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Govt, civil servants showdown looms
A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its restive workers after the Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday announced that all civil servants who have not been vaccinated shall not be all...Published: 11 hrs ago | 854 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner brings life to Bindura
FOR 27 years, the residents of Simona struggled to access medical facilities and markets for their farm produce in nearby Bindura due to the appalling state of the roads.But in just two months...Published: 11 hrs ago | 391 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no job takes effect
AT least 10 percent of civil servants could be affected by the Government's decision to bar unvaccinated employees from reporting for work. Cabinet on Tuesday resolved that unvaccinated civil servants...Published: 11 hrs ago | 413 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo parking tender winner starts hiring
TENDY Three Investments, a local company recently awarded the tender for vehicle parking management in Bulawayo, has embarked on a recruitment exercise to enable it to roll out an orderly system. ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 261 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders to use own training ground
HIGHLANDERS are edging closer to using their own facility for practice purposes as work on the club's training grounds is gathering pace. Bosso spokesperson Ronald Moyo says work on the first ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 701 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets two water tenders donation
BULAWAYO City Council recently got a donation of two water fire tenders from Operation Florian Mission in Bulawayo which requested the local authority to fund the transportation of the equipment from ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:22hrs | 780 | by Stephen Jakes
Do not buy cllrs, MPs bottled water during events MIHR
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to desist from buying their councillors and legislators bottled water during public events but make them drink the water which the community drink on daily bas...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:20hrs | 1188 | by Stephen Jakes
'No under 18 at ZITF'
ORGANISERS of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) have put in place strict COVID-19 measures for this year's trade exhibition, with children under the age of 18 not allowed to attend....Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:52hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Anti Mnangagwa CSOs petition Sadc
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe have petitioned the new Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairperson and Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately intervene and or...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:46hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Lions wreak havoc in Kariba
THE Mola community in Kariba is living in fear of lions which have devoured several livestock.According to villagers under Nyaminyami Rural District Council, the lions have killed and eaten ei...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:45hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
EFF commends Mnangagwa's government, refers to Chamisa's MDC as 'puppets of Americans'
EFF Zim has commended the Government's sterling works as it continues to steer infrastructure development, particularly the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme I & 2. We are aware that...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | 4412 | by Innocent Ndibali
Chamisa throws Bulawayo councillors under the bus
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has thrown his party councillors in Bulawayo under the bus, accusing them of treachery, betrayal, playing tomfoolery and hobnobbing with Zanu-PF.Chamisa told...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
'Most govt buildings in Bulawayo unsafe'
Most government buildings in Bulawayo have been condemned as unsafe in the event of a fire outbreak as only two out of 40 buildings assessed by the fire brigade are in compliance with fire prevention ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner pegs whole village
VILLAGERS in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, are up in arms against a Chinese company, Heijin Mining, whose black granite mining claim covers the entire village.This was revealed in a lette...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa expels 14 more councillors
Fourteen Gweru urban and Vungu Rural District MDC Alliance councillors have been expelled from the party after they attended a meeting called by a rival faction led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora. Acc...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths join Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF?
TWO weeks after two former MDC Alliance stalwarts, former Marondera Mayor Farayi Nyandoro and former councillor Carlos Mudzongo joined Zanu-PF, 100 youths from the opposition camp have followed suit, ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:50hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says his party has been infiltrated
THE MDC Alliance says the party has been penetrated by infiltrators who are spying on it and selling its secrets to government and Zanu-PF.Speaking during the party's 22rd anniversary commemor...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:46hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says it's no longer in charge of urban councils
THE MDC Alliance has admitted the opposition party, once in charge of all urban local councils, was no longer in control of the municipalities following the controversial recalling of most of its coun...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Anti-govt protest cases crumble
NINE Harare and Chegutu residents have been set free after being hauled before the courts on charges of committing public violence for allegedly participating in last year's anti-government demonstrat...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 1047 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa party name change imminent
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suggested that his party was moving towards changing its name after a rival faction started angling to claim its name. Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC-T fac...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 8963 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to pay $7 billion tax
ZIMBABWE'S private sector owed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) $6,5 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of last year, according to an annual report released by the tax collector.Zimra sa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Govt urges patience over salary hikes
CIVIL servants must be patient with the Government which is committed to improving their conditions of service in line with the prevailing economic environment, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires councillors
The MDC faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has fired 10 Gweru urban and four councillors from Vungu Rural District Council after they recently attended a meeting which was called by MDC-T leader Mr Doug...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:52hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Mvuma granted town status
THE Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has granted Mvuma town status, making the gold mining centre the fourth town in the Midlands Province. The other towns in the province are Gokwe, Zvis...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi mine fires worry human rights group
THE outbreak of prolonged fires at the Ngozi Mine dumpsite in Bulawayo have worried the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights which has since started to engage stakeholders over measures to cu...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1041 | by Stephen Jakes
Pensioner's impounded vehicle released on humanitarian grounds
