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How hope dies with every election in Zimbabwe
"People died. The fear of being asked whether you wanted a short or long sleeve cut (cutting your hand or your arm) by soldiers made people vote in fear, not with their heads. We were voting with our ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Beauty Dhlamini
Bulawayo receives machine to clear sewer blockages
Welthungerhilfe (WHH), in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has donated a jetting machine to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as part of the city's efforts to im...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Serial rapist nabbed
Residents of Bindura have sighed a relief after a suspected serial rapist who was allegedly raping minors between ages of seven to 10 was arrested on Wedn...Published: 08 May 2021 at 10:10hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Man kills self over inherited plates
Guruve based Josphat Zvitete committed suicide by hanging himself on a mango tree after a misunderstanding with his wife over inherited plates on Friday.Mashonaland Central deputy police spoke...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Missing miner's dead body found with missing parts
A Mvurwi based artisanal miner who has been missing for two months was found dead and his body floating in Pembi dam with missing body parts on Tuesday....Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Speeding motorist breaks neck, dies, five injured
A speeding motorist Kasimogau Onisimo died after a Toyota Runex he was driving veered off the road, hit a telephone pole before overturning twice at the 34 kilometer peg along Mvurwi Kanyemba hi...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 19:57hrs | | by imbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Duo takes turns to rape woman on mountain
Two Bindura suspected robbers cheated death through mob justice after they allegedly broke into a couple's village hut, robb...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
MDC members blast Zanu PF MP for hijacking Zupco
MDC officials have blasted Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni for allegedly hijacking the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus that was allocated to Mvurwi, for his publicity-seeki...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe's son granted bail
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, has been granted bail today at Concession Magistrates Courts on charges of stealing gold processing equipment at Tian Bao Mineral Industry in Ma...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 11:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
That looks dangerous
That looks dangerous...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:34hrs | | by Online
Touts using city parks as toilets
TOUTS operating in Bulawayo have been accused of using the city's recreational parks as toilets.Bulawayo City Council's housing and community service officer Thulani Magagula last Saturday sai...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP members summoned by police
Two MRP members Cde Marshall Sibanda and Cde Luckson Maphosa have been summoned by police over the foiled ZANU PF v MDC demonstrations. We are yet not sure of the link between our Cdes and the said de...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
EXCLUSIVE: 'Rainbow hotel lied about Bulwayo's capacity'
The Construction Industry Federation for Zimbabwe(CIFOZ) has responded to a statement by the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel manager Innocent Kufa that Bulawayo companies do not have the required experti...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 16:09hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo extends water-rationing to 72hrs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has extended water-shedding period from 48 hours to 72 hours as a result of low water levels at Criterion Raw Water Reservoir, the city's largest water treatment plant....Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Explosion sets 9 vehicles on fire
NINE cars were burnt to shells following an explosion at a vehicle workshop in the early hours of yesterday in Bulawayo's Thorngrove suburb. Police suspect foul play and investigations are und...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo forex discount deal not attractive
BULAWAYO residents have expressed mixed feelings over council's 50 percent discount policy for those settling their bills in foreign currency only as well as the municipality's plans to sell some resi...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transport costs drive fuel prices outside Harare
Fuel dealers outside Harare that are selling the commodity at above government-stipulated prices say they are doing so to cover transportation costs for the fuel to towns outside the capital.A...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents rely on sewage water for survival
A significant number of residents in Cowdray Park, one of Bulawayo's largest high-density suburbs, depend on flowing sewage water from burst pipes to make their small-scale farming endeavours a realit...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Kennedy Nyavaya
How Joshua Nkomo was spotted
NOW aged 90, Abraham "BroNnkie" Dumezweni Nkiwane still has that fire in his belly that saw him fighting for the independence of two African states, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nkiwane was also the first man...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man bashed after trying to 'break' into little girl's bedroom
A 33-Year-Old Mvurwi man cheated death in the wee hours of yesterday after instant justice had been allegedly meted on him following a minor who screamed for help as he allegedly tried to break into a...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 17:25hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF commissar castigates Bulawayo Provincial leadership
THE violent scenes that rocked Davies Hall, the provincial headquarters of the ruling party Zanu-PF in Bulawayo on Sunday, should be condemned in the strongest terms.The offices resembled ...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Car accident, Umwinsdale Harare
This photo was sent to Bulwayo24.com via WhatsApp, the accident is believed to have happened in Umwinsdale area in Harare yesterday....Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru circus rages on
More confusion beset ZimPF yesterday, as party structures were divided over leader, Joice Mujuru's decision to expel seven senior party officials on allegations they were Zanu-PF agents.Th...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
First Lady is my wife, Temba Mliswa tells Parliament
Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa on Wednesday caused a stir in Parliament when he boldly declared that the First Lady was his wife.Mliswa made the remarks that roped in vice President ...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:41hrs | 7 | by Mary Charamba
Mujuru's ZimPF apologies to 'recycled deadwood' Dabengwa
Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has apologised to Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa after one of its official in Bulawayo labelled Dabengwa as "recycled deadwood".Dabengwa was last weekend r...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Shock rise in rape cases, say police
Police have expressed concern over an increase in rape cases involving both women and juveniles countrywide, with at least six cases having been reported in six days. The statistics were recorded betw...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 08:31hrs | | by Crime Reporter
True hero is not declared by those who choose to
A civic organisation leader has indicated that a true hero is not declared by those who choose to but is a hero by his or her deeds.Nyanda chairman Geniva Sibanda said this as the nation c...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe 'mutilates' Zanu-PF constitution
ZANU-PF leader President Robert Mugabe and his political hirelings have been mutilating the party's constitution to oust Vice-President Joice Mujuru and decimate her allies ahead of next week's congr...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Agenda - Public meeting on invasions on 'black' lands
"BLACK-TO-BLACK LAND INVASIONS: WHITHER ZIMBABWE?"PUBLIC MEETING BY BULAWAYO AGENDA, 4TH SEPTEMBER 2014VENUE: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JASON MOYO STREET, BULWA...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Zapu
MDC-T youth leader likens Mugabe to a baboon
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) youth assembly chairperson for Matabeleland South province was on Wednesday arrested for calling President Robert Mugabe a baboon during a rally held on Satur...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The demons of violence are back': PM Morgan Tsvangirai's statement to the Press
Introduction Good afternoon members of the Press and I welcome you to the second edition of the monthly Prime Minister’s Press Day....Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 10:13hrs | | by MDC-T
Copac stops over Typists, as Zanu-PF recruits its functionaries and CIOs
HARARE - THE Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac) has grinded to a halt after rappotuers from the two MDC formations walked out of Committee Room 5 were they are working protesting the recruitment o...Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 07:29hrs | | by Bekithemba Nhlanhla Ncube
Civil Servants Pay: Goading the masses, cuddling the IMF
THE MDC have chosen a political response to a security issue. This column had given them a good tip on how to handle the matter, namely that they take up the matter through appropriate channels whose ...Published: 16 Jul 2011 at 06:33hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Godern Moyo Wins MDC-T Bulawayo Chairmanship
GODERN MOYO has won the MDC T provincial chairmanship in a very tight contest marred by skirmishes of factions within the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai part...Published: 09 Apr 2011 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Busani Ncube
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