beer for Zanu PF youths to vote for him in the looming DCC elections, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Soda's trusted campaign manager council...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:28hrs | 4600 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's coming online gaming revolution
Recently seeing massive investments in its fiber infrastructure, Zimbabwe is poised to make major strides into the world of online gaming. Previously limited by slow speeds, costs, and connectivity, n...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 14:20hrs | 713 | by Staff Writer
Is an iPhone 12 a Worthwhile Investment?
The latest in Apple's long line of mobile phones, the iPhone 12 is yet another standout device among an already impressive and flooded market. As with any shiny new piece of tech, we're often asked wh...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1448 | by Staff RWriter
Commercial and personal fiber internet advantages approaching Zimbabwe
Following the completion of a large linking project from TelOne in 2019, Zimbabwe is finally seeing moves into commercial fiber viability. Made possible through a $98 million loan from the China Exim ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:49hrs | 891 | by Staff Writer
Kombi operators deal with potholes
A team of kombi operators in Highfield, Harare gave back to the community by filling potholes at Machipisa shopping centre on Friday morning.The good Samaritans told Bulawayo24.com that pothol...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 10:11hrs | 2561 | by Simbarashe Sithole
No explanation can justify misspelling Magwegwe
Magwegwe is seemingly one of the oldest townships in Bulawayo with a population of approximately ten thousand residents. It (Magwegwe) has birthed a lot of other newer townships within its peripherals...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2205 | by Matthew Dube Esquire
Govt defers Ekusileni Hospital opening
GOVERNMENT has once again deferred the reopening of Ekusileni Medical Centre, with Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube admitting yesterday that the November 30 deadline for reopening o...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools miss out on rehab offer
BULAWAYO'S ward 25 recently missed out on an opportunity to have its schools refurbished by a well-wisher after the local authority failed to provide materials needed for the exercise, a council repor...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Register with associations, pirate kombi operators told
PASSENGERS Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has called on pirate commuter omnibus operators to register with established associations to curb road carnage.In an interview, PAZ president Tafadzwa ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Cop sued by colleague's wife over affair
A Bulawayo-based police woman was sued by her alleged's lover's wife for allegedly boasting of having an adulterous relationship with her husband who is also a police officer.An angry Best Tsh...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:04hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over marriage collapse
A MAN whose marriage was on the brink of collapse hanged himself from a tree at his rented home leaving behind a suicide note that gave a glimpse into his troubled soul.The deceased, Richard C...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Hubby kidnaps wife lover, dumps him in bush
A MAN who was bedding a married woman in Zimbabwe and continued sex-texting her when she moved to South Africa, endured 10 hours while being hog-tied in his birthday suit in a bush after his lover's h...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro, Khulumani clash
Local radio stations Skyz Metro FM and Khulumani FM will clash this year at the prestigious Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAA) as its radio personalities will be locking horns to win the top airwaves...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Half-dressed woman seduces minor into sex
A 24-YEAR-OLD woman who allegedly wore a tiny night dress that exposed all the essentials to seduce a 14 -year-old teenage boy and had sex with him has been arrested.The woman is a tenant at a...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate lashes out at rogue cop
A Bulawayo magistrate lashed out at a police officer who stabbed his friend with a kitchen knife on the cheek for drinking his hot stuff describing him as a "monster and rogue" cop who has dragged the...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang robs rival miner of US$15 000
A GANG of 11 machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly invaded a gold mine in Zhombe in the Midlands and attacked a rival while he was prospecting for gold before robbing him of US$15 000 and ex...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Skhu to drop second album
Bulawayo gospel muso, Sikhululiwe "Skhu" Sibanda is set to release her second offing in December which she wants to use to remind people about the return of Jesus Christ.The album titled 'The ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF finalises DCC vetting process
Zanu-PF has completed the vetting of candidates vying to contest in the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections in eight provinces, a process it launched as part of its due diligence.H...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:13hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere 'blasted' for being sympathetic to Chin'ono
Exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has come under fire on microblogging Twitter for being sympathetic to incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.Kasukuwere said he is praying for Chin...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 17:13hrs | 3104 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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