Bulawayo City Council has released on humanitarian grounds the pensioner Isaac Donald Donono's vehicle (ADL 4359) that was impounded due to failure to display a valid licence disc abandonment in the s...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 11:45hrs | 1831 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo to spruce up bus stop shelters
THE Bulawayo City Council is seeking to revamp, and put up new bus stop shelters in the city amid concerns about vandalism of similar structures installed by Zupco.Council's town planning depa...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:49hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec reopens exam registration
Students who might have failed to meet the deadline to register for the 2021 examinations can now do so under a special arrangement by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec).The ext...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:43hrs | 133 | by Staff writer
Chadzamira drags Chiwenga in the mud
Chickens have come home to roost for ZANU PF Masvingo Provincial Chairperson, Ezra Ruvai Chadzamira as he drags Vice President Constantine Chiwenga into t...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 00:36hrs | 8541 | by Paul Ndou
Harare council manager nabbed for 'falsehoods'
A HARARE City Council manager was on Thursday arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after he allegedly produced a false report claiming that Fossil Construction Company had comple...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:49hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Gweru defaulters face water cuts
Gweru City Council will from Monday start the process of disconnecting water to defaulting ratepayers.In a statement yesterday, the local authority said it could only offer adequate services i...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Motivate people to get vaccinated, says Mutsvangwa
Journalists have been urged to devise innovative ways of motivating people to take up Covid-19 vaccination and adopt safer sexual behaviours voluntarily and for their own good, rather than because the...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:15hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Chief Negomo dethroned
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Negomo who made headlines in 2012 after punishing now late Prime Minister and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai with two cows and two sheep for marrying in the sacred month of Novemb...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
The godfather of Matebeleland politics, Abednico Ncube
The creation of empires and dynasties through the Zanu-PF structures continue to gain thrust and traction within Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South as noted with the continuous personalization of the vast ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 843 | by Jerry Zinodla
Relief as Nkayi community gets police base
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Nkayi District has responded to community calls for a police base in Nesigwe area, Nkayi ward 5. In addition to the approval of a police base, the ZRP has ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 13:01hrs | 550 | by Stephen Jakes
ID card not requirement for Covid-19 vaccination, health ministry clarifies
No Zimbabwean should be denied a Covid-19 vaccine on account of having no identity documents, the health ministry said on Wednesday.Deputy health minister John Mangwiro said it should be enoug...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Zacc persues properties in Isle of Man
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has instituted legal processes to seize properties valued at US$6,5 million (ZW$75 581 395) owned by Zimbabweans in the Isle of Man.The Isle of M...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2842 | by Staff reporter
'It's wrong for Chinese miner to evict villagers'
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has described the planned eviction of Kaseke villagers in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, by a Chinese mining company as illegal.Heijin Mining C...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:29hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
'Parents cheated on school fees'
Parents are being shortchanged by being ordered to pay school fees in full under the guise that their children will learn for 80 days while in actual fact the majority will attend class for only 40 da...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:27hrs | 934 | by KK Zvauta
Umzingwane residents reject prepaid meters
RESIDENTS of Umzingwane's sprawling Habane Township in Matabeleland South have rejected plans by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to install pre-paid water meters in the area.Zinw...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:25hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube rehabilitates roads
A GWERU land developer, River Valley Properties, is complementing council efforts in the rehabilitation of roads and drainage in a bid to minimise the effects of flash floods that usually hit the city...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:22hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Govt tells private schools to reimburse parents
Government has said private schools that increased fees without seeking approval must reimburse parents and guardians, as those behind the illegal hikes risk being jailed. Some private schools...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1596 | by Staff reporter
Birth certificates, passports issuance resumes
THE Registrar General (RG's) Office has reopened to the public after having scaled down operations when the country recorded a spike in Covid-19 infections. Covid-19 cases increased towards the end of...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders meet Mnangagwa
A united front representing Christian churches yesterday met President Mnangagwa to establish and improve relationships between church and State and see where they can work together for the developmen...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Food, rent gobble 78% of workers' wages
HARD-PRESSED Zimbabwean workers are spending an estimated 78% of the monthly earnings on food and rental costs, leaving very limited room for personal growth and long-term investments owing to deep ec...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Chief Negomo clan
The Negomo chieftainship has sparked a lot of pandemonium after the incumbent acting chief Luscious Chitsinde is allegedly refusing to step down despite acting for over a decade, Bulawayo24.com has le...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 21:07hrs | 1376 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiefs clash at funeral
The long standing feud between Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira and newly installed Chief Nemamwa recently escalated at a funeral when representatives from the two chieftaincies nearl...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 18:18hrs | 3207 | by Staff reporter
Police taunt 'killer' woman as she is made to dig-up her murdered lover
A woman accused of killing her live-in lover before burning and burying his remains on a mountain was made to dig him up with a shovel while police officers taunted her, a shock new video seen by ZimL...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:15hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Gweru councillors in trouble for attending Mwonzora meeting
AT least 11 Gweru urban and four Vungu Rural District MDC Alliance councillors who last week attended a meeting chaired by MDC-T secretary for local government Faith Musarurwa Kamutsungira have expell...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2299 | by Staff reporter
Mafume still Harare mayor?
JACOB Mafume yesterday told court that he was still Harare mayor.This was after the State filed an application to have him stopped from entering Town House, saying he could interfere with witn...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
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