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13 year old gives birth mid-air in Helidrive rescue
In a breathtaking display of medical precision and courage, a 13-year-old girl gave birth mid-flight aboard a Helidrive National Air Rescue Service helicopter as she was being airlifted from Maphisa H...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:38hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
ZESA launches national call centre
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has introduced a centralised national call centre to streamline electricity fault reporting and improve its response to outages across the country....Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Helidrive launches National Emergency Call Centre
HELIDRIVE National Air Rescue Services is setting up a national emergency call centre as part of its ambitious drive to streamline Zimbabwe's first publicly operated air ambulance system, with the ult...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:16hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Calls for humane and dignified approaches to migration management
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, Kazembe Kazembe, has called for the adoption of alternative measures that prioritize the dignity and human rights of all individuals, regardless of their m...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:31hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police record significant crime decline
Bulawayo police yesterday announced an eight percent decrease in crime across the province for the period between January and September, compared to the same timeframe last year. This decline comes de...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:45hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
7-hour power outage to impact Cape Town on Friday
The City of Cape Town has announced that a planned maintenance will cause an essential electricity supply interruption in parts of Strandfontein, Mitchells Plain, on Friday, 6 September.The ma...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 17:19hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adds 66 000 to tax register
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has added 65,547 new taxpayers to its register, thanks to its new Tax and Revenue Management System (TaRMS). In Zimra's 2024 half-year report, board cha...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
ZESA for something at Ngundu BC
Dear Editor Ngundu residents have seen it all in the hands of ZESA Rutenga. The residents have suffered enough and have now nowhere to run to. They came and cut off electric power cables that ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 22:59hrs | 19 | by Ngundu Resident
MSU student fingered in fake Zimsec examination scam
ZIMSEC has revealed that a number of people have been arrested for examination fraud, from advertising fake papers to smuggling answer sheets out of the exam room.In a statement, Zimsec said t...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Powertel to invest US$50m towards network expansion
POWERTEL Communications, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has revealed plans to invest in excess of US$50 million towards network expansion and rural datafication, as it increases connectivity across th...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's class 2 driving licence holders to undergo further testing to drive haulage trucks
IN a bid to tame Zimbabwe's traffic jungle that has witnessed massive road carnages in recent years, government has moved to stop holders of newly-acquired Class Two (2) driver's licences from steerin...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:44hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abandoning metal disc driving licence from June 19
Plans to replace the current metal driver's licences with a new plastic disc are at an advanced stage as Government through the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) moves Zimbabwe into line with the Common ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:29hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa only generating 951MW'
ZESA Holdings subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is only generating 951 megawatts (MW) of electricity against a national peak demand of 2 200MW, wh...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Medical xenophobia: It's time to level the power imbalance in healthcare facilities
I WAS extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of South Africa's Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba.So many things ran through my mind as I watched the video. Having watched her b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Shakira Choonara
EcoCash introduces Thembie the chatbot
EcoCash, Zimbabwe's leading mobile money platform and a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings – the diversified digital and fintech group listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange – on has added another digi...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
100-ambulance boost for health sector
GOVERNMENT has taken delivery of 100 ambulances that are set to be distributed across the country's 10 provinces soon as authorities ramp up efforts to improve service delivery at public health instit...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukuru blasted for employing 225 Shona and Chichewa speakers in SA
Financial services company Mukuru will have to revisit its employment policy after the Western Cape High Court lambasted it for ignoring South Africa's employment laws in favour of hiring foreigners i...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council lines up major audits
THE Bulawayo City Council will embark on 20 major internal audits for the year meant to further improve their systems and operations, it has been learnt.Some of the systems that have been line...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Fastjet customers to pay for flight tickets at Chicken Inn outlets
Value airline fastjet and Simbisa Brands Limited have announced a joint payment option channel through the latter's flagship Chicken Inn restaurants across Zimbabwe. The new payment option all...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has 50 sewer bursts per day
RESIDENTS in some suburbs in Bulawayo have expressed fear over the possibility of another outbreak of diarrhoea as the city has been experiencing about 50 sewer pipe bursts per day.In some cas...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fears of another Bulawayo diarrhoea outbreak
BULAWAYO residents have expressed fear that Zimbabwe's second largest city could be hit by another outbreak of diarrhoea due to the municipality's failure to attend to sewer blockages.Speaking...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
TelOne data rollover could be the game changer
THE idea of data rollover is something that has been haunting the Zimbabwean internet user for as long as internet data packages have been in use, but ISP giant TelOne looks set to "correct" that....Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 16:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Greyhound and Citiliner closing operations
Greyhound and Citiliner are closing operations. Services will run until 14 February 2021. Passengers with tickets booked for services after thi...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Ema exposes BCC
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has exposed Bulawayo City Council's continued failure to timeously repair burst sewer pipes and collect waste in residential areas, a development which may tr...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Five-star Euro NCAP rating for the award-winning New Land Rover Defender 110
