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1893 MHRRM on Perence Smallboy Chikerema Shiri's death
The most evil and barbaric man who led the Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide accompanied with mass beatings, mass rapes, mass disappearances and mass starvation of the Matebele through curfews in the ...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 10661 | by 1893 MHRRM Bayethe Board of Directors
Potraz, MNOs partner to connect under-served areas to the world
MARGINAlISED communities with limited or no mobile access are set to benefit from an agreement between telecoms regulator, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) and m...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
3 300 Zimbabweans in SA apply for food assistance
ZIMBABWEANS who missed the submission deadline on 19 July to apply for food assistance cannot get an extension, Zimbabwean consul general in Johannesburg Melody Chaurura told GroundUp last Wednesday....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:56hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Eyebrows raised as Mohadi opens US$1,8m bridge
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday stood in for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to officially open a bridge constructed at a cost of US$1,8 million in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central province, with expert...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2792 | by Staff reporter
Only 8 metres of Gwayi-Shangani dam wall has been constructed so far
TREASURY has released a further $200 million for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North with eight metres of the dam wall having been constructed so far.Located in Hw...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, despite the city experiencing a crippling water shorta...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated Gwanda - Maphisa road needs urgent upgrade
THE 66km Gwanda-Maphisa Road remains dilapidated, forcing Government officials and other travellers to drive for 464km via Bulawayo to access the two districts of Matabeleland South Provin...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames govt for Bulawayo water crisis
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday blamed government for the deteriorating water situation in Bulawayo, saying the Zanu-PF administration refused to grant the local authority permission to construc...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
'BF won't be demolished'
BARBOURFIELDS Stadium's sentimental value to local football history does not make room for its destruction, a Government official has said.Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation princip...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages hamper city roads projects
FUEL shortages have crippled Bulawayo City Council's roads rehabilitation projects with work suspended last year.The local authority is set to receive $20 700 000 under the inter-governmental ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding extended to CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council will extend water rationing to industrial areas and the Central Business District (CBD) as council continues to battle one of the worst water crises ever to be experienced in...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official honours late journalist
ZANU-PF Mashonaland East provincial member and educationist, Cleopas Kundiona has constructed a tiled grave for the late journalist Augustine Moyo.Moyo died early this week in a freak accident...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:39hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10671 | by Staff reporter
Towards the re-invention of Africa
The world is a huge afterthought. Most of what we know about the world and what happened in it is based on the history that was told later, in the hindsight of the historians.We can perceive t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 101 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
'Gwayi-Shangani dam to solve Bulawayo water problems’
GOVERNMENT is committed to permanently addressing Bulawayo's perennial challenges through the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project with at least US$122 million having been channelled so far ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:56hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
'Infrastructure investments would bolster the Zimbabwean economy'
LISTED financial institution, BancABC, has resolved to prioritise financing infrastructure development projects of national significance as this would boost economic growth. In its financial r...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 has disarranged the education system: PTUZ
PROGRESSIVE Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has lamented that the outbreak of Covid-19 has disarranged the education system and the end results will be devastating.Zimbabwe has since enforce...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 740 | by Stephen Jakes
China to help build $3 billion coal plant in Zimbabwe
Rio Energy Ltd., a unit of RioZim Ltd., will build a 2,100 megawatt thermal power plant with China Gezhouba Group Corp in northern Zimbabwe at a projected cost of $3 billion, Rio Energy said Monday....Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 13:20hrs | 2281 | by Bloomberg
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5017 | by Staff reporter
Systematic mealie-meal distribution for Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO Ward 28 councillor, Kidwell Mujuru has introduced a systematic maize meal distribution facility in his area as part of ensuring that residents receive the commodity in their locality while ob...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:10hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
South Africa and Zimbabwe should recognise border citizens
An article in the ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 14:31hrs | 1960 | by Adopted from article by Inocent Moyo
A place in Zimbabwe where load-shedding is 'taboo'
A handful of revellers, disregarding global and national recommendations to stay at home and reduce the possibility of contracting or spreading the deadly coronavirus, mingle in a pub at Hauna growth ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:03hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe told to take lockdown seriously
CHINESE deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhao Baogang has urged Zimbabweans to take the lockdown seriously and engage in social distancing as it is a proven way of combating the spread of Covid-19....Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated business premises to lose licences
GWERU businesses risk losing operating licences if they continue using old and dilapidated structures in the central business district (CBD), the local authority has warned. Gweru Mayor, Counc...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:01hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
BF renovations still not enough for Caf grade
Bulawayo has to construct a new modern stadium if it is to meet the Fifa and Caf requirements to host international matches. It has emerged that renovations underway at Barbourfields Stadium will part...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi discharges sewer into stream
Chiredzi residents have accused Environmental Management Agency (EMA) district officer Peter Mugodhi of turning a blind eye to the discharge of raw sewage into an urban stream by the town council....Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:05hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4416 | by Staff reporter