South Africa, 9 December 2020 - The award-winning New Land Rover Defender 110* has earned another five-star review - this time from the safety experts at Euro NCAP. Land Rover's most capable and durab...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 09:31hrs | 25 | by Agencies
Let's stay vigilant, COVID-19 is still here
My name is Saria Osman El-Amin, I am 24 years old and I am a medical doctor. I live in Khartoum, Sudan. I work at the Corona Call Centre as part of the Ministry of Health's strategic plan to hel...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 19:57hrs | 2 | by Dr. Saria Osman El-Amin (Sudan)
NetOne, TelOne refurbish Mpilo Hospital ward
STATE-RUN telecommunications companies NetOne and TelOne yesterday unveiled a refurbished wing at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo as part of their corporate social responsibility project to capacit...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Some parts of Bulawayo to recieve water today
The City of Bulawayo advises that as of this morning (Wednesday, 10 July 2019), levels at the City's treated water reservoirs continue to rise. This has enabled areas such as Emganwini, Nketa, Nguboye...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by BCC
Bulawayo to shutdown water supply indefinitely
The Bulawayo City Council has announced that it will be indefinitely shutting down the water supply to the City until they are able to. The Council added that the shortage of electricity will ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ERC mobilises electorate to follow-up on polls promises
ELECTORAL Resource Centre (ERC) has launched a post-election initiative meant to mobilise Zimbabweans to follow-up on election promises and election reforms among other things.ERC executive di...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Greyhound cancels trips to Zimbabwe indefinitely
Greyhound has announced that it has cancelled all trips to and from Zimbabwe due to political instability in the country. In an urgent notice on Tuesday Greyhound said: ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 17:43hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Form One boarding places almost full
ONLY 56 out of 258 boarding secondary schools in the country still have vacancies for Form One, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo has said. In an interview on T...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The untold horror stories of the July 30 Zimbabwe elections
Forty-three-year-old Givemore Madziva Kanyurira looked dejected when he recalled his "worst experiences" ahead of the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections that exposed Zanu-PF's coercion and intimidatio...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 more court cases for Magaya?
Bulawayo based church Divine Kingdom Ministry has released a video on its Youtube channel where the Founder Pastor Ian Ndlovu is giving a Prophetic message urging Zimbabweans to pray for a prominent c...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa stops issuing general work visas?
Ahead of the implementation of new immigration laws and the release of a severely shortened critical skills list, South Africa's Home Affairs Department appears to be pre-emptively clamping down on im...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magaya opens up on arrest
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Leader has opened up for the first time about her arrest over the Aguma herbal Immune booster which he claims can cure HIV and Cancer."I was arrested after I ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I am a Trillionaire' Magaya says
Embattled Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Leader Prophet Walter Magaya has alleged that he is a Trillionaire.In a wide circulating Interview, Magaya is asked how many cars he has. In respons...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 10:28hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Magaya is seeking attention' says Minister
Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development has sensationally claimed that Prophet Walter Magayas HIV and cance cure is nothing but an attention seeking gimmick meant to market his PHD...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:00hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean engineer in revolutionary e-hailing cab App
EVERY great idea starts as a dream and as Gloria Steinem, an American journalist and social political activist - reckoned 'Dreaming after all is a form of planning'. But what separates an achiever fro...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by STaff reporter
Magaya 'crushed, flushed' evidence
POPULAR Zimbabwean Prophet Walter Magaya tried to conceal evidence by burning and flashing down the toilet sachets containing his Aguma medication which he claimed could cure HIV/AIDS, the police have...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mass stampede at Egodini: Anger, chaos and disappointment
Thousands of job seekers broke a makeshift fence made of zinc sheets today when they tried to gain entrance to Egodini Contact Centre where development company Terracotta is beginning to recruit worke...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:15hrs | 3 | by Divine Dube
Egodini project developer to start registering job seekers
EGODINI Mall project developer, Tearracotta Private Limited, will on Monday start registering job seekers and businesses that will participate in the implementation of the mega-project after it commis...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini tollgate delays irritate motorists
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo have expressed dismay over delays at the Esigodini toll-gate saying this spoils their trips and businesses.In separate interviews, motorists said the delays at the tollga...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's tactics persist in first election without him
Most Zimbabweans have only ever known one president: Robert Mugabe.But on July 30, a new man will represent the ruling party on the ballot for the first time in 38 years. Emmerson Mnangagwa, w...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by WashingtonPost.com
We're clean on disappearing data, says Econet
ECONET Wireless yesterday maintained that its subscribers are not facing disappearing data problems on their network and advised clients experiencing the challenges to contact the company.In a...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bravo bus aborts Joburg trip after crash
A JOHANNESBURG-bound Bravo Tours bus aborted its journey to South Africa following a collision with a Mazda B1600 pick-up truck in Bulawayo yesterday.The accident occurred near the Selborne Pa...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC partners technology firms
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered two local technology firms to come up with innovations that will assist the local authority improve its service delivery.The tech firms, First Sou...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Provide ambulances for the sick
The majority of our people in Zimbabwe have no medical aid and as such, have to rely on cash payments. Phoning for an ambulance in case of emergency is now a nightmare since the City Ambulance Service...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | 5 | by Thomas Murisa
Egodini Mall construction jobs to open next month
AN official contact centre will next month be established near the Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo to cater for job seekers who wish to work on the construction of the Egodini Mall.The contr...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC Note on closure of Egodini
PUBLIC NOTICE: CLOSURE OF BASCH STREET TERMINUS (EGODINI) FOR REDEVELOPMENT The City of Bulawayo would like to advise commuters, stakeholders, commuter ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 19:42hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
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