The plot to keep Douglas Mwonzora out of power
MDC has an engine running twenty four hours. This is the engine of scheming and plotting The party is now not stable and fear exists,power struggle manifests itself As the establishment's need t...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:07hrs | 5695 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
The Lancaster Conference and the Build-up to Nkomo's temporary setbackIn 1979, Nkomo's Zapu and Mugabe's Zanu delegations under the PF banner took part in the final push for diplomatic transit...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 265 | by Obert Mpofu
Court nullifies minister's decision in mine wrangle
High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube-Banda has declared granite mining company, Southern Granite the rightful owner of Mutuwi Mine in an ownership wrangle that had sucked in Mines minister Wiston...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
African Medallion Group comes to aid of Zim, SA in Corona virus fight
African Medallion Group (AMG) has announced a financial aid package to the Zimbabwean and South African governments to the tune of R10 million in SA and $ 5million in Zimbabwe to assist the respective...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 09:35hrs | 3160 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe setting up 67 makeshift isolation centres
THE Government is working on establishing 67 makeshift isolation centres, producing and importing medicines, acquiring protective clothing and producing masks and hand sanitisers for distribution amon...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
'Urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni, Thorngrove hospitals'
THE Government has said there is an urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni Medical Centre and Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital as isolation centres for Covid-19 patients in Bulawayo. The bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:13hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 334 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zimbabweans call for army to step in over coronavirus
The Covid19 pandemic has already left an indelible mark on the lives of people across the globe. The virus has transformed our way of life as we know it, we will never go back to where we were a few y...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:26hrs | 5513 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa and his dark sense of humour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has never been a prolific orator like his predecessor the late Robert Mugabe, he seems to have been trying to compensate for that lack of the gift by using humour....Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 7208 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for land in Zimbabwe's new capital city
At the centre of a vast swathe of magnificent landscape of prime farming land north-west of Harare lies a mountain that dwarfs its lush green environs. The rich red soils, have for years, been the hal...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
The owner of Zimbabwe Parliament building revealed
One of the most enduring legends in Zimbabwean politics is the historical ownership of its current Parliament building.There are three narratives in this regard. The first, is that the buildin...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 13748 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Treacherous Harare-Beitbridge highway
A HAULAGE truck hobnobs, huffs and puffs, swerves and suddenly drops its speed to an uncharacteristic crawl. Several other vehicles behind it screech to near halt and one-by-one, they weave past dotte...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders Football Club and Ndebele Identity Amongst Fans in Zimbabwe
Football is the most popular sport worldwide, and its popularity in Zimbabwe is no exception. It is a game that arouses and inflames passions amongst society and contributes to a polarization within s...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 20:29hrs | 1474 | by Jefferson Ndimande
BCC violating its own by-laws
A BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) engineer has revealed that houses were being built without inspection, violating council by-laws which stipulate that city authorities should approve every stage of const...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:43hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants MPs summoned to Zanu-PF meetings
Zanu PF chairpersons should summon legislators to Provincial Coordinating Committee meetings and make them explain the projects they are implementing in line with the ruling party's manifesto, Preside...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:24hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Parly demands govt action on power crisis
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that the Ministry of Energy and Power Development should urgently deal with the ongoing power crisis crippling business and domestic consumers.This comes as the ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:36hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stadia ban has always been coming, says Sibanda
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association vice-president, Omega Sibanda has castigated the Zifa leadership for lacking good public relations skills which has resulted in the country's stadia being banned f...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:48hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zifa get ultimatum from Caf over Barbourfields Stadium
ZIFA have until tomorrow to inform the Confederation of African Football (Caf) if they wish to have Barbourfields Stadium re-inspected or provide the continental body with a venue outside the country ...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3940 | by Staff Reporter
Constitution Amendment (No.2) Bill is a flagrant attack on democracy
It is extremely sad and disheartening to note that even after the welcome departure of the then iron-fisted despot, Mr Robert Mugabe, from the political arena in Zimbabwe in November 2017 through the ...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 10:41hrs | 418 | by Nhlanhla Moses
New-look Dembare excites Jaure
DYNAMOS defender Partson Jaure is excited with the display of vigour by the new-look side ahead of the start of the 2020 season and has compared it to that of the all-conquering squad that swept four ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
PPPs ideal for self-financing infrastructure projects
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe is now deplorable due to several years of neglect and underinvestment. The country's infrastructure gap in railway, roads, energy, sports facilities, bor...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 13:24hrs | 629 | by Victor Bhoroma
Bulawayo residents concerned over limited intervention in water problems
RESIDENTS have expressed worry over lack of solutions to Bulawayo's water crisis amid reports the city's supply dams have recorded only 1% water inflows since the onset of the rains.Council la...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
New dam commissioned in Plumtree
A newly constructed dam has been commssioned in in the Bulilima District of Matabeleland South courtesy of Amalima , an organisation funded by the USAID.The newly commissioned dam is called No...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 899 | by Stephen Jakes
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